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CaseCircle1977

St. Albans, WV, USA

I saw a white circular object hover in the air and dart behind a cloud.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (71 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-03-01
Where
St. Albans, WV, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
1 minute
Geo
38.386, -81.836 · exact
Slug
circle-over-st-albans-wv-1977-c75631
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In context

  • St. Albans, WV shows up 7 times across the archive.
  • 1 reports came from West Virginia in 1977.
  • In the 1970s, 10.5% of reports described a circle — the all-time rate is 10.6%.

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