Unspecified over Midland, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Add to previous report. My husband ((husband's name deleted)) noticed two orange beans in the sky just over the midland memorial hospital. Then about 20 min later, he called me back outside and there were about nine in the direction of the walmart and three more between the two previous lights. One after another they would pulse getting really bright then dim. Then slowly one after another they disappeared. Each light was was 2 to three inches long high in the sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #144396). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-01-05 → 2019-01-22
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