SIGHTING: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"I stood outside near my girlfriend’s place stargazing and watching nearby planes in the sky when i noticed a white-yellow twinkling light that hovered in sky; i assumed it was a star. it seemed to be shifting horizontally relative to a nearby tree as i watched it. when i noticed it emitting green and red twinkles below the main light emission, i took note that it appeared too high to be a helicopter and too stationary at times in its irregular flight path to be a plane or jet. i retrieved my girlfriend who joined me outside.We then withdrew my smartphone and used an ar celestial body id app to determine the presence of several stars nearby the strange light, but no celestial body that we could be misidentifying as the uap was noted in the area. it was as bright or brighter than what we identified to be mars which was at our rear. we looked at the uap more to notice it descend quickly and ascend to a bit higher than its previous position at a similar speed. it’s flight patterns defied our understanding of commercial or military flight capabilities so we watched it for 30 minutes as it irregularly pulsates and appeared to eject smaller white lights as it continued to irregularly pulsate green and red. we returned to her house after a time for a snack and drink. afterwards, i returned outside, noting it was much higher in the sky than previous and still pulsating that green and red. i retrieved my girlfriend and asked her what she thought of it, and she told me independently that it was much higher in the sky. we observed it move erratically for a time until we retired as it grew late. saw multiple planes and the uap was brighter and moved much more irregularly."