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Morgantown, West Virginia (United States)

Sighted on Wednesday 13. July 2016
Reported on
Shape: Diamond | Duration: 00:00:30
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Two adults driving south on I-79 just past I-68 exit south of Morgantown at 10:43 PM. Spotted two bright orange lights to our south (our direction of travel) initially appearing as orbs. The one on the right was higher in altitude. Their flight path was straight, parallel with I-79 and headed north east towards downtown Morgantown. As we drove past (objects on our left, across the highway), they appeared as geometric glass pyramid/diamonds filled with fire or flickering/pulsing brilliant light. I thought "Chinese lanterns?" but these were much larger and not clearly not paper or rounded. Not to mention, why would just two Chinese lanterns be released at 10:43 PM on a Wednesday night. They were moving at approx. 35 mph. The object closest to me was observed at less than 100 yds., just 100 ft. above treetops. They smoothly flew right on by us. There were a few other vehicles nearby who may have seen the objects as well. Their flight path was perfectly level and we did not observe them change path or maneuver. It is possible they were part of a singular larger object, although they appeared as independent but identical objects with no connecting structure. We were traveling at 75 mph and didn't slow down to observe. My passenger looked out back window and watched them until they were out of sight of our vehicle. Moments later, observed a jet on final to Clarksburg/Bridgeport airport. It is likely the objects' and the jet's paths intersected, albeit at differing altitudes. Would like to know if pilot saw objects too or if showed up on either MGW or CKB radars. See attached digital rendering I did this morning while it was fresh in mind.

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