Sphere over Mount Rainier, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was laying on my truck bed when I saw a blue sphere appeared in the sky about the size of a star. It seemed as if it was loosing altitude and next thing I know it picked so much speed and it was gone within a blink of an eye. What was so amazing was the fact it was as silent as a heart beat. A few minutes later there was so much air traffic that it may have been too obvious as if to cover up the sky with their aircraft lights. Not only that, the stars in the sky where also going on and off as if they were turning their lights on and off.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111768). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-18 → 2014-08-04