“What are those lights?” the Evansville police officer said as he stared
at the sky above the Southeast Side of Evansville Monday night. “What are those, man?”.
He and his partner were parked near the intersection of Governor Street
and Sweetser Avenue when they spotted a string of blinking white lights.
On Tuesday, spokesman Sgt. Nick Winsett said " the EPD had yet to figure out the origin. And Leslie Fella, director of marketing and air service for Evansville Regional Airport, was shocked to see the lights when I sent her a link to D’mechi’s video. EVV hadn’t been notified of any special aircraft traversing the skies on Monday."
“Oh wow, very interesting (and strange!) indeed!” she said via email after seeing the footage. “This is the first that I’ve heard or seen of it, and no, we aren’t aware of anything in the area. Although, unless commercial, we aren’t always made aware
Scott Air Force Base in Western Illinois couldn't provide any answers, either. When called on Tuesday, officials in both public affairs and base operations had no knowledge of an air exercise that could have produced the lights. A request for comment from Fort Campbell in Kentucky wasn’t returned.
Analysis
A line of helicopters or drones, each with their navigation lights flashing randomly would produce a similar spectacle. It is a shame we do not know what happened to the objects after the video stopped!
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