Circle over Nashville, TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The object started near west (~260 deg) and continued to east alternating between very bright flashes and dim flashes over different intervals. It crossed near the rate of a plane but very direct. It was dusk with just a bit of light blue on the horizon and the stars of the Big Dipper were just becoming visible. The brightness for a brief flash was as bright as the surface of the moon and was consistently brighter than Venus. I checked HA ((www.Heavens-Above.com)), and nothing matched the discription. We have amended the time above, in order to reflect a nighttime sighting. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be serious-minded. We suspect that he is a very good witness. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #134419). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-05-31 → 2017-06-17
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