Flash over Lansing, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving to work 5:13 am, when I saw a huge flash of light that lite up the entire sky, at first it was a teal blue/green then it changed to pink then purple back to a teal then dissipated. There was no sound. It lasted for about 6 seconds. You could clearly see the changing of colors. There were no beams...the whole sky lit up. I hope someone besides me witnessed this. The flash came from the North end of Cayuga Lake.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117740). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-03-08 → 2015-03-25
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