Cigar over West Chester, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Crazy cigar shaped glowing object in suburban PA. It glowed and hovered for at least 10 minutes, my dog was very disturbed.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162785). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-04-16 → 2021-05-03
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