Disk over Ontario, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
from rt. 104 looking north saw bright orange light that faded away into a clear starlit night. traveling north toward lake ontario saw
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 1998-02-23 → 1998-03-12
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