Oval over Ararat, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw a large dense cloud hovering in the sky after witnessing what looked like lightening inside the cloud! A huge house size football shaped object appeared out of the cloud. It had bright lights all around it. It hovered for a few seconds with no sound or motion. It was just sitting there. Then all of a sudden it went backwards at light speed and disapeared in thin air. It was like it was using the cloud as cover and the cloud moved unexpectedly leaving it exposed! I have never witnessed anything like this before in my whole life. It left me puzzled and very shaken!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147977). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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