Other over college park, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Facing South a beam of white/bluish hue light beam with 4 dots in the front with defined space between them appeared and trailed across the sky going east to west about the length of hand held up at 40 degree angle. The beam and dots were about as thick as pencil held out at a 40 degree angle. The shape of the trailing light did not tapper. it was a solid rectangle beam. it was a clear sky but it seemed to appear out fo no where and then disappeared in a instant.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161169). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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