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A Hampshire County, West Virginia witness watched a spherical-shaped object hover near his home as it beamed a spotlight onto the ground, according to testimony filed with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database.
The glowing and silent object appeared to be searching for something on the ground, the witness said.
Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If West Virginia MUFON State Director John Ventre investigates and reports back on any of these cases, I will update this page.
The following report and its headline is unedited.
WV, May 21, 2009 - roughly spherical illuminated object its light was golden with small red lites also sometimes. It was very definitely beaming a "spotlight" onto the earth
I just went out on my deck before retiring. My house is elevated -- very clear views for a great distance. To the North of my deck is a large mountain that I believe is Town Hill Mt which I think lies in Maryland - I am very close to maryland and am just beside the Potomac - I am in Hampshire County, WV.
Honestly -- I keep my eyes open for UFOs here because I can see so far and it is rural -- no lights, lots of stars.
So -- tonight I finally saw one. It was roughly spherical - it was totally illuminated a rich golden, almost the color of cantaloupe. It very very definitely was beaming a spotlight down onto the ground.
Where it was - is a location I look at every day -- I know it well. There is nothing there but trees -- it was the base of this mountain and at times it "beamed" farther up the mountain. As if it were looking for something -- but there is nothing over there I dont think even any houses.
Photo: Witness stated that this photograph was enlarged and contrast enhanced. MUFON image.
It stood PERFECTLY still a lot of the time. Usually with its "beam" shining down. If it were a helocopter I should easily have been able to hear it here -- it is very quiet here and this object was not very far away -- maybe 5 miles. Maybe 2 miles.
It eventually moved off toward the West -- that might put it heading over Keyser, WV, maybe Springfield or Ft Ashby - maybe it would eventually get near Cumberland MD. When it moved off, it was slow. Still beamed down from time to time.
I assume that a helocopter does not glow golden with a consistent bright golden light all around it. I think a copter would have headlights -- but not the entire thing would be shining bright gold.
I dont know how quickly you read these reports -- but if you could forwarn someone west of me to be ready I think they could film it.
I tried to photo it -- will review the pix in a minute but I dont think they will be helpful.
Comments
are you nuts? its badminton shuttle-cOck in that first pic not a ufo
come on, when you take an article from someone else, at least give the credit to the site who published before you.
read the source at www.avimoas.com
Hey No Respect - what do you mean by "take an article from someone else?"
no respect is a lunatic who obviously has no clue of the nature of the work you put in to give readers what they want.
anonymous "No Respect" lives up to the name, an all to often remark from examiner "readers".
There is something here more important than credit for breaking a story. There are two major sightings maybe more in WV. There is something going down in WV. Keep your eyes on it.
I didn't read the article, but I wanted to say that I think its time for " UFO Watchers " to stop watching and start engaging what it is they are seeing. How about chasing after it, try getting abducted. Go out and buy yourself some GPS tracking units, have your wife or friend track you as you carry one of the recievers with you and try to get abducted. I'm not trying to be silly here, I'm sure it is coming across that way. But let's be honest here, who care's if you see it. If I can't see it o
better camera's are needed.
it still could have been a helicopter. wind or atmospheric
conditions like humidity could have muffled the sound.
does the witness have any contacts in the police he could ask if police or military copters were in use ? if he's going to be watching the sky he might consider getting some telephoto lenses. tripod, etc. really interesting report. i bet he'll be out there every night now.
Hey folks, anyone really try taking pictures at night? It's extremely hard. All you mostly get is a source of light if you are lucky and that can not be identified..... basically worthless. Telephoto lenses get you zoomed in but the "f" stops gets higher. So you need longer exposures to get enough light for a picture. If the object is moving you get streaks of light which will show movement, but not detail. Only very expense cameras can record things at night. Digital SLR cameras need to be in the range of 16mp plus to really start being capable of good night pictures. Go price one! Those kind of cameras can get expense for the average person to have. So when you hear someone spouting off about getting a good night picture, they usually don't know what they are talking about. They have not tried it themselves. *I hope the readers don't take my word for it and go try it first hand! ***Try to take a picture of a star! Sound simple? Good luck!
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