Sphere over Shiprock, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On the evening of 3/27, at exactly 7:00pm; I took a number of pictures of the clouds, during the sunset, facing west, as a light rain was coming in, and when I went to look at the pictures, I took, I noticed that this round light was in the center of my picture, and it ruined a good shot. I zoomed into the picture and noticed a weird orb-looking light with mini lights on it. Later that evening, I should my older brother and he noticed the same orb in the next picture, behind some clouds. I didn’t know what I had taken a picture of. We have not seen the photo, but we suspect lens flares. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133365). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-03-24 → 2017-04-10
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