Light over Johnsonville, SC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Then I thought maybe an airplane. But stopped for a few seconds, then went straight up and stopped again. I called my son to come outside and jokingly said, "Do you wanna see a UFO?" So I pointed it to him then it got weird. The thing started moving in circles, started zig zagging changing directions in a flash, all while very slowly getting higher. It is now over 4 hrs later, and while much higher we are still it at 1:46 am eastern on 10/15/2015.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #122828). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-10-11 → 2015-10-28
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