Cigar over Otter Creek, ME
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
In southeastern sky, rod-shaped object (viewed through binoculars) with blue, green, red, white lights - lights appeared to be changing colors. Object was changing positions from straight to angled. Photos taken - in some photos object has colored tail, in other photos there is just the rod-shaped object. We strongly suspect that the object was the star called "Sirius." PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117027). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-01-25 → 2015-02-11