Light over Lakeport, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While taking a late night swim on Onida lake with my girlfriend and two of our friends... we saw Two large lights in the distance east of us. They were brighter then any of the stars or planets in the sky. The lights were still for about 3 minutes. Then disappears began to head towards us at fast rate... they flew over us and then vanished.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #157780). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-07-12 → 2020-07-29