Light over Bellingham (Sudden Valley), WA
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The report, as filed
Three lights come together and disappear. 05/10/2019 01:30 am Sudden Valley, (Bellingham) Wa. 98229 Compass reading (260 degree W.) about 30 degree Altitude. 48,42,44 N / 122,19.44W At 1:30 am early morning I went on my deck to get fresh air. Looking up in the western clear sky. Little dipper appeared to the right. As I looked down and to the left, above the treeline yet higher in the sky, but not too high, appeared three lights, connected together. They looked as if they could be attached to each other? Just a brief, possibly 3-4 seconds and then it appeared to have closed into themselves, but no single light, it just disappeared, lights just turned off. Like turning on a light then turning a light off that quick. These were bright white lights, no color. Sudden valley is very quiet, there was no sounds heard. All three lights, together about the size of little finger nail at arm's length.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #146221). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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