Sphere over Higginsville, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
One white circular aerial object was witnessed trailing an airplane. The sky was blue and the white object was easy to see against the background of the blue sky. The white object was traveling behind the airplane, seemingly at the same speed. The witness provides high-quality video and stills of the object, but it is barely visible. It is little more than a tiny, light-colored speck. We do not know what it was. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #134055). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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