As reported

Sphere over Vicksburg, MI

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

So, I called my fiance back and after being on the phone 2 minutes one object began travelling north and I watched it travel about the speed of a plane at probably 400 feet in the air completely silent it was a perfect black metallic orb/spherical shape. Nothing after that and I had to go inside the building at that time.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130567). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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