Formation over Aldie, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It was a clear sky and I looked out the window with my night vision to see stars and satellites more clearly. Through the scope I noticed multiple lights moving in formation. I look with my eyes and there are what seem to be 50-100 lights flying in a single file formation headed east. I was completely shocked. It almost looked like auto tracer rounds fired in the sky but the lights kept going and these lights were moving along a horizontal plane. I was able to take a picture where you can see the lights moving. I tried filming through my night vision scope but only got about a seconds’ worth of seeing the objects. I was clearly fumbling because of my disbelief. There were no sounds, no blinking lights, and no trails. They were moving very quickly up until I lost site of them because of a tree line blocking my view.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #163061). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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