Other over Bethalto, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Above my house i saw 9 lights shaped in a v. I told friend to look and i said "im gonna take a picture. It was almost like it heard me because it left just as i got ready to take pic. It flew south not gaining altitude but much speed.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166361). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-11-08 → 2021-11-25
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