Light over Somerset, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My husband, my sister and I were sitting around a campfire at our campsite on the shore of Lake Ontario. I caught sight of something moving very quickly to my left (west) from behind a group of large trees. We all saw a bright orange ball of light that slowed down, hovered for a few seconds and then moved quickly to the Northeast out over the lake. There was no sound as the object moved over us. The whole episode lasted about 30 to 45 seconds.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135114). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-07-07 → 2017-07-24