Sphere over Dayton, NV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was sitting on my back deck watching a commercial plane in the distance. As I was watching the plane, a bright light suddenly appeared out of nowhere right above the plane. It hovered above the plane between the wing and the tail section. It just hung there in the sky for four seconds and then flew off, very fast, in the opposite direction from the plane. It flew for two seconds and just vanished. It was daylight, clear skies no clouds. It flew faster than the plane. PS: if you do contact me by phone, and if I miss your call, please leave a message and I will return your call. Thank you.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170582). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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