As reported

Circle over Margate, FL

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

The report, as filed

This round orange lighted flying object was flying from east to west coming from the Atlantic Ocean towards the Everglades Flight was straight and leveled with a steady speed and absolute silence weather was good with 75 degrees and total clear skies. Took me several seconds to realize what I was watching and start recording the enclosed videos represent one third of the entire observation. As a pilot with over 15 years experience I can attest that object didn’t display any of the approved night flying lightning and there was no engine sound of any jet or propeller engines

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #163495). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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