Sphere over Batesville, MS
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Shiny Silver Sphere seen for about 10 minutes in rural North Mississippi circa 1975
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1975-10-12 → 1975-10-29
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July 29, 2018 · 4:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Batesville, MS
About 10 minutes later I looked up to see that the lights were closer than before when I left the house as well as higher in the sky. When I started to look at the lights I noticed that there were 3 lights in a triangular shape at the bottom of base I guess you could call it, with another single light at the top.. I then noticed that there was a weird shape sort of like a pyramid and that the lights were part of an object and not separate lights. I can't really determine the size but it was flying lower than an airplane and was still about the size of my thumb if I held it out in front of me. There weren't any distinguishable colors of the shape other than a sort of hazy looking transparency. The lights were orangish yellow. But I looked at the object for maybe 10 minutes until it got too far me to see. The direction it was going was straight up when it got out of sight. That is all I can recall and it's pretty exact on what happened.
July 4, 2014 · 8:15 PM · DISK
Batesville, MS
On the evening of July 4th, 2014, I was sitting on the steps to our home, when I noticed a jet coming across the sky. The time was around 8:16 PM (I made a point to look at my watch). I watched the jet and the small white traill of condensation left behind it. It was extremely clear outside and I seen the jet coming along ways before it finallly passed over. The direction it flew from was WSW to NE. Illustrationally speaking for a mental image, a flight path from Dallas, Texas, to New York City. As the jet neared closer, I noticed an odd object behind it. I didn't think much of it until it got closer. The jet didn't pass directly over me, it probably was (roughly) an eighth of a mile South. As it got closer to passing over, I noticed the object trailing about (roughly) a half mile behind it, on the exact same path, flying at about the same speed. I was in T- Total shock! I watched both the jet and then the silver/grey disk-shaped object fly of towards the North-East. Nothing abnormal happened, no erratic movements, no lights, and no sound. By the time they were out of sight, my watch read 8:22 PM. The disc was about 3/4s the size of the jet, including wingspan. Nothing very outstanding was noticed, other than it appeared seamless. Also, it appeared at a slightly higher altitude than the jet. It's worth noting that this is the THIRD UFO visualization I've had since moving to Batesville a few years ago, but the first daytime/evening visualization. The previous two occurred at night after 10PM. I have got mysterious lights on video both times previously. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera where I could put my hands on it, and did not want to move from watching the phenomenon before me.
December 26, 2013 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Batesville, MS
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November 24, 2008 · 5:00 PM · CHEVRON
Batesville, MS
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