Light over Delanson, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
About 2am I got up to go to the bathroom. The window looks west at our barn with the forest to the right. I saw a light appear in the sky above the barn. It looked like a star just appeared. So it was far away and the light was the same size as the few stars around it. It began moving in a zig zag. Down and to the right down and to the right until it disappeared behind the tree line going towards highway 88. It left no trail. I had left my phone in my room so couldn't record it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176785). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-05-02 → 2022-05-19
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