Info on a ufo sighting in the late 70's/early 80s?

I am a fan of ufology and local lore, my mother was telling me of a UFO/UAP sighting by her brothers when they were kids where they saw some lights in the sky flying nearby the moon that stayed there for quite a while, eventually flashing brighter and then shooting off. Her father didn't believe their story until it was reported on on the Channel 3 news shortly after.

This would have had to have happened between 1976 and 1985 maybe? She's not sure. The brother who witnessed it has since passed away so I can't ask if he remember the year.

In my research most local ufo reports in the area around that time frame is overshadowed by the Hudson Valley UFO incident, so I was hoping maybe someone on here might know of this UFO sighting considering it had made the news? This was apparently a core memory for my uncle and what got him onto the Ufology interest, and in my youth he was sort of my Ufology/Alien encounter buddy to watch documentaries on the topic with and sort of just wanted to kinda see if I could find anything on it or any other witness to it. Kind of like reconnecting with my long passed Ufology buddy.

So yeah, does anyone on here remember the UFO/UAP sighting in question?

And even if not do you have any local ufo/uap sightings you've heard of/encountered?