Sphere over Nelson, NH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At 0900 hrs. went on my back deck to have morning coffee. heard a jetliner. looked up and saw a airliner accompanied by a bright white sphere at a distance in front of The airliner. The airliner slowly past the sphere and flew over the sphere so I know the sphere was not higher than the jet, the airliner continued on and the sphere seemed to follow they were both heading to West. I watched until they both disappeared into the clouds.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135593). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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