Light over Afton, WY
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
At dark: One long strip of bright white lights moving in NE direction, very slowly. Quiet, no sound whatsoever. Rather low hanging, about 10k ft. Once picture was taken, the lights disappeared. *The darker picture is the original. The lighter picture is lightened to see the detail. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165653). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-11-30 → 2021-12-17