Formation over Chattaroy, WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
8 lights arranging in a circular shape with one circle in the center. The 8 lights appeared to move inward and outward of the center light the same way that it would look to see a humans lungs expanding. Some of the lights would disappear as I watched. The lowest number of lights I seen including the center light, which remained constant, were 5. If looking at the face of the clock it would have been at 2:00 positioning from Orion‘s belt. I went in my home and after 10 minutes went back out to find it. It was farther away and now at what seemed like a 3:00 position. I’m not sure exactly what i had seen but I can honestly say that in all my nights looking at the sky I’ve never seen anything like this.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #151746). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-12-16 → 2020-01-02