Circle over Tonganoxie, KS
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Observed 10-12 red lights in a circle, in the area of the big dipper bottom left star of the cup. We were facing directly north. The lights stayed in place in that area for at least 5 minutes that I observed, before ever so slowly moving in a westerly direction. There were no sounds. There was an aircraft that had a flight path that went in close to the lights. I was not able to get a picture of the lights.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165076). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-10-18 → 2021-11-04
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