Sphere over VA
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
Gradual moving cluster of four (4) orbs of light visible to moving in constant pattern over course of 2 (two) hours. Confirmed with local law enforcement no local training exercises in progress. No sounds heard. No visible beam of light from ground visible. Bystander confirmed orbs could be seen with naked eye. Light caught on recording with two separate cameras. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175764). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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June 3, 2022 · 4:00 AM · FORMATION
VA
Approximately 4am me and my friend were stargazing on my deck. It was an exceptionally clear morning, you could faintly make out the band's of the Milky Way. I noticed one white light traveling at medium speed above Blue Mountain/Linden, Virginia. Suddenly 4 more white lights, no sound, no strobes or flashing lights, appeared to be following the same flight path except the first was obviously a lead object/further ahead with more space. The objects were flying from Southwest to Northeast in a straight line around 4am. Even "if" these were just airplanes, if you all have any knowledge as you what exactly they were, I greatly appreciate any input
February 16, 2022 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
VA
I filed another report on the same light that I saw in Cumberland Virginia on the 14th, this was the exact same light but larger since I was closer, and in a different county. I had been in the field in Cumberland again, this time actively looking for the UFO, but saw nothing. Once it started to rain, I packed it in and went to drive home. Once I was pretty close to home, driving on Anderson highway in Powhatan, I saw the same orange light hovering over a neighborhood right next to the highway. I only saw it for a few seconds as I was driving by, but I saw it long enough to watch it descend into the neighborhood. I quickly turned around and entered to see if I could see it again, but couldn't. In both this report and my other report, I do not check the "The object landed" box, since I saw it descend below the tree line both times, but I have no actual proof that it landed. It's also worth mentioning, I think, that somebody online also posted a picture taken from Amherst Virginia a few days later of the exact same light. Amherst is only about an hour away from the locations where I sighted this light.
February 14, 2022 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
VA
For the past month I've been driving out to Cumberland county, which neighbors mine (Powhatan) to stargaze. I found a nice, giant empty field in the middle of the county with no light pollution, and I lay on my car roof at night. On the 14th, I saw an orange light, larger than a star, suddenly appear. There was a thick cloud cover that night, so stars, planes, and satellites could not be seen. The light was consistent, no strobe, and it flew in a kind of wavy line for what looked from my position to be a couple hundred feet, then it just slowly descended. It was hard to tell if the object was moving in a straight line or if it was wavering. The oddest part was that there were animals in that direction that were freaking out, dogs, cows; I even heard a donkey braying.
November 21, 2021 · 3:30 PM · RECTANGLE
VA
I took the pictures of the phenomena at 3:36 pm, 21 November 2021. I was on United airlines flight UA 2082, from Orlando, FL (dept- 1:45pm) to Washington Dulles International Airport (arrival 3:50pm). Pictures were over Northern Virginia (not sure exact location) as the aircraft was 15 minutes from landing. I was on a window seat on the rear and right side of the aircraft. I saw an almost rectangular, dark shaped object that seemed to be stationary in the sky being that it did not seem to be moving. What surprised me was the size of the object, and the fact that it was stationary/did not seem to be moving. I am in the military and have flown many times over many different countries and have never seen this type of object. I have also seen aerostat air ships, balloons, and even drones from aircraft while in flight, and this object did not look like anything I had ever seen before. While creating the PDF that I have attached, I saw in one of the pictures that there could have been up to two additional objects (so up to three) instead of the one that I saw. The PDF has pictures and further details related to the phenomena I saw that day. I am happy to answer further questions.
July 26, 2020 · 12:00 AM · DIAMOND
VA
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/watch-ufo-captured-film-above-8441110
December 21, 2019 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
VA
Approx 7pm on Dec 21, 2019 i was outside and noticed what i thought was maybe a big meteor or similar object. It was very big and bright white colored light in the N.E direction of the sky. It was VERY clear since the moon was not visible. It was the only light in the entire sky at the angle we were seeing it from. It would hover, then move, hover & start moving again for quite a few minutes(5). Then it just suddenly just took off across the dark sky. My mother and I both witnessed this amazingly bright and odd acting "ufo". The moon is not visible tonight and it was about a 30% visibility in the sky but this light was extremely obvious. You couldn't miss this thing. Within the first 2 mins of this sighting we also saw 4 military planes heading(VERY close together)coming from the West heading to the N.E. direction this light originated from. The size MASSIVE & it was so noticeable in the sky it was strange. After about 5 mins watching the light pi! cked up speed and just simply zipped very quickly completely across the viewable sky. It was heading SW. We watched in total about 8-ish mins until it was no longer visible at our location. This was NOT the ISS, nor was it an aircraft we're familiar with. It would glid, then hover, then it would glid again,then hover...it repeated this for the majority of the time it was observed. The 4 airplanes we seen were making a very quick B-line to the NE sky. It was obvious they were together as well as they were heading to rd the same destination with clear hast. I've seen anomalies in the sky quite often lately but I've never witnessed something as massive or as obvious as this was. It was AMAZING. The lights were a bright white color, the shape was hard to make out but did seem like a sphere shape. There were no sounds from this object heard. It did actually have a aura around it, kind of similiar to a fog that faded out. The entire sphere was illuminated from our location. All o! ne color. The light did seem to brighten, then fade .... Then ! brighten and fade, it repeated this pattern until it quit hovering. When it would brighten the light would increase in size but the color remained the same. It was Unnatural lighting, anti gravity movements and impossible speed. It went from one end of the sky to the other within about 3 mins and was SO big and bright it IMMEDIATELY was noticeable and odd. It was drastically different and unusually bright from any the norm that anyone actually looking would have seen this with amazing ease!