Formation over Niceville, FL
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Three large bright lights, rotate to the right then disapear
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June 19, 2022 · 1:15 AM · LIGHT
Niceville, FL
Went outside with two of my family members, we were talking and all of the sudden I looked up in the sky and saw this big bright UFO just park in the night sky above us, when I notice it I quickly yelled at my family members “OMG it’s that an UFO?” Which they instantly looked up and were amazed by it. Right after we all looked up the craft moved very fast leaving giant smoke circles behind it but there was no sound it was so incognito and so strange and very bright. No it wasn’t a comet or an airplane, or a weather balloon, this was definitely some sort of high advanced craft or UFO. I tried to record it but to my luck we have so much light pollution that it was difficult to catch the whole thing even when the craft was very bright. I have never ever seen this thing and I love looking up at night regularly.
August 5, 2017 · 9:10 PM · SPHERE
Niceville, FL
I was outside on the phone with my father, and I turned towards my house. I noticed the object, an orange sphere, moving north east from the Gulf of Mexico, just above tree top height from my location. There was no sound. There were no anti-collision lights visible as would appear on man made aircraft. I was to the left of the object, and the light was a steady brightness as it traveled. It was too slow and to be a shooting star, and left no visible trail as an object entering the atmosphere would do. Now, the area around here is Eglin AFB Reservation, and I've seen helicopters, MV-22 Ospreys, C-130s, and various commercial aircraft at various times at night, and this wasn't any of those. It wasn't a parachute flare, as it was moving horizontally, and maintained a level flight path. My background is military. Former Marine, worked on AV-8B Harriers for a decade. I'm very familiar with how aircraft look at night, and what they sound like at various distances.
February 26, 2016 · 9:45 AM · FIREBALL
Niceville, FL
Left Destin heading toward Niceville and had just got off the toll bridge. We saw 4 orange fireballs in a pretty straight veriticle line going West to East. There was no noise and each ball kept a pretty similar distance from the other. They appeared to be keeping up with each other with about 1/4 mile spacing. We couldn't determine the distance that well. We tried using our iPhones to record but unfortunately they were not visible because of the lighting conditions, although we had stopped to watch them. Super crazy!
December 12, 2015 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Niceville, FL
There was no noise heard from them or there direction. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 1, 2015 · 6:40 AM · CIRCLE
Niceville, FL
Heading south on Hwy 85 just after the Hwy 123 junction. On the south side of the road, above the treeline. A large circular craft was hovering above the trees and then quickly faded into the fog. It was approximately 1/2 mile away and approx. 12-15 feet across. Dark bluish/gray in color. Once I drove past the fog, I looked back only to find that it was gone. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 18, 2012 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Niceville, FL
Amber colored silent spherical fireball rising from tree line then moving NE, seen by 2 people. ((NUFORC Note: Pilot report. PD))