As reported

Light over Canton, NY

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The report, as filed

It was September 1st 2019. I had been away all day, where I was is roughly 2 to 2.5 hours from my home. I was traveling back home on a dark country road around 11:15-11:25. I stopped to take a pee on the side of the road I was nearly home about 30 minutes left. Did i mention nobody else around. As I was hiding on the back side of my vehicle I noticed to my right lightning or so I thought. Wrong! So I said to myself get your phone stupid. I got my phone and for approx 2 minutes or more watched and recorded. There was what appeared to be two lights or big dots that where bright white-ish in color on top of each other slowly moving swaying side to side. There may have been a slight up and down motion as well and if moved the right way another light/dot seemed to appear making it almost like a triangle pattern. Let me tell you it was interesting, I wasnt scared but I wasn't waiting around to see what happened either!

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149166). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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