Unknown over St. George Island, FL
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The report, as filed
My husband and I were staying at the Buccaneer Bay Inn and went out to look at the stars after dinner. It was approximately 9:30 pm when I noticed a moving object in the stars. The light was pinkish in color and stayed solid. It moved across the sky very quickly. It was faster than any normal aircraft. My husband is a sceptic and couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Approximately 5 minutes later another moving object went back across the sky in the opposite direction. It was very clear this evening and other normal aircraft were easily identified. As these object moved across the sky I pointed it out to people passing by and they stopped to view it also. My husband is a service manager for a dealer in Tallahassee and I am a retired nurse, I also worked for Northrop Grumman Aerospace for 7 years and I am familiar with aircrafts.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149103). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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