File 184 · August 2026
Multi-light object, Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States
Opened 9/4/2026
Ledger illustration of the file — not a photograph of the object. Ledger illustration of the report: a multi-light object dropping behind pines. — Night Ledger illustration of the file
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
Large multi-light object hovers then drops behind trees near Coeur d'Alene.
What was claimed
A lake-country report described a large multi-light object that hovered, then dropped behind the trees.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
A post from Coeur d’Alene described a large object with several lights that hung over the pines and the lake, then dropped behind the treeline. No roar was mentioned. The lights were said to stay in a fixed arrangement, more like a single body than separate craft.
Helicopters over the lake are not rare. The writer insisted on a drop behind trees and a quiet sky. Filed as written.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
The station, the trains, and the rest of the known sky were already there. Hold the claim next to them.
1998 —
International Space Station
A bright, steady moving star. A few minutes to cross. No strobe. Occupied since 2000. NASA publishes the pass times. Not unidentified.
2019 —
Starlink trains
A line of equally spaced lights after a launch. The most common string of orbs in current reports. A satellite deployment, not a formation of craft.
Always
Venus and the bright planets
A fixed brilliant point. Does not streak. Does not hover over a street then leave. Often the first misread light in a rural report.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
- Public web and X posts
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