Cigar over East Syracuse, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Me and 3 of my friends were having a fire in on of my friends back yard when we noticed a Strange long cylindrical light Ascending into The north east sky of East Syracuse NY. It made Absolutely no sound. And vanished abruptly after about 3-4 minutes.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #168385). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-05-11 → 2022-05-28
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