Sphere over it was over north Wood Village between airport and walmart, OR
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Saw weird light moving and scrambled to grab phone and start filming. It made no sounds. Was scared. Didn't fill out report immediately because of medical issues and don't want to deal with weird stuff while on the mend but this bothers me. This was facing east I think? Around 7:43PM Weds Feb 1st probably about a 45 degree angle up and over one of the wood village industrial buildings, not sure how far away it was. It probably would have been between the Troutdale airport and wood village Walmart. Only lasted maybe 60 seconds total by time I grabbed phone and started filming a 26 second clip. Whatever that big orb was it dipped down a little and then shot up into the sky in less than 4 seconds. Telling myself it's drones. Thought I heard some of the air national guard jets from over by the Portland international airport heading toward it afterward so maybe someone was near airspace they weren't supposed to be near. You might want to contact Air National Guard at the Portland air base to confirm or see if Troutdale or Portland airport got it on radar. I don't want to sign off rights to it to anyone else right now so all I'm giving are screenshots of the video.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174276). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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