Light over Gresham, OR
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Bright RED light spotted in Southern sky traveling East
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November 27, 2023 · 11:20 AM · LIGHT
Gresham, OR
White light in the sky. At first glance the light almost looked like a star seen during the day, however there were no other visible stars. The light did not appear to be moving. I was driving and temporary lost sight of the object after a few minutes due to my line of sight being blocked by trees and buildings. A minute or two later when my sight was no longer obstructed, the light had disappeared, however in the same section of the sky there was now two fighter jets moving in the direction of where the light had been.
July 4, 2023 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Gresham, OR
Objects appearing like evenly spaced stars moving in straight line south to north at at least 1000 ft higher than regular incoming aircraft. Additional family member confirmed and also witnessed them stop moving, become stationary and split into small groups in multiple locations directly above before we eventually lost track of them. They seemed to blend in with surrounding stars .
June 16, 2022 · 6:40 PM · SPHERE
Gresham, OR
I was standing in my backyard when out of the corner of my eye I've spotted to 2 brilliant white orbs Going from North to South at a high rate of speed never seen before. As the 2 orbs were passing halfway through My visual range, I saw a 3rd orb coming from North to South trying to catch the other 2 orbs, traveling at a higher rate of speed catching up with the other 2 orbs, as they went out of sight just pass Mount Hood. I have also seen a black triangle fly by my home in Palm Spings CA. It passed over the east end oof the Palm Springs airport..
February 12, 2022 · 5:37 PM · DIAMOND
Gresham, OR
I was playing ball with my dog at 5:37 and looking up at the sky. I saw a distinct circular aircraft with sides like a polygon coming from the southeast. The aircraft was flying low and was flying in a straight line but rotating and spinning while flying against the wind. I followed it on foot, and then it vanished into the fog. Afterward a plane took off from PDX up into the sky to my left into the sunset. I have no question as to what it was that I saw. I was 100% sober and it was flying pretty low. It was very distinct.
April 23, 2021 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Gresham, OR
Friday night 8:30 while in Gresham, OR. Winco parking lot we observed 2 of these objects 2 minutes apart moving on same path at relatively low altitude approaching from the west and casually turning Northeast. When approaching we could see yellow orange colored light NOT flashing. When they turned the lights disappeared and we saw a perfectly circular totally black object. It was dusk so there still was some background lighting but this did not resemble a helicopter or plane I've seen. There was no noise from them we could hear. At about 8:35 an airliner was coming in low for approach to PDX to the west. The second object like the first continued NE in a straight line and appeared to fly underneath crossing the plane. I first wondered if this was a balloon but it moved too fast and precisely and considered maybe an ultralight but too fast and they're very noisy but the totally black circular shape was something I have never seen and I follow aviation. My wif! e did capture a still image of one of the objects approaching from the West which is not an approach pattern for planes flying to Portland international airport. That still image shows the lighted object. There's also a video taken after the 2nd object made a turn Northeast though it was easy to see with the naked eye the video may be difficult to see the black circular objects without enhancing because of parking lot lights obscuring the image at dusk. Still pick and video can be submitted if requested. I will note there is a municipal airport in Troutdale Oregon which was in the general direction these objects were moving by the time we lost sight of them moving past the shopping center. The proximity of the second object apparently flying underneath the approaching airliner at low altitude was particularly concerning and they appeared quite close to the point where the FAA should take notice. I would be curious if Portland international or Troutdale airport or the airlin! e reported the object approaching.
January 4, 2021 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Gresham, OR
It was a sphere shape close to the group, with a big light beam coming from the middle of it.