Flash over EXPORT, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Between the constellations of Gemini and Orion I saw, out of the corner of my eye, what appeared to be a light flash from a high flying aircraft. I focused my gaze in that area, expecting to see it again since aircraft flash at a regular rate. There was no flash. I resumed scanning the sky again and saw another flash in the earlier position. It was about 8 seconds between these flashes. I waited 15 seconds and nothing happened again. About 10 seconds after that, I saw a third flash in the same area as before, so I focused on it again. This time I was privileged to get a series of six flashes. They were not evenly spaced in the 90 seconds I saw them. At NO time did it move. The flashes were between two stars, and it maintained the same distance between them all the while I observed this. At first I thought it was a rotating satellite, but it did not move. I am at a loss to explain this.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #153300). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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