Unknown over New York (Queens; Woodside), NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Went outside to throw out garbage to find a red light in the clouds. It was crimson red, as if something was glowing a red light from within the clouds. The light was still, but seemed to intensify until it faded to an orange-yellowish light, equally beyond the clouds or within them. The two colors alternated in equal times at about a minute each. I went back inside, but it could have been there longer.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #146046). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-05-06 → 2019-05-23