Cigar over Red Cross, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I walked outside at 1700 on April 8, 2016. It was a sunny day with large bulky clouds and 70 degrees. Saw two buzzards circling and looked above them and noticed a thin white cigar shape quietly moving slowly between clouds. The direction was from north to south and lasted about 60 seconds before I lost visibility. Very strange because no sound was heard and no wings were seen. Usually a silver or metallic appearance is visible from a plane that low and wings should have been seen. If a pencil is held at arm's length, the eraser would provide an example of the size (width) of the shape seen this day.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #126775). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-04-05 → 2016-04-22