Light over Clio, AL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It was close to sundown, no stars out as it was still just a little too bright. I noticed what I at first assumed to be the 'North Star' next to a cellphone tower, moving rapidly down. I told my friend who was driving to stop the car, and she pulled over. We watched it lazily keep moving down, assuming it was helicopter. We couldn't hear any noises, and noticed the lack of other lights and an outline. It moved to the left, grew brighter and then disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132370). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-01-26 → 2017-02-12
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