SIGHTING: SULLIVAN, MISSOURI (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"At approx 2030 at night on work property I observed in N NW sky a bright round object. Seemed to be over the hiway very high up in altitude. Much brighter than any star around, skies were clear. It was stationary. I thought maybe it was a helicopter or plane, but it didn't move. Then I thought maybe it did a quick tight figure eight maneuver, not sure, maybe I just moved a little and I thought it moved??? Then it was stationary again. Then I thought I know of no helicopter or airplane that could do that.I then called for a friend to come out and look too. She did, she thought at one time it moved too??After about 20 minutes I called the local police station officer to come over and he did. He said it was a planet, and laughed at me. I told him I say it moved! He said as long as it's not on this property we don't care. He laughed and left. I was at work so I couldn't stay outside and continue to watch it. I did take lots of photographs of object though.Later I brought up the photos and checked them and in several of the photos it appears to be a cylinder type object. No one who viewed it saw this. It's only in the zoom that I noticed the cylinder object, but the majorityof the photos it is just a bright round object.???After about 45 minutes I went back into the building.Two hours later I went back out during my lunch and it was gone.In the past month I have observed the bright light same position in the sky but cannot get another photo with cylinder type of object.Many other employees have seen it at about the same time. I thought I saw it in the sky at home which is 33 miles away at 2030 too.Is it a satellite? a planet? I don't think planets are cylinder type do you?Another policeman who I work with came by and said it was Venus. I don't believe the cylinder picture is Venus."