Formation over Delphi, IN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
08MAR23 Approximately 9:00 pm Five bright orange lights in a straight line appeared in the sky for approximately 10-15 seconds. The lights disappeared from view for a short period of time only to reappear a short distance to the west. After 10-15 seconds, the lights disappeared again. After approximately 1 minute, one large bright orange light appeared farther to the west. Commercial aircraft with flashing lights could be seen moving elsewhere in the sky. I checked Flight Radar 24 and could find commercial aircraft, but nothing in vicinity to the lights I observed. Grissom AFB is east of this location. Perhaps it was a military aircraft dropping flares? I did not perceive any vertical motion as though something was falling towards the ground. I attached a History Channel picture for reference. This is similar to what I observed.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174945). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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