Light over Oshawa, ON · Canada
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Last night February 25 ,while on my deck in Oshawa I was barbecuing alone in minus below zero temperatures While outside I was admiring the clear night sky - stars Then get this feeling of seeing something looking Facing north near directly above the roof Noticed this single pulse of white amber light color As it would pulse you could make the shape from the light as it goes out The shape was quite round After couple pulses pulled out my camera to capture this anomaly on film Trying to film it noticed the pulse would occur every three - five second intervals After about eight or nine these pulses in total It stopped as I lowered the camera looking No more pulses as I'm looking in that spot The video time stamp was at 8:10 pm est When reviewing on footage on the computer Have captured these strange pulses of light twice Please note I have seen these types before in previous Summers Appears to be earlier this year for 22 Should be quite a show this Summer
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166903). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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