Light over Honokaa, HI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I woke up to use the bathroom and noticed a bright light out the window. I woke my partner and she asked if it was a plane or a boat, but a boat would be more on the horizon and we could see the horizon thanks to the moon. I went to the big bay window to look more. A very bright ball of light that appears to be hovering. I watched it for about 45 minutes. During that time I've seen it dip up and down, and sway back and forth. I even sat down and used my neighbors house as a level of sight. Not too long ago about 4:30 I noticed two aircrafts fly towards the ball of light at high speed, circle it once, and then jet off back towards the pohakuloa training area. And before anyone says it's a star, I've already identified where the star Rigel is, and that's definetly not it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #109436). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-05-17 → 2014-06-03
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