Disk over Gainesville, GA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Disk or saucer shaped craft with amazing bright lights on it which lit up the sky and the side of my home in Georgia.
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 2011-10-13 → 2011-10-30
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November 22, 2016 · 7:00 AM · OTHER
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One brightly lite object was seen in the western sky. The lights were too bright to tell the shape.It stayed in one position for about thirty minutes, until it was too cold to remain outside and watch. The lights on the object would go dim and at times disappear then reappear. After one hour it was gone. My husband said that was a real one wasn't it? The same object appeared on 11/24/16 in the same area and stayed for about one hour, until finally moving westward out of site.