Formation over Between Clayton and Capulin, NM, NM

The report, as filed

Saw what I thought were a flock of birds in the middle of the sky (not super high up). They were in a W-shape formation with 14 “birds”. I watched as they would flicker between being white and gray due to the sun (I thought) hitting their flapping wings. Then the flickering turned into a shimmering, like a disco ball spinning faster, then my eyes felt like they were seeing an optional illusion and it seemed like I was trying to see through a blind spot — then they were gone. Completely disappeared. Never reappeared, though I watched for the rest of the time we were driving through NM. A couple years later I was on the Mufon website, where I first reported it. I then also found a case under a “special cases” tab that described something extremely similar, in the same area, just a few months after my sighting. I have her story copied & pasted word for word as well. I really want to get this story out there — I don’t believe it was aliens, but rather, advanced tech that the government isn’t telling us we have or can do.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176056). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.