Circle over Rupert, WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was on a mountain road around 4:15 AM, and as I got about 2/3 mile down it, I looked out across the valley and saw a circular set of lights rotating or flashing rapidly on the next mountain top over from my position. They were covering the area of about one and a half football fields and were stationary, just hovering. Size of the object about these lights was large (could tell from the way the stars and sky were blocked out.) I watched for about ten minutes, then it occurred to me I was sitting there with my head lights on and could be seen as well so I drove off. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Forgot to add to my previous report that the circular lights object was eight miles or north of Rupert. ((END ADDENDUM))
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #109918). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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