Oval over Tampa (general area), FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was informed of this object floating in the general direction of Tampa from a family member. Looking upward, I could see a bright white-ish ovular object, periodically two other small circular dark orange lights emerged at the top and bottom. No motion, just floating there. I checked google skymap and it said that it was likely Mars or Venus; which, I highly doubt. We have an air force base in this area, but I really don't think it has anything to do with it either. I have checked again before submitting this report and can confirm the object is gone Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132316). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-01-23 → 2017-02-09