Other over Chester, SC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A small sphere that hovered above the air strip and zig zagged in the same area, hovered, and zig zagged some more.
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 2013-05-12 → 2013-05-29
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August 14, 2016 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Chester, SC
I was viewing from window. Did not go outside. My husband and I saw four last night in the Southwest skies approximately same time. Tonight the one I am viewing is in the Southeast sky. It is changing colors just as I have seen the others on numerous occasions. I began noticing them April 6th in the early morning hours. Tonight you can see it move horizontally, then vertical. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 24, 2016 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Chester, SC
These have been appearing since 4/6/16 Extremely bright light in center. I have seen them every night. On 4/6 I was up around 4AM, noticed light shaped like a jet pointed upwards in Western sky. It has lights around it, blue, red, green that changed around perimeter. It stayed stationary until 5:30AM just over tree line. On 4/19 there was one that was in the Western sky that was stationary and began to move slowly due West it was around same time. The light was so bright that you could see the reflection off of our lake. I see them every night in sky in different directions, mostly East to West. Sometimes they are grouped and other times not. I have noticed them blinking before also. They are much brighter than stars and I do not think they are satellites. No sound, always clear skies. I have called my son in another area to look and also a friend that lives 8 miles away. My husband and I watch for them. I tell him the buggers are in the sky! Very freaky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 29, 2015 · 1:15 AM · FIREBALL
Chester, SC
At approximately 1:15-1:30 AM today (June 29, 2015) my wife, 12 year old daughter, and I were returning from vacation on a late night flight from the Charlotte, NC, Airport, going South on Highway 121 headed home to Saluda, SC. We had just passed thru the town of Chester, SC and were about 6 miles south of Chester on Hwy 121. Suddenly, all 3 of us noticed a fireball in the sky with a magnificent long tail for at least 20-30 seconds in duration (until it was out of sight) that was traveling at what seemed to be the speed of an aircraft. The object was traveling parallel to the ground with possibly a very slight descending projection although it did not appear to be in an emergency situation. No erratic movements or speed changes like portrayed on UFO sightings were seen. The object was heading in a northwestward direction. The altitude although hard to estimate, seemed to be what one would expect from a helicopter flying at its maximum height capability, but again distances can fool you and I cannot verify. I can state however, that the object was blocked for a few seconds from the tree line. I was able to get out of the car to observe this phenomenon, but did not hear any noise whatsoever. The speed was consistent, the path relatively straight. My daughter did mention that at times she tho! ught she observed pieces following each other, she described much like a train. My wife and I did not share this description, but she has far better eyes than either of us. Although I am not a meteorologist, this did not resemble a typical meteor burning up in the atmosphere, and it lacked the excessive speed and downward projection of a “falling star”. It had a consistent path and offered little change in its course or speed. I told my boss about this incident and he related a website from TV Channel 12 in Augusta, Georgia with reportings of it being seen there at the same time as we witnessed this occurrence. Augusta is about a 2 hour drive from where we saw the event. Lastly, my wife just reported that witnesses in Charlotte saw the occurrence at 1:30-1:45 (a little later than us) and it is being reported as a Russian satellite.
December 23, 2005 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Chester, SC
My son and i were out side walking and looked up and saw a light moving in the sky,it was white and was moving from south to north. It