Light over Tesuque, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was camping alone and was admiring the bright stars on this very clear night. I was about 8-9K feet in elevation on the west side of the mountains. I had a good wide view of the night sky. As I looked towards the North, I noticed a light similar to a star moving at a NE direction, coming from the SW. There were no strobes or blinking lights on or around it. It was moving fast and began to slightly change direction towards the east. Then I lost view of this light. It was traveling faster than any high altitude plane or aircraft that I have ever seen. I am not sure what it was. No noise. No other lights or craft were in the sky at the time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133786). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-15 → 2016-10-02
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