Light over Aiken, SC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Saw outside my bedroom falling asleep. Saw blinking & moving & knew it wasn’t one of the stars. Started recording, I have 10 mins total of footage, I fell asleep so don’t know how much longer it was there
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171821). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-09-10 → 2022-09-27
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