Cigar over Cold Spring, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
As I was driving home north on 9-D, across from West Point, me and my friend noticed a very large bright light in the sky moving slowly. The object wandered overhead, very low, and looked almost like the shape of a rocket, hovering slowly through the night sky. We watched for as much as had time, but when we turned around further down the road to check it out, the craft had vanished. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129015). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-31 → 2016-08-17
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