Sphere over Brewerton, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
As I drove down the road toward the open field to get a better look, the orb began to shimmer and starburst, splintering in all directions. Just as I closed in on the end of the road where the field opens up, I realized the orb was much closer to the ground, approximately a thousand yards. At that moment the orb, within seconds, became pixelated and dissolved before my eyes. My adrenaline had been pumping, but I had trouble recalling the moment before I drove down the road to get a better look. It was hard to discern if I had been watching for 30 seconds or 10 minutes. I would say the event lasted between 5 and 10 minutes in total.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161906). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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