Formation over Rugby (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
walking the dog at around 5:15 , clear sky just as i looked up there was a perfect straight line of lights that kept its formation as it took off across the sky and disappeared over the sky .it travelled fast but not at a super pace it took about 30 seconds to vanish. not one light was out of shape a plane was flashing some distance away with a tail behind it but that was flashing as it came the other way the lights was different no flashing warning light at the front , it was not a plain trail left in the sky as i could make out its formation as i went off with trail behind it. there was 20 ish lights i have some footage in a phone video but it was taken at night but can make out the anomaly .
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162350). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: UK Ministry of Defence · records window 2021-03-09 → 2021-03-26
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