File:Hudson Valley UFO wave - circular arc of colored lights.png

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Description	Photograph taken during Hudson Valley UFO wave of the 1980s showing a circular arc of colored lights
Author or copyright owner	Randy Etting
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-enticing-mysteries-of-ufo-photography
Date of publication	May 1987
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	1984 Hudson Valley UFO sightings
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): arcs of colorful lights hanging in the night sky were photographed.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the artwork would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Only image in article, only used in one article, cropped and downresed
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of the artwork will not impact the commercial viability of the art.
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