Light over Poinciana, FL
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Took a picture of approaching storm to send to my wife at work. When I looked at the photo (taken on my iPhone) the light anomaly appeared over the roof of the house next door. I had live photo turned on which produces a short video. I am including both the JPG and MOV files. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178187). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-09-05 → 2023-09-22
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I called my husband and son, and they were as surprised as I… the light seemed like a shooting star, we could see about two minutes until it disappeared, then I went out to see the moon, and try to see some other phenomenon and and take some pictures.. at first sight we saw nothing, but our surprise was when we saw the images on the PC… It appears to be a UFO near the moon!!!!! Take lots of pictures during full moon days, the result was incredible! If you want to know if there ET here, just watching the skies, and take pictures...and you will see what is there!!!! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
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