Sphere over Shamrock, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On 1-20-18, at 8:20 am, on I-40 east of Shamrock, Tx, I seen a glowing sphere in the sky. The sky was visible and clear with 5 other air craft flying leaving contrails/chemTrails. You could make out each air craft and the glowing sphere was closer to where you could see that it was not a air craft, it caught my eye while I was driving by glowing bright like a LED light. It started going bright and dim for about 2 mins and then faded out and blended in with sky. It reappeared 1min later, and I stopped to try to get video with my phone, but the phone could not detect the glowing sphere only the aircraft in the back round. It continued to glow for 4-5 min then disappear.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #138518). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-01-17 → 2018-02-03