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Salem, VA

Sighted on Monday 04. July 2016
Reported on
Shape: Sphere | Duration: 1 hour
Source:

Green sphere obsereved in southwest virginiaI was walking my dogs and started watching the end of a fireworks display when I noticed a green sphere off in the northeastern sky far from where the display was going on. Put the dogs away and just watched the sphere from my pouch through a set of power lines. The green object changed altitudes several times as viewed through the power lines then turned to a glowing red and sped off the northwest. It reappeared after a few minutes to the previous position and turned back to a green color where it stayed for a while. After the display was over the object turned red and shot straight up in the sky. I need to mention the weather, which was solid low cloud cover with no stars visible and thunder storm clouds with some variable amounts of sheet lighting.

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