Light over Farmington, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At about 9 p.m. I was out back at a friend’s house preparing for a campfire. I looked up into the sky facing north. I saw a steady white light about the size of a star moving from west to east. At first I thought it was a plane but there were no strobe lights flashing. At first it moved in a straight line. After watching about 10 seconds it started moving erratically. Up and down, left and right. I called to my son-in-law who also saw it. While still moving erratically, it disappeared behind a tree. Total observation time was about 30 seconds. It appeared to be high in the sky. The size did not change while observing it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149054). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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