Sphere over Martinsville, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
14 yellowish/orange spears with protruding glowing rod coming out the back
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 2011-10-27 → 2011-11-13
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December 7, 2023 · 9:50 PM · CIRCLE
Martinsville, VA
I got off work at 9:45 and was walking to my vehicle when I noticed a light, then I noticed it was changing color and moving, so I took several videos so I could look at them later and try to debunk myself but I couldn’t. I legitimately think it was something unexplainable and was transfixed on the object to where I stood in the cold for half an hour watching it even though I was freezing cold and tired I couldn’t look away at one point.
February 17, 2016 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
Martinsville, VA
I spotted three circular formations of green lights, two of them moved slowly while one stayed almost still. They were about 5 bright green lights forming a circle with one red light at the end. The one that was staying still seemed to be the lowest. I stopped my truck while driving to see it and the vehicle behind me did the same. It began to slowly move northwest. I could not tell where the other two were moving. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 13, 2014 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Martinsville, VA
Wednesday, August 13, 2014, approx. 11pm, I was taking my dogs out before bedtime and something caught my eye. I saw a slow, silent moving craft with 3 very large round lights in a semi-triangular pattern, flying lower than a normal aircraft, but not extremely close to the ground either. The lights were so bright that you could make out the shape of the craft which also seemed to be semi-triangular. There are lots of trees around my house so I lost complete view after about 2 minutes. I’ve seen planes at night before but never one like this.
August 22, 2000 · 9:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Martinsville, VA
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October 1, 1997 · 9:55 PM · OTHER
Martinsville, VA
Yellow/Orange lighted object moving from NE to SW. Very bright toy top shape with no sound. About the size of a penny held at arm reach