Sphere over Gonzales, CA
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
At first the object looked like a red balloon in the sky but it did not move at all as would a balloon being pushed in the air. I took out my phone to record it and as I zoomed in on the object, it appears as if lights were being emitted in a sequence. I then tilted my camera from side to side to see if anything else was around but the object was the only thing in the sky. Then it vanished from sight. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175492). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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