9/7/2016: Franklin, NC, USA

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Occurred : 9/7/2016 22:41 (Entered as : 09/07/16 22:41) Reported: 9/7/2016 8:16:38 PM 20:16 Posted: 9/9/2016 Location: Franklin, NC Shape: Circle Duration: 5 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object changed color, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Multi colored lights red , Orange and white lights hovering in wester night sky intensely bright , no sound this object was to the west north west of home at altitude (guessing )1500' to 2500' . was circle , with alternating lights mostly red , orange ...like a fire ,and smaller white lights . all lights were intensely bright , brighter than any star in sky . it was almost motionless but was slowly moving up 2 degrees and same downward . then it would move slowly 3 degrees to west . A aircraft to the west 7 to 10 degrees and minimum 2000' above object flew above and to left of object and no response from object . distance from me i cannot really judge but index finger would not cover object but my thumb would , hope that helps . I watched it for about a minute and then called my 28 yr old son to look at object an tell me what he saw ....he was flabbergasted because he said ..daddy , that's no star or plane and we watched it for about 5 minutes more . i turned to him and asked ..where did it go ? do you still see it ? he said no and we both concurred that either th! e object just cut all lights off or it took off too fast for our eyes . this is as detailed as i can get . thank you

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 9/7/2016 22:41 (Entered as : 09/07/16 22:41)
Reported: 9/7/2016 8:16:38 PM 20:16
Posted: 9/9/2016
Location: Franklin, NC
Shape: Circle
Duration: 5 minutes
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object changed color, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object

Multi colored lights red , Orange and white lights hovering in wester night sky intensely bright , no sound

this object was to the west north west of home at altitude (guessing )1500' to 2500' . was circle , with alternating lights mostly red , orange ...like a fire ,and smaller white lights . all lights were intensely bright , brighter than any star in sky . it was almost motionless but was slowly moving up 2 degrees and same downward . then it would move slowly 3 degrees to west . A aircraft to the west 7 to 10 degrees and minimum 2000' above object flew above and to left of object and no response from object . distance from me i cannot really judge but index finger would not cover object but my thumb would , hope that helps . I watched it for about a minute and then called my 28 yr old son to look at object an tell me what he saw ....he was flabbergasted because he said ..daddy , that's no star or plane and we watched it for about 5 minutes more . i turned to him and asked ..where did it go ? do you still see it ? he said no and we both concurred that either th! e object just cut all lights off or it took off too fast for our eyes . this is as detailed as i can get . thank you