Formation over Laquey, MO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On December 5, 2017, at 6 p.m. there was a string of unmoving lights to the NNE of I-44 from the Buckhorn exit. Yellow-orange lights in color, wavering as if seen through heat, in a straight horizontal line. The lights were not evenly spaced along the line but were in a perfectly straight line just above the tree line from where seen but seemed to be much further away. There appeared to be five or six lights. They were viewed only for a few seconds and then they went out/off in order from right to left and did not reappear. There were two airplanes in the air at the time to the left and right of the lights. The airplanes were not following/pursuing the lights. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137581). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-12-02 → 2017-12-19