Flash over Haworth, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was sitting on patio in backyard. Beautiful, clear night. Saw something flash by. At first I thought it looked like a low flying drone. Flew straight across yard, horizontally. Looked like it was right above neighbor's house, skimming tree-tops. I thought maybe it was a drone, but it was very fast. Looked more like a meteorite, or shooting star. It made no noise, but did leave what looked like a dust trail of light. But it was a perfect straight shot horizontally. About 20 minutes later another one flew by on the other side of the backyard. I jumped because what are my chances of seeing 2 shooting stars in 1 night? I was also confused because it looked like it was so close to me (right above house). Then a 3rd one shot out across the yard. Over the span of 45-60 minutes I saw 3 of them. Could it have been meteorites? Space trash? Would that fly in a horizontal line at a constant speed?
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129804). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-04 → 2016-09-21