Light over Pottersville, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Never have seen anything like this. Large white, unblinking, non flashing light spherical. A little bigger than Jupiter visible in sky tonight. The light had a fan like spray of light training behind it as it moved from west to east horizontally. Lasted about 30-45 seconds. Then the tail spray disappeared first, then a couple seconds later the white main body of light disappeared. Totally clear skies tonight, no clouds in the sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172004). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-09-21 → 2022-10-08
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