Wandering lights in the sky over Charlottesville, VA
Several flying lights were seen by three persons. The lights changed in color and intensity, although luminosity was maintained at comparable brightness to stars in the vicinity, over the course of the half hour in which they were seen, the objects also meandered across the sky, going various directions at most times, while stopping and staying still for more than five minutes at a time.
The first light was observed heading SW, then NW, then N, then back to the south, and so on. Eventually, three of the objects made a triangular formation.
Several attempts were made at photographic evidence, but the cameras in use were not powerful enough to pick up the lights clearly.
At some points, the lights moved fast enough to leave behind a slight tail of disturbance in the atmosphere.
Several commercial planes were observed in the vicinity of some of the objects, but distance was not able to be judged without better instrumentation to be able to determine how close the planes were to the objects.
Several flying lights were seen by three persons. The lights changed in color and intensity, although luminosity was maintained at comparable brightness to stars in the vicinity, over the course of the half hour in which they were seen, the objects also meandered across the sky, going various directions at most times, while stopping and staying still for more than five minutes at a time.
The first light was observed heading SW, then NW, then N, then back to the south, and so on. Eventually, three of the objects made a triangular formation.
Several attempts were made at photographic evidence, but the cameras in use were not powerful enough to pick up the lights clearly.
At some points, the lights moved fast enough to leave behind a slight tail of disturbance in the atmosphere.
Several commercial planes were observed in the vicinity of some of the objects, but distance was not able to be judged without better instrumentation to be able to determine how close the planes were to the objects.
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Charlottesville
USA
30 minutes
30 minutes
38.06
-78.49
light
VA
Occurred : 12/16/2007 20:30 (Entered as : 12/16/07 20:30) Reported: 12/17/2007 1:07:06 PM 13:07 Posted: 1/21/2008 Location: Charlottesville, VA Shape: Light Duration: 30 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object left a trail, The object changed color, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Wandering lights in the sky over Charlottesville, VA