Sphere over Chadds Ford, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Low in the sky, an orb of light appeared and shot downwards quickly for less than a second and disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173644). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-12-26 → 2023-01-12
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