Unknown over lexington, SC
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The report, as filed
i was watching planes on and off throughout the afternoon. i live in high traffic landing/take off zone, west of columbia metro airport. in the minutes before i spotted this object, i was thinking how strange i had not seen an airplane in 5-ish minutes. i spotted white, tic tac looking-object come over the westerly tree line, traveling due east and then ESE across 70% (estimate) of the visible sky. i retrieved my phone and began recording at halfway point(me facing north). it slightly starts heading in ESE direction and i watched as it seemingly dissipated into the southern sky. when i zoom in, i see an aura/haze or airfield around it , no streams, no wings and there was no sound. compared to all of the planes i had seen throughout the day, and the last 3 years of living in this apartment , it was much faster and spanned my view of open sky in under 1.25 minutes. i do usually hear all of airplane, helicopter and in recent weeks fighter jet traffic, even when i am inside of my apartment. this object made no sound. i am very curious to learn if i may have actually filmed a uap/ufo. thank you for your time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173306). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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