Occurred: 2012-08-17 00:49 Local
Reported: 2012-08-16 22:00 Pacific
Duration: 45 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Wilmington, NC, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Cigar shaped object red pulses seen over Wilmington NC

I went to the back porch to smoke a cigarette. I looked up to see what looked like a shooting star but it was closer, it had a defined shaped and wiggled as it flew past kind of like a boat being pulled by a string and made no sound. It flew from the Carolina Beach area towards Oleander and veered right at a high rate of speed still visible then suddenly began flashing red. The disappeared behind the tree line.

Posted 2012-08-19

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