Formation over Lake Geneva, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At approximately sunset saw long vertical contrail with red light blinking moving object going straight up. Around this contrail were hovering stationary white lights about half -way up contrail, which looked like helicopters at first, but remained bright and stationary for over an hour.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #139276). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-03-22 → 2018-04-08
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