Sphere over In-flight sighting, AR

The report, as filed

The sighting occurred on a flight from Indianapolis Indiana to Austin Texas. I’m not sure of the actual flight path but the sighting occurred at approximately the halfway point. This could possibly put the jet somewhere over Arkansas, but this is just a guess. Visibility was pretty clear, I could see the ground with ease. I can only guess that we were around 35,000 at 500mph. I had a window seat on the left side of the aircraft, I looked out the window and saw a round or pretty close to round dark metallic object. I didn’t notice any windows or lights. The object appeared to just be sitting there and if it was moving, I couldn’t tell. It was approximately 70 yards below at an angle of approximately 215 degrees. The closest thing I can describe the size as would be the top of a round water tower. I was quite shocked as my brain tried to make sense of it. I wondered how the pilots could not have seen it. Perhaps the pilots were distracted and the aircraft was on autopilot. I have no idea if anyone else on the plane saw it. It was in view and gone very fast. Imagine passing a parked car at 500mph.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158546). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.