Sphere over Monrovia, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The orb was about 5 foot elevation, was beige in color, size about that of a softball, made no sound, moved in a straight line in front of me about 30 feet, made a 90 degree turn toward me to my left and disappeared thru my wall, however I did not see it exit thru the wall because it was to fast for me to see it happen. It left a momentary trail as it moved, the trail appeared as an arc from point to point, trail only lasted for moments, but was noticeable. The orb was not bright or cast light or shadow, the surface was not such that you could describe it other than color. The orb was such that I could tell what it may be made of or how it phased thru my wall or how it entered my residence. My family room is about 15 by 30 feet, I was seated middle of room against the wall facing my TV in center of room, TV was not on as I had just entered room and sat down when the orb entered room. It did not scare me nor did I feel threatened in any way. I remember saying to myself, what the hell was that. The other thing that happened was I experienced nerve damage on my left side, however I cannot say the orb caused it. And I only recently thought that the nerve damage could have been caused by this experience, it just never occurred to me.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177823). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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