Sphere over Kanawha City, WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While sitting outside on a clear night, noticed a large bright oval shaped light going horizontal while looking to the southeast....stopped, and then traveled straight up into the sky for a second and then the light just disappeared. Couldn't have been a firework, it was going parallel with the ground and didn't make a sound. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #121766). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-09-03 → 2015-09-20