Unknown over Bangor, ME
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw large red flashing lights in the sky heading away from me at a slow rate of speed.I pulled my tuck over and watched it slowly go away from me with a slight turn to the left. Whatever it was it was large Much bigger than I would expect from a plane and the flashing red lights were large also. I could not tell the shape as it was going straight away from me but there was a row of flashing red lights with at least 1 that seemed more out front. I would like to know if anything like this has been reported.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158901). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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