Oval over Almeria (Spain) · Spain
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Me and my wife were at our hotel balcony that was next to the sea in a nature reserve called Cabo de Gata, in Almeria, Spain, when as we were looking at the stars in the sky we saw a light that resembled a chinese lantern as it was red in the center and white around the border and in a circular shape. We discarded the idea of a chinese lantern when it did not burn up but continued rising until it vanished with the stars without changing shape. I have seen many chinese lanterns and it was not one, I have also checked the heavens above web and it was no satelite as none were above or near that location on that date, no ISS so I am baffled and looking for answers...
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111521). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Ministerio de Defensa (Spain) · records window 2014-07-07 → 2014-07-24
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