Circle over Sandbridge/Virginia Beach, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On August 25, 2021 around 10:06 pm, I was walking my dog on Sandpiper Road in Sandbridge/Virginia Beach. I looked up I the sky and saw a big, round orange/red circular object that was moving around the sky. It was above the back bay of water that’s behind the island of Sandbridge. I had never seen anything like that before, so I took out my cell phone and took a video. I’ll try and attach the video (one in mov file format and one in mp3 format) and still photo, but when I’ve tried to send it as a text, it gives me a message that the file is too big. It’s only 27 seconds long. I’m a retired teacher.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #164564). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-08-22 → 2021-09-08