Sphere over Pompano Beach, FL
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Bright orange Sphere goes over Pompano Beach, Florida in seconds!
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1997-11-12 → 1997-11-29
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April 25, 2022 · 6:24 AM · LIGHT
Pompano Beach, FL
picture taken with iPhone 13 pro the bottom of the picture will give you the settings and time. I did not see the white light until I looked at the picture. It was the 1st pic it's not in the other two But I zoomed in on the moon. No light. The cloud is the only one in the sky at the time and I thought it was interesting next to the moon
December 20, 2021 · 6:15 PM · DIAMOND
Pompano Beach, FL
This one was subtle, most people would not have noticed anything strange. It is simply a stationary illuminated object. I was on the balcony of my 27th floor condo (on the beach), which looks to the west, where I often enjoy a sunset. One evening, I observed a stationary light to the SW, making it unusual for the busy airspace. Would have said it's a helicopter, except there was no noise. While sitting on the balcony, helicopters can often be heard at a range up to 5 miles. Made a brief video with my iPhone 12 to look at later. Then forgot about it, until a week or two ago; I went to clear out my iCloud storage of old videos and photos. Took another look at it, and after zooming in, it became apparent it was not an approaching aircraft landing light. It showed a polyhedral shape to it, and seemed to show an opal like color that shifted and pulsed, but remained stationary. After enlarging, there were no apparent red or green aviation position lights. The camera seemed to retain approximate focus with the contrail remnant in the far background. I would estimate the light/UAP was maybe 3 or 4 miles east of the KFXE Fort Lauderdale Executive airport, the light being approximately 3 miles away to the South West from my position, and FXE being 6 miles away to the WSW. My ballpark estimate on the altitude would be about 2500 ft, which would be very unusual for known aircraft...the airspace boundary between FXE tower and Miami Approach/Departure is right at 2400AGL... as I have often flown out of FXE on IFR flight plans, I know that they do not assign aircraft that boundary altitude...it would create confusion as to which controller had that target. While aircraft often climb or descend through that altitude, they would not appear stationary. I did not call FXE tower, as I noted nothing unusual until some 20 months later. (Didn't bother to look at the video in detail for some time.). I am a retired Navy CDR (O-5), an ATP rated pilot with + 17,000 hours in some 60 types of aircraft. I am a retired major airline pilot, and have flown scheduled passenger service out of FXE airport. I also keep my twin engine Piper Seneca nearby and often fly in this airspace. This is my 4th observation of something strange, that I could not explain. I am also a former Field Investigator for MUFON (FL). I tried to upload the original format, but when exporting a video, Apple changes the format. If the upload isn't a full resolution view of the original video, please have someone contact me for a better way to upload. Would also appreciate someone with better video exam/enhancement skills to shed light on what this object may have been. To me, without any other explanation, this remains a simple UAP. My sources at MUFON tell me there were two other reports of "Orbs" within 24 hours of this sighting in other locations in SE Florida.
April 20, 2021 · 6:20 AM · TRIANGLE
Pompano Beach, FL
The object was a large steel colored triangle with circles at the very tips of the two corners. There was a line down each side appearing engraved. There was glaring bright light flames coming from around it almost blinding. I was sitting on my ninth floor balcony on the ocean when it approached. After about seven seconds or so it left and went across the ocean having one blinking red light behind it. The glaring bright lights were no longer on. I watched until it was out of sight moments later. It appeared to either go into the ocean or just disappeared. I questioned a few residents at the pool the morning to see if anyone else saw it but nobody did. I informed friends and family up north via text and telephone communication. I drafted an informal drawing of what I saw even though I’ll never forget it. I’m a seasonal resident in Florida and a Rhode Island resident. I’m 69 years old and a practicing attorney in Massachusetts.
September 19, 2020 · 8:20 PM · LIGHT
Pompano Beach, FL
There was a lightning flash in the sky but as the lightning went away a ball of light remained in the sky for about one minute. Another lightning flash came by and right after it stopped the ball of light disappeared as well.
August 19, 2020 · 10:10 PM · CIRCLE
Pompano Beach, FL
Due west black sky one small star like object and another that looked like a spinning coin but with nothing in the middle like a bright ring. Moving very rapidly around in a relatively small area for about 40 minutes then gone.
August 14, 2020 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Pompano Beach, FL
Female HR Manager Male Military....possibly 3 or 4 different objects 1 large grey rectangle shape...2nd much smaller and all we could see was a bright star shape. This one kept going around the others very quickly...another one with a white tower in the middle. One time this object was by itself then another the small star like object right next to it. The other we just don't know. They all stayed in the same vicinity for more than an hour.