Deputies investigate red flashing object near Camden, Benton County TN
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Suspicious ActivityAs discussed during the dispatch call, deputies and multiple callers in Tennessee reported sightings of an unidentified object with red flashing lights and jingling sounds moving south toward Camden. The object was observed at various points near South Point Drive and Blackbird Road. The situation remains unresolved and may have involved a possible aerial device or unexplained light.
Audio|Heard on: Benton County Sheriff and Camden Police
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02:43
Transcript:
00:00
122, (name withheld) just logged down that I've just spotted him.
00:03
Appears to be over here on Tennessee River Road.
00:06
He'd just come off of the rooftop there, but he's still headed southbound.
00:13
10-4[1], 122.
00:22
(name withheld), have you received any more calls on this?
00:33
County to sheriff, I believe I received a call a few minutes ago about possibly seeing the red flashing light flying over South Point Drive.
00:45
10-4[1].
00:47
I just spoke with a gentleman.
00:49
He came up in my car and he said that he didn't see anything but he was stopped.
00:52
He turned his car off.
00:53
He heard a lot of jingling bells and it was gone very quick.
01:00
10-4[1].
01:09
107 accounting.
01:15
107, go ahead.
01:18
County, I just received the public service and they called me to tell me that they did confirm they saw something with blinking red lights and a lot of jingling on South Point.
01:31
10-4[1].
01:35
Sheriff County, I just got a glimpse of this flashing red light.
01:40
It looked like to me it was still going south toward Camden.
01:46
I just saw it blink two or three times.
01:48
It's up pretty high right now.
01:50
Anybody who's outside can spot it pretty easy.
01:57
10-4[1], sir.
02:07
County to county units, I have a pending public service when you are ten six.
02:13
107 counties, send it to me.
02:18
10-4[1].
02:27
One twenty-three county, he's logged down.
02:29
I spotted that object with a red flashing light coming over the tree line near Blackbird Road.
02:35
Looks like it was floating down to the top of a house over there somewhere.
02:42
10-4[1].
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10-4: Acknowledgment/OK
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S Pt Dr, Tennessee 38320
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