Light over Blue Eye, MO

The report, as filed

A storm was approaching from the west. Myself, my mother and father were sitting on the balcony of the house, which has a view of the west and a view of Table Rock Lake, off of highway JJ in Blue Eye. We were watching the storm get closer (maybe about 20 miles out to the west heading east) and we (all three of us spotted) 5 bright lights that were white in color and appeared to range in altitude from 500 feet to 2000 feet and were staggered near each other less than a mile or two horizontally. Furthermore, all lights were the same intensity and two or three of them began to slowly move towards the south or southeast. About one minute later the two of the objects disappeared. Then after about 20 to 30 seconds two more disappeared leaving only one stationary white light. Then, two of the objects returned only this time, they were underneath and lateral of the remaining light forming what appeared to be a triangle. By this time we hag gotten binoculars and viewed the objects as they started slowly moving southeast again. They looked as if they were balls of Amber white light through the binoculars. Then two lights disappeared and then the last one very slowly faded out. I HAVE NEVER REPORTED A UFO. I AM AN AIRFORCE VET. A COMMERCIAL PILOT, A PARAMEDIC. I AM NOT SOME WEIRDO AND I WILL NEVER FORGET NOR WILL MY PARENTS FORGET WHAT WE SAW FLYING OVER BLUE EYE MISSOURI. THIS WAS NOT ANY AIRCRAFT I HAVE EVER SEEN. ball lightning perhaps? I want to know if any one else saw this.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #112359). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.