Sphere over Lopez island, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At approximately 845pm on 8 July 2002 I saw a solid orange sphere approximately 4 ft + in diameter fly straight into the bay (in and east to west direction) about 40-50 ft above the water. Then out of my sight. It was flying at about 50 meters/sec. No sound, no lights. Note: we live 8miles from Whidbey island naval base.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170316). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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