Light over Oakdale, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was laying in bed when I looked out of my window and saw a light in the sky. At first, I thought it was a plane, because the airport isn’t too far from my home, but it didn’t act like a plane. I was staying in one spot for a minute, and then it would move over a bit to the right and stop again. When it moved, it would leave a trail of light behind it. The UFO was also fading in and out, like the light would die out and then come back again. After watching it for a minute, it started making a decent at about at 45 degree angle, but I am unsure if it landed or not. The UFO was admitting a haze around itself, and looked like a shooting star at first.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160483). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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