Unknown over Gilbert, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Bright red ball of light moving an easterly direction over Gilbert, AZ
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2000-10-09 → 2000-10-26
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August 2, 2023 · 4:39 AM · CHANGING
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I looked up into an early dawn sky, spotted a planet or star, and while looking at it noticed a pinkish blinking light streak across the sky. The way it flew was kind of like a firefly, erratically straight, yet horizontal. Possibly could've been a shooting star, but never knew they could be pinkish in color and the way it flew wasn't like a shooting star although it flew with the same speed characteristics.
July 16, 2023 · 1:00 PM · SPHERE
Gilbert, AZ
I recall seeing a tiny black dot in the distance appear and move very fast from left to right in a straight line. A second later a black metal sphere with a red flashing light appeared in front of my bathroom window where I was showering. It hovered and was wobbling a lot from right to left and left to right, but stationary in the same position just wobbling. It looked like a bomb was my first thought. I ran out of the shower screaming for my boyfriend to come look. He saw it for about 5 seconds then it was gone in the blink of an eye. He ran outside to look for it but it was gone
July 13, 2023 · 11:00 AM · SPHERE
Gilbert, AZ
Nothing else unusual to report. Later measurement showed distance from where I was to the spot in the hallway was about 16 feet, and my vision at that distance requires corrective lenses which I was not wearing at the time so my impression was therefore blurry. Total view time was a few seconds on waking.
December 14, 2022 · 6:33 AM · UNKNOWN
Gilbert, AZ
An object appeared to the northeast while driving North on Val Vista in between Chandler Heights and Ocotillo at approximately 6:30 AM in Gilbert, AZ. It only lasted a few seconds, and my initial thoughts were maybe a "shooting star", however it was too close (distance seemed in our immediate airspace, similar to an airplane) or maybe a firework (however, it was rather fast and there was no explosion).
December 14, 2021 · 6:30 PM · CHANGING
Gilbert, AZ
Hi last night in the early evening i saw a orb like like moving back and forth in the sky and changing from white to pink with a blue green outer ring to bright orange . So i went and got my 8mm camcorder so i could zoom up closer on it because the camcorder has 140xx zoom and i can pull it up real close and i was able to record some very good video of it despite how quickly it was dancing back and forth in the sky. at first it was just changing colors and pulsating while dancing back and forth. Then the orb like ufo turned a bright orange and i would have never saw it with my naked eye but like i say i had 140xx zoom on my camcorder and while it was orange i recorded the ufo going from a perfect circle shape to the right side of it opening up and the shape turning from round to a almost round but having what looked like a pie with a slice taken from it like some door opened . The best way to describe it is it turned into what looked like a huge PAC MAN because of the pie shaped indent that it had and also it was like really bright Yellow and orange mixed and as soon as the slice missing or door was at full open i recorded a glowing light or ship exit the opening of this pac man like orb then the quickly must have closed cause it was round again and its color was changed back to like a pulsating white again i continued to record for probably another 7 min and it changed to the reddish yellow a coulple of more times but i never saw it open again. i will leave you with this im not a nut and i have it on video just wanted to tell someone oh yes my wife was there with me too . I also see that i can send footage but i dont know how to do so because my camcorder is old and 8mm and i do not know how to transfer the video from it to online it has a 8mm tape im not sure it is capeable of transfering from the camera to online but i do have the tape
September 2, 2021 · 5:35 AM · CIGAR
Gilbert, AZ
As I was walking south down a sidewalk on Recker and Guadalupe, I heard an electric surge from power lines above me, and when I looked up there was this silent military sized large drone object hovering about 500-1000 feet above the power lines. At first it kind of floated, and a contraption extended from it, like the head of the robot from the 80s film, "Short Circuit," and it seemed to monitor the power lines. Then for about 20-30 seconds the drone remained stationary above the power lines at a hover. The ufo was the shape and form of a playstation controller. When I moved north to get a better look at it the ufo did a slight glide manuever and then vanished without a trace. If it was a drone I would've seen it as it fled but this thing literally just vanished in thin air. I believe it was analysing or monitoring the power grid. I don't think the electric company has sophiscated drones like this to send out and monitor power lines, it was a uf! o!