| ID | #1607529858 |
| Added | Wed, 09/12/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | National UFO Reporting Center
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
UFO sightings at dusk over Wheeling, West Virginia.
This happened at our home in Bethlehem, near Wheeling, West Virginia, in the summer of 1984.
My father was sitting on the back porch (an elevated area, perhaps 8-10 feet above the ground) listening to a baseball game. I remember sitting in the living room watching TV with my grandmother. At about 20: 30 (it was getting dark) I heard my father call out to me.
He said:
"Come here for a minute."
I got up, annoyed (as only a teenager who is interrupted from TV can be), and went to the far end of the house. I stood at the screen door and asked him what he wanted. I was told to go out the door.
When I reached the door and closed it behind me, my father bowed his head and pointed to the Western horizon.
"What is this?» "he asked me.
I turned to look and saw, as far as I remember, 5 small white lights, closely grouped together, moving slowly from West to East. to us. One of the lights was blinking.
"I watched it for about 5 minutes," he said. "I watched it fly over the trees. Is it a plane or a helicopter?»
I said no, it definitely didn't look like a plane or a helicopter. The lights were placed too close to each other, and planes (and helicopters) usually flash colored lights; blue, red, white, etc. In addition, a plane flew past it (of course, it could have been many miles, but from our point of view it flew close to the object), and we were able to compare them. It wasn't a plane.
We watched it for perhaps another 5 minutes or so until it was almost overhead, and as it disappeared behind the village's water tower, which was two lots away from our house.
We were waiting to get out from behind the water tower, which would have placed it almost directly above our house, maybe in 1 hour. This never happened. We looked North, South, East, and West and saw no sign of him coming out from behind the tower.
Not very exciting, but this is my UFO story.
((NUFORC note: the witness indicates that the date of discovery is approximate. We changed the time indicated by the witness to reflect 8: 30 PM. PD))
Original news
Date: June 15 1984
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Time: 20:30
Summary: UFO sighting at twilight over Wheeling, WV. This took place at our house in Bethlehem, outside Wheeling, WV, in the summer of 1984. My father was on the back porch (a raised deck, perhaps 8-10 feet off the ground) listening to a baseball game; I remember that I was in the living room watching TV with my grandma. At about 8:30 PM or so (it was getting dark) I heard dad call me from the back. He said “Come here for a minute.” I got up, annoyed (as only a teenager interrupted from the TV can be), and went the the back of the house. I stood at the screen door and asked what he wanted. I was told to come out of the door. As I came around the door and closed it behind me, my dad inclined his head and pointed toward the western horizon. “What is that?” he asked me. I turned to look, and what I saw were, as I recall, 5 small white lights closely clustered together, slowly moving west-east, toward us. One of the lights was blinking. “I’ve been watching that for about 5 minutes,” he said. “I watched it come over the trees. Is that a plane or helicopter?” I said that no, it sure didn’t look like either a plane or a helicopter. The lights were too close together, for one, and planes (and helicopters) usually have multicolored blinking lights; blue, red, white, etc. Besides, a plane flew past it (of course, it could have been miles away, but from our perspective, it passed close to the object), and we were able to compare the two. It was no plane. We watched it for perhaps another 5 minutes or so, until it was nearly overhead, and as it disappeared behind the village’s water tower that was two lots over from our house. We waited for it to come out from behind the water tower, which would have put it almost directly over our house at perhaps 1 o’clock. It never did. We looked north, south, east and west, and saw no sign of it having come out from behind the tower. Not very exciting, but that’s my UFO story. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that date of sighting is approximate. We have amended the time entered by the witness, in order to reflect 8:30 p.m.. PD))
Source: National UFO Reporting Center
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