What Did The Fox Miss? Patch Readers Weigh In On UFO In Fairfax

FAIRFAX, VA — A "bat" was the answer that received the most votes in Patch's very informal, one-question survey about what the unidentified flying object was seen soaring above the head of a fox in Fairfax.

Around 10:54 p.m, on Sunday, the Ring camera at a Patch reporter's home north of Fairfax City recorded a fox munching on cat treats from a windowsill. The video showed a white shape darting over the fox's head. The image moved by so quickly that it was difficult to see what it is. It could've been the flying squirrel, a bird or a bat, since each has been spotted in the neighborhood before.

Of the 37 people who responded to Patch's survey, 12 (32.4 percent) said the unknown image was a bat, four a bird (10.8 percent) and three a flying squirrel (8.1 percent).

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While a bat was the answer that received the most votes, 18 people — nearly half of those who voted — marked "other" and offered their own suggestions of what the shape was.

Three said it was some sort of moth and two thought it had some extraterrestrial origin. Here are some of the other suggestions:

• "Illuminated moth too close to the camera."
• "Ghost."
• "An albino something."
• "Paper towel, toilet paper, piece of paper?"
• "Nothing!"
• "Alien."
• "Fairy."
• "UFO."
• "No clue."
• "Anything other than a UFO because the fox is completely undisturbed."
• "Alf."
• "Fog."

We may never know what the fox missed seeing on Sunday night, but we've got a good checklist for next time the Ring camera catches something unusual.