Diamond over Pleasant valley, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Driving on salt point turnpike heading south/west I noticed a bright reflecting object. It seemed to be diamond or cylinder shape. It seemed to have some exhaust or other oscillating air/field around it. I estimate it was about 10-15,000 feet up, because it was much lower in the sky than a jet passing overhead. I could not tell the distance or size. It would float still when I was looking at it. Sometimes I would look back and it would appear to have moved. Disappeared after 3-5 minutes. The flight tracker I checked did not have anything close by - only much further south.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174101). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-01-21 → 2023-02-07