Sphere over Laurys Station, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Went out to let our puppy out. In the southern sky was an orange light. Too bright and wrong color to be a plane. Moving slower then the many jets that fly over our house on a daily basis and not flashing strobe lights. Was climbing and took a right hand, southern turn. No plane has ever done this and not a single flashing strobe light. The light got very small, very quickly. No sound at the approximate height. Should have heard something. The first time I have ever seen anything like this, very odd.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #120344). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-07-09 → 2015-07-26