Circle over Snellville, GA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw what I thought was first a star. As I looked, it appeared to be sort of too spread out to be a star. I then went and got my binoculars. It was definitely was not a star. It moved very slowly and was dropping further behind the tree and descending. It was initially high in the sky and then started descending. I then went and got my wife's phone and took a couple of shots and a video from a distance because I had to walk down the road to maintain my view.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #131659). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-12-04 → 2016-12-21
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