Appearance / Description of Object(s)

shiny metallic more like a silvery color flattened disc. slightly tilted towards our position. it gave the appearance of a waning moon turned lateral.

Size of Object(s)

in relative size i would have to say from where i was about 21/2 inches or the length of a lighter across. in actual size i don't know. if i had to guess i would say 40-50 feet across and maybe 10 or more feet high.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

the distance was about 300 yards. the object was about a 1/4 mile high or less.

Description of Area / Surroundings

A public recreation complex, in well populated neighborhood. There is mountains on one side with an airport on the other side of the mountains.

Full Description & Details

In early or mid August, my wife and I took our two sons and daughter to her cheerleading practice. While we there I was throwing the football around with my oldest son, when my wife said "Randy what's that"? I looked S and saw a shiny metallic or silver object almost directly above the field moving NE, at an estimated speed of 5-10 miles per hour. I mean this thing was literally crawling through the sky. We stood and watched the object as it continued to move NE until it was out of sight. When we first saw it my mother-in-law remarked "it looks like a hang glider", to me it was obvious that it was not. First there is no place to hang glide from close to there to gain that altitude, and even more importantly you would have been able to see the operator from our angle. Theres an airport on the Wva side of the river but a plane would have come directly over us. This did not, it clearly came from the SW. This object was moving so slowly that had it been a plane it would have fell out of the sky. Moreover it made no noise, nada, nothing, no smoke trail no lights. It kept the same altitude and heading until it was no longer visible.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

To me, no. I've lived here my whole life and I have seen every type of airplane that comes through here and to that airport, but I have never and I mean NEVER seen anything like that.

Witness Background

I am a CNA, I am also currently attending school for paralegal studies.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I know what I've seen on television or heard about UFO's. Personally I think we live in a huge exspanse of space and it is very possible that were not alone. I always tried to imagine what I would do if ever confronted with a situation like this. It was nothing like imagining, I was awe struck. Completely weird.

Other Comments

Take it for what you want. I don't know what it was, but I know what it wasn't, an airplane, a helicopter, or a hang glider.

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