Oval over Sutton, WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Bright oval light floating through the sky in a straight line.
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 2012-05-19 → 2012-06-05
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October 6, 2023 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Sutton, WV
I was at my friend’s house out in the middle of the woods, away from main roads. I went outside to pee because they’re in the process of building their house, and through the trees I noticed this bright light in the distance moving around and getting smaller then bigger. I watched it for a minute and got scared and tried to get everyone’s attention. Nobody cared. So I went back outside and started watching the sky again, and my friend was with me. I started seeing two to six lights like stars with a glow around them, (from the clouds, coming through our atmosphere and back out, no other stars had a glow like that) moving around in one direction and then it would change and go another direction, there was some that would morph into each other, circle each other and then become one, they would go away completely and then come back in different spots. There was one that would get extremely bright, and would move around and then I could see a cloud of light then it would disappear again, then come back in a different spot and move around. I watched these in the sky for about two hours. I watch the night sky every night and have for about 3 years now. I’ve never seen anything like this. I know what Venus and Jupiter look like and where they’re at, I know what starlink looks like, I know what planes, satellites and drones look like, these were none of these things. To me, from my perspective on the ground, all I could see were lights but they maneuvered around and looked like some sort of vehicle in the sky with a bright light on them to see. They could turn these lights off and on also. There was intelligent thought in the way they maneuvered. I could tell these things were going in and out of our atmosphere extremely fast for as high up it was, and they were looking at our ground here. I know this sounds insane but I’m a fairly intelligent person and I’ve been watching the stars for a long time and I’ve never seen anything like this.
June 22, 2015 · 11:45 PM · OVAL
Sutton, WV
Went outside to check garden. It was clear. I noticed a weird object in the sky. It was shaped like long football, and was moving northwest. It was noticeably lower than the stars. It emitted a dull, white light all around it. My mother came out and watched it, and at one point it stopped for about 1 minute then dropped below the tree line.
February 3, 2012 · 10:15 PM · CIRCLE
Sutton, WV
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September 5, 1999 · 6:30 AM · DISK
Sutton, WV
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