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Morganton, North Carolina (United States)

Sighted on Tuesday 29. March 2016
Reported on
Shape: Star-like | Duration: Undisclosed
Source:

Was outside between 9-10 pm looking south. What I thought was one of the stars in Orion began to move across the sky. It moved upward in an arc to the left, toward the northeast sky. When it was in the northeast, appearing near Jupiter its direction changed from a continued arc to more of a descension. It descended and was out of sight. There seemed to be a glow coming from that area in the distance afterwards. At first I thought it might be the light of the moon commencing to rise but the moon did not rise for several more hours. Heard dogs barking in the distance. Seemed like it would have been miles away. It appeared like a bright star or like Jupiter or Venus appear. It moved much faster than a plane. Whole event occurred in 5-7 seconds. My family had a very close encounter in 1973 with an object that hovered directly over our car (after my dad pulled off the road to watch it). The 1973 object moved quickly and even stopped in midair and reversed its direction. The starlike object's movement reminded me of the 1973 object.

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