Oval over Balck Diamond, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We set up our travel trailer at Lake Sawyer for the weekend. So Saturday night (25/July/2020) at about 10:15 PM PDT, we were starting to settle in for the night. My wife was inside getting the kids ready for bed and I was outside picking up some things. I looked up and there was a series of bright lights traveling across the sky. Unfortunately my phone could not record due to the darkness outside. I called out to my wife and she saw the "event" as well. - Travel direction approximately NE to the SW. - 2 or 3 dozen (possibly more) very bright lights. Think of an approaching plane. - All traveling the same direction. - No solid pattern. Somewhat oval shape overall but changed slightly. The majority of the lights were grouped in this main shape. - A few trailing lights appeared to have changed speed to attempt to catch up to the main group. - The lights appeared to be in low atmosphere, not in orbit. - Lasted about 5 minutes or so.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158180). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-07-22 → 2020-08-08