SIGHTING: AUGUSTA, GEORGIA (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"I was driving toward the medical district to pick up my spouse from work. As I approached the hospitals on St. Sebastian, I saw a bright, red-orange orb hovering near the Georgia Regents and VA hospitals. I first thought it was a medical helicopter coming/going but realized that there were no blinking lights, just the constant red/orange, and the orb was completely still. I then checked for the antenna towers on the hospitals and saw those clearly down below the orb. As I came to the traffic light to stop, I was able to observe it another minute and then it suddenly zoomed toward the southwest. It went so fast it was out of sight immediately; however, it left a "flame" trail as it went, similar to what you see when you quickly wave sparklers around in the air. The flame trail dissipated a few seconds afterward. Since it wasn't a helicopter nor a plane, I thought that I must have just seen a UFO, similar to the reports of red-orange lights in the sky the local radio morning talk show had been discussing previously. "