Appearance / Description of Object(s)

The object I saw was definitely a triangular in shape. The lights described the shape. It was so dark that it was darker than the night sky. It moved soundlessly and rotated as it moved. The lights outlining this object actually made it possible to see the shape and the fact that it was rotating as it moved. I don't know from what direction it arrived where it was visible. I just suddenly saw it blotting out the night sky. It slowly and silently moved from the park in a N.W. direction. The terrain is so hilly there that it disappeared in a few minutes over the tree line.

Size of Object(s)

I don't really know the size of this object so I will have to guess. When I use the provided test I would have to hold my hands about 3' to 4' apart. I was so dark and clear that size is problem

Description of Area / Surroundings

Gypsy Hill Park is the center of Staunton, Virginia. It is an urban area. The park is well over 100 years old and until the 1960's furnished all the water for the City. The entire park practically floats over underground springs and aquifers. There are no special structures there such as you have listed. It is a park in the middle of a small city.

Full Description & Details

This is my second and last (unless something else happens) sighting. I was walking my dogs in our local park, Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton, Virginia, U.S.A. It was about 5:30-6:00am on a January morning. It was still completely dark. The roadway through GHP is curvilinear and tree-lined. However the center of the park is open and free of obstruction. The atmosphere was very clear because it was very cold-no fog, mist or anything else that could obstruct vision or modify what was seen. It was "clear as a bell". I saw the outline of a large triangular object passing over the clear area of the park. I know it was triangular and also rotating because of the lights that outlined the edge. One row of blinking lights would begin to disappear while another would become more visible. The object "drew" a triangle as it moved. It blocked out the stars as it moved. There was absolutely no sound. It reminded me of the movie "Close Encounters" without the sound track. I read the report submitted by the man in Hawaii and what I saw was similar except that what I saw was outlined with lights (red, white, and green) and did not spit apart while I could see it. I looked around for someone else but I was alone, at least as far as I could tell, because of the darkness. The object just simply moved out of sight after a few minutes.

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

I wish someone would explain what I saw. I would have to say "no" that by all conventional standards, I can't explain what I saw. I have always been a very early riser and I have "seen it all". This defies anything I have seen. My only question is the red, white, and green lights. They seem so earthly, almost mundane.

Witness Background

I am a horticulturist, landscape and garden designer. I have a college degree. I also perform a lot of work for non-profit organizations especially those that emphasize animal welfare.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

By the time of this sighting, I had read a lot of books on the topic because of my first sighting in 1974. I never went out with the expectation of even a remotely duplicate experience. I have never looked for things like this-just comets, the aurora, other natural phenomena. I actually don't remember reading anything about triangular shaped objects-saucers, spheres, almost obelisk-shaped objects, yes. This was a surprise.

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