Fireball over Moab, UT
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The report, as filed
2 fireball objects followed by U.S aircraft
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 2003-01-03 → 2003-01-20
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August 16, 2023 · 12:00 AM · CHEVRON
Moab, UT
Myself and one other, watching the night sky, saw a triangle object with multiple points of illumination travel above the rim in a path parallel with the horizon at a high rate of speed silently. Although we had differing perceptions on distance between us and the object, I would have to guess it was within 3 miles, if not 1 mile from our location. Other party said it was closer. The rim view allowed judgement for distance traveled which I would guess to be about 3-5 miles. It covered this space in the span of about 4 seconds. After getting first sight on the object I was quickly shocked and surprised, stood up and pointed and followed with my finger tracing it along the horizon, saying holy @&$? Look at that. My knees buckled a bit and, partner said I see it I see it, and it was gone. The object seemed to travel in a way like it was tied to a string from the front and pulled along. Effortlessly and without resistance. Around second 4, the whole shape flickered dimly and was out of sight. We sat and talked about it discussing exactly what each of us saw and how it was nothing like we had seen in the night sky before. It made us both feel uneasy for some reason. We continued to look in the direction of the object as we sat and talked about it more, and about 5-10 minutes later it came back from the direction we saw it originally, this time about 1.5 speed. Lost sight of it when it passed behind a tree in the foreground. Did not see it come out the other side. Dogs started barking, car alarm in a parking lot between us and the object started chirping. At this point the one I was with wanted to go inside. I sat staring for a minute, listening, and I suppose thankfully, nothing more happened. Very unusual, very real.
June 12, 2023 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Moab, UT
Me and someone else had been at our campsite in Canyonlands for a couple of hours and it had been dark for around one hour. We were taking pictures of the stars (with all headlamps and flashlights out) around 10 feet from our tent. We both saw a bright orange light through thin tree branches, we looked at it for a few seconds and decided to get a better look because we were both intrigued. We moved around the tree and it was gone. We went back to the same spot we saw it but it was gone. The light from our point of view was a half inch in diameter but we had no idea how far away it was. We went to bed. The next morning, we tried to find where it came from. Behind our campsite (where the light came from) was a small canyon that was impassable due to giant rocks. Our best bet on where the light came from was whether it was 15 or so feet from us or a couple of miles or more on top of a rock formation around a hundred feet tall, definitely not possible for a human to get to or probably all ground animals. It was at Chesler Park in Canyonlands.
April 30, 2022 · 9:10 PM · CIRCLE
Moab, UT
Me and my dad were standing in the parking lot of our motel in Moab Utah when I noticed a weird circular shaped object with green lights around the outside and a red light in the middle of it. It was at very high altitude and not moving much at first. Then it went much lower and flew around over us going back and forth as far as we could see, sometimes it just stopped and hovered then accelerated fastly, it flew straight up and down sometimes, it made no noise and had no Jetstream. The green lights seamed to start from the middle and flash out towards the outside and it had a red light in the middle that flashed on and off. It flew around about 10 minutes then it was gone.
December 31, 2021 · 5:28 PM · OVAL
Moab, UT
Saucer shaped craft. Very bright. Observed from the highway
May 6, 2021 · 6:48 PM · SPHERE
Moab, UT
I was filming the sunset using a drone at approximately 200 feet elevation near Moab, Utah. From the ground I saw what appeared to be a large metal basketball fly past my drone, I turned to watch it fly over the horizon within a few seconds, noting this as the setting sun made the object reflect as if metal as it flew away from me. Upon reviewing my video I noticed I captured two of these objects, the second following a little lower in elevation but at the same speed and trajectory as the first. Both seem to emerge from over rocks on the horizon and fly past the camera. I was filming in 4K resolution at 30fps, so I could slow the footage down to 24fps and before the objects get too close the spherical shape and reflections can be seen. Once they get too close the motion blur gets too intense as they pass by, showcasing the speed. I have included one of these objects in a detailed video I’ve attached, the second object is not showcased in this attached video but looks similar, just further away. I would be happy to provide the unedited original file.
May 27, 2019 · 10:20 PM · FORMATION
Moab, UT
I was stargazing and I saw what looked like a line of stars moving slowly all together. Sort of like a caterpillar made of lights, moving close together and all in a row across the sky. Every once in a while one of the lights would glow brighter. There also seemed to be a dark tail that followed the line and blacked out the stars behind it. It moved really slowly all the way across the sky. I saw it with my friend and another friend who was camping in the same town saw it as well.