Circle over Rockville, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I awoke around 4:30am, and looking out the window from my position lying down in bed, I could see a bright circular looking light above the building directly across the street. As I continued to look at it, it appeared to shimmer and move. I decided to take pictures of it, because it appeared to be too far down from the sky to be a star, and it was almost light enough out that other stars were not present that I could see. When I looked at the pictures I took, they just looked like a bright light, that appeared square when you enlarged it, so I decided to take a video. When I did, I looked up and saw a similar looking light up further and to the right, which I included in the video. When viewing the video with enlargement, the lights appear to be spinning and moving. I thought that was weird. Do stars spin? I’m submitting my pictures and video for you to make a determination if they are just stars, or drones or any other type of unidentified object.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #167906). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-05-27 → 2022-06-13
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