Another witness and i observed with binoculars a glowing white object due east of the remote, lower outer banks, nc (salvo/waves) out over the atlantic ocean in a perfectly blue sky. it was neither a planet nor a weather balloon. it appeared to be about the size of a commercial jet, but was shaped like a kidney bean standing on its end. in the center of the lower section was a bright white solid dot. the object was stationary, because we used both the roof line and deck railing of our cottage as frames of reference. for about four hours, it never moved up, down or sideways. it had no wings or visible propulsion system, and left no smoke plume or contrail. we tried to capture an image with both a smartphone and a digital camera, but the object was too far away. nevertheless, we both were able to scrutinize its shape and color over the course of four hours and concluded that it was nothing like anything either of us had seen before in our sixty plus years on this earth. after about four hours, it suddenly disappeared without following any kind of flight path up, down or sideways. it simply vanished without a trace.