Working notes:Facebook, 6:05 am 9/4/13,(name withheld), a facebook friend alerted me:"Scott..around 5:30 this morning KLKN reported a strange light changing colors near the tv station..their trying to explain it away...its a triangle shape and they say it looks like teathers hanging off of it...theyve mentioned it all morning..its above the KLKN tower...something to check out..." (end of quote).I called the KLKN newsroom, bumped to two people who knew nothing about what I was seeking info about, and then referred me to Sean, Meteorologist, 9/4/13, 12:22 pm, gone home, left voice mail for him to return my call. Left voice mail for Mark Hager, news director. 3:30 pm, sent e-mails asking for additional info to KLKN weather and KLKN news departments.Contact: Channel 8 KLKN-TVMain Telephone Number-402-434-8000 Address: KLKN-TV, 3240 South 10th Street, Lincoln NE 68502Called LPD (Lincoln Police Department) dispatch, 402-442-6000, asked if any reports had come in, phone operator said no, then I asked to have someone within the department call back, and she said a sargeant would call me back.Sent a friend (name withheld) a facebook message (works at KLKN) for info.Sargent Towle, LPD, 12:37 pm via return phone call, said he came to work at 6 am and no one has called in, and no officer has talked about it.(Name withheld), manager at U-Stop convenience store, at 12:50 pm via phone, 1421 Centerpark Rd, said she can see the broadcast tower from her vantage point, and no one has mentioned anything.Super C convenience store, 3202 S. 10th St, (name withheld), called him 1:10 pm, he came to work at 5:30 am, didn't see anything, no one has mentioned it.KLKN has posted two pictures on their facebook page. Facebook page name: Channel 8 Eyewitness News. I have captured both images on my computer.Left message at Nebraska National Guard public relations department, 402-471-3241, 3:10 pm, to inquire if the Guard had any helicopters or aircraft over or around Lincoln, NE, between 5 - 6 pm.Left message with the Lancaster County Sheriff's department, 3:15 pm. Called back by Officer Lang at 3:30 pm, no one has contacted the Sheriff's department, and, no officers have reported anything.Posted on (name withheld) facebook page, posting KLKN TV picture and asking him for his input. He is a meteorologist for UNL.End of working notes as of this time and date.

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