Disk over Smyrna, GA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #127071). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-04-23 → 2016-05-10
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Saw a fixed light in broad daylight that looked like a star above Dobbins Airforce Base in Marietta. However, it looked like it was reflecting light in the sunlight. It did not move. It was extremely bright and reflective, very high in the sky. Upon watching the video it looks like a bright star with other crafts going in and out of it. There are dots that circle it, go in it, and things moving around it. It seems too bright to be a daytime star. After watching it for 30 minutes, I went inside, and when I came back out I could not find it again. Possibly lights were circling it, or it was the camera picking up the reflection of the object. I have a video of this event and can provide it.
June 8, 2015 · 1:00 AM · CIGAR
Smyrna, GA
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December 31, 2014 · 11:30 PM · DISK
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Spotted an unusually bright orange/red light flying north to south over the house on New Years Eve - much like a fireball but without a tail. Flew directly over Dobbins Air Reserve base towards my residence, (which is perpendicular to their runway). Solid flare - no colored side lamps, no blinking lights, much brighter than other planes nearby, easily a -6 brightness. Absolutely silent, left no contrail. Moved faster than a plane but slower than a meteor. Was clearly disc shaped as it passed overhead/perhaps more like a donut (darkened center underneath). As soon as it passed another appeared on same trajectory, then another and another evenly spaced - counted 8 of them in 15 minutes, with one slightly off to our west but still heading due south. This is highly unusual for regular air traffic because the standard holding pattern from Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta is to cycle planes to our west heading due north instead. Could not be lanterns - wind was blowing NNW and these were much larger than anything else in the sky. Five witnesses.
June 29, 2009 · 2:50 PM · CIGAR
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April 1, 2008 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Smyrna, GA
Fireball over Smynra Georgia USA 4/1/2008 21:30 falling straight to the ground over Dobbins AFB