Rectangle over Ridge (Long Island), NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Note; this is a rewrite of a description that I submitted late last night 7/28/2014. At the time of writing last night, I was quite tired and exhausted, hence subject matter was not fully comprehensible and coherent. Please accept this submission, description as a substitute regarding my previous submission..... Thank you for your understanding and for all you do.... =============================================================================== FINAL SUBMISSION On July 28, 2014 at approximately 10:40 PM upon a clear night sky a defined (defined boundaries) elongated rectangular brightly illuminated fast moving streak of white light silently traveled at a high rate of speed from east to west at a “discernible” low altitude. It left behind a barely visible white slightly illuminated short white trail, possibly a reflection or heat signature. Because of the objects constant defined shape and absolute straightforward, deliberate parallel trajectory object did not resemble shooting star, meteorite, or similar natural object....
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111982). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-25 → 2014-08-11