Sphere over Vandiver, AL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I observed one very bright round shaped orb that seemed to hover over the treeline. It was fairly low in the sky and after hovering for about 15 minutes then flashed very bright for a fraction of a second, then disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #124035). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-11-09 → 2015-11-26