Sphere over Phoenix (northwest area), AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Facing north, seven red lights from the north heading south toward us, loosely in formation, five cut sharply right, heading east & vanished as we grabbed a camera, while two remained continuing south, toward us then those two disappeared. These were not in any commercial flight path, seemed sizable for their distance, larger than aircraft position lights, or drones, did not fly in military formation & emitted no detectable sound upon approach, did not fade away just vanished. The sky was clear with good visibility (no cloud cover, etc.).
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #119102). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-05-19 → 2015-06-05