Formation over Alamagordo, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We saw a series of three to four lights, first to the left side and then to the right side. They would run in sequence and then move to the other side. The first time was around 7:30pm and then we saw them five more times. Until 8:30pm. Same general area but not exactly. There were jets circling around occasionally but they would only show when the jets flew away. It looked like a series of golden balls of light. It was silent. Spotted in the sky near Arcturus.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165010). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-10-17 → 2021-11-03
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