Unknown over West Harrison, IN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Approximate Coordinates: 39°13'N 84°51'W Approximate Time: 20:15-20:25 (UTC-5:00) EST Direction of Travel: Northeasterly to Southeasterly Approximate Length of Sighting: 12 seconds Viewers: Myself and my wife once I got her attention towards it Facing the eastern sky from my driveway as we were getting out of our vehicle coming home from dinner when I noticed a fast moving "glittering" trail of red/white/blue moving from Beta Tauri in the Taurus constellation towards the Orion constellation between Alnitak & Mintaka of Orion's belt and down towards the horizon. In front of the moving "glittering" trail was something that was not possible to make out. The trail extended out in the sky about what would be a 9in. or 22.86cm length if holding a ruler at arm's length towards the sky, and followed whatever object was moving through the sky. This object and trail moved past the horizon. I wish I had the time to have pulled out my Galaxy S23 Ultra to try and capture pictures/video of this event but it went too fast and I was too excited to see something new in the sky. I could not find any satellite or Starlink trackers that would show any potential sightings at that time as they only provide me with the upcoming sightings. This did not resemble any meteor we have ever seen before but it was beautiful and fascinating. Anybody able to help determine if what we saw was something prosaic? I would love to know what it might have been and if we can track it to see it again.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179692). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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