Circle over Chatan, OKINAWA · Japan
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was outside, smoking a cigarette on break in camp, foster Marine Corps base Okinawa and I seen the helicopters. Hi I went to go look at them and seen some thing a little bit above them in the distance, then think about it until I had gotten on Snapchat and seen my friends Had recorded it by accident. I screen recorded what I could, and went to my gunnery sergeant. She sent me to my master sergeant, which Intel did nothing about the situation when I presented it. The object was a circular sphere, hovering, probably about 100 feet above the helicopters. It was white very round, and a little bit bigger than a loveseat couch I’d assume, judging by the distance about the size, the video, I attached the object appears at time marker six seconds above the last helicopter
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174075). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Ministry of Defense (Japan) · records window 2019-09-02 → 2019-09-19