As reported

Light over Hamburg, PA

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Saw a bright, blinking light that I figured was Sirius, since it was in the same direction that the star would be. Glanced away, and it dimmed. Figured it was from the clouds. It came back in full brightness, dimmed again and moved towards the northeast. The light stopped blinking and went to a white light, went up a bit then disappeared. Another bright light appeared to the bottom left of the first light. It flew up, then dimmed out. Weather was partly cloudy and humid.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #139619). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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