Formation over Black Creek, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While driving down our unlit country road at approx. 9 p.m., my wife and I both sighted what appeared to be a string of large lights (vertical) resembling a tower (it looked like a cell tower, however, we do not have any cell towers or other towers in our vicinity). The lights were grouped in a vertical row (large dull white). We both said to each other, "what the heck is that?" Moving slowly down the road, the lights seemed more horizontal and passed over us. These four lights were spaced a short distance from each other in a horizontal formation. No noise or other sounds were heard.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #121795). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-09-02 → 2015-09-19