Cigar over Hewitt, VT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This was sent to me by a friend of ours. She is a retired school teacher and has high integrity. These are still shots from a wildlife camera that had turned over in their yard and was pointing to the sky. It was very interesting to me and it does not appear to be insects or aircraft that were flying around or over. I am a retired Texas State Trooper and a private pilot. I exchanged e-mail with the source of this report, expressing my opinion that the objects probably were insects. However, I cannot be certain that is what they are. However, the objects do not look like alien craft. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148831). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-08-15 → 2018-09-01