As reported

Light over Beachwood, NJ

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

The report, as filed

So me and my buddy were swimming in a pool when all of a sudden, we look up and we see a spotlight. This spotlight looks like a cone coming down from the sky, and then there's a bunch of orange haze around this one black cloud with, like flickering lights on it, and we are like, huh? So we keep staring at it for about minute and a 1/2.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176801). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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