Sphere over orono, ME
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
what did I just capture ? while I was listening to my song soul buzzin , something told me to stop and record this heat lightning , then when I was going to stop I see this yellow stream of light shoot 2 feet away from me and even makes a sound vanish 20 feet in front of me about 8 feet off ground
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178168). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-09-05 → 2023-09-22