Diamond over Oakboro, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It glided over my house at the treetops. It was dark And I was in the yard with the dogs. I expect it was 200 feet up in the air. It appeared to be glass and glowing fluorescent white from the inside. It had ribs with flashing colored lights along the connections in the glass panels. It had no wings. It had a circular disk around the back section. It made no smoke trail, but it did make a high pitched whirling roar. Just glided on past and over the next ridge. We suspect that the report is an attempt to hoax us. Telephone number and e-address provided by witness are non-functional. That usually indicates a hoaxed report. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #110344). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-06-07 → 2014-06-24
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