Triangle over Madison Heights, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
After hearing fireworks nearby we went outside to look at the sky, but what we first saw was three red lights in a triangular shape hovering in the distance. They did not appear to be moving but when we got to the camera on our phone one had already become far enough away as to not be seen by the naked eye. The other lights did the same one by one. The sky had been cloudy the entire day so no stars or normal night sky was visible at this time. We have never witnessed anything like this before.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128223). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-06-30 → 2016-07-17
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