Circle over Ridley Park, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Round white light above the clouds moving in a circular pattern over and over again very fast. It was brightest behind the clouds. Too fast for any aircraft. It stopped when clouds cleared and came back when they re appeared. At the end it was just a flash of light passing through one cloud repeatedly in a straight line...like the cloud had a pulsing light inside it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129829). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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