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Sphere over Elwood, IN

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

took dog out back. crisp clear night-early morning. dark few clouds. flat terrain. approx 1/4 mile in North East noticed rotating lights very close to the ground 300-500 ft rotating lights mostly white-occasional green or red glimmer no idea how long it was there before I came out, it hovered for probably 10 minutes then, rose straight up under cloud level in 2-4 seconds hovered for 2-3 minutes, out of nowhere there were 2 more hovering close by all 3 were there for only seconds, 1 very fast spun off south south west gone in about 5 seconds the second followed just after the first disappeared the primary one continued to hover moved over Elwood and hovered about 3 minutes then moved off in the direction the other 2 left in it was traveling slower and appeared to mimic an airplane in speed had I not seen it lift and hover I might have mistaken it for a plane definitely disks with rotating lights craft at the ground appeared to be very large and dwarfed the outlines of barns in the distance my dog stayed very quiet there was no sound or noise

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160762). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-11-21 → 2020-12-08

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November 17, 2019 · 10:07 PM · DISK

Elwood, IN

Dark night, sitting on the bed on second floor, observed bright, deep red glowing round(possibly lights, possibly some sort of exhaust portals) hover past my upstairs window at approximately 1/16-1/8 mile off across a newly harvested farm field. I very quickly went from bed to window. The red "lights" appeared to be horizontally linear, quite a few. I opened the window and was dumbstruck by absolute silence. The "craft" came into sight initially from my left and moved slowly and silently to my right. I am not aware of any color as it was pitch dark. When I reached the window, it had already entirely crossed the field. My viewpoint was from the side only and it could have been oval or round or otherwise. I could not discern size from bottom to top. There is a neighboring long white barn with outside lights in the near distance behind my residence. The "craft appeared to be between the barn and my residence. It appeared to be at least twice the length of the barn as it moved over the trees, turned slightly to the left and quietly hovered out of sight. The speed of the object did not appear to change. There was absolutely zero sound. I observed no other lights than those at the side. I determine the shape as saucer only because the linear "lights" did not change in length as it turned and disappeared over the nearby treeline. When it had passed I noticed all 3 of my pets were silently at my feet. It is to be considered that Otis AFB is not a great distance from here; however, I am not aware of that we are capable of absolutely silent flight.