Rectangle over near village of Warrensville, NC

The report, as filed

UFO Sighting by EMI Sometime around the 10-11th of September, I was house sitting for an acquaintance in Warrensville, NC. About mid-afternoon I went onto the South-facing deck to unwrap the American flag that the wind had wound around the flag pole. It was partly cloudy , but mostly clear except for a rather large dark cloud that I noticed in the Southern sky that was larger than the other white clouds. I wondered if it contained rain. The home is on top of a 3100 foot high mountain that overlooks Three Top Mountain range with tops from 3000 to 5000 feet. The address is about four miles Northwest of Warrensville, NC. The dark cloud appeared just above Three Top Mountain which is due South of her property. I would estimate the distance to the mountain to be 3 to 5 miles. I was looking at the dark cloud when I noticed something that appeared out of the very top where it was wispy. As I was looking due South the object appeared to be 25 to 30 degrees to the left. I would estimate the object was about 35 to 40 degrees above level. I did not notice any obvious source of propulsion nor was there any sound. It was moving approximately due North at a very steady and even pace. I thought I was seeing things so I looked away for a moment and when I looked back it had gone the proper distance of the path it was traveling. In other words it did not appear to slow down or speed up. Also, the object’s orientation remained consistent and did not wobble or otherwise change orientation. I could not tell how large it was or how fast it was going. From the first time I saw it to when it disappeared behind the house roof line was probably one minute. I had my cell phone with me but I was so interested in trying to figure out what it was I failed to think of taking a photo . The shape puzzled me a lot especially since it appeared to be moving on its own power. I would describe the object’s size, when I first saw it, as less than the diameter of a dime held at arm’s length. More like 3/8th of an inch. It was shaped much like an old box kite in three sections. The first section was larger than the middle section, and about the same size as the rear section. The first two sections appeared to be only a skeleton of a box, whereas the back section appeared to be box shaped with a covering over it. It was all gray or silver metallic looking - same color overall, but not shiny. I have included a sketch of what I saw. I went on-line to try and figure out what I saw, since I was still thinking it was something that had been launched by somebody somewhere on earth. Thinking it was a satellite was discarded later since my commercial airline pilot son said it was impossible to view any satellite details even from 41,000 feet - only a light would be seen. I searched for satellites anyway but decided nothing was even close to the shape that I saw. I then thought it could be a weather detecting device so went on line again but found nothing even close to that shape. I also thought of a drone, but nothing was close in shape to any drones either. It did not have the shape of any flying thing that I know about or have ever seen. In fact I cannot figure out how something that shape could fly at all. It was truly an unidentified object. The shape puzzled me. A rough sketch of the “thing” is attached as well as one a bit more refined. I have mentioned it to several people who in turn looked at me with an “I don’t believe you” look or laughed. Because of this, I have not mentioned it to anyone else except my son who I enlisted to help me discover what it was. I am still very puzzled about the “thing.” Sketches accompany (2) Copyright: Nov. 18, 2022 Photo of the observation that it was sighted from initially. Photo is approx S by SW slightly, not due South.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175490). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.