Sphere over Louisville, KY

The report, as filed

Tonight 11/05/2020 approximately 7:15pm in Louisville, Kentucky I witnessed what I can only conclude as a UFO in the night sky. The only way I can describe what I saw is by saying that it looked like the moon fell out of the sky. It was a silver-blue orb in the sky that darted toward the horizon in less than 5 seconds. It has been a relatively clear night sky but the orb in question had a halo effect around the center that made it appear as though it were shining behind a cloud sheet. From where I was standing at the time it appeared to be moving either south or south west. Unfortunately, I did not have a view of the horizon line at the time of the incident, but it certainly did look as though something was falling and not flying given how fast the object moved. The city of Louisville has a lot of air traffic so most people can attest to seeing large aircrafts in the sky at almost any given time of day. In fact, at the time of the incident, there was an airplane in the same line of sight as the strange object. There are no comparisons between the mystery object and the airplane at all. The lights on the airplane were smaller and more clearly visible than the large moon-like object I saw, which leads me to believe the object was either further away than the airplane or at a higher altitude. I was the only person in my party at the time of the event and I can not verify any other witnesses. I was in a high-traffic area in a small metropolitan during the time of the event so I would make the assumption others would have seen it in the area. My only concern is that because the city has so much air traffic flow others might mistake the object as a local air craft. My first instinct was to write it off as an aircraft as well. I probably wouldn’t have reported it either except the whole scenario kept bugging me. I do not have any knowledge of air traffic control or flight patterns, however I do have many years experience in the field of optics and I can say that whatever I saw was not an illusion or trick of the light. I did go through the trouble of making an illustration of what I saw, and provided map details as well. Originally I thought I was seeing the object moving north or north-east but after looking further into the details I realize it’s more like south or southwest.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160428). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.