As reported

Sphere over Madras, OR

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The report, as filed

Spherical metallic object seen about 7 miles NE of Madras, OR

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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October 6, 2023 · 2:00 AM · FLASH

Madras, OR

Stepped outside pitch dark and I look to my North and I see these bright flashing lights blue red white yellow just blinking for a second I thought it was a plane so I looked up flights around the nearest plane was flying towards pdx plus it was flying by Salem at the moment around 2:15 not headed towards RDM I flashed a bright laser and it moved slowly up and stayed in that position. I checked to see if it was getting closer but it stayed In the same spot blinking brightly no sign of movement stayed looking till 3:00 and no change the same position

March 2, 2020 · 5:45 AM · FORMATION

Madras, OR

I saw the strangest thing, was outside at 5:45am it was still dark and I noticed what looked like a satellite passing quickly overhead, I didn't give it much thought till I saw another behind it then another. Counted at least 27 solid white lights moving quickly in line some closer to each other but most spaced evenly. No colored lights no flashing, all were just solid white. Travelled from west by southwest to east by north east above madras oregon. May have been more then 27 because I only stared counting after I realised there was several. Out of the 27 counted, one was flying parallel but slightly north of main line, and aproximatly two were travelling directly behing another one which was in the evenly spaced line. I Watched for about 5 minutes till I didn't see any more.

May 3, 2009 · 4:30 AM · FLASH