Light over Dumas, MS
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My girlfriend and I were stargazing pretty far out of town, so we could see as much of the night sky as possible. After about an hour, she noticed what appeared to be a very bright star that was wobbling towards the south (through a bit of a treeline). I watched it for about 30 minutes as it moved in all directions and in circles. Without knowing how far away it was, it would be difficult to know how fast it was going, but if I held a dime out at arms length it would almost cover the area it moved around.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #152125). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-12-27 → 2020-01-13