As reported

Flash over Columbus, OH

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

I have no idea what I saw last night. there were 100's of white orbs very high in the sky. Above the clouds.. I am saying orbs because they weren't close enough to tell. They looked like stars but they were traveling from East to West at a high rate of speed. No real "pattern" except about every 5 or 10 minutes there would be a group of 3 at a slight angle to each other. I am saying it lasted 2 hours only because I am going by when I first spotted them to when I couldn't see them anymore. Because it got real cloudy after that. But they were not stars and they did not appear to be planes. Besides, I have never seen that many "planes" in the same area at the same time before. And there was absolutely No Sound. I just want to know what there were and if anyone else seen them.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #125937). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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