Light over Hamden, CT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Driving east on route 6, a blue stream appeared, paused and took off into the cloud cover. Similar to a shooting star, but was bright blue.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #151661). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-12-12 → 2019-12-29
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