SIGHTING: RUTHER GLEN, VIRGINIA (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"I was outside on porch smoking and looking at the sky as i often do. saw a few airplanes and suddenly saw a bright flash in sky,i kept staring at the sky and saw it flash again, approx.7 seconds after the first flash i saw. object appeared to be stationary, i could see it dim and almost disappear and then several seconds later it would flash even brighter and appeared to be hovering again.There didn't seem to be a certain amount of time between brightening and at times i could somewhat see object when it dimmed. it moved very slowly in an eastern direction but appeared to have stopped as well. object still flashed, not seeming to be be in any sort of pattern and flashing was not the same intensity each time. i observed the object make a sort of semi circle pattern and then go in southern direction. the speeds in which it was moving seemed to vary and as i mentioned, at times looked to be hovering. after approximately 7 or so mins i lost sight of object. entire event was a bit scary but exciting, knew i wasn't observing a satellite or aircraft so felt i needed to make this report"