Circle over Frankfort, KY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Franklin/Scott County Kentucky Round Object With Red, Blue, and White Lights ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius?? PD))
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2007-10-26 → 2007-11-12
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May 16, 2022 · 9:15 PM · OTHER
Frankfort, KY
As the sun was setting in a clear sky witness 1 saw the seemingly stationary object for about 5 minutes. He told 2 and 3 to come see. 3 determined that the object was moving very slowly due east towards due south but always SSW. 3 got a spotting scope and got a clear sharp image in the scope. 1 saw half of the object. 2 and 3 saw the complete object. It was a brilliant pink (probably reflecting the setting sun) and looked exactly like two interlocking oval chain links. The sky was clear blue, no haze and cloudless. After a few minutes 3 could not see the object any more. 1 and 2 continued to see the object. 1 and 2 reported to 3 that the object spiraled quickly and the atmosphere seemed to ripple like water. 1 and. 2 both used the phrase "like a tornado". 2 said that the object then zigzagged quickly downward using the tornado description again describing a wide zigzag that tapered downward. Then 2 saw more atmospheric distortion described again as ripples in water with a distinct symmetric pattern. 2 said the object was white during the fast movement. Then the object disappeared. At about the midpoint of this event some satellite, possibly the ISS flew over going from approx SW to approx ENE very clear and bright. 1 and 2 drew sketches.
December 3, 2021 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Frankfort, KY
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March 8, 2021 · 10:40 PM · CIGAR
Frankfort, KY
Four lights arranged in a line appeared to be attached to some rigid body that I couldn't see. The spacing of the lights and the speed with which it crossed the sky made it look like an extremely low b2 bomber but it made no noise at all. It appeared overhead because a house was blocking my view of half the sky. It was either close and fast or it was far and EXTREMELY fast. Halfway through it's flight, the lights tilted as if it were a banking jet however the orientation of the lights didn't make any sense as a man made plane. Before it reached the horizon, it faded into darkness instead of becoming obstructed by objects near the horizon.
March 11, 2020 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Frankfort, KY
I saw a black sphere in the night sky. Before, and during lights behind the clouds that really didn't seem to move so I thought ok it's the moon but it was 3 different distinct light's. I watched them disappear in a swirl kinda like pattern in front of me m I look and the sphere is gone as well. I honestly videoed it but there have been several I've taken over the last few days that are just gone. I wanted to watch that. Then last night I noticed a light on the night sky. No sphere but the light seemed foreign. I want to say maybe a spot light but after my experience the night before I don't know. I've been having something torment me. I dunno what's going on all the sudden but all I know is a saw a black mass in our backyard. 2 days later I'm throwing up and mysteriously fall in the bathroom. I lost some time there but I have a concussion.
May 10, 2018 · 9:20 PM · CHEVRON
Frankfort, KY
I saw a black chevron/triangle shaped craft approach and go over my house. I went to my van to get something. It was almost completely dark. I saw a bright light moving from a distance toward my house. I see lots of commercial and military planes in the area, but this was odd. I stopped and watched it. It was lower than the commercial planes that fly. Did not make a noise. Jet black. Solid white light in the middle and tiny one at tip. I've never seen anything like this. It was rounded like on the sides and there was a weird lined pattern all along it. You know it was not actually flat, but more like a rounded on the edges, perhaps even cone like. As it went over me I could clearly see the shape. There was one bright white light in the very middle. As it was flying it seemed to slip to the left and right a bit. It was very unusual. It did that a few times and then remained straight in the direction. When the craft got over me, the middle light fla! shed and then dimmed. Then it flickered in a weird pattern. The pattern almost seemed like a Morse code for a bit. It was unusual. I even had an eerie sense like I was being watch and it saw me because I thought I would like to see more of the craft, but the light was too bright, as soon as I thought that was when the light dimmed to where there was not as big of a glare and I could see the craft pretty well. Then a small front light came on and was going in all different directions before it faded and only the middle light remained. It was going fairly slow. The entire event lasted about 10 minutes. My neighbor saw me staring into the sky and came over and saw the light but did not see the craft as it had moved farther away. It made no noise at all--not a sound. It left no trail in the sky. It was flying from approximately the northeast to the southwest. I posted the sighting on Facebook immediately after. Before I went inside to call a friend and post this a he! licopter flew around my block and very close to the house and ! just abo ve the tree line. It was solid black as well. I thought that was odd because of stories I have heard about black helicopters and also because there is not a lot of low flying helicopter activity in our small town.
July 4, 2016 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Frankfort, KY
My husband and I were down by the small lake behind our house watching fireworks going off in surrounding neighborhoods. At about 9:30 pm or so, I noticed a light to the left of us behind a tree in our yard. I assumed it was some sort of firework. I saw it go past, toward the front of our house, and paid it little mind. About 5-10 minutes later, my husband exclaimed that there was an orange light in the sky. He had seen three orange lights in the night sky two to three months ago. He said that was the same sort of light he had seen previously. We watched the orange light fly above our house from east to west until it was out of sight. It moved in a straight line at a pretty rapid clip. The location in the sky was a little lower than where you would typically see a helicopter travel. A few minutes after that, we saw a third light, also moving from west to east but this one was a bit to the north and not directly over our house. We watched it fly toward the east until we could see it no more. There was no sound with any of the lights. No blinking, no trail. I will note that the fireworks going on were loud, but I think if they were a normal aircraft, we would have heard them. I took a photo, but it isn't good at all, sadly.