Circle over Fenwick Island, DE
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My daughter and I were on the beach collecting shells. As we were walking along, we looked out over the ocean and saw a large orange reddish circular ball. It just appeared out of nowhere. It looked like a huge full moon on the horizon but it was not the moon. Then, it suddenly looked like it was cut in half. It then started to slowly come apart and faded away. It was very strange. There were other people on the beach and I know they had to have seen it also.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #112514). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-08-11 → 2014-08-28