NUFORC Sighting 116472

Occurred: 2012-01-28 12:00 Local
Reported: 2015-01-03 17:55 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Ronda, NC, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Pictures capture daytime lights in the sky over Yadkin Valley, North Carolina. Not visible to eye.

I am sharing available information and two pictures that were presented to my by a very dear friend that passed away a little more than a year ago. I had encouraged him to share his sighting at that time, but he was reluctant to do so. I will attempt to relay his comments as accurately as I can recall them:

"At noon on 1/28/12, myself and two of my friends were sitting outside of the patio of the Raffaldini Vineyards enjoying a glass of their wine. It was sunny and beautiful so I decided to take some pictures facing northwest toward the mountains. The sun was to my back so I don't think what I caught on my camera was related to lens flare.

At any rate I took two pictures with my iphone about 30 seconds or so apart and noticed lighted objects were captured in the two pictures when I viewed them upon my return home. Neither myself or my friends saw these objects with the naked eye at the time the pictures were taken. The attached photos provide all l of the specifics of the pictures."

My friend had a nice combination of skepticism and open-mindedness and he felt as though he had caught something very unusual in his pictures that were visible to the camera for some reason, but not to the eye.

Posted 2015-01-07