Light over Tucson, AZ

The report, as filed

At approx 8:45pm, upon returning home from being out, my husband and I saw an unusual sight from our driveway. Since we live in Tucson, AZ., it is a perfectly clear evening and pleasant warm temperatures. (low 90's). Our view was facing the western sky. The objects came from left to right, meaning from the southeast across our view towards the north/northwest. They came as if from the airport/airforce base south of metro Tucson. The main thing to note here is there was absolutely NO sound at all. There were three of these craft objects, two out ahead of the third. They seem to be gaining on each other and flying way too close as compared to how commercial planes fly near each other. Then, when they were (from our perspective) due west, still low in the sky, the two in front were extremely close to each other and almost appear to be touching. Their lights began flashing extremely fast, like a bright white strobe light, faster than you can count. The objects flew up and down, as well as northwards, and slightly back. The further away they flew from us, the faster and more ERRATIC they appeared to move. Very quick and hard turns. The one that was behind came closer to the front two, and they were "three together" doing their erratic motions. The lights were flashing the entire time. After several minutes they became obscured behind trees, houses and the horizon. (since we were on the ground). One thing to note: at the beginning of the sighting we saw one red light and white lights blinking. After a few minutes, they flew extremely close together and the description above (with the strobing lights) and the erratic flight patterns took over. The majority of the sighting was with very fast flashing lights and erratic flight pattern. As the strobe-lights were blinking incredibly fast, it became difficult to watch since the flashing pattern against the dark night sky was hard on the eyes. We could see the almost-half moon overhead and a few stars in the sky. These lights were magnitudes brighter, whiter and flashing faster than anything in the sky. And please reiterate: absolutely NO sound.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #168489). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.