As reported

Chevron over Charlestown, RI

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The report, as filed

This was a most unusual aircraft design,singurlarly moving directly overhead at plane travel height, in a westerly direction over East Beach shorefront. This very futuristically shaped 'aircraft', or very large drone, dark colored, with broad sweptback wings and tail, seemed to have a typical airplane engine noise, appeared to travel at a typical airplane speed, and moved along a straight path as other typically observed aircraft that we've seen overhead that area. The most remarkable thing that we both agreed was the shape.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148130). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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