Disk over Jonesborough, TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Its motion was unnatural and it was silent.
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 2009-10-05 → 2009-10-22
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I was headed home at 8:30PM I turned onto highland church Rd in Jonesborough. I try to keep my eyes in the sky because i thought i saw something like it a couple weeks ago. as I turned onto the Rd, I saw a solid whit light standing still and flickering just a bit. Didn't thank much of it but fr some reason i kept watching it. Next i thought i saw it move about 3 inches in the sky so I asked my Fiancee to pull over. She stopped the car and I got out watching it and it started to move towards my house. There is an airport which would be behind me about 25 miles. So I had her turn off the car to see if maybe we could here an engine or anything. No sound at all coming from this craft. So I got in the car and basically followed it as it was headed towards my house. The Rd I live on is a staight away for about 12 miles. When we got to the house I got out and it had stopped as it looked like it was probably 7 to ten miles away and maybe 100 Feet in the air. So I continued to watch this object, as it was sitting still. When I found the craft in my telescope it was a circle and looked like individual solid white lights all around it. So basically it was a circle of lights that looked like it was barely flickering. I went in the house to get a better lens for my telescope and it was gone when I got back but stood still for approximately 35 minutes. I got home tonight at 9:00PM and there was a light in the same spot as I watched it for about ten minutes. I went in to get my telescope because I took it in because I never thought t would be back. When I got outside it was gone.. I would appreciate if anyone else that has been watching this object would give me some feedback.