Triangle over Paris, TX
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Close encounter in Paris, TX
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2002-10-09 → 2002-10-26
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October 9, 2022 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Paris, TX
A bright yellowish round object moving swiftly descended behind the tree line behind my apartment approximately 60 yards away from where I was sitting on my back patio. I would estimate the diameter of the object to be 30 to 45 feet. The trajectory of the object was downward and appeared to go down into the wooded area beyond the tree line though the trees were blocking its final destination. It was completely silent, and I also did not hear a crash of any kind. I am a 69-year-old retired accountant and I have never experienced anything similar to this occurrence. I had a good look at this object as it was only about 60 yards away on its descent. I saw only one object.
July 7, 2021 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Paris, TX
high in eastern sky, to the left of brighter stars; 3 airplanes came over out of NE, that's unusual for here. This was a white dot that danced, up and down and sideways, in cross form then as if cross had a leg towards the south. Observed for several minutes by myself and sister from the driveway.
September 5, 2020 · 9:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Paris, TX
I was on my way home from work, it was approximately 21:45 on the evening of 9-25-2020. I was east bound on 82 highway West of Paris Texas approximately 15 miles, a few miles west of the Maxey turnoff. There was a triangular shaped craft with a solid red light on each corner of the craft. The craft looked to be solid and dark in color. It was not large but not tiny either, I would say approximately the size of a room, maybe 12 feet in each direction. It was hovering just to the North side of the highway and approximately 75 feet in the air. There was no sound, it was silent. I was driving and was unable to get my phone out and take a picture, but it was dark enough outside that I don’t think a picture would have been clear anyway. As for how long it was there, I am unsure. I saw as I was driving down the road and it was still visible in my rearview mirror until I was out of the area. I probably saw it for around 5 minutes between when I saw it ahead o! f me and when I could no longer see it after passing it. I messaged my adult son when I got home, and he suggested that I report the sighting.
March 12, 2016 · 7:56 PM · LIGHT
Paris, TX
Upon arriving home from the store, I got out of my vehicle and noticed movement in the South of the sky. It looked like an entire constellation was moving. I yelled at. Y family to look. They all saw it. We watched the cluster of lights move northwest in the sky. My husband counted 14, and my daughter counted 21. There were like two of them! It was a huge cluster of lights that spanned a great distance. After they passed over head, there were 5 airplanes in the area. Within 10 min all the airplanes were gone. My husband and I stayed out a little longer and saw two more lights closer to the western horizon. Some of the lights were flashing like strobes. Some were not.
March 29, 2015 · 9:57 PM · TRIANGLE
Paris, TX
9:57PM in western sky, just above the roofline of 1 story apt building across parking lot; but it appeared to be far away, seen from a distance; duration seconds, then gone. cloudy skies; partial moon on my left now and then light dulled by cloud movement but this was in front of me as I looked to the west; my sister was with me and I asked her what that was. At about the same time she looked in that direction it simply blinked out or just disappeared. I watched the skies for a bit, in case it had merely moved but did not see it again. We are on an elevated area east of downtown Paris; it was too far away to gauge a size. It would have fit into a circle of my closed-into-an-o fingers.
April 6, 2014 · 11:30 AM · SPHERE
Paris, TX
I witnessed a two large yellow orange spheres pop out of the North East corner of the sun. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flares? PD))