Formation over Laurel, DE
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
line of 4 red lights, spaced about 1 mile front front to end, front had whitish light steady, 3rd light in line was also whitish, all were in a flat-line formation with no variance in altitude. no engine sound (as would be from a set of planes). living close to Dover, I know what I would see with multiple planes flying in an elongated formation, this isn't what that was.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130430). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-30 → 2016-10-17
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