As reported

Oval over Loris, SC

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The report, as filed

We were driving southeast towards the direction of North Myrtle Beach and saw 4 separate bright orange lights high in the sky.

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 2012-11-05 → 2012-11-22

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May 17, 2022 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT

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May 10, 2020 · 11:50 PM · LIGHT

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I was on highway 701, right outside of Loris, SC and saw an orange light coming from my right. I thought it was maybe a plane or helicopter although I have never seen a plane or flying craft with an orange light before. I then noticed 3 more coming along behind it although not in an exact straight line. They were going fast. I decided to roll my window down and my radio off in order to listen for any related noises. I could not hear anything. I did not take video of the incident and did not think to until I was parked in my garage. I went to put down my garage door and saw another orange light heading in the same general direction, which I believe to be west although I could be wrong. I took a short video, around 25 seconds, of the lone light. All of them just disappeared without a trace. I looked at them until I could see no more. They almost seemed to go out like a flame would. The lights were still going straight when they disappeared and not towards the ! ground. I have never seen anything like this before nor have I reported any related incidents.

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