Formation over Bowdoinham, ME
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Saw contrails behind the clouds and then a formation of what I thought looked like aircraft flying West to East. It took about 40-60 seconds to cross the sky where I was before I lost sight. I do have trees on both sides of where I was sitting/standing. They were lit up with what appeared to be soft white lights, don't remember seeing any other color lights. Almost looked like a caterpillar formation. Did not appear to me that they were that high in elevation. Had my hot tub running so I did not hear any sound. Same line of flight that I saw a group of aircraft flying single file spaced out one or two to a slot, that was about 20 aircraft and was early morning earlier this spring. Again, I assume both of these instances were military aircraft. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175848). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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