Sphere over Clearwater, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On my evening walk, at 8:40 PM on April 22, 2023, at the intersection of my driveway and Belleair Road, looking South, I saw fire orbs rise above the tree line and travel West to East, rising, darting, and falling. There was a series of 9 by my count. After traveling a ways, when they reached a point in the East, they disappeared. Earlier, and during the flight of the orbs, I saw a helicopter and planes, and each had blinking lights, and were not this orange fire color. Those flew in direct lines, and were smooth flying, no sudden moves or changes of direction. The orbs I saw made no sound, flew randomly but continued West to East, some changed direction in a darting fashion, side to side and up and down. There was no blinking, no sound, no exhaust that I could see or hear. They started right about dusk, and continued for about 21 minutes. I made a video, which offers commentary, and posted it here: https://youtu.be/mD5yZsvGEbY
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176064). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-04-19 → 2023-05-06
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