Unspecified over Albany, KY
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Leaving parents on the Tennessee and Kentucky border at around 6:18 PM on 12-3-2021. My son was first one off porch and looked up and asked if it was Santa and his reindeer. When my mom looked up saying what the, so me and my father went to take a look, witnessing a straight line of multiple light moving at a slow rate of speed northeast in a horizontal position and as it was slowly moving a aircraft was moving towards it in a high rate of speed. The closer the aircraft got to the object the slower it went but moving into a vertical position, in which the light started going away from both end until completely gone in 2 sec. The whole experience lasted around 3 - 4 minutes. With the sky so clear there was nothing that the object could have got behind or any laser hitting clouds to reflect back the multiple light in a straight line. I tried recording with phone but it doesn't show up. There was also a aircraft moving towards subject in a high rate of speed. The closer the aircraft got, the more it was in horizontal position. Then once the aircraft looked like it was at the bottom of the light it completely vanished. The animals was going crazy and I felt like I had just ran a 5k run in three minutes and filling somewhat confused and drained. I would like to know if anyone else has reported of this phenomenon. I know it couldn't have been any kind of government communication system. Because unless cloud or something was in sky to reflect the lights back to me they would just be visible from the sky. Feel free to give me information on this or any other reports on this. Thank you [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165677). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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