Triangle over Candler, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Black triangle with very bright white lights moving slowly flying low over western North Carolina
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 2013-01-10 → 2013-01-27
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I was conducting a safety audit outside the shipping and receiving yard on the property of the company where I work in Candler, NC and I looked up and noticed a cluster of black circles or spheres. They were about 8 to 10 of the spheres all the same size, all black, some were slightly scattered from the cluster pack, some higher and lower and spend out, but all close together. The height I would guess was about 3 to 4 thousand feet above ground and they were travelling across the sky east to west at a speed of about 50 miles per hours – I’m guessing. At first I thought it was a flock of birds, but no flapping of wings, maybe a cluster of black balloons, no, moving too deliberate and at a the same height and speed during the whole time I watched them. Maybe a balloon powered micro lite, never heard of one and no engine sound coming from it. It appeared to gain height to cross over a nearby mountain. ???
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