Other over Stanardsville, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My wife alerted me to what first appeared as a bright star around midnight. The star was toward the South. As we watched, the star appeared to brighten and then dim repeatedly. We also both separately observed the star move in a zigzag and slight circular pattern. The star appeared to be slowly moving South. Sirius. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #125096). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-01-01 → 2016-01-18
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