As reported

Light over Vestal, NY

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The report, as filed

While watching for persied meteor shower I witnessed several planes blinking throughout the sky, but one moving light in particular caught my attention and once I looked at it it got extremely bright and stayed bright for several seconds before slowly fading and disappearing completely.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #164297). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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