Cigar over Warsaw, MO
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Triangle shaped object hovering above the water.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1994-09-28 → 1994-10-15
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August 21, 2023 · 12:27 AM · SPHERE
Warsaw, MO
UAP caught overnight on game camera along with picture of buck. Image has a bright orb to the left with a trail & larger circle extending above the buck’ head. This is not in an area where someone would be hiking (especially at night) and the buck does not respond to the object. The camera is in IR mode at night. There is no artificial lighting In This area and no power sources. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
April 2, 2023 · 2:30 PM · FORMATION
Warsaw, MO
A low-flying helicopter, maybe 250ft off the ground, circled around several times south of my house about half a mile. Not more than a couple of minutes later, I heard an army jet of some kind overhead. I looked and after seeing 2 strange jet streams that were very short and tightly curved and quickly dissipated, I saw an A10 Warthog make about three circles, the last of which crossed over my property, West to East. As the A10 flew over me West to East, I saw around ten silent objects fly by in formation behind my house and disappear into the tree-line. I grabbed my phone so that I could video them when they emerged on the other side of the tree-line, but they never did. I have limited observational experience, but I fly drones, so I'll do my best. The objects had a brown body and black wings. At first, I thought it was a flock of birds. But they were big for birds, as big or bigger than birds of prey, such as eagles. And that's assuming they were close by, maybe a few hundred yards away flying over the cove. And I've never seen birds of prey fly in formation like thes were, nor in a flock. Then the sun glinted off of one of them, so I figured they were metallic. Also, they flew by horizontally, yet their wings were perfectly vertical, which would give them no lift. Again, they were perfectly silent. My best guess for size and distance is that they flew over our cove in Lake of the Ozarks at approximately 150 ft AGL, possibly with bodies the size of basketballs or beach balls and wingspans of maybe 4 to 8 feet. That is my best guess, sorry I can't be more exact. They had a slight bobbing motion as they flew by. I saw them for the span of only a few seconds and possibly 500 horizontal feet. I estimate their speed at 50 to 75 mph. I live about 40 miles from Whiteman Air Force base and about 60 miles from Fort Leonardwood as the crow flies. With the fact that these objects were preceded by other military air support, possibly scouting for them, I wonder if they were some type of experimental drone that the military is testing. But they didn't exhibit the properties of typical modern aircraft, so I am reporting it here.
March 8, 2023 · 7:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Warsaw, MO
I was entering Hwy 65 on a ramp last night, accelerating up to about 45 when I saw what I expected was the life-flight helicopter that frequents a helipad nearby during medical emergencies. Usually it comes in from Clinton, Mo, to the west, then it circles back just south of Hwy 7 and lands. I've seen it a couple of time, and while it's creepy seeing it land right next to the hwy at night, it's obvious what it is. We live near Whiteman AFB, so the airspace is controlled by the military. The only aircraft we see here are Air Force planes and choppers, the life-flight helicopter and on occasion a cesna. But this object was North of Hwy 7 by about a half mile just hovering over what we call Lost Valley Road which is an outer road of Hwy 65. So, it drew my interest since it was just hanging over the hwy, and I rolled down my window to see if I could hear the sound of rotor blades chopping the air, but all I could hear was road and wind noise from driving 45mph. As I approached the object, I vaguely remember a small, steady red light on the northern side, but it soon was gone as I was passing the object on its western side (and honestly, it could've been just me expecting to see a red light since most helicopters have them. The lights on it - I was so close that they looked more like globes, but not totally circular. A bit elongated, like if a globe and an old police light had a baby. There were two on the western side, and they switched between dim and bright in a sequence from left to right. There would be a small space of time then the sequence started again, left then right. As I passed by it, I saw the third globe on the far side of the object, making the triangle shape. And I assume it was part of the left to right sequence, but I don't remember seeing it ever light up. Granted, I was seeing it from the rear side of that light. I was going to stay on 65 to go to my vacation rental that I own, but I wanted to get video or photos of this thing with my phone, so I pulled off on Hwy 7's ramp and sped to get turned around and come back down Lost Valley to get as close as I could. But I saw that it began pulling away. By the time I reached the road about 20 seconds later, I saw it was well off in the distance. Then as I was driving on Lost Valley, I saw that it had already reached the horizon. Then it was gone. I wish I had just pulled over on Hwy 65 to get video, but it just seemed a little dangerous and my phone doesn't get good video at night, so I wanted to get closer. I never saw an actual body to the craft, just the globes of light that were laid out in a triangle. I do assume that it had a body, however, because I couldn't see the light on the far side of the craft until I reached the southern side of it and was looking back and noticed the third globe.
January 31, 2022 · 7:46 PM · UNKNOWN
Warsaw, MO
A bright light approached from the north. I thought it was the moon behind the clouds at first. Then I realized it was moving towards us. The glow around it was huge, from our vantage point, about 5 times the size of the moon in the night sky. We were sitting around the fire, my parents and I, and I said, "Look at that!" My parents turned around and were amazed. We watched it for the next few minutes as it veered away toward the SW. It followed the cloud line. What was strange were 4 factors. 1. No sound came from it. I expect it was 1,000 feet in the air. I fly drones, so I can somewhat estimate altitude of aircraft. 2. The glow that surrounded it was enormous and unwavering, even though it itself was quite small in comparison. It had no flashing lights. Just steady and bright. 3. As it drew near and passed by, I noticed the glow created a shape or a symbol. My mom saw that, too. The shape was that of a spiral galaxy with 2 arms. Or a pregnant "S," I guess. 4. My dad said he watched the actual object closely while my mom and I watched the glow. He said it looked as though it was swimming back and forth a bit. We thought maybe this was an optical illusion because it was going in and out behind tree branches. It's winter, so the trees are bare. But I thought I should mention everyone's account. It's possible it was a very bright light on an airplane, but the strange symbol it created the whole time it approached and departed seems to suggest either it was a very well funded prank, a military air test from the nearby base, or a UAP. In any case, I thought it was worth reporting. I am 43, Male, and my parents are 66 and 70.
April 27, 2020 · 9:14 PM · OTHER
Warsaw, MO
My brother, my son, and I were fishing next to the Truman Dam on the upper bank below the nature center. We looked up and saw a string of lights come from out of no where traveling towards us from the far end of the lake. It travelled above us and went past us. All were traveling in unison at same speed almost like they were tethered together and each disappeared into space. Then about 10-15 min later, it happened again but at the other side of the dam bridge. I've never seen anything like it in my life. I tried to video tape with my phone both times but it would not show up on my video. No way this could have been military. There was absolutely no sound. Just bright lights in a traveling string.
August 27, 2018 · 9:27 PM · TRIANGLE
Warsaw, MO
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD