As reported
Other over Ocracoke Island, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This was a complex sighting of a rocket, and the creation of a plume or cloud of particles ejected perpendicular to trajectory.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
From the same sky