Cigar over Lebanon, VA
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Traveling on Rt 19 northbound at Hansonville, VA in Russell County when a sequence of lights appeared Traveling northeast. They were clustered on what seemed to be a train moving. Lights disappeared from front to back. Weather was clear. 30 clusters of lights(white) that seemed round. The lights moved in unison until they started disappearing from front to back. 1/2 mile of lights moving like a train. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178047). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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