Light over Lakeway, TX, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We walked outside to the back to let the dogs potty. We noticed the lights immediately as we looked to the west - northwest as they were bright lights slightly drifting upwards in a vertical straight line. They were at about 5000ft to 15000ft. Maybe even less. There were 2 separate airplane lights that were at higher altitudes on both sides to reference this. It looked like they were trying to achieve greater separation from each other and as they got into position, they all disappeared. The top one disappeared first and then the next one lower from the top. It was in sequence highest to lowest as they all disappeared one after the other in about a half second to one whole second. Just found this site and would appreciate feedback as to others in the area seeing this as well. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178136). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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