Changing over Forest Hills, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On or about September 8, 2020. I was on my porch in Forest Hills, PA at sunset. I always have binoculars nearby. The sunset was beautiful and the clouds were pink. I noticed what appeared to be a white line in the sky. Kind of like the contrail of a plane. It was traveling horizontally and seemed little bit unusual. I watched it for a short while then it made an abrupt turn upward. I picked up the binoculars and saw that it became like a rocket with a large plume behind it. As it traveled upward, I watched it as the sun lit up the plume to pink. I could see that at the top it was cone shaped just like a rocket. I watched it until it disappeared into the cloud cover. I searched the internet for anyone who might have seen the same thing. How can a rocket take off in mid air? Can you tell me what I saw that day?
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161456). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-09-05 → 2020-09-22
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