Cigar over Silver Bay, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This was a silver cigar shaped object. At first I thought it was a plane, but at the altitude it was flying, but there were no wings or any other objects sticking out. It kept at a consistent but fast pace. I watched it until it disappeared. I’m not sure if it just became to difficult to see or if it just vanished, but it was so shiny and bright that even far off I could still see it until I couldn’t. Cigar shaped, silver, no flying appendages.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171835). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-09-13 → 2022-09-30
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