As reported

Triangle over Osage Beach, MO

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The report, as filed

Sitting by the lake at night we saw this: 3 bright orange-ish/white lights in a triangle shape moving from west to east in the night sky. The lights were bright and object was completely silent and also moving at a very rapid pace. Initially thought it was a helicopter landing at a nearby hospital with how low it was, then I realized there was no sound at all and it was moving far too fast. All of a sudden, it veered south very rapidly, this is when the triangle became most clear, and within a second or two, it was like the thing disappeared into thin air. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135100). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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