As reported

Oval over Portville, NY

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it was a beautiful oval shaped object that had huge windows lite with every color you can imagine. we saw this object to the left of t

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 1999-10-08 → 1999-10-25

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May 26, 2020 · 2:00 PM · CIRCLE

Portville, NY

In our area military aircraft fly over frequently. Today at about 2 pm another fly by was happening and out of boredom I went outside to watch, laying on our hammock. Three planes moved overhead, but just as they passed over as they passed over the hill between the town and our house, at this point it the back of the formation seemed to hover, then massive balls of light drifted upwards as far as I could see and the planes flew on. I stared at it for so long, waiting to seen an explosion or something but nothing happened. When I looked back at my phone to see if some kind of news story or text came up, assuming I wasn’t the only one who saw whatever it was. Two hours had passed, but I swore it had only been maybe 20 minutes. I was listening to music and only five songs had played in the time I was outside all together. At this point I was freaking out and got up to go inside, but was caught off guard by two deer standing far too close for comfort. A few feet! closer to the house sat four rabbits. None of these animals are uncommon in our neck of the woods, but staring motionlessly at the sky, undisturbed by my movement. I ran inside and called my sister but the concept was so crazy I didn’t tell her and have been locked in my house since.

May 25, 2013 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN