NUFORC UFO Sighting 181838
Occurred: 2024-06-11 21:30 LocalReported: 2024-06-11 21:41 Pacific
Duration: ~15-20+ minutes
No of observers: 2
Location: Pawleys Island, SC, USA
Shape: Light
Color: Orange and white
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: East
Angle of Elevation: 30
Characteristics: Lights on object
Bright, orange lights over the ocean seen with erratic, white lights.
At roughly 9:30p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024, my partner and I both witnessed something that neither of us can explain. We were seating on the beach on the northern point of Pawleys Island, South Carolina and stargazing when we witnessed the following phenomena.
In the distance, over the ocean, we saw two bright, orange lights appear in the sky to the east/north-east. They were larger than stars and shone for roughly two to three seconds, unmoving in the sky, before fading. We initially suspected that these might be flares and continued watching the sky. My attention was, then, very shortly afterwards, drawn more directly above our heads when I caught a single, white light blinking in my periphery. We watched the area of the sky and saw it blink again in a different location. It was about the size and brightness of a large star and it was difficult to discern how far in the sky it was (it seemed far due to its size). We continued to watch and noted that the object moved erratically around in the sky, blinking randomly (we counted the seconds in between each blink and couldn't discern any pattern) and moving in a way that no aircraft could (to our knowledge). There may have been two different origins of the light, but it was impossible to determine due to its speed.
It wasn't long until our attention was immediately back towards the horizon in front of us, where three more orange lights appeared. This time, they appeared in a triangle formation. They remained illuminated for a few seconds before gradually fading. In the meantime, the white light was continually blinking intermittently. A few minutes later, two more orange lights appeared on the horizon. They, too, faded, but one seemed to drift in a sine-like pattern before disappearing.
We could've waited to witness more, but I was very fearful after a period of pure shock, and I encouraged my partner to leave with me.
We were completely alone on the side of the beach that we were sitting on. There was no noise associated with this sighting. The horizon was fully dark but unobstructed by clouds.
Posted 2024-06-21