PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Flight Crew Student
Conflict NMAC; Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors
Just after approximately mid field downwind; after completing the landing checklist I looked out of the left hand side of the aircraft to visually check my distance from the runway. I saw a small object passing on the left hand side at the same altitude or slightly lower. I immediately reported what I saw to the tower controller and gave her a description of a small spherical looking object approximately 2 feet diameter at my current location. She then asked me for the altitude to which I replied 2;400 feet. I gave her further information on the ground and she also said that she believes she saw it through the binoculars.
A PA28 Student Pilot reports seeing a spherical object 300 feet abeam and at pattern altitude; which is reported to the Tower.