Light over Elizabethton, TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I live in Stoneycreek and was watching the sky when I spotted coming from the W (heading NE) a very big and bright orange light, resembling a star. It stayed steady on a linear path, staying solid the entire time. I could tell it was pretty large. I tried taking videos but my phone camera just wouldn't pick anything up. It moved fairly slow, I'm surprised no one else has reported it. Never seen anything like it. I've also seen other strange things before this, like red/blue beams shooting through sky, and also lots of moving objects. Lots of activity to the NE skies. I've also began noticing square indentations on the back of my forearms. Not sure if it's related, but strange considering they would stay for hours at a time and were most indented after waking. There's nothing I would sleep on that would cause it, and it's always the same pattern, same spots.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #136401). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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