Diamond over In-flight (military)(city not specified), SC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I am a pilot in the military. I was flying at FL200 between VA and SC yesterday, and saw an unknown, diamond-shaped, metallic object pass slightly over and outside of our left wing. From the rate at which it passed by, it may have been stationary. It was some sort of metallic, but the colors seems almost chameleon. From the cockpit, I probably watched it for 3-5 seconds before I could no longer see it. We were flying about 275KTS TAS. Source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133558). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-04-08 → 2017-04-25