Sphere over Destin, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was crossing the Choctawhatchee Bay on the Mid Bay Bridge, I was on the north side of the arch when something caught my eye, I looked to the west and saw something shiny in the bay, it surfaced it looked like a light blue ball, It seemed to be larger than my pickup truck, it came out of the water hovered for a few seconds and shot straight up it was out of sight in just a matter of seconds.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #153767). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-11 → 2019-09-28
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