Light over North Java, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Took dog out. Large bright white light directly overhead. Not moving then started moving to east and slightly south. Then began to descend, then disappeared. No red lights moved faster than a plane does. Light larger 10x or so and brighter than anything I've seen.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161058). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-12-04 → 2020-12-21
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