Light over Massena, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While driving down route 37 just outside of Massena, NY, past Akwasasne, I witnessed what I believe to be some sort of flying object of light. It was about 25-3500’ off the ground. The sun was off the left of time and it was reflecting almost a brighter glare than what the sun could make. The object was dead ahead and moving left to right and would make more of a glare the longer I stared at it. It was to low and to big to be a commercial airliner in the air. There were a few other cars on the road but heading in the opposite direction. I went down to grab my phone to take a video of it and when I looked back up it was gone. I couldn’t find it at all. I stopped scanned all around. Nothing. It was gone.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148945). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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