Light over Hollis Center, ME
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Brightest light In the sky, looked like the brightest star moving across the sky faster than any plane. Video taped it and couldn't see any other stars on my iphone video due to them apparently not being bright enough, even though it's very clear skies. I see a solid 200 stars tonight. Other planes in sight as well with flashing lights I tried to compare in the video but the plane lights didn't even pick up on the video, just the single light moving from one end of my visual sky to the other and disappearing into the sky not clouds, just gone. Moved way faster than the plane that was in the sky at the exact same time I could see both and compare for a solid 30 seconds. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #121274). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-08-10 → 2015-08-27