SIGHTING: DUANESBURG, NEW YORK (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"We live in a rural area with a couple of acres of land and woods bordering the back yard. around 10:55 on the night of january 31, 2017, my fiance and i were home in bed talking when we heard an unfamiliar engine-like noise growing louder and louder as if on approach. the sound was not quite like a train, a plane, a helicoptor, or atv but all crossed my mind because the noise varied in its characteristics but always sounded like a motor. as the noise grew to something of a roar we simultaneously questioned what the heck it could be and looked toward the window. each of us saw 4 very large bright yellow lights - they were in a row, in the woods, about 120 feet from us. the lights were evenly spaced, spanning maybe 15 to 20 feet. i also think they were 10 to 20 feet off the ground. then, almost immediately the lights blinked off in sequence from our right to left. we both assumed the lights were mounted on some kind of vehicle or craft but neither of us saw anything other than the lights. as we contemplated what could possibly be out there in the woods (did a small plane come down? should we call someone?), the noise recurred giving us another moment of pause before bright white or yellow lights rapidly flew by the bedroom windows about 20 feet away and 10 to 15 feet off the ground. each time, the sound preceded the lights and ceased when the lights disappeared. we only moved here in the past month and do not know our neighbors so we have not asked if they heard/saw anything odd that night. i did have the opportunity to ask the nearby sheriff's office and the state police about it a few days later - both denied having had any calls/reports pertaining to the event. interestingly, our 2 dogs, both always ready to bark, did not stir at all."