Disk over Rutledge, TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I recorded an orb of amber light in the sky while night fishing on Cherokee Lake. The video is not too fascinating, just seeing a ball in the sky. I took a picture of the orb and it looked like an amber ball until I zoomed in. It looks like a disc-shaped object with a domed top. This sighting was occurring for about an hour simultaneously with the "beam" sighting, reported separately. The UFO picture was taken 12 minutes after I noticed the beam in the sky. Same witness as the one for a report from Rutledge, TN, 12 minutes earlier. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #134580). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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June 11, 2017 · 10:44 PM · OTHER
Rutledge, TN
I witnessed a white beam stretching across a clear night sky. It went from horizon to horizon directly overhead going from northeast to southwest, and was perfectly straight and still. It was the same shade of white throughout and about the width of a football field. I was night fishing on Cherokee Lake when this occurred on a calm, beautiful night. No other boats or people were visible anywhere due to being late on a Sunday. After about 10 minutes, the perfect beam started to deform and shift just like a cloud does. I watched the vapor/mist or whatever it was, slowly get wider and wider, ever so slowly drifting to the north. After an hour, it looked like a normal huge cloud in the sky. I was trying to record it and take pictures with my smart phone several times. All were unsuccessful except on one picture which I took at 22:54. I zoomed all the way in and got a portion of it on the image. A straight edge and part of the beam are visible in the picture. There is a slight variation on the bottom right of the image, probably due to my boat light to my right. It was truly amazing and mysterious. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be quite serious-minded and sincere. I have looked at the photos provided, and I do not see the objects described in the report. I see a small "smudge" on the left side of one of the still photos, but I do not see anything that I would characterize as a white "stripe" across the sky. Even if it is in the photo, I wonder whether the object might have been a contrail behind a high-altitude aircraft. The witness also reported a second separate sighting at 22:56 hrs. at the same location, and on the same date. PD
February 13, 2006 · 7:55 PM · CIRCLE
Rutledge, TN
we knew these werent aircraft, nor stars, nor satellites.