Sphere over Belcher, LA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My husband and I were in the car and saw a blindingly bright round or possibly oval shaped orb hovering in the sky. It was hard to tell what shape it was because it was so bright. I thought it might be a drone or a helicopter with bright lights but it was daylight and I don't see how either of those could make that kind of light. We kept our eyes on it the whole time and it just disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174502). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-02-08 → 2023-02-25