Diamond over Tampa, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Letting dogs out, looked skyward to try and observe Uranus. Instead saw a very dim pattern of 4 white lights in a diamond formation. The lights were moving SSE at a high rate of speed. There was no noise associated with this sighting. The lights were not flashing and seemed to be at a high altitude.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #136873). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-10-17 → 2017-11-03
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