Sphere over Rockport, ME
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was laying in the grass outside my backyard and noticed an orangish orb moving south east between Liconville and Camden. The orb then made a 90° turn towards the ocean for about maybe 5-10miles(10-30 seconds). It stopped. The orb turned white and faded straight up from its last location. No sound. 5-15 minutes later a meteor shot down over Camden and Rockport. The object was 100s if not 1000s of feet higher in the sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158354). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-08-05 → 2020-08-22