Light over Nags Head (10 mi S of), NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were on the beach about 20 miles out of town on a very clear night..."not a cloud in the sky," and we were star gazing .all of a sudden a bright light appeared overhead way up high it looked like the North Star, it was brighter then anything else in the sky it moved slightly and then vanished "like it was turned off " It didn't shoot off. It simply showed up and vanished. We have amended the date, to reflect a sighting on August 25, 2014. The source of the report indicated a date of July 25th, but we suspect that is a flawed date. However, we cannot be certain of the date, and we have no way of contacting the witness, who elects to remain anonymous, and who provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #112926). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-08-22 → 2014-09-08