Sphere over Jordan, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We shined a laser pointer in its general direction; it seemed to hesitate, then continued to head in an easterly direction. We lost sight of it behind a tree. We have a film. The witnesses apparently have a film, but do not appear to have sent it. They remain totally anonymous, and provide no contact information, so we have no means of contacting them. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #136546). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-09-14 → 2017-10-01