Sphere over Lake Roesiger, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My girlfriend and I walked outside at approximately 9:00PM. We looked up towards the sky SE (we were looking for the Perseid meteor shower); shortly we noticed what looked like a big round orb in the sky. We watched it silently float along as it changed its course at least 3 times. We have seen this twice before in the same location. It looks like a big floating ball of light. In WWII there were a lot of these sightings, commonly referred to as "foo fighters", this is what I believe we keep seeing. The orb seemed to be intelligently operated as it shifted its course many times in under a minute. For the record, I have seen countless things in the sky and am familiar with how they look; shooting stars, satellites, airplanes, helicopters, drones, etc., this was a UFO.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129231). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-08-09 → 2016-08-26