As reported

Light over Cumberland, MD

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Four tube shaped white lights barely moving north in an elongated and tidy, but not static, diamond. Appeared to fade “up” not away.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158086). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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