Light over Island Pond, VT

The report, as filed

At approx 5:22pm, on 26 Nov 2022, I went out onto my front porch to bring in my flag. As I was rolling up the flag I observed a single bright, white light at low altitude (500ft approx) moving above and to the left of me. I first saw it as it came over the east side of my roof. The light was traveling unusually slow for a common aircraft. There were no common aircraft running lights, no red light, no strobe. It moved from direct west to east. The light was very bright, much brighter than the stars, and appeared to "ray out" in spikes all around it. No structure could be seen. There was a long "spike" of light coming out of the back end (no sparks, fire or debris). There was absolutely no sound from it. As it passed I heard a neighbor's dog start barking (although it must be said that that dog is a constant barker). As the light got closer toward the Island Pond village it very quickly just "faded out". I watched briefly and it did not reappear along the trajectory it was on. It did not change course throughout the sighting.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173204). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.