Light over Williamsburg, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw what I thought was a planet. Took pictures on 100x zoom with no filter. No photo editing done. It looked round upon initial zoom but changed each time I took a picture. Almost like it was coming closer. It was stationary for well over an hour. No flashing and no movement and no noise. I went back out about 11pm and it was gone. Could be something, could be nothing. Family encouraged me to report. It just struck me as very unusual. Unedited pictures attached. Zoom in.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175026). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-03-12 → 2023-03-29
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