Formation over Bowdoin, ME
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Extremely large line of lights moving in formation (maybe two rows one slightly brighter then the other), silent and moving at the speed of a low flying aircraft. I am a pilot, for something to appear that large it would need to be close. This is what got my attention. It floated straight and went behind a taller tree along the tree line but did not appear on the other side. The trajectory would have made it vístanle as it passed by but we lost sight then. I couldn’t believe what I was looking at. Lights not extremely bright about the amount of a average star. Gave me the chills I’ve never seen anything I couldn’t somewhat explain. Very interested to see if anyone else caught a glimpse.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #163233). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-05-13 → 2021-05-30