Light over coatesville, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Standing on the side of my house looking southwest at about 7/8 at 930 I saw 2 red and yellow lights coming from the southeast heading in a north west direction. What stood out that the lights were bright and I noticed that there was no engine noises, and no blinking lights that aircrafts have. The first 2 lights were in a line about 6 seconds apart and as they passed by, again there was no noise and no flashing lights. As they passed by they were higher in the sky about 30- 40K feet up they disappeared into the atmosphere. About 30 seconds later another 2 came and did the exact same thing. About another 30 seconds 3 came out of the southeast. The first 2 were directly in front of each other and the first light started zig zagging 3 or 4 times in front of the second light. They separated farther apart and no sound or blinking lights and went up into the atmosphere. The third light following did the exact same thing as the first 2 sets. The last set did the exact same thing as the first 2 sets. There was a plane that flying and going east to west in which you could see the flashing lights and hear the engine. You could see in the upper atmosphere 2 other planes with flashing lights. I did get about 15 seconds of video.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176658). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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