Light over Hayes, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
As I went out for a 5:00am cigarette. I was met with what seemed like a normal night sky. Having spent my night watching YouTube videos about quantum physics and computing, etc weird stuff... I thought to myself: "why isn't humanity good enough for ET, why don't they help us become better". Then to my amazement the object (which appeared like an average star) began moving approx 7 o'clock. After it travelled approximately 500,000 miles (approx) it vanished. I assume it travelled at 2,000,000 mph.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174029). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-01-17 → 2023-02-03
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