Sphere over Mount Vernon, KY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Watching for meteor shower high on a hill away from everything when a orange orb appeared on the south east horizon. We watched it for close to an hour float higher in the sky and move like wind currents were carrying it. Then it would dart back. No clouds at that time at first thought I was seeing things but my girlfriend also saw it. Some of the eradic movements were not wind currents or natural.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158045). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-07-27 → 2020-08-13
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