Circle over Dale City, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Approximately 10 minutes later, a similar object appeared from the same initial direction (south to north). Using binoculars this time, a faint but dark outline of a circle with a gray center could be discerned that had a red light pulsing directly underneath that also changed color to white, blue, and yellow but with the overall color being red. The red was a ruby red and not like an aircraft navigation light. The object turned and headed west, repeating the previous maneuver of appearing to climb and gain! distance before disappearing. A similar object appeared 10 to 15 minutes later again from the south but this time slightly further away. It also turned westward and disappeared from sight. Could have been one object total but was seen 3 times.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #120188). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-07-01 → 2015-07-18
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