Sphere over Newtown Square, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was outside watching the meteor shower and recorded what I thought was then a meteor but upon watching the footage back I realized it was not. The object looked like a spherical shape and was pulsating and changing colors rapidly while flying in almost zig zag patterns at high speeds. It eventually flew away extremely fast and was gone within the matter of a few seconds
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177189). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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