Cigar over Mount Gilead, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Heard a loud humming that varied from low to high in bass sounds...looked up and seen a cigar shaped craft with 4-5 pulsing lights
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111824). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-13 → 2014-07-30
From the same sky