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Triangle over Wrightsville Beach, NC

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Triangular Shaped Craft over Wrightville Beach, North Carolina

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September 16, 2022 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE

Wrightsville Beach, NC

I work as a music producer, and my wife works as a teacher. My wife and I drove down to Wrightsville Beach tonight, to do some romantic stargazing. We were at the 43rd access of Wrightsville Beach tonight, on Friday, September 16th, 2022. We rolled out a beach blanket, laid back looking up at the stars, and we both saw some unusual lights that were moving above us. At 8:30pm, we saw two very silent unidentified crafts, neither of which made any engine sounds at all. The first UFO was round like a mechanical wagon wheel, shining a white light, and hovering about a mile above the Atlantic Ocean. It would travel left, or weave right, and sometimes just hover in place. The second UFO looked like a round red ball of light, that would intermittently flash a white light. So that the appearance was a red and white flashing craft, flying about 300 feet above the beach. In a matter of a few seconds, the second UFO was seen traveling due West along the coastline, exceeding speeds beyond 3,000 mph, and in a flash disappeared beyond the horizon. My wife and I were shocked, because we haven't seen anything quite like this, so we took pictures and video clips of the unidentified objects. What are these?

September 16, 2022 · 8:30 PM · CHANGING

Wrightsville Beach, NC

*UPDATED REPORT* I live in Wilmington, NC. I'm a Music Producer and my wife works as a teacher. Friday night, my wife and I drove out to Wrightsville Beach for some romantic stargazing. But, at 8:30 PM, we were surprised to spot 2 UFOs. The first craft emitted a bright white light, was too wide to be a star, and was like a mechanical wagon wheel in appearance. In the video it appears to have a forcefield around it. It flew left, then right, but mainly hovered in place about a mile in the air over the Atlantic Ocean. The second craft was a red sphere about 300 feet in the air, which morphed shape, and changed flashing colors between red, white, yellow, and green. After a few minutes, the second craft zoomed past us to our left, heading westward down the coast at about 3,000 mph. We ascertained this speed and measurements based off of the position of the crafts, in relation to the stationary stars, per the number of seconds it took for it to vanish over the horizon. We called the US FAA, that Friday night and left a message. Monday afternoon 9/19/22, James at the airtraffic control tower called us back. When we asked him if there were any commercial or government aircraft flying over Wrightsville Beach that night around 8:30 PM, he said there were not any commercial or government flights scheduled for that Beach area. When we asked him what he thought it was, he replied he didn't know, because drones cannot reach speeds of 3,000 mph. We zoom edited the original photos & videos together into an attached YouTube video.

September 22, 2019 · 7:15 PM · FIREBALL

Wrightsville Beach, NC

One family member saw something falling from the third floor. The sky was completely clear and the sun had recently set. Five people went to the third-floor deck to witness this object, which we assumed to be a meteor due to its round appearance and the trail it left. However, it remained in the sky for almost 10 minutes at dusk, while there was still light in the sky. For the first two minutes, we witnessed the object falling directly downwards at a slow pace. It then made a sharp 90 degree turn and continued to move in that direction, leaving an orange trail. It left our field of vision after 10 minutes of continuing to the left. We are still unsure as to if this was some sort of space debris, such as a meteorite, falling through the atmosphere but it does not seem to match the criteria. The object was far enough away that we did not think it would hit anywhere near us.

December 27, 2013 · 7:30 PM · OTHER