SIGHTING: BELTON, MISSOURI (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"After a long night of partying with friends, at aprox 2300 I was taking my dog outside to use the bathroom before bed. I noticed fireworks still going off in the area, when I looked directly west and saw a amber(yellow/orange) light moving just above the tree line. It didn't look like a normal firework. At first I though that maybe it was a flare some drunk had shot off, but it kept going in a straight line. The object appeared to be cigar shaped, only standing up. I tracked it until it went behind a tree, saw it once more when it passed the tree, and then lost sight of it when it went behind a second tree.the light seemed to have a glow around it, likely from all of the smoke from fireworks in the air. The light was constant one color. Having worked in aviation for many years, I did not get the fealing this was an aircraft. It was difficult to judge the distance, but appeared to over the Missouri/Kansas state line, possibly in between belton and martin city. Unfortunately I didn't have my phone on me, and my wife had just gone to bed."