Light over Jackson, WI
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The report, as filed
Very fast and bright light crosses sky in less then 10 seconds.
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 2009-12-28 → 2010-01-14
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July 3, 2023 · 9:50 PM · SPHERE
Jackson, WI
Shortly before 10 PM I let the dog out to do her duty. Several neighbors had firework displays going on, the closest maybe a quarter mile away. There is minimal light pollution in the area. I looked up at a small constellation of stars and noticed a small silver orb appear close to one of the stars I was looking at. It wasn’t moving particularly fast, much slower than a satellite would. It was at a very high altitude. As I watched it, it slowly faded after traveling a short distance. Then another appeared following the exact route the previous one had just taken. After traveling about the same distance, it too disappeared. Then another would appear, do the same thing, and fade out. I called out to my wife who was out on the porch and I told her where to look and pointed to where I was seeing the objects. She also witnessed several of the objects, and agreed it was very peculiar. They were not planes, flares, or satellites. They all appeared on the same vector and path one after the other, almost perfectly spaced distance wise. As one faded, another would appear. There were approximately 10 to 12 objects total, and the total viewing time was around 5 to 7 minutes. My wife managed to get video of the last two we saw. Very bizarre experience, I will be watching these reports closely to see if anyone else saw the same thing. With it being the 4th and all, hoping with all the eyes to the sky someone else may have saw them as well. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
March 6, 2020 · 7:10 PM · UNKNOWN
Jackson, WI
Looking west at a bright star at about 19:10 last night. I then noticed movement to the right side of the bright star. It was another star,but this star was moving,then came another,and another,they were evenly spaced apart. I counted between 30 to 40 of these things.They moved in a straight formation.When they got to a certain point in the sky they would disappear one by one and only when they got to that one spot in the sky ? These we're not satellites.
June 20, 2016 · 3:30 AM · CHEVRON
Jackson, WI
I have seen many strange unexplained objects moving in the night sky for years, only because I like to star gaze. But I have never seen anything like this and so up close. It was a perfectly calm and clear early morning, I was taking my dogs out to do their morning duties, (I get up very early because of my work schedule I start at 4:00AM) when I looked up and out of the corner of my eye, to the southeast, I noticed a light. When I turned and focused on it, it was moving silently northwest, completely void of audible sound. My dogs were oblivious of the craft. This craft was very close, the best way to describe it, was if you were to take both hands and hold them above and in front of your head about 12 - 16 inches apart, that is how large it looked. It was a quarter moon crescent shape (as far as I could tell by the possition of the lights) and had 7 amber/orange lights on the forward moving part of the craft. We have some very tall, large pine trees in our back yard, and I had to walk to the north to look past them when it flew by and over. It all happened in a matter of about 30 seconds. My mind was racing trying to comprehend what I have just seen. I know what I saw because I am a believer, but my mind was telling me differently. I was trying so hard to debunk it in my head. So many different explanations were going through my head. But I couldn't explain it. I hurried my dogs up and by the time I was back in the house I was shaking. I don't get shook, I'm 6 foot 2, 300 lbs. But this got me going. Now it gets even more interesting... The following day I am on the beginning of my 5 day off shift change. I am doing my normal early morning rituals to stay on schedule, letting the dogs out so on and so on, etc. etc. The first 2 days off were uneventful mornings for star gazing. It was cloudy and overcast. But on the third day it was very clear so I was looking up and about like a mad man trying to see another UFO. To my amazement (because I was just hoping not really thinking I would see anything) I saw to the southwest, towards Milwaukee, very high in the sky 4 objects moving about. These objects looked like stars but were moving in all directions. I kept an eye on them and scanned the sky with the other and there it was, the same object I saw 3 days earlier but much farther away. It was to the northwest, towards West Bend. This time it was moving very erratically, up, down, left to right, in circles and in a figure eight type pattern. This time it was about the size of a pea because I believe it was much farther away. I watched it for about a minute or so, then it moved very quickly to the north and just faded out of sight. I thought this may just be a drone but for as fast as it moved and with no sound I have to rule that out. Source of report indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD
July 4, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Jackson, WI
This instance took place on July 4th, 2015, after watching the fireworks. I saw three orange objects slowly flying in a triangular formation. They stopped and hovered for about 5-10 seconds. Then one by one, they went straight up into the sky. They seemed to change yellowish color as they disappeared into the sky. As the last object in the pattern went up a fourth, orange object appeared from behind them. This one followed the same pattern as the other three. Stopping to hover for a few seconds, and then going straight up into the sky changing to a yellowish color before disappearing. After about one or two minutes this strange occurrence happened exactly the same one last time. I waited for hours to witness this again. Nothing happened after that again. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 22, 2013 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Jackson, WI
Multiple bodies of light flashing and floating over the Washington County area. They were NOT stars
August 24, 2013 · 8:30 PM · FORMATION
Jackson, WI
String of 15 orange balls observed in Jackson, WI in the evening of Aug. 24, 2013