Disk over Punta Gorda, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Airplane like UFO turns on a row of lights after coming to a complete stop in front of me.
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 2008-04-08 → 2008-04-25
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August 23, 2023 · 9:11 AM · OVAL
Punta Gorda, FL
I was travelling South from South County Regional Park towards Carmelita Street... I happened to look up and noticed an Oval Metallic Thing traveling very fast from West to East at approximately 9:11 AM. At first, I thought it might be a plane as there is a small airport nearby. I looked away for a brief second and it was gone. After thinking about it more, I realized the craft was flying too low and too fast for it to be landing nearby... Nothing like I have ever seen before. This craft did not have wings.
April 30, 2023 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Punta Gorda, FL
Something moving caught my eye to my left and when I looked up at the sky I saw a round ball traveling south at a fast rate of speed. It looked like an orb that I have seen on many UFO documentaries. The object left a thin white vapor trail and there was a haze around the orb, the center was solid. It then made a turn towards the left and disappeared into a clear sky. It was like it went into a hole. There was no background except for the moon estimated to be about 20 feet higher than the object. The sky was clear.
February 19, 2023 · 7:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Punta Gorda, FL
I have been seeing objects in the sky for a while now. I never seen something in the daytime until Yesterday. I was outside in my car when I looked up and saw something flying weightlessly in the sky. I tried to convince myself it was a plane but curiosity got the best of me and when I zoomed in with my phone camera it definitely was not a plane. The pictures I submitted below are 1 I changed the color to get a better view. I also submitted the original picture. I have sighted more than just the one I am submitting. This one was interesting to me since it was daytime. I usually see objects only at night
July 22, 2021 · 8:00 AM · CYLINDER
Punta Gorda, FL
White, tic tac shape object very very high in the sky. Moving fairly fast. I watched from my patio as it flew right above my head. I watched it in disbelief because I could tell this wasn’t an airplane. We live near an airport so a drone couldn’t be flown that high. I could tell the size comparison as we have large buzzard birds flying high above and you could tell the object was higher than the birds. No audible sound. I watched it fly for a few minutes and noticed it would catch the sun just right every once in awhile and looked like tin foil gleaming in the sun. Then it would shift again and be pale white in color again. All of a sudden it vanished. I told my 17 yr old daughter as she came outside and she said “ya right” and when I looked up a new one came from behind me-same shape, speed, height. But it came from a different angle this time. We both watched it until it flew into the same spot in the sky the last one did and it vanished as well. I did go ! get my husband and he came out to investigate and debunk our UFO situation. He was left dumbfounded when several more came over the next few minutes. Again, all from different areas in the sky, but they all went to the same place in the sky before disappearing. Every hour or so I’ve looked up and I’ve waited and sure enough, as I was swimming I looked up and saw a commercial airliner. I watched it for a few minutes when all of a sudden-one of those white things came hauling tail at this plane. I mean FAST. It looked like it was gonna hit it T-Bone style, but it missed. I thought I was going to faint in the pool. My daughter took several videos and posted them online. We figured we better report this because so far it’s been a long day of sky watching. Which also peaks my curiosity of what we can see tonight in the dark.
June 11, 2019 · 9:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Punta Gorda, FL
Was lightning sitting on Lanai. Saw what I thought was a star. I saw lights going left to right in the object in sky.
April 23, 2019 · 10:24 PM · TRIANGLE
Punta Gorda, FL
I was traveling on Route 41 crossing over the bridge from Port Charlotte, FL, into Punta Gorda, FL. I looked to my left and noticed three lights in the sky that were in a formation of a triangle. It appeared the top light was red in color and the bottom two were white, none were flashing. It was moving at a slow speed and was going higher, but the lights did not appear to get smaller as it was moving away. I then made a left turn onto Boca Grande Blvd and it was GONE!! I proceeded onto Taylor Road and saw an aircraft that looked normal with the usual flashing lights and it was headed in the same direction as the triangular lights were previously headed in. It was almost as if it was searching for what I was seeing. Since I was driving and had cars around me, I could not get a photo or video of it. I was finally at my destination and never saw those triangular lights again…