Circle over Snowhill, NC

The report, as filed

As my mother and I left the grocery store, I notice something bright in the sky, but couldn't quite tell if it was a plane because it was so low, but my mother argued and said it was the North Star. When we got home it was still there so it couldn't have been a plane. I then thought ok maybe it is the North Star because it was so big and bright, brighter then the moon. I took my phone out and used the compass on it and it was facing west of us not north, but it couldn't have been because it was levitating in earth's atmosphere. I pulled my camera up from my phone to get a better look and as I held the phone still, zoomed in you can see a round object rotating side to side continuously with rays of red/blue light beaming off from it. I took a video and photo of it then my phone died. I ran into the house to get my camera and in matters of a minute or two I went back out and it was gone.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #118934). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.