Circle over Palm Desert/La Quinta, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My wife and I driving home and I almost slammed on the brakes. She said, "don't worry, they're just stars". We pulled over, parked, and that's when she said, "Oh, I guess they're not stars... they're moving!" First they were in a clump, and then with great speed and fluidness, they broke off. They first lined up high in the sky like a landing strip and then some broke off into smaller groups. It might be one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen. I would love to find out this was some sort of military operation, but I've never seen anything American made move like that. Finally, I parked the car in a church parking lot, where others approached me to ask if I knew what we were looking at. Needless to say, I'm totally freaked out.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128668). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-20 → 2016-08-06