Circle over Dawsonville, GA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At 2300 hours, I looked out my bedroom window and noticed a bright white "star" shaped object moving slightly in the sky. I then showed my wife who agreed the "star" was moving. I put on a jacket and went outside for a better look and noticed this "star"/light was moving alot. I held my hand up to the sky and measured with my fingers 2-3 inches in diameter that this light was moving. It was doing figure 8 motions and oval motions and also straight directional motions. I woke my mother to come look, she could not identify it. I stayed outside for 2 hours with my mouth open watching this strange phenomenon. It continues now even as I write this. I will look again tomorrow night to see if it is still there. Celestial object. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132406). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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