Sphere over Morton, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We noticed 2 distinctive vapor like trails that were traveling in a large circular pattern over a large area in the western sky. The two eventually converged and a large smoke plume of a dark nature appeared. the larger object seem to catch fire and proceed directly towards earth as the smaller one sped up faster than any aircraft i know of and vanished. All was caught on camera and shows great detail.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #112725). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-08-18 → 2014-09-04