Light over Iberia, MO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
There was a very long line of flashing white and red lights that was seen across Central Missouri tonight by a number of people in several different towns. It was seen North of St. Elizabeth, and they traveled SW and was seen in Iberia and the Lake Ozark area, a short time later. Very very high in the sky. Red and white flashing lights. There was no sound at all. They were not in any formation just a very long staggered line trailing one right after another. You would think if it was some sort of jet there would be some sort of sound by how many there were. It was completely silent. They're are several videos that people are posting on social media of them. I was able to get a video of them at the time. Was very interesting to see. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137646). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-12-06 → 2017-12-23