Light over Severn, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Four lights moving silently and slowly in a straight line then arching line. One light or object split off and went southward and disappeared, the other 3 lights remained moving slowly forward then hovering. One of the 3 moved downwards from the line to form a triangular shape. They stayed glowing there for a few seconds then it moved southwest and disappeared, the other two remained and then moved slowly forward, then disappeared completely. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #131613). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-12-01 → 2016-12-18
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