11/14/2012: Knoxville, TN, USA

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Occurred : 11/14/2012 22:20 (Entered as : 11/14/12 22:20) Reported: 11/15/2012 10:43:57 AM 10:43 Posted: 11/19/2012 Location: Knoxville, TN Shape: Circle Duration: 45 seconds Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object
I observed what I thought was a low flying plane, but as I approached I realized it was stationary and hovering. On the evening of November 14th I was driving home from in the western suburbs of Knoxville, Tennessee on Westland Drive. I was headed east when I noticed what appeared to be a very low flying airplane in the distance. There is McGhee Tyson airport about 8 miles to the southwest, so I didn't, at that moment, think it was out of the ordinary, except for the altitude it was at. For the next 45 seconds I had a clear view of this craft. I kept waiting for it to pull away and gain altitude, but as I got closer, I realized that I was gaining on it. I slowed down as I got closer and realized that it was hovering about what appeared to be 400 feet above the road. It had two white lights on either side of what I first thought were the wings, with a red light blinking in the center. As I got closer and closer, now only going maybe 20 miles an hour I had a totally clear view of this craft. As I drove under it, only then was I able to see that it had an oval or rounded shape to the underside of it. I really wanted to pull over, get out and observe this craft, but I was just a little freaked by the whole experience. As I drove away I kept looking in my rear view mirror, but never saw the lights or craft again. I would really like to think that it was a plane or helicopter, as it was hovering, but I know of no plane that can do that and I've seen too many 'copters and it made no noise that I could hear. The exact location was on Westland Drive right across from A.L. Lotts Elementary school.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 11/14/2012 22:20 (Entered as : 11/14/12 22:20)
Reported: 11/15/2012 10:43:57 AM 10:43
Posted: 11/19/2012
Location: Knoxville, TN
Shape: Circle
Duration: 45 seconds
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object

I observed what I thought was a low flying plane, but as I approached I realized it was stationary and hovering.

On the evening of November 14th I was driving home from in the western suburbs of Knoxville, Tennessee on Westland Drive. I was headed east when I noticed what appeared to be a very low flying airplane in the distance.

There is McGhee Tyson airport about 8 miles to the southwest, so I didn't, at that moment, think it was out of the ordinary, except for the altitude it was at. For the next 45 seconds I had a clear view of this craft. I kept waiting for it to pull away and gain altitude, but as I got closer, I realized that I was gaining on it. I slowed down as I got closer and realized that it was hovering about what appeared to be 400 feet above the road.

It had two white lights on either side of what I first thought were the wings, with a red light blinking in the center. As I got closer and closer, now only going maybe 20 miles an hour I had a totally clear view of this craft. As I drove under it, only then was I able to see that it had an oval or rounded shape to the underside of it. I really wanted to pull over, get out and observe this craft, but I was just a little freaked by the whole experience. As I drove away I kept looking in my rear view mirror, but never saw the lights or craft again.

I would really like to think that it was a plane or helicopter, as it was hovering, but I know of no plane that can do that and I've seen too many 'copters and it made no noise that I could hear.

The exact location was on Westland Drive right across from A.L. Lotts Elementary school.