As reported

Chevron over Grand Island, NY

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

The report, as filed

Object was spotted too far south to be UAL1871 or VAL804 and too north to be DHK379 Appeared to ascend to the south of Ferris wheel at nearby amusement park. Vertical ascent and lights made me consider a drone at first, as it was almost disk shaped, but as it moved across the sky I observed it make a number of unnatural course corrections. Lights pulsated around it left to right, red and white lights. Speed varied and seemed to slow down as I called up to it.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179467). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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