Light over Elmwood Park, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Looking from my bedroom window to the west, I saw 6 sparkling lights in the sky. At first I thought that they were possibly airplanes, satellites, or twinkling stars, but they were bright and close enough together not to be planes. They were slowly moving downward in a southern direction. Two of them slowly faded away while holding their position, while the remaining four kept moving in a southern direction until I couldn't see them anymore. I've never seen sparkling lights in the morning sky moving in such a curved, symmetrical pattern. Interesting to watch, but odd.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #136128). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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