Sphere over new britain, CT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The sighting was only 3-5 seconds in duration. At dusk in the northeast sky a bright sphere at low altitude appeared out of the southwest heading northeast in a linear flight path at high speed, completely silent . At this point it displayed a trail of white light . Paused for a second before flashing to double its size , emitting a bright white light, disappeared over the horizon . It no longer displayed a trail after the flash.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172622). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-10-23 → 2022-11-09