Oval over Kirtland, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A flat black oval shaped object floating west to east. The sky was perfectly clear and light blue just before sunset. It was floating at about level of low flying plane. Looked like it was not a mechanical object or mechanically powered it just floated like a balloon. The only other explanation could be it was some sort of balloon. But it floated directly west to east and there was little to no wind to move it. The shape was similar to the Gimbal sighting and it was approximately 10 feet wide and wobbled once very slightly. It took about a minute to pass directly overhead from west to east. Did not have lights or make any sound, possibly drone but didn’t have mechanical motion like a drone, just floated.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #156736). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-05-26 → 2020-06-12
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