01-04-2025
VB Skywatchers group hosts inaugural meeting; discusses UAP sightings
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — It's a bird, it's a plane or is it a drone or UFO?
These are the possibilities when you observe the skies, and the Virginia Beach Chapter of the Enigma Skywatchers believe there is strength in numbers. They held their first meeting Monday.
'They could be anything. They could be Starlink, they could be an experimental aircraft, it could be a drone, it's things that they don't know,' said Organizer Jimmy Olivero.
It's no secret there has been a growing interest in what can be found in the sky. Just ask Jimmy Olivero.
'They are using the app to basically tell these stories and to help people understand what's going on in our skies and to identify what these things are and some may be unexplainable,' Olivero said.
That app is called and it's used to help spot unidentified aerial phenomena. Now, there's a local Skywatchers group to help keep track of those sightings in the Hampton Roads area. It's led by Jimmy Olivero and The Good Brotha. The two say they just want to help local people get answers.
'Here we have a lot of confusion because there's so much military. You're gonna see NASA launches and stuff and if you don't know about it and you witness it, you'd think it's something and it's not,' Attendee Thomas Bennett said.
Other curious sky observers are hopeful that the inaugural Skywatchers Chapter will grow so everyone has a chance to learn how to properly explore and correctly document all aerial phenomena in our region.
'More meet ups, more events. We want to attract more people and hopefully we turn this into a good hot spot of skywatching,' Olivero said.
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