Circle over Corning, NY
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
The sighting started as one light then one by one about 20 lights appeared in a line. The lights were moving at a fair rate of speed and travelled about halfway across the sky in about two minutes. The lights then disappeared one by one. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165734). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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