Unknown over Far Rockaway (Queens), NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On June 5th, 2021 at 4:58PM, as I was looking out my kitchen window, I watched as a slow-moving object left a trail of smoke straight up, as it went up. It was moving slow enough for me to have time to run and get my cellphone to record as it cleared the top of the buildings and arced to the right. It seemed to pick up speed until it was moving so fast, it was difficult to keep the camera focused on it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #163627). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-06-02 → 2021-06-19