Cigar over Sunderland, MA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Looking up at a very blue sky, I saw a white cigar shaped object traveling very high in the sky at a very fast speed. It was traveling from south to north. It was visible for only a few seconds. There were no lights on the object and there was no noise associated with it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160029). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-10-12 → 2020-10-29
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