Light over Atlantic Beach, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I flipped the food on the grill and began talking to a friend and looked up and the light was still there but a more orange color. Object hadn't moved. I continued to observe the light for movement. There was none. Light became more intense and shifted to a red/orange and began to blink/flicker for about 30 seconds then disappeared. I had thought I witnessed a stellar occurrence such as a supernova.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111247). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-03 → 2014-07-20
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