Triangle over Palm Springs, CA
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The report, as filed
A friend was leaving my home to go to his home after dinner. It was approx. 10pm. After we had said good night, he ran back in the house and said come out here at look at this. There were four large crafts traveling at a high rate of speed, coming from the east and going west. My location is right across the street from the Palm Springs Airport. As we watched in disbelief, they appeared to come to a stop. From the stopped position, the lights seem to get smaller, so maybe they were flying straight up, I'm not sure. The aircrafts are still there over an hour later. They do not seem to be moving at all. The lights now look almost like stars, except they are brighter. While this was going on, a helicopter took off from the airport and flew right over my house and then landed, About 20 seconds later it took off again, and did the exact same thing. It did this four times. very strange
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #127778). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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