Other over Wilmington, NC

The report, as filed

Subject: UFO Report: 10/14/2020, 11:30 p.m. EST To Whom It May Concern: I left my sister's house on [street name hidden] Way on Wednesday, 10/14/2020 at 11:30 pm EST (23:30 hours). As I drove down the street, I noticed lights ahead that were hovering over a house and not moving. I slowed down so I could try to make out what I was seeing. It was a large object (around 30 FT wide & 20 FT tall) hovering in the sky about roughly 50 feet above the roof of the house directly across the street from the [street name hidden] Way stop sign. Anyone with a good baseball arm could have thrown a stone and hit it. As I approached the stop sign, I realized it was a lot bigger than I thought- jet black and I could only make out the outline of the craft against the night sky...there were no other markings that I saw, only the lights and outline. It also made no sound that I could hear. I did have my windows up, but the neighborhood was completely silent and no one was outside so if it did display an engine-type sound, I should have been able to hear that considering how close I was to this thing (probably around 150 ft away from me). It had 2 yellow lights on either side of the craft and 3 red lights in the middle. It looked like an upside-down bell but a little wider, more triangle shaped but with rounded edges, and the lights were on the front, not on the side or underneath. It was very thick...very solid looking--not flat. There was nothing protruding on the craft, no wings or blades. It was very large, as I mentioned before--like the size of my living room w/ vaulted ceilings. My first thought was this must be a VERY expensive military surveillance drone due to its size but why the heck is it hovering in our community this late at night?!? It started moving toward me so I floored the gas and sped away as fast as I could. I wasn't sure if it was following me until I turned left on [street name hidden] Ct and there it was. It was on my left moving VERY slowly over the houses on [street name hidden] Ct. heading in the direction of [school name hidden] High School. I raced down the road and pulled into my garage, jumped out to take a picture of it and it was already gone. I have to tell you, that was the most frightening thing I've ever encountered. I made a police report the next day (10/15/2020) and the officer confirmed that “none of their drones were outside at time” and “their drones are only 24 INCHES wide.” I did not take any pics or videos because I was seriously so frightened of being abducted that I could not look away. I did, however, press my sister’s phone number that is saved on my vehicle’s home screen to call my sister via bluetooth. She can attest that I was screaming, “Come outside! Come outside! I think I’m witnessing a UFO!!” She thought I was joking and hung up. I’ve included a hand-drawn picture of what I saw. Thank you for looking into this matter. If it was military, it is quite concerning that they are in a residential neighborhood flying so close to houses.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160118). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.