NUFORC Sighting 69335

Occurred: 1993-03-01 13:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2009-03-22 16:33 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Chattanooga, TN, USA

Shape: Orb

A silver orb seemed to hover and move in and out of the upper level of a large cumulus cloud.

When I was 7 or 8, I was very much into distance running. There was a 1.1 mile loop that I ran several times a week.

On a cool day sometime in the spring I was running up a large hill near a local middle school. I looked up at a large cumulus type cloud and noticed what looked like a tiny silver sphere hovering next to the upper right part of the cloud. It was very shiny, reflecting the sun like a car would on a sunny day.

I immediately stopped running and stared at this object trying to figure out what I was looking at. I could tell the cloud was moving slowly towards me, but the object seemed to remain stationary.

After a few moments the object moved to the left, appearing to go inside of the cloud. It stayed hidden for a few seconds, then moved right and again hovered in the same spot.

I watched it for a few moments, and it seemed to begin to move vertically very slowly. Then it again moved left into the cloud and didn't emerge for what felt like several minutes.

As I began to run again I looked up one last time and saw a brief glimpse of the object as it moved in and out out of the cloud on final time.

NUFORC Note:

Source of report indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD

Posted 2009-04-14