Light over New Hartford, NY
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
While returning from a hike on McKeever Road, I took a photo of the trailhead sign on Route 28. It was only after we returned home later that I looked at my photos and noticed two strange clusters of lights and nearby what looks like a cloud shaped like a triangle. When I took the photo I didn't hear or see any planes or helicopters in the sky. In fact, no sounds were heard. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179015). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-09-28 → 2023-10-15
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