Other over Confluence, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I thought it might be a hot air balloon, air glider plane, or a hanging fire work released from a Confluence resident. I stopped the pet stroller and took 1 photo and a short video of the object with my Motorola smartphone. Then, waited to see if the object would fly over the campground. However, it just stayed in place. After several minutes, the object moved quickly straight up into the sky. It was fast. It finally just disappeared into the night sky. Shrunk to a small orange dot before disappearing. I waited there for several minutes. It didn't return. I kept looking for it as I continued my walk to my house. It appears I was the lone witness to this event. Baffling, fascinating, and clearly like nothing I have ever seen in my life.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #163599). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-06-01 → 2021-06-18