Circle over Benton, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
6 orange circle in shape bright lights. They were in a diagonal line. Evenly spaced apart. Coming up from the ground to the sky. Th
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2012-09-05 → 2012-09-22
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