Circle over WALLKILL, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was in a driveway looking north and I saw a perfect circle it was the color of fire. It went and back and forth 3 or 4 times behind a tree. One side of the tree was thicker with more vegetation than the other side but it was still kinda visible on the thicker side of the tree. On the 3rd or 4th time I saw it was on the thicker side of and it was not seen again. It lasted 15-35 seconds in total. It was dusk with a little sun light. It was about 8:05 PM. It could have been later. Did not have my phone with me.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #168174). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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