Unspecified over Lorton, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At 11:00 pm on Thursday, August 13, 2015, in the eastern sky, I saw a very large light in the sky. It was diamond shaped, the horizontal axis was elongated. It hung in the sky for a minute or two then slowly descended vertically until it disappeared on the horizon. The night sky was very dark because there was no moon that night. It was larger than any object I have ever seen in the sky except for the moon.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #121190). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-08-10 → 2015-08-27
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