NUFORC Sighting 173295

Occurred: 2016-08-13 11:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2022-12-04 23:15 Pacific
Duration: Observation of 3-5 mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Near Hinton, WV, USA
Location details: Crossing over head across the bridge on HC 20 heading west into bluestone sonic river

Shape: Fireball


The ball of fire came across the bridge possibly 200ft from the top of the bridge

Hello my I am ((male's name deleted)) at the time of my Unidentified flying ball of fire experience and sighting. I was driving south on HC 20 towards pipestem wv, as I started to cross the bridge I noticed the ball of fire as it could only be described.The object was traveling at high speed of deceant at what I could judge was a 40degree angle based off the line of travel compared to the top of the bridge . Now as I reached the other side with disbelief I turned my vehicle around and proceeded slower back over the bridge as the fireball crossed over the bridge in plain view and continued its course down into the bluestone scenic river below. My view of the object was lost due my vehicle sitting below eye level of the bridge so I am unsure if it made contact with the water below or if it hit the ground. With the most accurate I could be about it’s size was the ball of fire was the size of a small house which I know could be caused by a multitude of things. With that said I would suggest it’s center mass to be around the size of small single prop plane or a little larger. As I approached the northern side of the bridge and attempted to find a place to park it was out of sight by that time. I have not been able to find any notice of a plane going down in that area nor anyone else reporting the siting of a ball of fire. As I know this is years later that I am making this report and my family thought I was crazy then but As my family and I were renting a cabin in the Blustone national park for that week visiting my daughter. I figured that if it had been a plane or such there would have been some notification. I will stand by this statement and plan to search the area in the near future when I travel back to WV in the coming months. The date range was around August 9-13 of 2016. I had even attempted to take a photo with my phone at that time but can only find one picture for the entire month of August 2016 left in my google photos. If anyone has any explanation that doesn’t involve a conspiracy theory or government cover up. I would be interested to know on a scientific and educational level. As I do believe we are not the creatures of intelligence in a universe full of universes. Thank you greatly for you time

Posted 2022-12-22

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