Disk over Fort Washington, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Twinkling multicolor "star" that moved across the sky after being idle for over 10 minutes or more
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 2008-12-24 → 2009-01-10
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October 18, 2016 · 12:18 AM · OTHER
Fort Washington, MD
While laying in the bed, my husband and I heard what we thought was a helicopter right outside our window. After 15 minutes, I got up and looked out the window to verify if the helicopter was out there. There I saw a large object that had a square and a slight circular shape. There were red lights on each end. And it was hovering just above the trees in between my yard and my neighbors. The sound the object was making was similar to a helicopter in close proximity. I shouted, "Oh my God! What is that!?" My husband immediately got up and looked out the window. He also shouted in disbelief. The object begin to move away slowly. We ran to our son's room who is 19 years old so he too could witness what we saw. He observed the object as it moved on, in disbelief. As the object moved on, there were 2 military helicopters that followed the object from a short distance. The helicopters continued to fly around our area for another 30 minutes. As if monitoring the object. We continue to question ourselves in disbelief. However, we are clear the object was not an airplane, helicopter or drone. And after researching UFO sightings, we know this was indeed a UFO. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 4, 2016 · 10:46 PM · FIREBALL
Fort Washington, MD
Driving north from Accokeek, Maryland to Fort Washington, Maryland, on Route 210, Indian Head Highway, I approached Old Fort Road when I saw what appeared to be a large green brightly lit object moving with a very wide tail that tapered off in the sky. It fell to earth ahead of me. It appeared to land near Oxon Hill, Maryland. This event is reported on the American Meteor Society website as a meteor. We have looked at the video of the event on their website, and we agree with that assessment. PD
September 2, 2007 · 1:38 AM · DISK
Fort Washington, MD
Object zig-zagged around sun in less than a minute.
January 7, 2002 · 6:00 PM · TEARDROP
Fort Washington, MD
Luminous green, white outlined tear shaped object moving quickly accross the sky in a dwonward curve.