Circle over York Springs, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Went into my house and got my binoculars and could not identify what it was. Object was perfectly round with brighter areas at top and bottom. Towards the bottom, there was a darker area. These features are noticeable in my photos. I immediately then went and got my Canon 7D camera and put on my largest telescoping lens, 300mm. I just had it serviced at Canon, so I know I could get a good picture. I have 40 pictures showing the features. Time of pictures was from 19:25 to 19:32. After taking most of the pictures, I went and got my neighbor. He looked at it through the binoculars. He also agreed he did not know what it was. We watched it for several minutes. We did notice it was moving really slow. Neighbor went back inside his house to contact someone with a telescope. I walked back to my driveway to use my truck as a prop to take more pictures, (about 10 second walk). I turned around and looked up and the object was gone.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159243). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-09-04 → 2020-09-21
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