Sphere over Trumansburg, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Around 1am I stepped out to my porch for a cigarette. It was very clear, lots of stars. Before I could even light my cigarette I was startled by a big, bright, low flying sphere of light passing overhead. It moved faster than I've ever seen anything move through the sky and was completely silent. It was too low and far too big to be a shooting star. I stood outside for over half an hour hoping to see it again but it never came back.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #154530). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-03-23 → 2020-04-09
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