Circle over Mechanicsville, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Object appears as a white ball with vapors strewing around off the front of the ball it as if it was a meteor, but traveled in a straight line going from west to east at approximately 15000 feet. Suddenly the vapor ceased coming off the front of the ball shape object rolling off the sides to the rear dissipating as the ball continued to the east to the point where it seemed to fade from the sky. The sky was very clear this morning at 6:00 and stars could still be seen.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162814). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-04-20 → 2021-05-07
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September 24, 2022 · 7:40 PM · LIGHT
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September 24, 2022 · 7:39 PM · SPHERE
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While at our “Movie on the Lawn” even in Rutland Grove neighborhood. Around 7:39pm people started stirring and then screaming about the object in the sky. It was an extremely bright sphere shaped object with a strong propulsion lasting around 3 mins. as you will be able to see the height of the object was above the houses fling towards Jupiter. It was very bright with a large propulsion. I was told this was Venus but from my understanding Venus was below the horizon.
November 11, 2019 · 6:30 PM · CIGAR
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Saw a very large illuminated cylindrical/cigar shaped object moving quickly. About 10 times larger than a commercial airplane. Object also had approximately 6 brighter lights along body of object. One on each end and four along the length of the object. No sound heard and no trails observed.
May 26, 2018 · 9:24 PM · RECTANGLE
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May 26, 2018 · 9:24 PM · CYLINDER
Mechanicsville, VA
Didn’t notice a sound until watching video them could hear a definite Mechanicsville sound on video similar to a “ray gun”. Several people thought they saw something same evening in area but we are hesitant to put it out there to others.
May 20, 2017 · 9:02 PM · FIREBALL
Mechanicsville, VA
We have amended the time above, to reflect a nighttime sighting. The source of the report remains anonymous, and provides no contact information, so we are unable to confirm the time. PD