Sphere over Hyannis, NE

The report, as filed

After picking up the electrical contractor, we were heading westbound along RT 2. I’d say that we were about 30 miles west of Hyannis. Local time was approximately 6:30 AM, just a little before sunrise. Ahead, somewhat ahead of the headlights, there was something straddling the middle of the highway, which I originally took to be wildlife. I was sure it had to be wildlife, only as we got closer it became apparent that this was a ball, a metallic gun metal gray ball. More of a half-dome shape, which sat on several legs. I couldn’t tell just how many legs because there were all these connecting rods that ran between the legs. So the ball, this half-dome sphere, it was at least 5’ around, and up near the top, maybe a quarter of the way down from the top, was a red light that ran from side to side. Not very big, more like a diode, it started on the left and ran to the right, then back toward the center, where it stopped, before going back to the left side. I slo! wed down, and that’s when this thing lifted up. The dome sat about 4’ off the ground, on the legs, and when the thing rose it drifted toward the left, as if it were caught in the wind. It continued like that, gaining altitude as it moved to the left, which was toward the south. There were three of us, one in the back of the cab, and then the contractor, who sat to my right, and we watched the thing as it took off like that, and after a moment the contractor said, “what the fuck.”

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162060). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.