Formation over Manly, IA
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The report, as filed
Very high altitude objects in orderly straight line. Moving from W.S.W. to E.N.E. Objects spaced even distance from each other. towards the last 9 objects 1 was traveling off the right of the formation same directional movement. A couple minutes before seeing the 1 object to the right there was 1 object to the left of formation moving same as column. All objects were of same light yellow bright reflector color. How high in the air . Likely in earth orbit. Size of objects is a question. I at this time understand people in St.Louis Mo. has witnesses the same type of sighting.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #155492). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-04-15 → 2020-05-02
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