Formation over Hilliard, OH
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The report, as filed
My eldest daughter was visiting my in-laws with several of her siblings, when they spotted approximately 3 dozen lights flying across the sky in a tight, linear formation. Other lights circled around the formation in every direction. She took two, short videos of the event. Then, after the formation of lights disappeared in the distance, another cluster of lights appeared about 10 minutes later. Before she could shoot video of those lights, they shot off in every direction at a high rate of speed. None of the objects made any noise. Some of the lights travelled in rapidly changing directions, and when they dispersed, it was nearly instantaneous. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165717). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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