Sphere over Naalehu, HI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I stepped outside the house a little before 2 am to relieve myself. At the same time, I looked into the sky to observe the 5 planets which could be seen in this 30 day period. Next to Jupiter, I saw an orange/bright white sphere, about twice as large as Jupiter. I could detect that the ball was moving, descending steeply on a curve from west to east and initially coming from the north toward South Point. As it came in my direction, it went behind a large tree and I called to my friend to look out the window. When the sphere came from behind the tree, it had leveled off and was moving evenly on a bee-line. Steam was coming off the seeming metallic round vehicle. It made no sound other than the steam. It was about 500 feet high and a quarter-mile away. It had a bright light off the front left and another off the back right. I asked my friend if they had seen what I had seen and "yes" was the answer.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #127156). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-01-27 → 2016-02-13
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