Oval over Middleburg, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The object appeared above the tree line somewhere between Middleburg and Upperville, Va., just North of Rt. 50 and on the east side of Paris Mountain. The object was metallic in color and oval in shape. The size was hard to determine, however it seemed to be at least as large as a box van. Shortly after it appeared, the object, did a full 360 loop and disappeared into clouds above.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #144873). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-11-13 → 2018-11-30