Sphere over Willowdale, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Orange glowing orb, pulsing, silent, slow moving, slightly redder in center at height of pulsation (2 sec intervals). Placed lower than clouds and moved from my 12 o’clock to one in a southern motion for 15 seconds, then hovered there for 10 seconds changed direction to east slowly for 15 seconds, changing direction for the last time to north moving slowly for 3 minutes, then hovered, slowly extinguishing out. No further sightings.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133629). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-04-12 → 2017-04-29