Strange lights over Ocean Isle Beach
My family and I have been spending a lot of time at Ocean Isle Beach, NC recently.
I am an FAA licensed pilot that flies regularly and I am always watching the skies since I also love astronomy. I have read multiple other reports lately from nearby Myrtle Beach, SC and Holden Beach, NC of strange orange lights appearing.
On June 28th, I saw strange lights which was also witnessed by my 15 year old daughter and 13 year old son.
Around 9 PM , my daughter comes inside the house to say she thinks she saw a UFO over the ocean. When I go out, I see an orange light almost due South about 20 degrees elevation and we watch it for about 30 seconds until it fades out.
For the next hour between periodic orange lights appearing, we also see faint twinkling lights similar to aircraft strobe lights which randomly twinkle in different spots from about 45 degrees to the left and right while facing South over the ocean.
These lights crossed our field of view very fast in various directions. They looked similar to aircraft strobes that you can see on various high altitude aircraft traffic 5 to 10 miles away that are visible on any clear night. But these lights were so jumping around so fast in the distance, that it could not be one aircraft on a set course.
The last sighting that night, was of two orange! lights very low over the water, slowing rotating around each other before fading out. I would estimate the distance of the lights at 2 miles. The motion of the two lights resembled what you would see if a small aircraft was banking its wings at night, except of course both lights were orange instead of one red and one green.
Those two then faded out completely.
My family and I have been spending a lot of time at Ocean Isle Beach, NC recently.
I am an FAA licensed pilot that flies regularly and I am always watching the skies since I also love astronomy. I have read multiple other reports lately from nearby Myrtle Beach, SC and Holden Beach, NC of strange orange lights appearing.
On June 28th, I saw strange lights which was also witnessed by my 15 year old daughter and 13 year old son.
Around 9 PM , my daughter comes inside the house to say she thinks she saw a UFO over the ocean. When I go out, I see an orange light almost due South about 20 degrees elevation and we watch it for about 30 seconds until it fades out.
For the next hour between periodic orange lights appearing, we also see faint twinkling lights similar to aircraft strobe lights which randomly twinkle in different spots from about 45 degrees to the left and right while facing South over the ocean.
These lights crossed our field of view very fast in various directions. They looked similar to aircraft strobes that you can see on various high altitude aircraft traffic 5 to 10 miles away that are visible on any clear night. But these lights were so jumping around so fast in the distance, that it could not be one aircraft on a set course.
The last sighting that night, was of two orange! lights very low over the water, slowing rotating around each other before fading out. I would estimate the distance of the lights at 2 miles. The motion of the two lights resembled what you would see if a small aircraft was banking its wings at night, except of course both lights were orange instead of one red and one green.
Those two then faded out completely.
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Ocean Isle Beach
USA
I hour
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33.89
-78.43
light
NC
Occurred : 6/28/2011 21:00 (Entered as : 06/28/11 21:00) Reported: 7/4/2011 7:26:49 PM 19:26 Posted: 7/6/2011 Location: Ocean Isle Beach, NC Shape: Light Duration: I hour
Strange lights over Ocean Isle Beach