Sphere over Powell, TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Evenly spaced lights in a line across the sky. Checked for Starlink orbits but they were perpendicular to this line and not in the visible sky at the time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #155060). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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November 26, 2019 · 8:20 PM · LIGHT
Powell, TN
Triangular object observed hovering east of Powell traveling from northeast then turning southeast. Witnesses could not see an actual object with the three lights but there did appear to be something there as they saw a possible outline. Numerous people in the Powell area have reported this and many have discussed it on facebook. Still shot and video provided. (MUFON CMS)
March 4, 2017 · 10:31 PM · CIRCLE
Powell, TN
Me and about 5 other people were on our back porch at about 10 at night when we noticed what looked like a star in the sky. We noticed that it wasn't there yesterday and stars don't just appear out of nowhere so we decided to use our phones to get a closer look. On our cells we noticed that it appeared to be spinning and it was moving slightly, we couldn't tell if it was going up or just further away from us. It's been here for about 30 minutes and we've gotten pretty decent pictures of it. There was just one, and later we noticed what seemed to be a plane going towards it but we couldn't really see that well. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 29, 2017 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Powell, TN
50' diameter light colored orbs moved in circles as well as rose and went down behind the ridge line. The area they were over is near I-75 where there is an old chemical waste dump site near Dante Rd. and Central Ave. We drove around the area to try and locate a source, none were found. The car radio signal was broken up, and cleared up as we left the area. Some remained still as others moved about in a very clear area over the ridge,there was no sound noticed,at one point a single object appeared for a very short time 20 to 30 seconds. A larger round red object with white lights ringing the edge appeared several hundred feet to the north, it disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, it did not move during the time it was seen and appeared to be the same size as the others with a different shape do to the ring of white lights which gave it a saucer type appearance. The night was clear and the objects were in plain sight and very clear in definition
September 19, 2016 · 5:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Powell, TN
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