Light over Lowell, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I live about 15 minutes from Charlotte Douglas Airport. I’ve been observing airplanes land from my front porch for several years. I know what the normal speed of an airplane is. Very early Sunday, my girlfriend & I were sitting on the front porch. I had ben watching planes over the horizon, coming in steadily one after another. A bright light appeared in the same approach pattern as the airplanes. Its light was much more brilliant than any of the airplanes I have seen. It took the same approach line, but moving at a pace I would think near Mach I. I’m not 100% sure that the lights were blinking because there was some low cloud cover, but only in random spots in the sky. I really believe the light was blinking in what seemed to be a random order. It followed what appeared to be the exact same landing pattern the airplanes take, then it made an IMMEDIATE turn up at an approximate 60* angle and disappeared immediately afterwords.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #145988). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-05-02 → 2019-05-19
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