Date of Report: June 15, 2025

Location: Flatwoods, West Virginia

Submitted by: Anonymous

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It was around 9:47 PM on May 28, 2025, when I saw something in the sky that defied every explanation I know.

I was parked along Route 15 near Flatwoods, just outside of a wooded rest area I often stop at to watch the stars. That part of West Virginia has little light pollution, so the view on clear nights is nothing short of spectacular. I had just stepped out of my truck and was setting up my camera on a tripod when I noticed an odd shimmer near the treeline to the east — like heatwaves bending the air, except it was nighttime and about 60 degrees out.

Within seconds, the shimmer condensed into a perfect silver disc — not massive, maybe the size of a small private plane — hovering completely silently about 100 feet above the trees. The object wasn’t blinking, didn’t have any navigation lights, and emitted a very faint hum that almost vibrated in my chest more than I could hear with my ears.

I reached for my phone first, but as soon as I raised it, the screen froze. It wouldn’t record. My DSLR, which was mounted and ready to go, also gave me an error: “Lens communication failure.” I’ve used that camera for years. Never seen that before.

Then it moved.

The craft didn’t rotate or pitch. It just glided sideways—diagonally northwest—without tilting, like it was on rails. There was no air disturbance. No rotor wash. No lights. Just that low, pulsing hum that seemed to make the trees lean ever so slightly as it passed over them.

After hovering again for maybe ten seconds above the nearby ridgeline, the disc shot upward—near-vertically—at an impossible speed. No arc. Just a silver blur into the clouds. Gone in under two seconds.

I stood there frozen. I know this wasn’t a drone. I’m a retired Air Force mechanic. I’ve seen drones, helicopters, planes—this wasn’t any of those.

Later that night, I drove into town and checked MUFON and a few local scanner pages. No reports. Nothing in the news the next day. I emailed a photo of the area and the failed camera logs to a friend who’s a digital forensics guy. He said the timestamps scrambled the moment I tried to shoot. Power surge or EM interference.

I haven’t talked to anyone locally about it yet. But after finding The Portals Edge, I figured this was the best place to finally say something.

This was not of this Earth. I don’t need to be believed — but I needed it to be told.