Sphere over Penn Run, PA

The report, as filed

I was outside having a cig late at night, about 12 am. I noticed a "star" with an unusual flicker on the horizon that appeared to move rapidly then return to its current location when I focused on it. Believing this to be an optical illusion I began to adjust my height or my location along my patio to determine if the star like object was actually moving or not... during those moments when I was moving it seemed to mimick me as when I stopped it would stop as well. Finally I positioned myself so that the utility pole that was between me and it on the horizon obscured its view. Thinking that if it was stationary it would remain hidden.. after a few moments the object swung into my field of view and maintained visual contact with me all the while moving in ways impossible to conventional craft and completely silent. Realizing that this was a genuine ufo encounter I got my lighter out and begin to flicker it in patterns.. up then down or left to right and the orb of light would follow suit immediately afterwards. I did a circular motion with my lighter and it did the same. At this point I was overcome with a sense of wonderment, awe, and even fear that this thing was actually observing and reacting to me and I went in my house. But not before locking all my doors and bringing the dogs into the bedroom with my wife and myself. I stayed awake for several hours not comfortable sleeping when this "thing" was just apparently just a couple hundred yards from my house. (This is my third sighting within 2 days, but the most significant and longest lasting so it is the one I am including, prior to this weekend I have never seen a UFO before.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170822). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.