Light over Sumner, MS
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was heading into the woods around 6:00 am on October 29, 2016. I noticed a reddish orange light in the northern sky about 20 to 25 degrees above the horizon. I watched it for about 5 minutes and it did not appear to be moving. It suddenly disappeared and I never saw it again. It was clear that morning with no clouds in any direction that I could see.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130924). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-10-26 → 2016-11-12