Light over Waynesville, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I am not exactly sure what I saw, but it was a grid of red lights (20-30) filling approximately 1/4 of the sky outside my window in what appeared to be a pattern. There was also a very strange symmetrical cloud formation that was slightly illuminated by the lights, and it appears the clouds had been precisely cut into a pattern of diamonds. As I watched, the lights faded away along with the noise. I have tried to come up with an explanation of what I saw, such as reflections, etc, but I cannot. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #136507). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-09-24 → 2017-10-11
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