Sphere over North Powder, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This is really odd hearing you on Coast to Coast replay today (July 24, 2020) and then we saw an orb in the sky and video recorded it outside Baker City, Oregon, near North Powder, Oregon. We reside in Cove, Oregon, and had traveled to Boise, Idaho, to visit our nearest Costco. We drove our motor home which travels a bit slower than our other vehicles and came back around 7:30 p.m. At about 8:45 p.m., we were traveling westbound on Interstate 84 at milepost 278, we observed an orange translucent orb stationary above the The Blue Mountains which was southwest from the Interstate and is just south of Ladd Canyon. Our windshield was pretty buggy but you can still see it right above the mountain until it dropped below to the other side and was out of visual range. It had a orange look to it but partially translucent. The moon was much higher in the sky and the sun had already dropped below the mountain ridge. We are self employed and I recently retired as a Sergeant with the Oregon State Police. My wife and I are both prior military. Never have we seen anything like this and had to share with you. I've never ever reported anything like this either. We emailed a link of the video to the director email. Please let me know if you are unable to view it... Thank you!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #157912). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-07-21 → 2020-08-07