Changing over East Berne, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At first all I could see was a bright reflecting object moving. no sound being made .Also there wasn't any contrails being made either. I went inside and came back out with 10-50 binoculars. The sky was clear, no clouds. The object was moving from SW to NE. Looking with the binoculars I could see that There was no tail section or wings on the object . Also, while using the binoculars, I could see that there was something long and containing ridges extending below the object. I continued to watch it until it went out of sight.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170076). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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