Cigar over Lakewood, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We saw a long staight series of lights that appeared to be part of a single object moving across the sky. It could have been a very long blimp moving swiftly but the straight series of lights were unlike any of us had ever seen. It appeared to be floating, but was moving quickly. It then abruptly disappear, either turning or… NUFORC: Starlink
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171231). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-08-16 → 2022-09-02