Skip to content
UAP Nexus
As reported

Light over Appalachia, VA

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

3 orange crafts land?

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

Ask for the records

What would the paper say?

For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.

Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2002-12-03 → 2002-12-20

From the same sky

Related entries

November 4, 2015 · 3:55 AM · LIGHT

Appalachia, VA

I saw the most amazing thing this morning sometime between 3:30-4:30 am. I work as a security guard on the back side of big mountain in Va. I was driving making rounds this morning when I saw several airplanes in the area. The sky was clear and beautiful and i'm pretty sure that I could even see Jupiter just to the left of the brightest star in the sky which we call the north star but I know is incorrect. I then noticed more airplanes in the area and that two of the planes were flying really close together. Approximately 5-8 minutes later I saw what looked like a small star slowly moving in the sky. I continued watching and even backed my car up about 30 yards to make sure I wasn't mistaken. The thing was slow moving. I waited about five minutes and drove on down the road to watch it some more. In front of my eyes it just disappeared. I immediately saw two planes headed in the direction of the thing. I then turned around and was headed back to my post when I saw a shooting star out the drivers side window. Maybe two seconds later the shooting star came back and up toward space. I became excited because I knew without a doubt that I had just witnessed something that could move faster than anything I have ever heard of! I continued on to my post in amazement and waited for my relief to show up. I then left work just a little after 5 am and was on the same road when the thing that looked like a small glowing star appeared in the sky again. This time in a totally different place. Within seconds my amazement went to total fear. This thing took across the sky and suddenly stoped again. 3 seconds later, the thing took off again went straight and then up and into space I guess! I came straight home and woke my wife and kids up because I was scared. I have always kept an open mind when it comes to the possibility of other life out there somewhere but I have never believed the stuff I have seen or heard about UFO sightings! Maybe this was just something we have now but I'm afraid it's not. There were at least 5 to 6 airplanes in this area during this sighting. All I can say is it was bright and maybe oval. It was white and that is all! I could see no other color. Witnessing this has really opened my eyes. Could there be life in our on galaxy or is this something of ours?