UFOMYST
CaseOval2018

Capon Springs, WV, USA

At approx. 0406ET, on 01/07/2018, we witnessed two oval to disc shape craft hovering at approximately 800 to 1000 ft.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (117 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2018-01-07
Where
Capon Springs, WV, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
3 minutes
Geo
39.136, -78.484 · exact
Slug
oval-over-capon-springs-wv-2018-896313
Wave

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Capon Springs, WV.
  • This case is one of 15 West Virginia reports filed in 2018.
  • Oval craft made up 4.1% of 2010s reports, vs 4.3% across the whole archive.

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