© UnknownMap and Overview Map Showing Location of Sighting. Sighting Was in West Virginia Near Ohio Border.
Date of Sighting: April 13, 2010
Date of Sighting: April 13, 2010
Time of Sighting: 4:15 PM EDT
Location of Sighting: On Highway 35 Between Pt. Pleasant & Southside, West Virginia (See Map)
Description: I was driving South on Highway 35, somewhere between Pt. Pleasant and Southside, West Virginia. I saw what looked like a huge plane flying way too low. I thought it was going to crash with it being so low, so I started to slow down. The closer I got to it, I saw that it was a military cargo plane. Then, it seemed like it was not moving so I stopped almost completely when I got right beside it. It was not moving. I turned down my radio and there was no noise from the plane. It looked like a big military cargo plane, it couldn't have been any higher in the air than the top of a telephone pole. I could read the stickers on it it was so low. All I remember of the stickers is that there was an American flag and numbers and letters, no words. The plane was not tipping in any direction. It was completely still. Just sitting in the air. After about a minute of being right beside it, traffic started coming from the other direction so I had to move. Once the traffic moved, I could not see it anywhere behind me. There was no plane and no smoke from a crash. It was just gone.
Note: Has the witness sighted a new military aircraft? She should have had a good view given that the sighting happened during daylight.
I was on the 495 Beltway in the D.C., Maryland and VA area, and i saw what looked to be a military cargo plane. First thing to come to mind is the osprey, but at a second look there were no rotating propellers. The plane almost resembled an over sized harrier or a-10 thunderbolt. Now with that being said, IM no aircraft expert, but living on military bases for the first 14 of my 29 years on this earth, and regularly visiting Norfolk, and Andrew AFB... i get the just of them. The closest military base to the sighting is Andrews airforce base.
just as the original article, after passing it, i kept looking in my rear view mirror and it was gone... no sound, no smoke, nothing! as if it was never there.
Time of sighting: about 11:45
Date of sighting: 10/27/2011
area of sighting : 495 beltway 5-10 mins before RT 50e exit