Unknown over Big Island, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Object was seen in the night sky at approximately 10:30 on August 12th or 13th. We were looking at the Perseid meteor shower. Our home is located on a mountain and we have a 180* view of the sky. My husband and I observed a giant craft, larger than any aircraft or satellite I have ever seen. It appeared very large and very close. It was traveling toward us at a slow rate of speed. As is came closer, it slowly turned right and disappeared. It was green and holographic in appearance. The shape is hard to describe. It looked like three or four objects that may have been square or spherical. They were linked closely together. We tried to tell ourselves that it was Starlink, but after seeing the Starlink satellites recently and reviewing online images of Starlink, we have ruled out that possibility. We have no explanation for what we saw. It is the second unexplainable phenomenon we have observed in the last 6 years of living on the mountain.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178009). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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