Sphere over Escondido, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was flying my drone for a contract in a residential neighborhood. I had my drone above a house at about 50’ AGL. While I was looking up at my drone at an upward 70 degree angle toward the east, I saw an extremely small spherical white object with no other distinguishing features moving eastward in a straight line smoothly and rapidly at the same altitude. My estimate is that the sphere was at 2000’ AGL and moving at about 500 mph. I continued to track it with my eyes until I could no longer see it for about 30 seconds. I expected to hear sound from the object but I did not. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to record photos or videos. If I looked away I assumed I would lose sight of the object.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174382). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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