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Waves Of Unidentified Objects Over The Hudson Valley Region
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record bf532cac-85aa-4919-b52e-f4b049d2d52e.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Meteor activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Aug 17, 2026, 8:14 PM
Timezone
Eastern Time
Location
Hudson Valley
Witness account
Narrative
1981–1986 Hudson Valley UFO Sightings The Hudson Valley UFO sightings were a concentrated cluster of sightings in the Northeast involving large, unidentified aircraft and formations from 1981–1986. Individuals involved reported massive V-shaped objects, semicircular objects (as seen in Randy Etting's 1987 Newtown, CT photograph), crosses, and spherical lights in the night sky. Common descriptions included multicolored lights, football-field-sized objects (estimated), low altitudes, and V-shap...
Case progression
Timeline
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the Hudson Valley UFO Sightings incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.