Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Description is in above accounting.

Size of Object(s)

If I held my arms straight out in front of me, my hands would have been about a foot apart.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Distance was 1/2 - 1 mile away about 1000 feet in the air.

Description of Area / Surroundings

I was on NSA Norwest Naval base headed into the campground area.

Full Description & Details

At approximately 3:45 AM on 20 Jan 2006, I observed a string of lights descending from the sky behind a line of trees. The lights were mostly red but the leading light was white. The string appeared to be lining a circular object, but I was seeing it at an angle. The arc of the light was similar to the outer edge of the "Nike Swoosh" but rotated 180 degrees. I was in a vehicle heading down a road between the trees. When I first saw it, I stopped the vehicle and turn off all the lights so I could see it better. I tried to take a picture with my cell phone camera, but could not get it out and ready before it descended behind the trees. The object was headed in a northern direction, having just crossed into Chesapeake, Virginia from North Carolina. The sighting was near The Great Dismal Swamp. Within 5 minutes of the sighting, 2 fighter jets came flying in from the direction of the Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, VA. The jets flew past me and circled back around in the same area that the lights were sighted.

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

Was not a natural object, had to be man (or ?) made.

Witness Background

Retired Navy, currently working armed security on base.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

Prior to the sighting I have always believed that there has to be some other life forms somewhere in the universe, but not sure if I would believe someone else if they told me they saw something. After I saw this and the way it looked and with the jets appearing minutes later, it kind of freaked me out and I can't get it out of my head.

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