As reported

Cone over Washingtonville, NY

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Live in vicinity of airport (5 miles) sitting on deck at night and noticed something at about 20K feet moving 5x the speed of jet aircraft across the sky in straight line heading S to NE. No tail or flashing light. Appeared as a cylindrical shape. Followed it for about 8-10 seconds before it disappeared from view. This should have shown up on KSWF radar if the tower was active at this time. My wife and I both viewed it.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175937). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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