As reported

Circle over Topsail Island, NC

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The report, as filed

I was standing on the pier when an object appeared in the sky. I knew it wasn't an airplane by its shape and movement. It had 5-7 orange lights in the shape of a circle that moved forward and disappeared. Then, it appeared again a good ways behind where it had disappeared, moved forward again, and disappeared. I stood on the pier waiting for it to reappear for a while, but it didn't show itself again. I continued to go off the pier and on to the beach where I could play my flute that evening. As I was playing, I looked back at the ocean to see the object again near the same spot. It disappeared as soon as I saw it.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #110449). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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