Circle over Pirtsmouth, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was observing the constellations. I noticed something that was brighter than all of the stars in the sky. I tried to identify it with different apps in my phone. After a while it started slowly dropping from the sky. It was not a drone because it was way too far up in the sky. I had an extremely bright glow and aura around it. I felt weird while I was watching it. We are located near military bases and I’m used to seeing a lot of different things in the sky. I have never seen anything like it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176594). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-07-01 → 2023-07-18