Unknown over Raleigh, NC
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The report, as filed
About 6 years ago me and 3 other friends are hanging out we decided to walk to the lake which was a short walk from their house. Once we got to the lake it was around 12am. I layed on my back and began to stargaze and search for the brightest stars in the sky. I find the star that is the brightest and begin to watch it and think about life. After around 5 mins I sit up and instantly out the corner of me eye towards the left in the direction of the lake I notice another star positioned perfectly where i could not see it while laying on my back. What was odd is that this was now the brightest star in the sky and i was wondering why i didn't notice it earlier while I was looking for the brightest stars. So I restarted the whole process of thinking about life because I now found the true brightest star. I watched this star just as intensively as the last and did not break eye contact not once while thinking about whatever came to mind. The Universe, my past, my future, anything just life in general. But I still had the feeling like I should have noticed this star already. I watched it for about 5 mins, the same amount of time as the first star. I asked my friends randomly "Hey do y'all think that's a star or a satellite?" while pointing at it. I really didn't expect them to have any clue what star I was talking about because there were so many but as soon as I finished my sentence the star broke out of position and flew about 50ft over the lake that when i noticed that i definitely wasn't a star but it looked like a craft of some sort. Then it came directly at us in a straight line but moving very smoothly. At that point I started to freak out because I was just staring at this thing and it wasn't moving, it was up there with the stars. I told my friends we should leave but they were all stuck with their mouths open. I started to move back towards the tree line. Then I decided that I needed to get a look at this thing at least. Once I looked back it changed directions as if it backed off because it knew I was scared. It's a crazy thing to say but I really feel like it knew I was scared and decided not to approach us. It got within a couple hundred ft and I noticed a green glow that almost seemed fluorescent right before it disappeared behind some trees. It made no noise at all.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177029). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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