Sphere emerges from contrail

February 24, 2012

Washington, Washington County, PA

It was about 7:15 AM, when a witness traveling on I-79 near the Meadowlands exit in Washington county when he noticed a number of jets and contrails in the partly cloudy sky. As the driver looked out of his windshield, he noticed one jet with a contrail moving from east to west. That aircraft was not as high in altitude as some of the others and it could easily be seen.

The man reported that all of a sudden a whitish/gray solid round ball that resembled a marble, came out of the contrail. The sphere floated out of the contrail at about a 90 degree angle, then moved up toward the jet and appeared to fly beside that aircraft for 2-3 seconds. The sphere exited from the vicinity of the jet at about a 45 degree angle and then made a large rounded turn towards the east. The sphere then seemed to become motionless for a few seconds, then suddenly vanished and was not seen again. The witness told me, “It was there and it was gone.” The total observation lasted 10-15 seconds.