Circle over placitas, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
it's a cloudy night. i stepped out on my patio before going to bed. out of the corner of my eye i noticed a series of lights up in the clouds going by. my first thought was headlights on a distant road reflecting off the cloud cover. but it continued at regular intervals. as i really started watching, i realized the lights were going in a large circle, over and over again. this thing seems to be stationary and concealed in the clouds-except for the lights. it is still sitting there-i'm home alone and pretty freaked out. Advertising lights?? PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128210). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-06-28 → 2016-07-15