Teardrop over Lafayette, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Heading south on Route 219 near Lafayette, PA around 9:10pm. Saw a large glowing green/yellow “tadpole” shaped light suddenly appear several hundred feet above the tree line of the forest jump from the left side of the forest over the highway and disappear as it was descending in an arch trajectory above the tree line of the forest on the right side of the highway. It appeared and disappeared within seconds, no sound was heard or trail in sky seen.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172801). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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