Sphere over Zion National Park, UT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
After traveling from Bryce Canyon to Zion National Park, we stopped by the side of the road. I stepped out of the car and began taking my pictures of the scenery. While not observing anything out the ordinary during the picture taking, it was after resuming our drive through the park I took some time to examine the recently taken pictures that I noticed the extremely bright orbs in two of the pictures I had just taken. Source of report indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #121670). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-05-18 → 2015-06-04
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