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December 19, 2023 · 6:24 PM · OTHER
Hope, ME
Husband and wife out walking the dog at 6:24pm on 12/19/23. Avid skywatchers, we were looking up at the clear sky, when we spotted a smallish light in the western sky that looked “different”. We watched it lengthen - to give an idea of its width, from our perspective, it looked like a short pencil line. It looked almost like an ASCENDING fireball - definitely going up, not down! It appeared to be at the same altitude as planes flying overhead - 30,000 - 40,000 feet. Both have experience as trained observers, and after decades of sky watching, have not seen anything like this before. Checked flight app on phone, nothing. Checked with Starlink launches, etc., and that didn’t appear to fit either, although there was a Starlink launch the night before, in Cape Canaveral (2000 miles south of us). Having seen Starlink in the past, it looked nothing like that to us. AND, Starlink didn’t just “disappear” the way this one did. Unfortunately, being nighttime, the video doesn’t give a good perspective for the viewer to judge distance, altitude, etc.. The surrounding land is wooded and sparsely populated. After zooming in a few seconds into the video, we attempted to keep the camera as steady as possible, to show the movement of the object. (We are including the second video, attempting to photograph the object disappearing. It shows up on the phone, not so much when it’s translated to this computer.). Its trajectory was “straight up”, or appeared to be, from where we were standing (on a mountain in the midcoast region of Maine). After observing for about 1-1.5 minutes, the object seemed to “fade out” and disappear. There was very slight cloudiness here and there in the sky, however, if this object had gone behind a cloud, it theoretically would have emerged at some point. We stood outside for several minutes after the sighting, until it was apparent that it was not going to reemerge.
December 14, 2023 · 4:38 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedSmiths Station, AL
Looked like twin jets or two fireballs next to each other, continued til out of sight over the horizon. Heading east and continued seeming to go down but went out of sight. [NUFORC annotation: Contrail - Certain]
December 11, 2023 · 5:31 PM · OTHER
Barcelona, CATALUNY · Spain
I have a series of videos with weird shapeshifting objects. This one seems massive though. In the video it clearly shows it was almost steady and suddenly it starts moving. If it was a balloon it would be moving constantly because of the wind imo. Also looks like an S shape but badly drawn and it´s pretty big for a ballloon in this distance from my house. the height is more like helicopter height than balloon [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
December 9, 2023 · 4:21 AM · OTHER
Moore Haven, FL
We saw a bright flash like someone took our picture in the dark. After that we looked up and saw the object. It seemed massive in size. The whole perimeter of the object was illuminated with a white light. Oval shaped but bigger on one side and jagged like a rock. It was not moving across the sky like a satellite or space station. Seemed to be moving away. Hard to tell how high it was? It was definitely higher than airplane traffic at 35,000’.
November 29, 2023 · 10:04 PM · OTHER
Tyngsborough, MA
Took a picture of the moon with an object below it. I thought the object may be a star or planet. The shape looked to be oval to round and gold, beige in color. I did not see it with my naked eye after taking the shot. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
November 29, 2023 · 1:45 PM · OTHER
Fairmont, NC
At approximately 1:45pm, in Fairmont, North Carolina, I saw a small light colored object traveling very very fast in a NW direction. It was either round or square, not oblong like a plane or jet. I'm guessing it was at 30,000-40,000 feet. As I was watching it, it disappeared in an instant. That is what makes me think it was a UFO. An aircraft would be visible for quite a longer distance till it was too far away to see. The object I saw simply vanished from the sky.
November 28, 2023 · 7:14 PM · OTHER
Ridge, MD
Object hovered with no sound approx. 5 minutes and then disappeared.
November 27, 2023 · 2:14 AM · OTHER
Baltimore, MD
Between 2:14.53 and 2:42.51 AM an image appears in front of my house in the night sky. It is initially faint in appearance but gradually gets clearer. It fades again but appears sharper at the end of the first 46 second video. In the second video, 2:42.51 AM; the image/object appears to stretch out and separate.
November 23, 2023 · 2:15 PM · OTHER
Probable conventionalDallas, TX
I noticed a large black object gliding through the sky, moving much more slowly than the airplanes in the area. It appeared much higher than the airplanes too, so it appeared to be larger than a jet airplane. Its shape looked at first like a large bird, then like a Y, and sometimes pretzel-shaped. The shape was difficult to make out. After floating across maybe a third of the sky, it began to hover just below the clouds, and it hovered in one spot for about 10 minutes before I left the area. It seemed too large and strangely shaped to be a drone. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Probable]
November 23, 2023 · 1:23 PM · OTHER
Naoma, WV
I saw a white object segmented into 2 with dark ring dividing, white glow around outside, moved slowly maybe at a standstill until I noticed and started taking pictures, then sped up, slowed down again, sped up. This slow and fast speed occurred about three times before disappearing! I watched this for about 20 minutes. Clear blue sky with no clouds in sight. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
November 17, 2023 · 12:58 PM · OTHER
Lincolnshire, IL
I was driving home with my wife beside me and spotted something above and ahead of us close to the road. My 40 degree angle of visual contact was becoming more steep as we approached and I turned onto the driveway, causing me to lose sight of the craft. Jumping out of the car, I grabbed my phone from my pocket while running toward the street with the intention of taking a photograph, but it was completely gone when I got there. I scanned the sky and saw only a smaller private jet, which was also white. What interested me most here was the jet's path: its movement was curved and put me and anything directly above me at the center of the near semicircle it was following. It is a good possibility that a person or persons on that aircraft saw what I had just seen. I have a series of photos that can document the curved path of which I speak. Description of the machine: My estimation of the object's size is 8' x 20'. The entire thing had a very white matte finish. There were no markings of any kind that were visible to me. Upon first spotting the object I focused on what I thought of as its front end. It appeared to be a perfect sphere from my vantage point. There were no windows and this portion of the form looked seamless. My gaze then moved to the platform type structure and I especially focused on what appeared to be panels on the platform's side. I was fixated on how the two panels that hung down beyond the bottom of the main part of the structure were exactly the same size in length and width as the two panels directly above each of them. Any details that I observed about the bottom of the craft were done mostly with peripheral vision but I did focus on the bottom for a fraction of a second. I left the bottom of the craft unaddressed in my drawing, but I do know there was additional architecture there. I believe I saw a tubular structure that was molded seamlessly and extended from the front to the back of the platform's bottom, presenting itself as something like a half round. I saw other components mostly as a general impression, but I also believe I saw two more extensions on the bottom of the opposite side and their thickness extended below the main body of the craft. The lower panels did not extend as far down below the platform's bottom as my drawing would indicate, but I have not been able to draw all of the proportions to my satisfaction. There is no doubt that the sphere and platform were attached, but because of the way I visually jumped from one aspect of its construction to the other I am not completely sure of how these two main parts transitioned. I am open to sharing more with any interested parties but understand that that may be of limited usefulness unless there are other witnesses. Location details: Most of the leaves where still on the trees. The craft was just above the smallest larger tree on the right side of the street in the photo Using a nearby by utility pole (estimated at 45 feet tall) as a reference, the craft was around 60 feet off the ground. The craft seemed nestled in and around the trees, although it was obvious that it was not in direct contact with them or anything else. As I said before, it was stationary and silent. Even though my wife was with me as my story unfolded, she was focused on her device and apparently didn't react to my statement, "What is that" as we approached. She later claimed her own sighting on November 22 which she hopefully will report.
November 13, 2023 · 4:40 AM · OTHER
Patagonia, AZ
It lasted a few seconds and very quickly exited at what seemed like crazy speed out of my vision to the left. A vertical green rectangular shape. I thought a reflection of something and dismissed. 2 days later I heard 2 of our employees discussing “did you see that green thing monday morning”. Which stopped me dead in my tracks.