As reported

Triangle over Hudson, NY

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One night going to a friends house,I was walking. Then I seen something very bright,i could not reconize it.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1998-01-02 → 1998-01-19

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June 8, 2018 · 9:15 PM · OVAL

Hudson, NY

Stream Of 80 plus, lost count after 15 or so, large Orange glowing oval objects moved from North to South through the night Sky, some with Green Blue smaller orbs accompanying the individual objects. Objects were spaced apart by 1-2 minutes, with at least 12 visible at one time across the sky. The Stream of Orange glowing lights lasted about an hour and a half. The objects seemed to go to a higher altitude, almost disappearing, when an airplane approached its path, and then descended and returned to previous altitude. There was also a considerable amount of regular airplane traffic at the time at which did not seem to be affected. Time of first sitting (sic. sighting) was between 9pm and 9:10pm and lasted till just after 10:30pm Eastern daylight Saving Time. The orange objects were greatly larger than any airplane seen in the air at the time. The speed of the objects crossing the sky from my view was about the rate of conventional aircraft, 3 to 4 minutes to cross the sky until fading out of view. The motion seemed to be as smooth as silk, compared to watching a conventional airplane. Have never seen anything like this before ever.

May 15, 2017 · 2:30 AM · TRIANGLE

Hudson, NY

At approximately 2:30am on Monday, May 15th, 2017, I went out into the backyard to take out the garbage. It was a clear night, so I sat down on the porch and leaned back to do some star gazing. A few minutes in, I noticed that some of the stars were moving, in tandem. I focused in on that area, and there were 5 “stars” in a V-formation. I realized that it was a fairly large triangle-shaped craft of some sort, because I could see the dark shape blocking actual stars from view, as it passed overhead. It appeared to be quite low in the sky, was quiet, and moved slowly. A shimmering light passed all over the bottom of the craft several times, independent of the five V-formation lights. I watched it cross the sky until I couldn’t make it out any longer. I’m not far from Stewart International Airport (public/military), and suppose it might have been a military plane. Of note, the street lamp on the corner went out while the craft passed over, then started glowing slightly until it reached the normal light, seemed to get brighter than usual and orange-tinted, and abruptly went out again. The lamp remained dark afterwards. The bulb probably burned out and the timing coincidental; but it was odd, so I thought that I’d mention it, in the case that anyone else had witnessed a similar coincidence.

April 11, 2010 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE