Circle over Estero, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
One circle comprised of 4-5 lights. Stationary. Initial faint object(s) caught my eye due to faint flicker. After staring for a few minutes, and writing off as a plane (even though it was 1:45 am), flicker became slightly more clear. Object remained stationary, but flickering colors began to change after a few minutes. white...then red...then green...then blue. Was sometimes three lights flickering, some were four, some flickers contained five. It was a slower flicker, and again, location of circle of lights never moved position. I watched for close to 45 min, then went back inside. Came out again 20 min later, and dark sky had three long vertical grayish clouds (easily 20-30 size of footprint of original circle). Object was gone.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #142320). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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