Light over Middletown, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At approximately 11:30pm, as I was using a computer, I noticed a distant bright light moving in the window, twinkling in various rapidly-changing colors, starting at approximately 140 degrees SouthEast (according to a Garmin GPS watch). Colors included red, blue, purple, cyan, and occasionally green. The object's movement and color changes were both erratic, becoming less so as the object became more distant. A second observer observed the movement of the object for a few minutes at approximately midnight. The observer noted “yeah, that's weird all right.” By 1:15am the object had risen several degrees in the sky and had moved further South to approximately 155 degrees SouthEast, the movement and color changes both much less pronounced, now dimmer but still being brighter than the rest of the stars in the sky. This event was just like what I witnessed on October 14th at 3:45am (report S130618) from the same location.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #131482). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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October 14, 2016 · 3:45 AM · UNKNOWN
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July 4, 2015 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
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I have provided links below to my sighting on July 4, 2015. I was flashing my flash light at the UFO and it kept coming over top of me. Please view the video and put it with my sighting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3fnbX_Tgxk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaZfa4SAsBc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA1W-XkpYgI