2001-02-11 - Virginia Beach, VA - Diamond

Solid diamond shaped craft moving incredibly slow and silent E/SE in VA Beach on 2-11-01

At 10:35pm I witnessed a very unusual flying object. Heading East/Southeast above and just South, if not directly above Interstae 264 (formerly Route 44) there was an "object" which was diamond shaped and had 4 red lights on each "corner" flying relatively low to the ground and absolutely silent. I would say it was probably a half mile up in the sky and about a half mile away from where I witnessed it. This "object" was moving so slow! If it were a plane, it would have fell from the sky! No planes fly this slow. I couldn't beleive it! Its lights were not blinking or rotating. They were solid red and stayed in the same posistion for the duration that I witnessed it. When I first saw it, It was just a red light in the sky that was slowly getting closer to me as time passed. As it got closer into view, I could easily make out its shape. It passed my view roughly a half mile from me. Last night was a chilly night with absolutely no wind at all. It was completely still outside except for the very faint sound of occasional traffic in the distance from the interstate. If it had any moving parts or a combustable engine on it...I would have heard it! With the angle that I had witnessed this (about 30 degrees), it was a solid object, and the diamond shape of it was very distinct. After it passed out of my view I ran outside to get another perspective while I still had the chance and was able to witness it again for about another 10 seconds as it silently passed out of my view for good. I do live in a city which has a lot of Military and flying aircraft which practice out of Oceana Naval Air Station which is is the general direction that this "object" was heading, but I see and hear these jets all the time as anyone who lives near me will say too. This was not a fighter jet! Nor was it a helicopter. Before I witnessed this "object", I could hear plain as day other aircraft in the far distances which were miles away! This thing was within "rifle range" of me and wasn't making a sound. Every aircraft that I have ever seen in my lifetime has had at least one blinking (beacon) light on it, and/or at least one white light. What kind of "craft" flies around with 4 solid red lights on it, and no beacon light?! Lastly, and most certainly, I mentioned that this "object" was roughly travelling over the interstate highway...well the vehicles which were occasionally travelling in the same direction as this thing (east/southeast) were moving much faster in the same general direction than the "object"! So my guess is that it was probably moving at about 30-50 mph.