As reported

Light over Hampstead, NC

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The report, as filed

While on a cruise off of Italy on the above time and date my friend and I observed a very bright oval shape, strange orange color light above the water between are ship and Italy. We stared at it for a few seconds, and then in a split second the oval shape changed to a straight light as it shot up into the sky. We both said if we did not see it we wouldn't believe it! We did not see any solid object in this incident.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #153272). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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