Cigar over Randleman, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were riding in SUV returning from Walmart and were on a very dark, back country road. Sky was bright with a half moon visible. Not very cloudy. Just moved from left to right very very quickly...white light only...came into view and then left as fast as it appeared...much to fast to be a jet plane, parallel to horizon and would not have been a falling star or comet...VERY BRIGHT and VERY FAST I am 57, my son is 25 and his girlfriend is 23. All saw the same thing and I have NEVER witnessed anything like it in my life. A totally unique experience. Strange indeed.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137013). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-10-23 → 2017-11-09
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