Light over Somersworth, NH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I went outside for a smoke at about 2:30 am on 1/30/17. I was looking at the stars as usual and pointing out the planets to myself when I noticed what looked like a very bright star but it was flashing and remained very still, which led me to believe it was just a star. After about 3 minutes I noticed it started to move, it stayed in the same general area but it zig zagged left and right, up and down for the next ten to fifteen minutes before I went inside.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132379). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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