Unknown over Cedarhurst, NY

The report, as filed

I was outside with my neighbors, daughter & two grandchildren. When we saw this flash of something in the sky. I took a picture of it and thought I didn't catch what we saw. The sky lit up bright. I felt like my phone started acting weird after I took the picture and it shut off. I thought nothing of it, I just thought my phone died. After a few days, I was going through my photos and realized I got the perfect picture of the sky that night I didn't think I took it because my phone died at that moment I took the picture. I checked the picture because I noticed I caught the moon in the left-hand corner and when I zoomed in on the moon, oh my God, there it was!!!! You can see the aircraft. I knew when I zoomed in that I caught a real UFO. Most incredible thing I've ever seen in my life. I'm just happy I wasn't the only person who saw it. What's also weird was that it was around 730-8 pm when I took the picture but my phone started acting weird and shut off and when I look at my picture details it says it was 12:39 am. Like how? It was almost like a time-lapsed picture. I couldn't get my phone to act right all night. But the next day my phone was fine. I was freaking out for days & weeks about it. And called the police but was told to report it to this Ufo index, which I never knew existed. I am outside now every day with a telescope. I know in my heart it was a UFO & I caught it!!! When you look at the normal photo you can't see it. When you zoom in…it's there!!!!

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170899). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.