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New Milford · CT, USA
Star-like object in the sky with beam of light directed down to earth
Dundalk · MD, USA
dot of light whith a beam of light below it, beam of light was in a cone shape ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Auburn · PA, USA
bight light appeared in sky shinning a beam down for 30 seconds ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Great Barrington · MA, USA
Bright pure white cone of light, not moving, over northwestern Connecticut, for about 20 sec.. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Whitinsville · MA, USA
Bright white light for 10 seconds with a fading shower. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Ellington · CT, USA
Odd bright light in sky, with haze around it that seems to fade out. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Marion · NY, USA
very bright spotlight with mist straight upward motion. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Elysburg · PA, USA
Cone of light eerily appears to Knoebel's Amusement Park goers on the way to the parking lot.((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Orangebury · NY, USA
Circular bright light casting a downward triangular foggy beam then dissipating into its own fog((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Canton · OH, USA
Ball of light with illuminating light shining down at night sat still. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Greenfield · MA, USA
White light with no known source fading into a mist without sound on cloudless night. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Jim Thorpe · PA, USA
beam of light hovered for 30 seconds vanished into thin air. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Neptune City · NJ, USA
very bright large cone shaped light in sky for 15 seconds .... then disapered. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Chatham · NJ, USA
very bright V shape light pointing downwards. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Glenside · PA, USA
A triangular bright light pointing downward in a haze on a clear night.((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Long Branch · NJ, USA
Bright light in sky pointing down. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Farmingdale · NY, USA
The beam of light was controlled, there was no sound. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Chalfont · PA, USA
light and weird mist in sky over Chalfont, Pa. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
McDonough · NY, USA
Large bright white light with beam witnessed in New York state. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Long Beach · NJ, USA
This object had no where to go but up ,It used this this mist cloud to cloak itself((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Fishers Island · NY, USA
Fishers Island, Long Island Sound, a large lamp shade/flashlight in the sky for 10 seconds+ ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Independent Hill · VA, USA
Light over Independent Hill VA ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
North Kingstown · RI, USA
There was a bright bell shaped light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Scotch Plains · NJ, USA
Spotlight over new jersey. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))