Pilot Reported Lights off NC Coast
At approximately 1630 EST a pilot reported to Air Traffic Control a possible derelict weather balloon just off the coast of North Carolina near Morehead City at or near 22,000 feet moving from west to east. Appropriate reporting procedures ensued and reports continued sporadically for the next couple of hours before they temporarily ceased. At approximately 2100 EST another pilot reported 10 miles north west of New Bern, NC, at around 9,000 feet reported a static light with contrails around it and could not confirm that it was a balloon or anything similar of that nature.
At approximately 1630 EST a pilot reported to Air Traffic Control a possible derelict weather balloon just off the coast of North Carolina near Morehead City at or near 22,000 feet moving from west to east. Appropriate reporting procedures ensued and reports continued sporadically for the next couple of hours before they temporarily ceased. At approximately 2100 EST another pilot reported 10 miles north west of New Bern, NC, at around 9,000 feet reported a static light with contrails around it and could not confirm that it was a balloon or anything similar of that nature.
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New Bern
USA
5 hours
5 hours
35.10
-77.08
circle
NC
Occurred : 1/5/2020 21:00 (Entered as : 01/05/20 21:00) Reported: 1/6/2020 8:16:54 PM 20:16 Posted: 2/7/2020 Location: New Bern, NC Shape: Circle Duration: 5 hours Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object left a trail
Pilot Reported Lights off NC Coast