Changing over Palmdale, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At a concert in Mary Kerr park and a light formation was seen above towards the north. The lights created a triangle and also other shapes flickering on and off, too high in the sky to be drones, no sound. They were moving east and some faded out and other just went off
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171084). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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