I spent many hours looking at stars as preparation for navigation with a sailboat using a sextant

EVENT DATE

May 15, 1984, 11:00 PM

LOCATION

Winchester, VA, USA

NUFORC FIELDS

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SHAPE

Circle

DURATION (NUFORC)

6 seconds(00:00:06)

WITNESSES (NUFORC)

0.0

CHARACTERISTICS (NUFORC)

Lights on object

NARRATIVE

I was laying on my on my back at about 11:00 in the evening studying stars for navigational purposes. I observed a round disk coming from the Washington DC area with what looked like small wires on the perifery as it rotated. It took a 90 degree left turn and proceeded down the Shenandoah Valley, The total time was about 6 seconds. I inhaled and waited for an explosion due to the speed involved. There never was a sound. I have 1600 hours flying and never have seen anything like it.In August or Sept.of that year, Popular Mechanics or Science featured a craft like it on its cover.
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