Light over Aurora, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While walking my dog tonight, I noticed how brilliant the stars were! Clear night. As I gazed at the stars, I noticed what appeared to be a perfect line of stars... spaced exactly the same distance apart...but they were MOVING! I kept thinking my eyes were playing tricks on me, knowing that stars don't travel. But the line was moving. There was no noise. They appeared like bright stars in the sky...seemed quite a distance up. It felt like hours, but in reality is was probably 45 seconds to a minute before they just started to fade away. Just disappeared into the ethers. I have never witnessed anything like it in my life. There were probably 8-10 of them in the line. I did attempt to shoot video, but the video is black. Perhaps it could be blown up to see if any detail can be extracted. If you would like to have it, I'm happy to provide it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #155826). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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