Light over Wilmington, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was heading North on I-95 less than a mile South of Wilmington. I am quite sure, but not certain, that the object flashed brightly just before briefly going out of view behind a sign, from my perspective. Once my attention was focused on it, I was looking at a vertically oriented thin red-orange light that seemed to be suspended in the air. The top was maybe a bit larger than the rest. It was like a little piece of illuminated string hanging in the sky. It was way up in the sky by itself and seemed to be completely still. It was far away and I had to keep driving safely; I lost sight of it after 30 seconds or less. I exited in Wilmington to see if I could see it again. No luck.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #109561). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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