Circle over Wilmington, DC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
View just above houses due east but definitely not street lights too high and large UFO MAYBE DEC 23 2:20 -AM Monday or Tuesday morning now. East – simi north view. Stayed still over 20+ minutes. 6 outer very bright speckles hugh stars look alike. One star in middle. Diameter about my view 1mile guess. Not helicopters hovering too precise and not moving at all. Just still for over 20 minutes. Not meteorites cause not moving sideways and down the were just still. The objects not flashing across the sky. I don’t know what to call this sighting but sure was unidentified and I have never seen anything like it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #116298). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-12-20 → 2015-01-06