Sphere over Quay, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
They looked like large stars and appeared to be coming right out of the Mesa. They made an arc very low on the horizon and moved from north to south. The last ones got larger and then all went out at once. They didn’t move really fast. Maybe 75 mph. They were spaced precisely the same distance apart! No noise at all. There are no homes in the area. Very isolated!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #152242). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-12-31 → 2020-01-17