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National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 8/27/2014 01:20 (Entered as : 8/27/14 1:20)
Reported: 8/27/2014 7:52:32 AM 07:52
Posted: 8/29/2014
Location: South Bethany Beach, DE
Shape: Formation
Duration: 10 minutes
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
4 LIGHTS (OBJECTS) APPEAR SUDDENLY AROUND JET FLYING AT NIGHT AND STAY IN FORMATION

RIGHT AFTER MY 11-YR.-OLD SON AND I WITNESSED UP CLOSE A SILENT V-SHAPED UFO GO OVER OUR HEADS AND OUT OVER THE OCEAN, WE WITNESSED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE WERE OUTSIDE THE RENTAL VACATION HOME AT 1:20 IN THE MORNING (STILL EXCITED AND IN AWE ABOUT THE FIRST SIGHTING) I WANTED HIM TO GET A CHANCE TO POSSIBLY VIEW A SHOOTING STAR OF WHICH I HAD SEEN QUITE A FEW AGAINST THE STARRY, MOON-LESS SKY AT THE SHORE.

I POINTED OUT A HIGH FLYING LARGE JET APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH. AT THE SAME TIME...A SMALL JET (SO I THOUGHT)WAS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THEY WERE AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES. WHEN THE SMALLER CRAFT CAME CLOSE ENOUGH (FROM MY VANTAGE POINT) TO INTERSECT PATHS WITH THE LARGER PLANE...ALL OF A SUDDEN ...4 MORE CRAFT APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE.ONE POSITIONED ITSELF IN FRONT OF THE PLANE AND THE OTHER 3 SPACED BEHIND IT...WITH THE ORIGINAL SMALL CRAFT (WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A SMALL JET) TRAILING OFF FURTHER BEHIND.

I WATCHED THEM CONTINUE ON THEIR PATH FOR ABOUT 5 MORE MINUTES COINCIDENTALLY ON THE SAME PATH OVER THE OCEAN AS THE V SHAPED UFO (FORMATION OF LIGHTS) THAT WE HAD WITNESSED 20 MINUTES EARLIER.