Unknown over Harriman, TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was on back porch trying to get a look at Saturn. Flashing white light came across sky from basically East to West. Did not discern anything other than the light but the light was 5-6 times bigger than the surrounding stars. It was flashing at roughly 1 flash per second. Appeared to be low in sky and was in view for approximately 5-6 seconds. Thought at the time it was a satellite but checked one of the websites and there were no satellites scheduled to fly over. No idea what it was but it was moving fast and silently. Wife was on the porch with me but looking thru binoculars and did not see object. Was not a lightning bug as I could clearly see the white color, lightning bugs are yellow. Not saying extra-terrestrial, just something I never saw before.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147463). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-07-05 → 2019-07-22
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