Cigar over Foxboro, MA

The report, as filed

On December 15th, 2021 I took my dog outside in my back yard at about 1:25 AM. I noticed a glowing cigar shape due 14° North at about an 80° elevation from where I was standing. Only about two or three stars could be seen that morning due to the cloud coverage. The sky was black and not even the moon was visible. To be sure I wasn't looking at part of the moon peering through a geometric cloud formation, I used the StarTracker app on my phone to locate the moon which was fairly low on the horizon—maybe 20° and 295° North West—nowhere near the location of the cigar shaped object I was observing/recording. It was completely stationary. It was white and glowing with what seemed to be a brighter glowing dot at it's center. Other smaller dots seem to fade in and out at the either end of the cigar shape while the brighter center remained illuminated. Atmospheric interference seemed to cause all of the dots (including the brighter center dot) to shimmer a bit or fade in and out while the brighter center was always visible. There was no sound and it seemed quite distant from my location. I recorded the object for 1 minute and 41 seconds and then went back inside. It never moved during the entire time I recored the object and was in the same spot when I went inside. I haven't seen it since.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166192). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.