Light over Mescalero Indian Reservation, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On September 25, 2019, while traveling from Toularosa, New Mexico, to Villa Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Highway 70, one of the passengers in the vehicle observed a single bright light in the north western sky at approximately 8:02 PM and at approximately 8:14, the bright light returned and was observed by the driver of the vehicle and the two passengers in the vehicle. This time a second light appeared to the left of the original like a third light leader appeared to the left of the second light at which time the original light disappeared. Almost immediately after the third light appeared, the first light seem to reappear to the left of the third light. The three lights appeared to jump each other to the left for a period of approximately 10 seconds. The three lights then covered each other. One of the lights then reappeared below the two lights. At that point, all the lights disappeared at the same time. A few minutes later, A bright light reappeared with a second bright light two it’s left. Those lights disappeared at the same time. That was the last time any of the occupants in the car saw any bright lights in the sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149178). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-22 → 2019-10-09
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