Other over Chester, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Driving down interstate, when a hurling double ball of lights kinda twirled head over head, and then just disappeared.. pretty sure a few others driving by saw it, too.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #131636). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-11-29 → 2016-12-16
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December 12, 2019 · 6:43 PM · LIGHT
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My wife was driving southeast on a fairly populated main side road, it was dark out side at about 6:43pm, And my wife exclaimed” falling star baby look quick!” When I looked up I saw not a falling star but a bright ball of light , one that was closer than any shooting star I have ever seen, it had a blue glow changing into green colors of light as it fell from the sky. It fell as if falling from an invisible opening in the sky... the night was a crystal clear night sky so no clouds or precipitation to obstruct our view and the object was closer than any I have ever witnessed before. The way the object fell was too slow to be a meteor or falling star, also noting that there was no “light trail” following behind the object as it fell. We watched it fall for about 5 seconds before it disappeared into the dark night sky somewhere close to the earth surface. It was the strangest light; object; ufo... I have encountered and felt a duty to report it.
January 21, 2019 · 11:35 PM
Chester, VA
I was driving home from work on 95 south at mm 59 at 11:30pm on 1/21/19. I saw a large object that I thought was a plane or helicopter about 1 mile ahead just west of the highway. It appeared to be hovering. I knew it wasn't a drone because it was too big. I first only saw the top and bottom lights. The top was pulsating between red and orange and the bottom was pulsating between blue and green. After about 10 seconds it slowly moved east towards the highway. It stayed at about 100-200 ft Altitude. The two side lights appeared as it moved over I95. They were yellow/white. They did not pulsate. There was no sound as it passed almost directly overhead. I slowed to nearly 20mph.the surface of the craft became visible. It was a dull dark gray or black and was smooth. As it moved east past the highway, the full diamond shape was visible. Red light on top, blue/green on bottom, and white on the sides. It continued east until it disappeared below the tree line. Thi! s was no normal plane, helicopter or drone. I estimated it was 30-50 ft long. Very odd.
December 8, 2018 · 8:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Chester, VA
1 large rectangular object hovering at approximately 2k-3k feet elevation. It was dark outside so I was unable to see the color of the object; I could easily make out the square shaped silhouette. On the bottom of all four corners there were circular shaped white/silver lights. There were a few lights along the vertical side wall around the corners (they were small and I was unable to determine the shape). There were long horizontal linear lights in the center of each side. These lights extended approximately half the distance of each side of the object and stopped approximately 1/4 from each corner (they seem to be sort of centered on each side). There were a couple other randomly located lights along the underside. The object hovered for approx 45 seconds then rotated 180(+/-) degrees and slowly and smoothly moved away toward the SE. During all of the movement it never appeared to change elevation, or pitch. It just appeared to pivot and glide. The total amount of time that I had it in sight was approximately 3 minutes. Side note: I was driving on my way home when I saw this object. I was in mid conversation with my wife and subconsciously stopped in the middle of the road and became fixated on this object. I stepped out of my truck and just stared at it. It was completely quiet. Even during movement it did not produce a sound. It was by far the largest object that I have ever seen in the sky. The shape was unlike any plane, helicopter, etc. that I have ever seen. My wife apparently kept asking what was wrong and all I could say was “hold on. Wow that’s crazy...what the??” Apparently I was so captivated by what I was seeing that I couldn’t put it into words. After getting home I thought about calling the local police department and reporting it but did not do so for fear of any potential backlash. I wish I could figure out what it was and hopefully provide some closure for myself. I keep telling myself it’s probably something top secret military etc., and hopefully it is, but as of now I have been unable to find anything related to the military that looks like what I saw. The closest object I found was something that some guy in North Carolina posted a picture of not too long ago. The biggest difference is that the object in his picture looked rectangular and what I saw looked very square
March 24, 2016 · 10:50 PM · DISK
Chester, VA
One sighting tonight, March 24th, of a luminous bright gold colored, saucer shaped, object for about two to three seconds though our den window. My wife, Nancy, and I saw it at the same time about 10 minutes to 11 pm and it was approximately 200 yards from where we were sitting. Nancy said she thought it might be an extremely low flying jet – but there was no sound coming from it. We live just south of Chester, Virginia, and the object was north of us. I am wondering if anyone else happened to see this gold glowing object. I have seen hundreds of meteorites and this object was much larger and moving somewhat slower - controlled (?). It seemed to be descending towards Route not from where I-95 connects to Route to 10. Thanks for all of your work. ((name deleted)), Chester, Virginia Witness provides no contact information. PD
July 5, 2014 · 11:00 AM · LIGHT
Chester, VA
At arm’s length, it was approximately one-fourth to one-fifth the size of a pencil eraser, and it was really bright. After its sudden appearance, it stayed in one spot for five to six seconds, next – it moved to the left about 20 times it width, then, it moved to the right about 40 times its width. About this time, I tried to get my wife and her sister to see the object – telling them that it looked like a really bright star, but they never saw it. To get a better view, I got out of my chair and moved away from the over-hanging tree branch. Just as suddenly as it appeared, it disappeared into the blue. Total viewing time was 15 to 20 seconds. What made this sighting a little bit weird was that a large jet airliner flew ! directly into the same area where the UFO had been less than a minute before bringing with it a long, wide contrail.
April 7, 2005 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Chester, VA
Object hovered and shot off at high rate of speed and then disappered