Light over Wichita, KS
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The report, as filed
Light near Witchita, KS
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2005-10-23 → 2005-11-09
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October 13, 2023 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
Wichita, KS
We saw a (1) bright slow pulsing northern like star with a constant plume or atmospheric vapor surrounding the object, descending downward as we drove westward on KS-96 at 7:30 - 7:35p on October 13th, 2023. Right before it took off it emitted a large halo plume that appeared to be cloud height. This is currently being reported as a spaceX launch, but if that’s true, the object didn’t appear to be more then a couple thousand feet in the air. The additional spotting(s) in Oklahoma and Texas were reported later than 7:30p (closer to 8pm there) so that has me wondering if we all were seeing the same thing at the same time, or was this same aircraft being spotted later since we saw it dart off to the east? The light was a warmish white color and pulsated brighter at times, but the plume surrounding the light gave it a very “God-like” radiance. Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
October 8, 2023 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Wichita, KS
It was dusk, just around 6pm on Saturday, October 8th in Wichita, KS. I was sitting on my back patio on a beautiful early evening. Our backyard has some trees on the perimeter but is mostly clear so that the sun can shine on the pool. Out of nowhere, I noticed at our treeline, which isn't extremely high, 15-20 clear, metallic orbs that were descending lower together. The formation were lines of 3 and 4, coming down together, like Space Invaders(pardon the pun). They were not in one long chain, so this was no Starlink. I couldn't believe that I actually had time to count them or that I was seeing so many at one time. There was absolutely no sound, so this was not a drone. They were self propelled and not swaying with any wind changes, so not a balloon either. They hung there for about 5 seconds and I got the feeling that they were checking me out? Then they all started pulsating light together, nothing that hurt me and no sound with the lights. They then moved up together and disappeared. There was no trail to follow, they simply vanished. I took a video, but it is very short and difficult to view. By the time I realized that these could be UFO's the event was partially over and I was very nervous so the filming is jumpy. The video is below. You have to enlarge the video with your fingers and then move around to view the objects. At 3 seconds if you stop, enlarge and move around you will see several of them.
January 7, 2023 · 9:12 PM · TRIANGLE
Wichita, KS
It starts with me going outside around 9:13 P.M. (I know exact time due to video timestamp) to smoke by the river in my backyard. On the way down I see something catch my eye towards the north and I see an orange light in the sky. Ive been outside a good bit at night and I have never seen an orange orb like that in the sky (not mars or venus). It wasnt blinking either, which made me think it wasnt an aircraft. I pulled out my phone and started filming the first orb. It begins to move upwards at a slight angle for a few seconds, and then a second orb appears. The first orb fades (not sure if I get it on camera) while the second orb moves up. The second orb goes to roughly the same spot as the first, flickers gently, then fades back into the night sky. The video has a lot of noise which is unfortunate, but I assure that there were no trails coming off of the orbs. These orbs were tens of thousands of feet in the sky, and traveling vertically. It is important to note this was a clear night, there was almost no cloud coverage whatsoever, and certainty not in the direction I was looking (north). Upon taking a screenshot of one of the videos and zooming in I can see that one of the orbs has three light sources in a triangular pattern. This is what led me to believe that it is a triangular shaped UAP, but could also be a chevron in form. I was the only one to witness it from what I can tell. As far as how I felt during the whole thing, I would say surprisingly void of much emotion. Initially I was trying to debunk what it could possibly be, but then accepted Ive no idea and pulled out my phone to record. I wanted to take in as much information as possible, I just stood there and stared seeing what they would do and where they would go. It kind of just felt run of the mill in a way? I do want to disclose that this was a couple weeks ago as apparent from the date, but the details are still fresh in my mind. It helps that I also have the video to jog my memory as well as show what I saw. I did not initially report it because I wanted to see if something was on the news or if someone else perhaps saw thae same thing and it was debunked. Seeing as its important I will always give some details about myself. I am a 22 year old college student who also works a part time job as a technicians assistant. I am one to frequent being outside at night and especially looking towards the stars, even using an app to help memorize locations of planets and constellations. To put it one way, I do believe that there are things that we do not fully understand as humans however, I am not quick to assume these things either. If I see something unfamiliar in the night sky I am much quicker to pull out my phone to see if its rocket debris, a planet, etc. before I assume its a UAP. This has happened before and every time Ive found something to explain it, but this one I could not. This looks different than anything I have seen before, and I am convinced these objects were UAPs. Video 6501 is the first, 6502 is the second, and image 6504 is a screenshot from 6502.
July 23, 2022 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Wichita, KS
I was laying on my back in my backyard as the twilight was setting in. I was watching for satellites. I saw a few airplanes already and saw two satellites. When I saw this "UFO" I could not believe how fast it was going. It was much higher than the very thin cirrus clouds, large enough to see red/green/white. Regular satellites (like Starlink) I have seen take 30 to 50 seconds to go by the sky, and all go NW to SE. Aircraft are very common over Wichita and can be seen pulsing. What I saw went by so fast I was stunned by the speed that it crossed the sky. It appeared at least 10 times the size of a typical orbital satellite. I remember pointing at where I first saw it and where it was out of sight. It was a 90° arc of the sky from S to N, it zipped through that much of the sky in maybe 4 seconds. There were no streaks behind it, like a meteorite. I don't recall the exact time but it was near the end of nautical twilight. I have watched the night sky hundreds of times and seen thousands of satellites and planes, and "shooting stars". I have never seen anything go across the entire sky like this.
February 24, 2022 · 11:12 AM · CIGAR
Wichita, KS
He is a bad alien and I know stuff I shouldn't because I'm a hybrid and he's trying to stop me from talking pls he is worker's with 5 government people and there's a lot more coming up from the waters underneath us and taking over bodies pls call me ((# deleted)) u may have to call more than 1 time he also is messing with my phone
February 18, 2022 · 10:32 PM · FORMATION
Wichita, KS
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