Cigar over Dartmouth, MA
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The report, as filed
Was looking in the sky saw a large long bright light, could not figure out what it was.I first thought it was a shooting star but did not see no trail and was not moving and was not a air plane, far to long and no sound, I then went back in the house to get my wife to come it .My wife took two pictures as I was waking up my son to come and see it, The three of us watched it until it was out of sight approximately 5 minutes.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171606). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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