Sphere over Arabian Sea (India) · India
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Date: 01/05/15 Time: 1600-1715 UTC (2130-2215 IST) Location : Arabian Sea - Indus Delta ( Over swatch underwater canyon/trench - depth as charted deeper than 2000 metres ) Posn: Bearing 290-300 degrees and 15-20 nautical miles from Lat: 22 deg 28.6 minutes North, and 66 deg 49.7 minutes east. Observing Platform : Jack up rig “ Jindal Pioneer” (newbuild rig) on maiden tow from Sharjah to Mumbai. Towed by tugs Ocean Achiever and Sea Diamond XVII. Observed white pulsating red-blue-green light about 5 degrees above sea horizon. Light stationary for about 15-20 minutes, then splits into another bright sharp whitish light and streaks off laterally above the water parallel to the horizon at speed (calculated to 12.36 kilometers per second) Both lights dimmed or vanished after a total period of 30 minutes. Camera used was Samsung Galaxy S4 See the circled spot on the attached pic. You can see the red blue green light. The other blurred images are from reflections.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #118766). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.