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Strange square translucent light appeared in the sky over Virginia Beach, Virginia and it looks like a portal or doorway.

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Then a weird moving light in the sky filmed over Pueblo, Colorado and a glowing light spotted on security cam that rapidly shot south, began climbing and pulsating over Columbia, Missouri.
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