Other over Veradale (Spokane Valley), WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It is hard to describe, it seemed to look distorted because of the lights. It was, for the most part, stationary but seemed to move to the left and right or, maybe, if you can imagine like a bobber in the water when you fish. It of course had many lights, my camera would not focus on it and the binoculars seemed to make it look stranger. It did look like an egg almost at first, with stringy looking stuff being the lights, I assume. It looked 3D and like it had craters or something but perfectly round and different sizes. When I tried to make it focus better, it seemed like maybe it is in my head or something but when I was not zoomed in all the way, it looked more like a bright saucer. I would think this was a planet but no way was it up in the sky that high. It seemed very close, and I do wonder how something could be in our atmosphere and go unnoticed? I cannot describe what I saw, because, even though I saw it, I cannot figure out what it was. It feels like a head game at this point, maybe even a science project, but something that size I doubt someone could pull it off. I think it must be a planet, but I will have a hard time convincing myself of that. It is by far the strangest siting I have personally encountered ever!! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117906). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-03-15 → 2015-04-01