Formation over Lagrange, KY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Around 10pm I saw a ball of white light shoot down from the sky as I was walking in to my home. A few minutes later, I looked out the window and saw what looked like a cluster of bright stars in a loose C formation, but one of the "stars" began moving smoothly out of the formation. So I went back outside to get a better look and try to figure out what it was and there were dozens of these bright lights off to the side of the C formation that I couldn't see from the angle of my window. They were too bright and too close to be stars. A few of them were moving, but most were stationary. I have never seen anything like this. I even got my daughter to come outside and look. There were so many of them. They covered the northeast part of the sky. But around 10:30, the sky was dark again. The only thing I could see was the light of a tower in the distance. Again, I brought my daughter out to see that the lights were completely gone. I thought there would be something about this on the news or social media, but I haven't found anything. I am about 30 minutes from a major city, but I figured someone must have seen these lights. I came across this site while looking for information online. I have never been on UFO websites before, but I felt like I had to report what I had seen. Honestly, when I saw the amount of lights in the sky, my first thought was "invasion", but in a joking sense. I would have taken a picture, but my phone was broken. If it happens again tonight, I will be taking pictures and video.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #138880). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-02-16 → 2018-03-05
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