'Bright Blue Ball Of Light': UFO Reported In Farmingville

FARMINGVILLE, NY — UFOs and the possibility that aliens from another galaxy send emissaries to check things out on Earth have captivated Americans for decades, and Farmingville is apparently no exception.

On Wednesday, the nonprofit Mutual UFO Network received a report that someone saw an unidentifiable flying object shaped like a bullet July 1. The person, who was not identified, was looking into the stars at what they believed was Mars while getting Italian ices with friends and kids.

Suddenly something appeared in the sky.

"A bright brilliant baby blue colored ball appeared to be coming from right near the mars star, hovering for a second or then then it headed west across the horizon," read the description of the report. "It was bright and created a long tail as it move, the tail was the same brightness and color as the circular object and it was moving fast across the horizon way."

The object disappeared in the night sky almost as quickly as it appeared. The person was startled by what they saw.

"The 3 of us saw it and immediately knew it was something weird," the report said. "I've seen shooting stars, planes, and all means of aircraft including all types of handheld flying toys...this was something completely unique to itself. I can still picture it perfectly."

The latest UFO sighting comes after Navy pilots recently spoke of seeing mysterious objects — with no discernible engine or exhaust fumes — flying at hypersonic speeds. President Donald Trump recently said he was briefed on UFOs, and a group of Senate lawmakers received a classified briefing last month about such objects.

The Navy has drafted guidelines to allow pilots to report UFOs and so that the military can track them. As Patch previously reported, the military branch prefers not to use the term "UFO."

"We don't actually use that term," Joseph Gradisher, a spokesman for the deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, told Patch last month. "We use 'Unmanned Aerial System.'"