2 August 2019
(Daily Press, Newport
News, Virginia)
Hampton Roads, Virginia, UFO sightings can be traced
as far back as 1813. A
tavern owner in Portsmouth claimed to have
sighted “a ball of fire” which manoeuvred over Norfolk County.
He even sent a letter to former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, where he told
about the sighting, the Daily Press reports.
Wikipedia article: “Hampton Roads”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of
water that serves as a wide channel for the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth rivers between Old Point Comfort and Sewell’s
Point where the Chesapeake Bay flows into the Atlantic Ocean and the
surrounding metropolitan region located in the Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina portions of the Tidewater
region.
Comprising the Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News,
VA–NC metropolitan area and an extended Combined Statistical Area that includes
the Elizabeth City, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area and Kill Devil Hills, NC
Micropolitan Statistical Area, Hampton Roads is known for its large military
presence, ice-free harbor, shipyards, coal piers, and miles of waterfront
property and beaches, all of which contribute to the diversity and stability of
the region’s economy.
The body of water known as Hampton Roads is one of the
world's largest natural harbors (more accurately a roadstead or ‘roads’). It
incorporates the mouths of the Elizabeth, Nansemond, and James rivers, together
with several smaller rivers, and empties into the Chesapeake
Bay near its mouth leading to the Atlantic Ocean.[1][2]”
Satellite View of Hampton Roads with the Hampton Roads
channel at center. (City urban centers visible, clockwise from top: Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Portsmouth)
(text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)
Satellite photo of Newport News, Virginia
(tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)