Unknown over Tuscaloosa, AL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was sitting in my car playing poker on my phone when the reception went out. I got out of the car to move the phone around and a glowing light caught my attention in the sky. When i first seen it it sent an overwhelming feeling through my body and it made me cry. I couldn't stop looking at it. Then it started to glow brighter than any star it the sky . Then it disappeared for 5 seconds and reappeared growing brighter each time. It started to scare me so i called my neighbor over just to make sure i wasn't crazy. And he said he never seen nothing like it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #155444). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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