UFO seen as star in Poughkeepsie

Summary

In 1962, a witness in Poughkeepsie, New York, reported a bright red object moving across the sky. The object, the size of a baseball, appeared like an evening star and moved between 90 degrees and tree-top level. After an hour of observation, it disappeared.

Investigators concluded it was an astronomical body, possibly Vega or Deneb. The movement and red color were explained by atmospheric refraction. Although initially thought to be a UFO, the report classified it as a natural phenomenon.