Formation over Chapel Hill (north of), NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My wife, myself, and my 2 boys were driving on I40E about a mile before the New Hope Church Rd exit at around 7:40pm and saw a cluster of what looked like 8-10 crafts that were changing colors from red to green, blue, bright white, etc and they colors changed at the same time across all crafts. At first we thought it was helicopters but soon realized with their movements and colors changing at identical times it could not be a fleet of helicopters. We passed by them as they hovered above and about 2 minutes later I looked through the rear glass of our vehicle and they had moved into a circular formation. I had never seen anything like it it my life and wish I had thought to pull out my camera. After scouring the internet trying to find if others had reported the same thing as what we saw I noticed there was a video that was posted this week from some lights off the coast of Wilmington, NC, and I honestly believe these were the same lights that we saw. Would love to know if others around this areas have reported the same sightings
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149586). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-10-02 → 2019-10-19