Light over Morganton, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Lights seen over Freedom High School.
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 2014-01-28 → 2014-02-14
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July 14, 2022 · 1:32 AM · CHANGING
Morganton, NC
I was up late and went out to walk the dog, I looked up and saw a light first then it brightened and moved real fast to the left and the changed. I watched for about 5 minutes then decided to record it. The dog wanted back in so I went back in the house.
May 11, 2022 · 12:17 PM · CHANGING
Morganton, NC
My husband and I were working outside and he looked to see a plane overhead and noticed this object just beyond the plane. It was circular and transparent. He called me over to see it. We watched for about 30 minutes all the while it is stationary over our house and changing into a white ball with a dot. It seemed like it was rotating. I finally got my phone and recorded some footage. I stopped recording when it the shape turned rectangular and started moving toward Lake James. My husband lost sight of it after about an hour.
December 31, 2021 · 6:36 AM · CHANGING
Morganton, NC
It was early, I was having my coffee on the porch and I see a light that changes in intensity. I grabbed my phone and recorded a little bit of it. It seems to go from small to larger and changes shape. It looked like a smaller light came from it. It finally stopped moving and I took a picture of it. It looked like it had alot holes in it almost rock-like. I went back in the house and do not know when it left.
December 7, 2019 · 5:45 PM · CHANGING
Morganton, NC
While driving down interstate 40 near morganton, I witnessed an explosion in the sky. The light was silver grey and the sky was starting to get dark, but still had blue. It was the explosion that caught my attention. I immediately looked and it was almost as if “something” had burst through a portal and as soon ans I could look at the object, it was as if it began to sort of morph and compact or change shape in some way. Instantly it zipped to the west heading toward rutherfordton. Once again there was a white or silver light as the object flew away.
April 4, 2019 · 6:50 AM · CYLINDER
Morganton, NC
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 22, 2018 · 4:23 AM · FLASH
Morganton, NC
I woke up at 4am and decided to step outside for a cigarette before I had to get my husband up for work. When I finished, I went inside and remembered that I had to go to the atm and I had to do it before my husband woke up and left at 5:30. As I stepped outside and walked to the car, I noticed that the area was lit up with a dim bright light; almost like a streetlight was turning back on. I almost didn’t pay attention to it while I was walking by, but I remembered that there isn’t a light there so I looked up. As I looked up, there was a bright blue/white flash of light above me that resembled a circular shape and then it shot up and across the sky. I stood there for a minute trying to find an explanation of what had happened and couldn’t. Nothing happened again for the remainder of the early morning.