Formation over Devil's Lake, ND
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
4 white pulsating lights followed distantly by a large slower moving helicopter. The lights stayed perfectly distanced from one another creating a rectangular shape. They blinked one at a time in what seemed to be an organized pattern from top left, top right, bottom right, bottom left, and repeated this as long as it could be seen. I followed the lights and the helicopter but was unable to match speed. I noted that my car radio had a weird feedback at this time, and I was listening to a CD versus a radio station. Also, my headlights seems to flicker which is unusual. I attempted to take a picture in my phone if this, but it was too dark and nothing shows on it
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #157651). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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