Circle over Williamstown, KY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Sitting on my porch, looking at the night sky, facing south. I was startled by what looked like a bright orange ball surrounded in a distortion appear and immediately fly west at an extremely fast speed out of sight. It appeared to be a few hundred feet up and a few hundred feet out from me. The entire event was silent. When the object first appeared it seemed like a sudden explosion into existence before flying off. It was almost like a bright, up close, silent comet.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148747). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-06 → 2019-09-23