Sphere over Madison, TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At approximately 11:00 am, I looked up at the sky to view the contrail patterns made by several jets flying overhead. I took a picture and then noticed a light blue sphere that was moving in a zig zag pattern through the contrails from left to right. At times, it was emitting a purple crescent-shaped haze. I took several pictures of it and after approximately 15 minutes, it disappeared behind one of the contrails and was no longer seen.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #113924). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-09-23 → 2014-10-10
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