Sphere over Linn, MO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Me, My wife, and son watched an orb that looked like a star but was falling straight down then move left then move right then back up and would do this for 2 or 3 hours. We thought it was a star but the other stars were not doing this, they were all stationary. It was the size of the space station in the sky. We have looked since then and have not seen it return which makes me think it was not a star or it should be back the next night- never seen it again
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162188). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-01-26 → 2021-02-12