Sphere over South Dennis, MA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This glowing, flashing, slow moving red orb looked to be close to the beach area. It moved slowly, from east to west. Very slowly. It took a full 3 min for it to go across my line of vision until it disappeared behind the trees heading west. No sound.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178811). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-10-07 → 2023-10-24
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