Cigar over Orefield, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At 6:25 AM Eastern time on the morning of Saturday, December 10, 2022, I sighted a massive, obsidian-coloured, cigar shaped object on the way home from work on the night shift. I was wide awake, fully sober, fully alert, and still focused on the previous evening's shift at work. This object was massive--appeared to be about 2000 meters long and 150 meters wide, headed east at 1500 km/hour, around 35 km altitude. The object obscured much of the sky and appeared to be enveloped in a long, black, oily bubble. I had a sense of anxiety observing this phenomena.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173362). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-12-07 → 2022-12-24
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