As reported

Formation over Granite City, IL

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

The report, as filed

I walked outside in the back yard and looked up and noticed a string of lights approximately 20 or more and they were white in color and in a straight formation. I'm not sure but I would say that they were approximately 40 feet or more in between each of them. I did not hear any noise from them and ran in to get my wife who also witnessed this. I grabbed my iPad and tried to record it but it was unsuccessful. Soon after the lights rose up and vanished out of sight.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161073). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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