Cone over Pittsfield, MA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was sitting on my porch smoking a cigarette when all a sudden I hear this extra loud train noise. I then see a bright light cone shaped aircraft with a red flashing light at bottom of cone. The aircraft hovered for a few seconds and then made a loud train noise again and disappeared off.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #152498). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-01-07 → 2020-01-24
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