Oval over North Ft. Myers, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It was silent, with a LOT of blinking lights. There was an airliner to the right of this craft. The craft covered about 1/2 mile in about 10 seconds. Then it jumped forward like it was hopscotching across the sky. When it got very close to the airliner it just disappeared. It was not a star. It was not a man made aircraft. It was moving at an extraordinary speed. There were a lot more lights blinking than the usual lights you see on a jet. There had to be 10-15 lights all blinking randomly. It was very bright in the sky. My phone was charging and was only at 2% so I couldn't take a photo. I really saw it. Glad to take a polygraph.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159980). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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