SIGHTING: DYKE, VIRGINIA (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"I had gone on a hike with my dog in the blue ridge mountains and decided to take a break in somewhat of a clearing. it was our annual midnight hike, so i had thought nothing of being out this late. it was probably around 2:15/30 when i saw what i thought was a plane. it was slowly moving across the sky. i didn't have a second thought until i noticed the lights on it were an odd purple/violet color and seemed to be pulsating instead of blinking like airplanes normally do. my dog started to walk around nervously in a circle and barked up at the sky. i looked down to calm my dog, however, when i looked back up it seemed as though the object had stopped moving. it suddenly changed the direction it had been moving, a faster pace as well. i watched it for a good while until it had passed over the tree line and away from my view. i tried to hike along a bit longer to see if i could find it, but i didn't see it at all the rest of the night. however, a helicopter had flown by in the direction i had last seen the object head. "