Light over Hoback, WY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The sighting was observed along the Snake River in a rural area south of Jackson, WY around 8:20pm. Initially, two lights were seen flying in very close proximity at high altitude approximately NW in the same trajectory. A couple minutes later, a string of lights appeared from the west traveling roughly NE at somewhat constant intervals. Many were following each other at the same distance, about 4-9 at a time. On this cloudless night, almost full moon, the lights would fade out at the same point above the horizon. This continued for about 10 minutes, we witnessed 35-40 lights in total. A few pairs of lights were flying in extremely close proximity. All the lights were white in color, and there was no sound, unlike a commercial aircraft.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #154052). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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