As reported

Circle over Gaffney, SC

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The report, as filed

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Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #127946). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Gaffney, SC

When I took the picture of what I thought was an unusually large moon (low to the ground) near Gaffney, SC, I saw in the developed picture 7-8 people in the street with what appeared to be their heads down. The picture was taken with my cell phone. I'm sure there is a logical explanation, but my husband and I both thought the picture was odd. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]

January 2, 2018 · 3:30 PM · UNKNOWN

Gaffney, SC

Driving West and a shiny object in the sky caught my eye. I first thought it was a reflection of a plane, that then noticed the sun was due south of object and I was due east. The shininess dimmed and disappeared for a few minutes. The object then reappeared in the same exact spot. I did not notice any movement from the object like I would an airplane. No chem trails around the object. I noticed about 6 jets in close proximity of the object. Most of the jets were heading in the same direction as the object with one jet heading directly towards it. The sky was clear blue with no clouds around. The object seem small or at very high altitude.

May 28, 2017 · 3:45 AM · DIAMOND

Gaffney, SC

My daughter and I were traveling North on Interstate 85 and saw a large bright object to our east. The object stayed stationary for approximately 20 minutes. At first we thought it might be a huge star or planet, but my daughter used her sky map to see what would be in that location and there was no planet or large star mapped in that location. The object then appeared to dim and go out. Hownever, 5 minutes later, the object reappeared and was just as bright. It then moved left and then right and appeared to separate and the join back together. After about 10 more minutes the object disappeared again.

June 15, 2013 · 5:45 AM · RECTANGLE