Other over Derby, KS
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Formations of glowing and non-glowing spheres hovering over a Kansas city.
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 2010-07-01 → 2010-07-18
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June 15, 2020 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT
Derby, KS
Multiple lights "slithering" or "swimming" going N.E. Lights were not all the same size. looked heavenly like a family or group of spirits traveling on top of the sky together. Slowly faded away and disappeared one by one.
November 22, 2016 · 8:30 PM · FLASH
Derby, KS
Driving into derby from rosehill area, large bright green flash in sky. Returned from dinner in derby and contiued to see lights flashing in sky towards east. The light was green every time.
October 22, 2016 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Derby, KS
Just after dusk a witness spotted numerous orbs of light in the sky ranging in color (green, blue, red, white, white/red) and told the rest of the group to look up. For approximately 2 mins there was an assortment of orbs that flew from south to north in no pattern. They were to fast to be planes and to slow to be shooting stars. There was no noise associated with these crafts. We were in the backyard when this incident occurred. The crafts were different colors and could be seen a long ways off and never disappeared until they were far away. They seemed to all be at the same altitude and speed. Their flight path was erratic in the fact that some were close to each other and others were weaving. This was seen by the entire group. Pictures were attempted to be taken but they pictures were not coming out in the dark.
July 4, 2015 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Derby, KS
I was laying on a lawn blanket with my family awaiting the Derby city fireworks display around 9:40 PM, when I observed what I thought was a satellite approaching from the south. My whole family observed it and we wondered if it was the ISS passing over. My son quickly checked on his phone and saw that the ISS was over the ocean. We continued to observe what we presumed to be a satellite until it slowed, abruptly changed direction to the east, paused, then moved around quite erratically before coming to a complete and motionless halt. After a few minutes, it moved to the east, and then turned north and came almost directly overhead. It slowly moved back to the southwest and “parked”. It stayed there and appeared simply as a star until we left and went home. My son and I were so intrigued, we watched it the whole time instead of the fireworks. I wondered at first if it could be a drone and what we were observing was positioned lower in altitude than we initially perceived, but its peculiar movement, silence, and perfectly motionless “parking “ for an extended period of time, make me think “no”. It appeared to be high in the atmosphere, and looked just like a star. My son and I were especially intrigued, and we were curious if anyone else saw it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 16, 2013 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Derby, KS
Bright green meteor.
September 8, 2013 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Derby, KS
Glowing orange ball.