Light over Hartselle, AL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My 29 year old son was traveling Interstate 65 south from Decatur Al going home from work. Approaching the Hartselle exit he noticed these lights in the sky around 5:39pm and stopped to photograph them. Multiple cars were also stopped taking photos. The lights in the image seem to be oblong but he said that was his camera as the lights were a solid circle. They hung around about 5 minutes then disappeared. I don’t know what they would want in Hartselle but Redstone Arsenal is in Huntsville,Al, about 25-30 minutes away by car. I’m assuming a few seconds in ufo speed.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #151803). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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