Sphere over Topsail, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Over the period of 10 minutes, ten orange spheres of light appeared and disappeared in 10 second intervals. They were miles over the ocean high in the cloud layer. Some appeared to be paired with a twin with each group spread out miles from each other in the line of sight but at the same approximate level of altitude. Each ball appeared to fade in and out over the 10 seconds they were visible.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #110333). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-06-14 → 2014-07-01
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