Light over Berkeley Springs, WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
bright star-like moving object turning into bright light, then vanishes to the stars again
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 2010-07-07 → 2010-07-24
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August 2, 2020 · 9:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Berkeley Springs, WV
There were two objects. A triangle shaped on heading east and dot of light heading west. When they heard each other the dot made a 90 degree course change and accelerated away.
November 1, 2019 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Berkeley Springs, WV
Was outside burning brush, when we noticed something very low flying. It wasn't directly over head but flying over the neighbors fields. It seemed to be triangle shaped with bright circle shaped lights under it. It was flying very low id say less the 500 feet. But it was odd because it appeared to just hover. The craft made no sound of any kind. It was moving slow then it would stop, then it would fly slow again.