NUFORC Sighting 175305

Occurred: 2023-04-13 21:02 Local
Reported: 2023-04-17 13:38 Pacific
Duration: 15 Minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Quartzsite, AZ, USA
Location details: 6 miles south of Quartzsite in La Paz

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Aircraft nearby

Lights in formation floating upward slow then fast

Friend leaving our RV, closing the door, looking at the stars, felt uneasy, like I was moving. Looking west toward Blythe CA. Called my friend back, wife came out. Were 4 lights in square, right of Venus, brightness of average stars, thought it was big dipper, they were slowly moving together upwards. Above Venus and moved a little faster, the upper right light then shot off upwards to the right fast and faded out. The other 3 shortly faded away. Right after, 4 more lights came up from below right of Venus, they quickly turned into 3 lights, all moving upward with top of triangle on top, then that light shot of fast, faded, and other 2 lights faded after moving a little more. Lots of air traffic to right and left.

Posted 2023-05-19