Light over Massapequa Park, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Saw orange ball of light a half mile away. It was 300 yards above the ground moving slowly across the sky for 10 minutes. Then it stopped, moved slowly straight up about 100 yards, then disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147342). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-07-01 → 2019-07-18
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