Other over Elbert, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I woke in the middle of the night on a camping trip, looked out my tent and originally saw a line of three bright white lights. After looking at it for about 5 minutes, I tried to turn on my iPad to see if I could snag a video of it. Around that time, two very dim lights appeared on each side of the "UFO." I tried to take a video of the flying object, but couldn't see anything. It began slowly moving away after about 5 minutes. The lights slowly got closer together as it disappeared behind a tree, although I could still see the light of it behind the tree for a couple more minutes. It disappeared soon after and I went back to sleep.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #126476). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-03-17 → 2016-04-03
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