Cylinder over Raleigh, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was looking out of my window and saw what was clearly a plane with a short lasting contrail following the plane. I was inside so I’m not sure if there was a clear sound. Either way it looked like a normal plane. I first noticed it flying out of the southwest and it continued to fly into the northwestern part of the sky. Suddenly, I noticed a second flying object and it wasn’t leaving a contrail, it just flew into the area i happened to be looking at from a lower altitude. The second object appeared white but it may have been a different color since stuff up high usually looks lighter than what it really is but it looked kinda like a pill shape and continued to fly into the contrails of the airplane quickly. It wasn’t flying abrutly but it was making maneuvers that I think would be difficult for a plane to make. Then both of the objects moved out of my line of sight. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137921). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-12-18 → 2018-01-04
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