NUFORC Sighting 70855

Occurred: 2009-07-04 21:45 Local
Reported: 2009-07-04 19:59 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Charlotte, NC, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

2 red glowing lights in the distant sky moved left to right matching speed slowly until disappearing after 2 minutes.

I was playing tennis at night with my wife on the Fourth of July, when my wife guided my attention behind me to the pitch-black Northwestern sky. Fireworks were going off in the distant western sky far from the 2 red pinkish glowing lights that were moving slowly from Northwest to North. I watched for a moment and realized they weren't anything I’ve seen before. We moved away from the court so that we could get out from under the overhead lights and get a better view. I'm 38 and have seen planes, helicopters, flares etc. and the glow that came from these objects was unlike anything I'd seen. The moon was in the opposite southeastern part of the sky. The objects seemed to move at the same speed in a straight line for a minute then hovered for approximately 20 seconds then continued moving simultaneously together. I was blocks from a camera so I decided to just watch it. After a minute and a half the light following disappeared either going suddenly beyond sight or just fading. Then another thirty seconds passed and the last one faded. The entire event lasted approximately 2 and a-half minutes. I’ve never seen a UFO or have any need to make crap up. It maybe explainable but I felt compelled to report it.

Posted 2009-08-05

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