Sphere over Vienna, WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Looking south at Venus in the night sky, noticed a bright sphere rapidly rising from the horizon, then quickly disappearing as it gets close in the sky to Venus. It reappeared again about 25 min later in the west as a bright flash, and as soon as it lit up it vanished. It appeared to be making a 90 degree when it lit up making almost like an ell shape trail. The object was as bright as Venus in the night sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148039). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-07-31 → 2019-08-17
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