Formation over Antelope Valley, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was driving into town and about 5 minutes before, bright white flash lighted up sky then Noticed 4 orange/yellowish lights in sky in a triangle-like formation slightly rotated to left one on top 3 on bottom. We're hovering all slightly moving then 2 bottom one disappeared then after about 1 minute last bottom one started fading out when in shot up into atmosphere then slightly after last one disappeared. 5 minutes after another bright white flash that lit up whole sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132081). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-01-04 → 2017-01-21