Other over johnson city, TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I had been looking at airplanes with my 2 sons and recorded a big military plane fly over really high up and then maybe 1 minute later u notice way far away from the plane I was trying to photo I noticed what I forst thought was a plane and the angle of the sun hitting it just right but after I took a picture or 2 the object(s) vanishing blink of eye. the sky was setting but based off the plane I just recorded I wouldn't had thought iwould've been light enough outside to see what looked like perfectly shaped circles of clouds or contrail I used my phone camera to manipulate the photos to try and get a better perspective but having no real understanding on what I'm looking at i just quit. the next day I learned about spy ballon that was shot down same day I beleive 4hours prior to me seeing this . found that odd so then started thinking maybe I should turn this over to someone and so here I am
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174543). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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