Cigar over Astoria, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Looking out window it caught my eye. Red and white. Going fast stops short stays still went back and forth and up and down and zig zag. I have a video not too good didn't zoom, but you can see the movements.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147951). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-07-28 → 2019-08-14
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