Unknown over Santa Clara/Eugene, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
As I was stargazing outside at 21:25 I saw a series of closely connected lights pass silently and smoothly over the neighborhood traveling West to East. It was visible to me for about 25 seconds but was already halfway through the sky before I noticed it. I first thought it was a shooting star but realized it was a series of individual lights, and positioned as if they were along the sides of a very long aircraft. The only aircraft I could imagine would travel like this (regarding size and flight pattern) would be a blimp the length of the Hindenburg.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #163005). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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