Sphere over Chipley, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On Friday, January 19, at approximately 18:16 in the afternoon, while traveling from Cottondale to Chipley, west bound, myself and my spouse noticed a spherical spectrum of light towards the west of the Chipley area that seemed to change shape and color the object was observed for approximately 30 minutes before disappearing.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #138508). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-01-16 → 2018-02-02