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Sphere over WA

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

I was on an Alaska Airlines flight from Miami to Seattle this past Sunday, June 4. The flight was scheduled to land at 9:25 but we landed a little early. I usually sit in seat "A" (left side of the plane) so I can take pictures of the mountains (Rainier etc.) to the south before landing in Seattle. I am not sure whether I was in Eastern Oregon or Washington but I started looking out the window for mountains in the distance. We were flying just above a layer of clouds and there were several breaks in the clouds. There was a layer of clouds below us and that's when I saw this gray circular-looking orb just above a lower layer of clouds traveling eastward (Opposite direction of Seattle). I've seen planes go the other way before and they never appear to fly in a straight line. This thing flew in a straight line and was going at least as fast as a commercial airplane. I followed it with my eyes until I couldn't see it anymore. I was close to the front of the plane in 6A. Once out of view, I looked back in the plane but I didn't hear anyone react. Maybe no one else saw it?

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176143). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-06-01 → 2023-06-18

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