Light over Monroe, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Bright object fell from sky for 2-3 seconds, disappeared for 1 sec, then reappeared and fell 2-3 more sec.
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 2011-11-05 → 2011-11-22
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October 21, 2023 · 11:45 PM · FIREBALL
Monroe, NC
I saw a bright orange/yellow light hanging in the sky, brighter than any star or planet by far. While watching it, it suddenly moved south for a moment then suddenly stopped again. After a few seconds it quickly moved north out of my line of sight.
October 25, 2019 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
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My daughter and I were driving in downtown Monroe when we saw some flashing lights in the sky. I thought it was just a plane, but the lights looked more like a cool white LED, rather than plane lights I’m used to seeing. The flashed in an unusual sequence that reminded me of Morse code. Then, the lights went off! They came back on and flashed in a sort of random sequence and went off again. My daughter tried to get video, but was unable to. The lights then had a ripple effect. We were driving and lost track of it because of trees. While it was dusk, there was not a sunset behind where these lights were sighted, it was a darker, blue sky. You could only see the lights, not the shape of the craft.
August 20, 2016 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Monroe, NC
One sphere-shaped light fading in and out, before disappearing into some clouds. Seen while I was driving. Made no noise.
March 28, 2016 · 9:30 PM · OTHER
Monroe, NC
At 9:35 (sic. p.m.), the craft moved to the right, making its appearance more clear. The craft was a cubed shaped aircraft. The lights were both on top and bottom of the craft. The craft had tripod bottom. It stayed in that position for about 5 minutes. At 9:45, the craft started slowly moving upward towards the sky, then shot off.
July 27, 2015 · 9:12 PM · CIGAR
Monroe, NC
I notice a vertical, cigar-shaped, orange light in the west sky. It sat still and did not move. Then 2 more shot up from what looked like the ground, like a rocket. They moved away from the still object. Then 2 more done the same thing and moved away in the opposite direction. All the while the first object never moved. Then out of nowhere, it just disappeared in a blink of an eye. It was gone. I have never in my life witnessed anything like it. They were not planes or drones and most definitely not fireworks. It kind of startled me and made me a little nervous only because I never seen anything like it.
July 4, 2015 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
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We have amended the time above, and reposted on July 10, 2015. PD