Light over Warrenton, VA
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The report, as filed
Bright star like oject going from south to north at extreme high rate of speed
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1997-10-01 → 1997-10-18
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December 2, 2022 · 3:56 AM · CHANGING
Warrenton, VA
The unusual experiences range from beans of light to unusual pulsing type sounds out my bedroom window, to feeling a presence nearby. My dog ultimately feels or hears something as well and start barking whenever this is apparent to her as well. I swear I not nuts. Something for real is going down near/in my home. I thought it was kind of funny at first but now I feel “they” are being more brazen.
November 2, 2020 · 9:00 PM · OTHER
Warrenton, VA
I was walking the dog on a clear night, and noticed the Western sky was very bright. I looked up, and saw the approach of a large object that had bright white lights completely around its perimeter. It was so bright, that I couldn't tell if it was pentagonal or hexagonal in shape, but I believe it was one of those shapes. It was definitely not rectangular, triangular, round, or oblong. It made no noise as it moved slowly across the sky to the northeast. I observed this from a residential neighborhood about 2 miles from The Warrenton Training Center.
November 11, 2019 · 5:40 PM · LIGHT
Warrenton, VA
Unexplained Sighting November 11, 2019 Warrenton, Va., Approximating 50 miles of Washington, D.C. At approximately 5:40pm, I observed a long thin line of lights moving from out of the Northwest towards the Southeast at an altitude similar to that of a satellite. I was able to watch this for about 45 seconds. The line of lights moved uniformly as one unit and appeared to under control. I estimate the length of the line to be a mile or longer. There was no sound that I could hear from this event. I estimate the number of lights to be around 35. The line was made up of dimmer white lights toward the front and 4 brighter white lights toward the back of the line. The dimmer lights had a small oval appearance. The larger 4 lights looked similar to that of a satellite. While watching, I did not see any change in the number or color of lights. The object maintained its course until it was no longer visible.
November 14, 2018 · 10:30 PM · OVAL
Warrenton, VA
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June 28, 2014 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Warrenton, VA
My wife and I were housesitting / babysitting over a weekend for her parents (my inlaws). We went outside to share a cigarette close to midnight. We were talking when I saw a strange orange light over her shoulder. The closest airport to us is Dulles International Airport to the North, but this thing was going East to West from the more rural area of the county, farms and such. The thing was like a super bright flare but not flickering like one, and it was under power of some sort. There were no blinking lights on it and it was about the same color as a fire. No flickering, no smoke, no sound and it was moving "casually" from East to West as I said. After about 10 seconds another identical light appeared traveling in the same direction at the same speed. I lost sight of it after it passed over the houses in the neighborhood so my wife and I ran out front taking her grandfather and younger brother with us. He says he was an engineer or something for the air force and he has no idea what it is. After those 2 lights eventually left sight in the distance we were laughing about it and joked it off. I decided to go back to the back and finish the cigarette we started. While out there I saw 2 more identical lights traveling the same path as before, got everyone outside and we watched them for a while going off to the distance. None of us is sure what it is but several of the neighbors saw it too and told us so when my wife posted about it on Facebook.
October 8, 2011 · 10:00 PM · CHEVRON
Warrenton, VA
Weird lights in sky over Virginia farm.