Unknown over Hokes Bluff, AL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw what appeared to be a cloud, shaped like a boat wake, that disappeared soon after it appeared. I could not see what made it because the “cloud” was so thick and billowy. It was headed due West and I watched it for about 5–10 minutes until it went behind the tree line. I saw the same “cloud” the next week in a video on Youtube. It was filmed in Romania. It as a black saucer shaped object. That was not what really caught my eye the most. It was being followed by groups of three “Foo Fighters”, or “orbs” as they are called these days. They would blink on and off and I never saw more than three at one time. There were approximately nine of then, because off to the Southwest there was another group of three “orbs” running a parallel course to the main group.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148602). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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