Cylinder over West Columbia, SC
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The report, as filed
ORANGE GLOWING OBJECT SEEN IN NIGHT SKY
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2012-10-03 → 2012-10-20
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February 19, 2022 · 7:04 AM · RECTANGLE
West Columbia, SC
At 7:04 am on February 19, 2022, I observed a single, large rectangular object moving at a steady rate at high altitude moving from northeast to southwest for approximately 5 to 10 seconds. The object did not veer from its vector, nor did it appear to change altitude. The skies were clear and I could clearly see sunlight reflecting off the object giving it a golden hue. There was no contrail and based on the shape of the object I concluded that it was not a jet or other aircraft. I checked the International Space Station schedule and based on that information, the object could not have been the ISS. Unfortunately, I was not able to capture an image of the object.
September 29, 2018 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
West Columbia, SC
The next orb followed the same pattern several seconds later and also disappeared at the same rate. There was no noise whatsoever from these objects. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 9, 2017 · 2:30 AM · OTHER
West Columbia, SC
Sometime during Saturday early in the morning I experienced something. The best way I can describe this is when you are sleeping and someone is moving around you you can kind of sense it and it wakes you up. This happened to me and as I slowly opened my eyes everything was a bit blurry and I saw three figures. One standing above me into that appeared to be monitoring a wall that look like it was full of different small screens or something. It was difficult to get any detail because the moment I open my eyes and caught a glimpse I felt thrown back and then I was back laying in my bed and I could not move. I tried to call out to my girlfriend laying next to me but all I can make was a small noise and my eyes closed and I was back asleep again. My girlfriend recalls hearing me make a noise that night. The following day she showed me an article showing unidentified flying objects over Lexington County. The article describe this as about a half dozen Jets but there were no crafts that were supposed to be flying at the time according to the reports. My conclusion, I've always wanted to believe that aliens were real. And what happened that night seemed so real. I believe it was real.
August 17, 2017 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
West Columbia, SC
I was outside right before getting ready for work. I noticed a fireball in the sky. We live close to the airport, so I knew it was much bigger than the planes we normally see over our house. Also, because of the color, I thought, "if it's a plane, it's on fire." I called for my husband to come outside, and we could see 2 other aircraft in the sky, definitely airplanes. It had to have been at least 10 times the size of them. We watched as it travelled east for about three minutes, mainting its size and color, then literally disappeared. My husband and and I are slow to believe in things like this, but unless it was a plane on fire, we really can't figure out what else it would be. Witness indicates that the date above is approximate. PD
June 27, 2017 · 9:09 PM · UNKNOWN
West Columbia, SC
(Report amended to correct date) At 21:09 ET, on Tuesday, 6-27-2017, I walked out of my garage and something in the sky immediately caught my attention. After observing the object for only about 10 seconds, I realized I was looking at something very unusual. I ran back to the door so I could call out for my girlfriend to bring her tablet to video the “UFO.” I ran back to the garage opening to see it again for a few seconds before I thought to reach for my camera already in the garage and nearby. By the time I grabbed the camera the object was gone. I was the only witness that I know of at this time. My girlfriend ran out just after it disappeared. We stood there observing the sky for some time, but did not see anything else unusual. My home is located about one mile north of Columbia Metropolitan Airport near Columbia, SC. The object was nearly due north of my location (approx. 350 degrees) and fairly low on the horizon (approx 15-20 degrees). The object appeared to be at a great distance, at least a few miles away, but distance, size and altitude were hard to gauge without any point of reference. The object appeared to emanate a greenish white light or glow. The sun had set just a while before and could have been illuminating the object. The object or craft made very erratic high speed maneuvers unlike anything I have witnessed before. The shape was indistinguishable due to what was perceived to be a great distance to the object. There were no clouds in the immediate area of the object. As a knowledgeable military aviation enthusiast, I feel very certain what I witnessed cannot be explained as an aircraft, balloon, kite, meteor, bird or anything else known to myself.
July 14, 2015 · 11:20 PM · LIGHT
West Columbia, SC
Unbelievably bright light hovering near airport for 1 to 2 minutes before lowering out of my sight line. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) It was 11:20 pm ((END ADDENDUM)) We have amended the time above. PD