Unknown over Edgemoor, DE
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving to work this morning around 8:10. I looked up in the sky to see a very long contrail that was actually being created in front of me by a flying object that was not visible. Day was sunny. By my angle, I should have seen sun reflecting off of the object-but none seen. No lights seen. I could see the vapors billowing out of the invisible object so it was pretty close or just very big. Only at one point do I think I saw the object making the contrail but it just looked like a cloud in the shape of an oval. It moved very fast. Faster than a commercial plane. To give an idea of relative speed: it was similar to a helicopter flying at a quick speed: however, he object was much higher than a helicopter. The trail seemed to have make a dark aura like line from as far as I was able to see. I heard nothing.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #167354). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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