Circle over Rockwood, ME
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
As I was taking my picture of Venus and the moon the object caught my eye and while I focused on it the object it simply disappeared. I was on the camp deck there were no windows or screens, and the night sky was clear. Though I could see it, the object did not appear to have any illumination. When I downloaded my camera to my computer, I noticed the object was in the frame. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175885). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-05-18 → 2023-06-04
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