Light over Stonington, CT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
2:36am in Stonington, Ct there was a bar of light in the upper right sky about the sz of an inch, it tilted to right, then sped away
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 2010-08-08 → 2010-08-25
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