Sphere over Orleans, IN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Witness had just awoke for the day, and looked out the window of his home, and he saw this orb-like object large as a silver dollar (at arm's length?). It was hovering to the South, and after observing it for a few minutes, another orb-like object size of a dime (at arm's length) shot out of the larger orb. It surprised him, but he had seen objects in the night skies before but they were pillar shaped with numerous lights, nothing like this. The smaller object that departed from the larger orb/object disappeared. The original object soon disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #139792). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-04-06 → 2018-04-23
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