Light over Lake Hopatcong, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Beautiful clear night observing sky during a period or not sleeping. Noticed a “star” in the sky I thought that was moving- downloaded a sky app and noticed it WAS moving and not coming up on the app. It then had a bright white light and moving in very slow but unsteady patterns, lower to the ground. After about 15-20 minutes it started moving faster and truly disappeared/light was off (gone).
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147094). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-06-21 → 2019-07-08
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