Circle over Valentine, NE
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Very bright white lights moved in a straight line from west to east from Jupiter to Mars. Approximately 100 in the first event then 38 moved from west to northeast at approximately 19:15 central time. The last object moved faster than the rest like it was attempting to catch up. The moon has not risen yet and this is several miles from the nearest town. There are a lot of stars Outside of the vehicle and turned the lights off to watch
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160998). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-12-01 → 2020-12-18
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