White, spherical object flying silently in northeasterly direction.
While sitting on the back deck of our cabin, my wife and I noticed a strange object flying in a northeasterly direction. The object appeared to be a white sphere and was in our view for about 30 seconds. It had no wings and did not leave a contrail; it was just a round, white ball. I would estimate the altitude at about 10-12k feet. Our property is apparently in an approach corridor to Washington-Dulles Airport and, as commercial jets pass overhead (usually at about 15-20k feet), we always hear the engines. The object we observed was totally silent for the entirety of the sighting and afterwards. I then checked a smartphone app that shows real-time air traffic, and there was no flight reported to be in the area at the time of the sighting. The speed of the object was difficult to determine. I would estimate it at about the same as a commercial airliner, although that is a complete guess in my part; regardless, it would have been at least several hundred miles per hour. The size of the object was also difficult to determine, and I really don’t have a good guess for it; my best estimation is that it was smaller than a commercial airliner. The object continued in a NE’ly direction until it passed out of our view behind the tree line. There did not appear to be any lights on it.
While sitting on the back deck of our cabin, my wife and I noticed a strange object flying in a northeasterly direction. The object appeared to be a white sphere and was in our view for about 30 seconds. It had no wings and did not leave a contrail; it was just a round, white ball. I would estimate the altitude at about 10-12k feet. Our property is apparently in an approach corridor to Washington-Dulles Airport and, as commercial jets pass overhead (usually at about 15-20k feet), we always hear the engines. The object we observed was totally silent for the entirety of the sighting and afterwards. I then checked a smartphone app that shows real-time air traffic, and there was no flight reported to be in the area at the time of the sighting. The speed of the object was difficult to determine. I would estimate it at about the same as a commercial airliner, although that is a complete guess in my part; regardless, it would have been at least several hundred miles per hour. The size of the object was also difficult to determine, and I really don’t have a good guess for it; my best estimation is that it was smaller than a commercial airliner. The object continued in a NE’ly direction until it passed out of our view behind the tree line. There did not appear to be any lights on it.
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McVeytown
USA
30 seconds
30 seconds
40.50
-77.72
sphere
PA
Occurred : 7/21/2022 06:00 (Entered as : 07/21/2022 6:00 AM) Reported: 7/22/2022 11:42:12 AM 11:42 Posted: 9/9/2022 Location: McVeytown, PA Shape: Sphere Duration: 30 seconds
White, spherical object flying silently in northeasterly direction.