Triangle over Hurt, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Looked like a star moving from heading 202 sw on july 9th between 9:45-9:50 PM eastern time. Lit up for roughly 2 seconds shaped like a triangle. Size was approximately 1/8 the size of the moon on this clear night. Still looked roughly like a star heading 24 degrees northeast. Used cell phone compass for degrees. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded to us to be quite serious-minded. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128402). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-06 → 2016-07-23