Unknown over Raleigh (13 miles SW of)(in-flight), NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was a pilot flying, we saw an object (white or silver color, the approximate size of a football) for a fraction of a second (our airspeed was ~300 knots, suspected an object flew toward us), which flew front to back by our right side in very close proximity.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161502). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-12-23 → 2021-01-09