Sphere over Chattanooga, TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was taking a photo with some friends on the balcony of the Hunter Art Museum in Chattanooga, TN and I looked up to see a small, glowing orb. It was floating just above us. Maybe 20 ft away. Or so it seemed. I began to call the attention of my friends to it and it went out. I looked around for what I had thought was a drone, but there was nothing. I didn’t even hear what would have been a drone. I thought I was just seeing things, but I’m 100% positive it was a silent, softball size, glowing orb.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178757). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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