Unknown over New Britain, CT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving home from a friends house at 12:30 at night. I looked up as I slowed to a stop sign and saw it. It seemed too large to be a meteor but was still very high up and far away. The light was a chrome blue and vibrant, never changing color. At first when I fixated on it it was still, like an oversized star. Almost immediately after I registered that thought it shot off quickly and slightly curving away from my position heading directly North. I have seen many meteors in my life and immediately I felt a chill as it was unlike any I had seen. There was also no trail or light distortion as it moved across the sky just a solid light. I lost sight of the light as it passed into the tree line.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162852). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-04-23 → 2021-05-10
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