Circle over Chili, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Saw a row of lights red yellow. Above a strip mall. Thought it was a tower. Hoping. Across from Walmart. I was in parking lot waiting for daughter. Then the lights got smaller n poof gone. Then 2 minutes n later a F 16 18? Took off. Airport close by. N turned where UFO went. Saw the burners till it was far away.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166707). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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