Light over Waterford, ME
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Saw one light about the size of a satellite moving right to left. As I was looking, it immediately reversed direction and went left to right. At that point, it started moving in a very small, tight circle. It did that for about five minutes and then started going up and down for a few seconds before doing figure eights and then returning to small tight circles. I was talking to a friend on the phone and had my mother and sister look out and confirm that it was moving in weird ways impossible for a plane or satellite and was also getting brighter and dimmer
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171826). 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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