Light over Oriental, NC
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The report, as filed
Saw an odd white light in the sky over the Pamlico Sound in eastern North Carolina. I was running a tugboat on the Neuse River Inter Coastal Waterway. I saw a white light in the sky over the water. I didn’t really think anything about until a smaller white light came from it at a high rate of speed and disappeared. I brought the light to the attention of another crew member and we watched it for about 10 minutes before it just disappeared. The light stemmed to pulsate getting dim then bright. For a few seconds it turned green. The objective was stationary the entire time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #152322). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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