Sphere over Appleton, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The object was a very bright white ball of light and moved without any kind of sound. The object appeared to move at a much faster speed than satellites and appeared to be much brighter and lower in the sky. We are occasional sky watcher's and had just been viewing the Comet in the northwestern sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #157787). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-07-17 → 2020-08-03