Sphere over McMechen, WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Last week, on the 26th of August, my wife and I were headed home on WV Route 2 South near McMechen, WV. In the sky to the south she told me to look in the sky, asking if I saw anything, looking up I saw a silver spherical object headed south west. We both described the item the same way, as a moving silver orb, with no visible wings or propellers. It seemed to steer more west as we observed it (3 minutes), and after passing through a small cloud, it was gone
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #121676). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-08-23 → 2015-09-09