Unknown over Gloucester, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Large white light
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 2012-01-24 → 2012-02-10
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May 28, 2022 · 11:15 AM · CHANGING
Gloucester, VA
At first I thought it was a helium balloon but it didn’t go up or down or get smaller; then I thought it was a drone but it flew in a rhythmic pattern, twirling slowly then holding its shape then twirling slowly again, over and over while reflecting the sunlight in between the intervals from shiny metallic blue to silver, repeating this motion almost like a wave as it moved; when I realized it wasn’t a balloon or drone or plane, I yelled out loud “It’s a UFO!” and turned to get my cellphone located 15 feet away. Like that, it was gone. I said out loud “What the heck! Where did it go? This doesn’t make any sense, it just disappeared!” No chance to take a picture. Though several minutes later I saw a strange airplane that had a wide fuselage with orange on the sides flying towards me from the opposite direction so I tried to capture it but the sun was too bright, instead I got a photo of something else, unbeknownst to me, that my son later pointed out when I told him about the UFO sighting. Photo attached. Could the two objects be related, I wonder?
May 26, 2021 · 9:30 PM · OVAL
Gloucester, VA
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December 9, 2020 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Gloucester, VA
My sister called five minutes ago and told me to go outside and look up to see a triangluar vechicle moving through the sky with red and white flashing lights. I have never seen anything like that before. I googled the discription and found nothing to suggest what it is and might be doing. We do live in an area with a large military presence as well: Cheatam Accex, Northrup Grummon, Naval Weapons Shipyard,, Navy Base in Norfolk, Langley/ Fort Eustus etc. So was it a spy plane; if not what was it?
October 23, 2019 · 11:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Gloucester, VA
My son and I were stargazing when we noticed a triangle-shaped object in the sky, with white lights that pulsed bright then dim. It hovered at what appeared to be quite high in the sky for at least 30 minutes. It was still there when we decided to go inside--we were not able to get a clear photo with either of our phones.
March 28, 2018 · 10:30 PM · FORMATION
Gloucester, VA
a prolonged low pitch sound was heard, and seemed to not dissipate. First 3 items slowly moved through the night sky approx. 1000 AGL or below, then a fourth joined the initial 3. They all seemed to stay aloft with no engine or rotor type noise. Lasted about 6 minutes, then headed off to the West from my location. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 29, 2017 · 4:30 AM · SPHERE
Gloucester, VA
The source of the report, who elects to remain anonymous, does not indicate the time of the sighting. PD