Cigar over Union City, TN
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The report, as filed
me and a friend were target shooting and saw saw this thing in the sky
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1999-12-31 → 2000-01-17
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July 9, 2019 · 9:50 PM · FLASH
Union City, TN
Let me start by saying I did not see the first craft, only the way a cloud reacted. The second was a flash further south above the clouds moving in the same direction as the first. I was standing in the back door of my home smoking and looking up at the moon. I noticed a small cloud (back lit by the moon) seem to change and it caught my attention. It seemed to swirl for a moment and then strung out toward the north-west. I thought nothing of it at first and brushed it off as strange weather. Looking farther south now, where a storm seemed to be brewing, accompanied by lightning flashes, I saw a strange flash (oblong above the clouds and not in the same area as the lightning.) The flash seemed to move toward the same direction as the first phenomenon. This really got my attention. Suddenly my right hand, the right side of my neck, and my right ear felt hot. This lasted for maybe 10 seconds then faded. After this I felt sick and had to close the door and rush to the bathroom. As soon as I left the back door however the feeling passed. This feeling has never happened to me before but has left me shaken.
December 22, 2018 · 12:09 AM · CIRCLE
Union City, TN
This evening the night sky is very clear and lit by a near full moon. At around 0009hrs., I was looking toward the south and noticed a bright object that appeared to be a bright star. This was not all that unusual other than the fact that in the city, almost no stars are visible at this time due to the lights and the moon. Still, I assumed it was the light of an airliner flying north. But then the light, which did not appear to be moving, disappeared like someone turned off the light switch. The light was not an unusual color; maybe a redish white. I kept an eye on this spot in the sky and noticed that about 7 minutes later, a light appeared in the same spot but this time it was much dimmer and a deep red. This light began blinking in a pattern not normally seen on aircraft. It would blink 3 times rapidly then disappear for around 3 seconds and blink rapidly again 3 times. This continued for about a minute without moving then disappeared again. About one minute later it appeared again as a solid red light for a few seconds before diappearing again. I had to move from my vantage point after this and was no longer able to be sure of the exact spot so I can't be sure if it ever reappeared. There were at least 3 other airplanes in the vicinity that all appeared normal and not like this.
May 19, 1999 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Union City, TN
at first we thought it was a star,but it was moving in a downward direction and it was slowly changing color from white to red and blue