Formation over Lawrence, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving westbound on 94 towards Chicago. Suddenly 6 bright lights appeared above the horizon, not moving and in a vertical formation. The lights stayed still for at least 30 seconds and my eyes were glued to them. Eventually after about 40 seconds the top light flickered, then disappeared, then the bottom light did the same thing. The remaining four lights all followed suit from bottom to top in about 10 second intervals. These lights were not moving at all and appeared very far away in the sky. Even though they were in formation, they were not close together and had significant spacing in between them - which is why i dont think this was Star link. [NUFORC annotation: Flares - Possible]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179553). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-11-25 → 2023-12-12
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