Sphere over Sonoma, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It was a bright, clear day in December 2015, about 60 degrees and sunny, and I went out to get some firewood. I happened to look up and there was a round (spherical), bronze-colored craft sitting stationary over my house. It had a metallic looking appearance and on the side that I was looking at it looked to me like there were part concave or convex areas to it. I was looking at it facing north, looking up over my house. There were no propellers, so it could not have been a drone, and no sound. It was approximately 300 ft. above my house and if I were to estimate width, I would say maybe 20 to 30 feet wide. I was the only witness and I watched it for about 1 to 2 minutes. Here is another additional part to my story. I have followed the UFO media reports for quite a few years and always thought that it would be great to see one, to validate for myself that they exist. I would get my camera, get a witness, document everything, etc. After watching the craft, I continued on out to the wood pile and got the logs for my fireplace, and forgot about the entire thing… I remembered about 3 ½ weeks later, into January of this year , about witnessing the craft. I am totally perplexed about that part of my story. I am a 62 year old woman with grandkids, have run a business for many years, and have lived here for 28 years. There would be no reason for me to fabricate this event. As to who was piloting it - ??
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #126755). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-12-15 → 2016-01-01
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