Cigar over Marshall, VA
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
My wife and I were outside comet and meteor hunting. We spotted a long line of lights, bunched together. The lights were grouped randomly, in no particular pattern, other than together in a long, cigar- like pattern. As they moved to the east, over our farm, they slowly faded. We could still make out the vague shape of an object moving and blocking stars until clouds and the light from nearby town made it impossible to see. We can't be sure of the altitude, probably very high, which would make this object an exceptionally huge one. Very strange, glad my wife saw it too, otherwise she wouldn't have believed me. Entire sighting lasted about 2 minutes, lights were only visible for about 30 seconds. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165646). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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