Unknown over Windsor, VT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
MULTIPLE RED AND GREEN LIGHTS, WITH AN OCCASIONAL WHITE LIGHT, WERE FLASHING IN THE WESTERN SKY - IT STAYED IN THE SAME PLACE FOR APPROXIMATELY 35 MIN. AND THEN IT APPEARED THAT A WHITE BEAM OF LIGHT CAME OUT OF IT AND THEN IT STARTED TO MOVE OVER THE HORIZON IN THE WESTERN SKY. WE TRIED TO USE BINOCULARS TO SEE IT - THE LIGHTS BECAME MORE VISIBLE, BUT STILL COULD NOT DETERMINE THE EXACT SHAPE. AT FIRST WE THOGUTH THAT IT MIGHT BE A SATELLITE, OR THE SPACE STATION, BUT WE LOOKED THAT UP AND THEY WERE NOT ANYWHERE IN THIS REGION.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129773). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-03 → 2016-09-20
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