Unknown over Dalmatia, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It was nighttime and I was stargazing. When I looked up I noticed a light moving around in random directions rapidly in my area of sight. It then moved quickly in a direction and there was a big flash of light. The UFO disappeared. A moment later, the light showed up again in a different area in the sky. I believe there was another flash and it was gone after that. It was far in the distance so I do not know exactly what I was seeing. The people with me thought it was a drone and reflected off the sun but the sun seemed too far gone for that. It would be nice to have this explained by a professional.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160301). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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