Cone over Chapel Hill, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Bright white light flashing repeatedly in the same area of the sky for thirty to forty minutes.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2010-03-28 → 2010-04-14
From the same sky
Related entries
August 13, 2022 · 12:01 AM · LIGHT
Chapel Hill, NC
It was a Friday night and I was playing with my insomniac toddler in our apartment which is on the top (third) floor. Then our neighbor started smoking which came into our shared bathroom vent and filled the apartment. I had no choice but to open our sliding balcony door which runs the length of our living room. It was approaching midnight and suddenly I saw a satellite flying very close above the distant trees to the point that it was as large as an airplane. It had red lights on one vertical panel and blue lights on the other and flew silently and slowly. Since it was odd, I threw a ball into the other room so my toddler would run out of sight. Less than a minute later I looked and it was flying the same path with the same slow speed which confused me because it should have passed out of sight already. This time it did and passed over our building out of sight. Ten minutes later I decided to go outside the balcony and hope my toddler would not notice. It was probably after midnight and then I saw three satellites across the sky above the trees and among the stars. They were not stars because they had that distinct satellite flashing with red or white lights and were moving slowly in different directions. My toddler found me and ran on the balcony. “Look at all those satellites!” I exclaimed. “Wow so many!” Leaning over the railing, I pointed to each one— one on the far left higher up and two directly ahead in the sky. Combined with three stationary stars in a diagonal, they made a formation that reminded me of the Big Dipper constellation. Then suddenly right after I pointed, all three satellites disappeared within a few seconds of each other. The sky went completely black where they had been flying. They were nowhere to be seen and never re-emerged. We could only see the three diagonal stationary stars. Up till that point, I had assumed these were all satellites owned by a private company or government…but I don’t believe satellites just suddenly disappear without a trace like that. They didn’t slowly fly out of sight like the original satellite with the red and blue. So I thought I better report this odd incident in case it helps form a bigger picture of something…
July 18, 2022 · 11:01 PM · UNKNOWN
Chapel Hill, NC
I was taking my dog out and looked up at the sky, which was clear and with stars out. I noticed red/green lights quite high up in the NE as if it were an aircraft. I live close to RDU and often see flights approaching/leaving the airport, which is 16 miles away. The lights were unblinking and did not move at all, which caught my attention. I watched this for quite a while (2-5 minutes?). Suddenly, the lights jerked sharply towards the NW, then zipped back again and remained still for some time. This repeated twice more. I took a live photo with my iPhone and was able to capture the speed with which it moved. I went inside after taking the picture.
July 6, 2021 · 7:44 PM · OTHER
Chapel Hill, NC
2 clips show a prolonged bright plasma like object on a barn floor. Almost moves like an amoeba. Longest film seems to be 4-5 electrical bolts flying into cloud like structures which then emit weird almost screams. Nothing I’ve seen or heard of before. Clips taken from a Siler city farm. I can put you in contact with owner.
April 23, 2020 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Chapel Hill, NC
Was out with a group of friends to watch the meteor shower. Never saw any meteors, up and ahead of us we spotted a white circular (object?) shape move east. it was very very high up and hard to discern what it was, but it wasn't blinking like a plane and it was way too high and far away to be a drone. (And no, it wasn't a meteor - one of the people is super nerdy into this stuff and they didn't know what this was) It moved organically - a bit strange - as if someone was drawing on the sky with a laser pointer. It proceeded in that direction for about a minute, second by second a different person in our group noticing it until it became so dim it was gone. About 10 minutes later, we saw a bright white flash / explosion around the same area it originated. Never seen anything like this!
October 5, 2019 · 7:30 PM · FORMATION
Chapel Hill, NC
Was driving south on 15/501 following a friend to get pizza up the road past Manns Chapel. About 7:30-7:40 pm. I have text messages to corroborate the day/time even though it has been a year. An array of lights multi-colored red/green/blue drifted into view moving slowish and appearing fairly low in the sky. The lights seemed to change colors and moved in a sequenced pattern almost mandalic effect. Drifted into view and hung over the highway for a few moments, the array was floating parallell to the ground in a disc/rectangular formation (though no actual physical substance seemed to tie the lights together). It was dusk/ almost dark so perspective was weird, but the tree line ended up obscuring it from my vision after driving by. Seemed to be traveling fairly slowly (less than 50mph), and seemed to be headed in the opposite-ish direction (north). My buddy was just as freaked out as I was when we arrived at our destination a few minutes later. He drove in a! separate vehicle and was in front of me by about 200 yards. It has been on my mind for the past year. One of the most unusual things I’ve ever experienced. Found this site after hanging around a Reddit subthread and realized someone else reported this in NORTH chapel hill same day same time- I was south of chapel hill but I (and my friend) can corroborate this sighting. My phone was almost dead and it happened so quickly while driving I couldn’t get a video or pic. I would also love to know if anyone else saw this, or a light array like this elsewhere and what the prevailing theories are on it!
August 30, 2017 · 1:00 AM
Chapel Hill, NC
I've been watching documentaries on UFOs and I had a weird thought to request a visit. My dog started barking unexpectedly and I didn't know why. I went to sleep and woke up to this on my window. It looks like something pressing a face against the window. It wasn't me and the pressing is on the outside of the window.