Circle over Hague, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Brother and I spotted a white circle in the mid day crossing the sky from the east at high altitude. Watched in amazement and confusion for twenty seconds or so cross the entire horizon directly over us. At one point appeared to near a commercial airline where it slowed then continued flying out of site. Moved too fast for anything I can associate with. Object was bright white perfectly round appeared to have slight distortion in shape of triangle like a cylindrical tail so to speak. No visible trail or evidence was left behind. Unfortunately we were so mesmerized by the object we did not get any pictures.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177990). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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