Light over Santa Rosa, NM
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The report, as filed
I was stopped on a north bound entrance ramp to highway 84 south of Santa Rosa, NM. I am not sure about the exit number. I stopped to take a break and short nap at approximately 03:00. I woke around 04:00 and noticed what I thought was a shooting star. I was amazed at how clear and bright the stars were and especially how apparent the Milky Way was, because of the ultra low amounts of ambient city light. As I looked up in the general area of the shooting star, toward the west, I noticed what I thought was an airplane or satellite moving across the sky, but it was not strobing or flashing and appeared to be a solid white color. It stopped all of a sudden and then moved for a short distance in a different direction. The light disappeared and then I noticed a few others near the same spot in the sky moving short distances in different directions. The duration of these moving lights only lasted for 15-30 seconds and I didn't see any after.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111937). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-23 → 2014-08-09
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