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Light over McKees Rocks, PA

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

saw a red object approximately 30k ft in the air several miles off in the distance. I live in a flight path near Pittsburgh Airport and it was definitely not a plane or helicopter. It was moving slowly towards the SW then stayed in place for a minute or 2 above the Robinson Twp area. It then appeared to move west and accended out of sight. The air force base and airport are both in different directions from where it was above

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161366). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-12-26 → 2021-01-12

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