Light over Erie, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
driving down the road and saw two extremely bright lights very close to each other, lights then faded until they disappeared, about 30 to 45 seconds later the lights came back on and backwards dimmed would be the best word i could describe. They dimmed from very very low brightness to extremely bright where they were radiating and reflecting light with streaks coming off of them it was brighter than anything I've ever seen before. The lights then we're stationary and completely disappeared like they were turned off. After the Lights disappeared 3 airplanes we're flying at a rapid speed and making maneuvers in a zigzag motion. I've seen this motion before since I was in airforce for eight and a half years, all three aircraft were doing maneuvers in the shape of a Z. We spoke via telephone with the source of the report, and he seemed to us to be quite sincere and sober-minded. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #143640). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-10-28 → 2018-11-14
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