Circle over Tarpon springs, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The metal looking ball stayed stationary and would disappear, moved up, down then stay stationary again and then disappear and reappear again. I video taped it while I was at the light then pulled off into the Publix to further video it and it disappeared. Few days late in the same spot i saw what looked like a metal tube that could disappear as well. Both sightings there were clouds in the sky. They seemingly use the clouds to hide in and I think the tube shape either changed shapes into a ball or there was another ball around it because right after I saw the tube I saw the same ball again. Both sights were also around the same time of day which was 7-8pm
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175786). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-04-16 → 2023-05-03
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