Unknown over Brilliant, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At 01:20 I observed a aircraft go over head after I had observed a military aircraft go overhead and lead at Pittsburgh Airport. The second craft continued to claim into space for over 40 minutes at which time I finished observing. Craft only had white lighting moved at a high speed but not much faster than most jets from my point of view. But clearly continued to go farther out of atmosphere. I see many jet take off and land at the two local airports this one never went over the horizon. It only continued to gain altitude.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129811). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-05 → 2016-09-22