Light over Manchester, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
As above, my wife and I were sitting outside by our fire ring when I noticed a light in the northeast sky that was moving. The light continued to make a right angle turn to the west and then came to a complete stop. It was also making several zig zag type maneuvers. It continued to pause, and zigzag repeatedly. My wife got cold and went inside. I remained outside to continue watching this object. I noticed the light was getting dim the bright, dim then bright and then disappeared out of sight. It had no type of aviation lights or flashing lights. I'm 52 years old, I've been watching the skies all of my life because I'm an avid believer in extra terrestrial life, and have never seen or experienced anything like this.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172384). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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