Oval over East Norwich, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It didn't fly out of the cloud. Then higher in the sky I saw a flash. It was metallic almost like a camera flash. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #134811). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-06-25 → 2017-07-12
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