Light over Cortlandt manor, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was over at my sister's house, in the backyard. The sky was clear and I happened to glance up to look at the stars when I noticed one particular "star" twinkled a little too bright. Then I realized it started moving! It was too high up to be a plane or any other object we know of and made no sound. The light pulsed brightly every 5-8 seconds and was moving in a strange pattern,almost like a zigzag motion. The object easily camouflaged within the stars. After a it seemed like it completed a circle in the sky it start ascending higher until it was no longer in sight.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #157920). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-07-20 → 2020-08-06