Light over California, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Very bright light over the DC area as if it was a star but didn't move along with the other stars in the sky. After a few minutes it then started to slowly dim, flashed a red color, then orange and eventually the light completely went away. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. Witness does not indicate units for the duration of the sighting, so we have arbitrarily indicated a duration of 10 seconds. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #119624). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-06-14 → 2015-07-01
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