2009-11-14 - Blacksburg, VA - Other

Nov. 14, 2009 - UFO sighting in Blacksburg, VA at approx. 5:45PM - 3 Lights, no movement, disappeared into thin air

While driving on Price Fork from Radford, VA towards Blacksburg, VA at about 5:40-5:45 PM on Saturday, Nov. 14th, 2009 I noticed a formation of light in the sky from approximately the "Snuffy's" gas station until just before reaching Kips elementary school. The weather conditions were clear skies at dusk - but with plenty of light in the skies to make out objects - blue skies, not complete nightfall.

The object appeared to be approximately one mile in elevation and perhaps about two or three miles away from my location - straight shot. Skies were clear, there is little to no air traffic over southwest Virginia and if there are planes then typically at very high elevations - so lights normally appear very small.

The light formation was composed of three large, horizontally oriented, oval shaped lights that were relative close to one another, like my depiction below with parentheses, and the lights appeared to wrap around the structure.

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Three things stuck out about the lights:

1) Lights made the structure appear much larger than any aircraft that would normally fly into the private airport that is located in Blacksburg - any aircraft that would be flying that low would be flying into or out of that airport;

2) There were no red and blue flashing lights indicating the wing tips that would be required

3) The lights made no movement, they appeared to remain at the same point in the sky even as I drove closer towards them.

Finally, the three lights simultaneously dimmed down, like a light dimmer switch you would have in a living room, rapidly until no lights remained. At this point the sky was still light enough to make out the shape and color of any craft had the lights just been turned off, or if the lights were on the front of the craft and they had just turned a new direction that would not allow the lights to be seen anymore - but nothing remained in the sky.

I pulled into the Kips Elementary parking lot to inspect the sky but nothing was there, only two planes flying at very high altitudes not in the general vicinity of the sighting. Whatever I saw just disappeared seemingly into thin air.