As reported

Unknown over St. George, UT

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The report, as filed

Group of 3 lights in the sky, moving from West to East, at an extremely high rate of speed. Stopped from full speed to stationary, almost instantaneously, and hovered for 10 seconds, then jumped to full speed again heading north, turned around and headed south again at speed. Once again stopped from full speed and hovered then shot towards the earth and disappeared. Lights were red in color and flashed some. Was clear to see the lights and movement but hard to see what the shape was. Took a few pictures with camera phone and I'd be happy to email them to you. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Disregard the report i submitted. Craft came back on a clear day as opposed to cloudy when i first saw it. Same time of a day at around evening time. Someone was flying their drone. Same light pattern, same movement patterns, but the clouds created an illusion of a much greater distance and speed moving across the sky. I apologize, I just don't want to have a hoax report because it discredits what is a legitimate search. ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM))

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #119985). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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