Sphere over Smilax, KY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I first noticed a sphere-shaped object coming from the northwest going southward at a slow speed. The description is so hard to describe. It was a round object emitting a constant yellowish light. It looked like it was muted with something film-like blanketing over it (Similar to putting a cloth over a flashlight.) The light coming from it was a steady beam with a yellowish glow. There was no sound coming from it. The object did not fly out of sight, it just faded away. This was not the ISS, I was alerted to it approximately 7:20 via my ISS app. At the same time I saw an airplane that looked to be flying at a higher altitude.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166488). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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