Circle over Raphine, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Initially looked like a single slow falling star. As it decended closer to the ground a huge row of side lights illuminated and then went black. Less than a minute later this HUGE craft reappeared horizontally 100' above the field, silent, one outer row of white lights, one inner row if white lights. Very bright lights. After approx 2 min, the craft went completely black again, at which time we sought to get inside. After searching for a similar picture of what we saw, we found a picture online of the same exact craft that was seen June 1, 2015, over Goodview VA.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #131587). 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