Light over Bloomfield, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was walking my dog and as I turned to face due south, I noticed a single bright light moving from east to west traveling at a perceived high rate of speed. It traveled in a flat/level trajectory across the sky. As it moved further west the light dimmed and at approximately due southwest - 45 degrees from when I first spotted the light, it was no longer visible. The entire incident lasted only an estimated 3 seconds. There was absolutely no sound detected before, during or after this viewing.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135961). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-08-22 → 2017-09-08
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