Light over Bishopville, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
One bright white spherical shaped light could be seen with the naked eye moving rapidly horizontally and vertically. Viewed through binoculars and could be seen making figure-eight like patterns. Would suddenly stop and stay still for 30 second intervals and then would begin moving again. Local cloud cover then disappearance. Low flying airplane in the vicinity.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166246). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-12-21 → 2022-01-07
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