Unknown over Belen, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
1 star shaped object with blinking lights & landings of other objects where there are no airports.
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 2011-03-16 → 2011-04-02
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November 25, 2023 · 9:41 PM · DIAMOND
Belen, NM
3 videos available. One Video it's Coming to my house. Next video it's there for several seconds LOUD BUZZING . 3rd video GONE Like Nothing. In the videos you will see a Shed. In the shed is Myself doing Laundry during the Appearance of the Object. While I was in the Shed doing laundry I did Not have the washer on only the Dryer and I heard a Loud HORRID Buzzing Noise. In my area there are Vehicles with Loud Exhaust also Polaris's and Various Country Vehicles but you can see in the videos there is no traffic at all. If you look to the Let of that shed you will see my home Stops a Street with a Stop sign. When I heard that Horrid Sound I thought it was a Vehicle just Idling there like some kind of 18 Wheeler or something but No because look at the Date and Time at night. My videos are only 5 Seconds I'm afraid. I captured them on my Blink Security System so I hope that is ok? One more thing.....in the video you will see a Street Light in the property. Street Lights are Yellow and all the same Amber Like Tone. The Object is so blinding in the video I can only imagine what it would have looked like if I had enough Light to turn the Color on the Cameras on. It was too Loud to be a Drone and way too Bright to me so let me know what you guys think. Also one very last thing....in the videos you will Notice dogs in my property they are the Neighbors dogs and they took off in two different Directions in those Videos on my property but those dogs across the street where that light appeared.
September 7, 2023 · 7:00 PM · TEARDROP
Belen, NM
Brightest light I have ever seen at 7pm. Totally light out. Looked at it through binoculars and it was a tear drop shaped large object that appeared to be stationary. I was able to view object in my telescope and the object was teardrop shaped with an orange color. Over the next 1.5 to 2 hours the object slowly moved West. The object appeared to illuminate from within. I thought it may be some type of balloon, but this object was the opposite shape of commercial balloon and was way too high in the sky to be a commercial balloon. Unfortunately, I do not have a cell phone attachment for my telescope and the object was too far away for me to take video or pictures. If I had the cellphone attachment for my telescope the pictures would be amazing. I have never seen anything like this in my telescope or my life!
May 16, 2021 · 8:17 AM · CIRCLE
Belen, NM
As I pulled to the light on my way into the city for work I noticed a big silver metal sphere in the sky not moving so I pulled over and took a couple pictures during this time I could see it clear as day and had no noticable rotation did notove in any direction my entire time seeing this then I went to work about one hour I had my girlfriend go and see if it was still there and I was not.
June 22, 2019 · 10:30 PM · CHANGING
Belen, NM
A few seconds later, I saw what looked like 4 large, bright white headlights set very close together. There was dim light coming from underneath the 4 bright lights. The lights were facing east, facing the freeway. I mentioned the lights to my aunt. We were trying to determine what it could be. The lights appeared to be stationary and continued facing us. We then saw two of the bright lights turn north facing the other 2 lights but they remained very close together. Then, the lights went back to facing the same eastern direction. We continued driving south and we eventually lost sight of them, because the lights never moved.
June 22, 2019 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Belen, NM
I was in a car heading south on I-25, between the first and second exits of Belen, NM. My uncle was driving, my aunt was in the front passenger’s seat, and I was in the rear passenger’s seat. The night was very dark, no bright moon, very few stars. I was looking out the window facing west. I first saw what looked like a white ball of light disintegrate or explode, followed by a tail or a trail. I will describe it as a shooting star in reverse. A few seconds later, I saw 4 large, white bright lights facing east; the lights were set close together at equal distances. The object appeared to never move, and it was large and felt menacing. There was also a dim glow coming from underneath the lights. As I stared at the object, the two lights on the left turned toward the other 2 lights; so at this point, 2 lights remained facing east and the other 2 turned to face north, while remaining close together. The 2 lights turned back to the east to align with the other 2 lights again. The object never seemed to move, and I lost sight of it as we continued down the freeway. At first, I thought it was a large 4x4 truck on a hill, but it was so dark I could not see the terrain, but the way the 2 lights turned make me doubt my truck theory. I tried to snap some photos, which I did, but they do not look like anything other than specks of light. The true description of the object that I saw with my eyes is accurate as described above. We were travelling at a high rate of speed and I did not use a flash. I am attaching the original photos, plus the same photos after I zoomed in using my photo app. I already emailed the photos.
August 18, 2018 · 4:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Belen, NM
I was at the Belen Airport in the parking lot, I had gotten out of my car and was hoping to catch some take offs and landings, but there was no activity happening that afternoon. I was scanning the skys which were very clear and thought maybe I would at least see some high altitude passenger jets overhead if I focused long enough but there were none. After several moments of concerted effort studying parts of the sky, I was ready to leave, but for some reason I had an urge to look one more time and that is when I saw a peculiar object. The way my eyes focused on it, I could not very well tell if it was a small craft close to me or a large craft that I was seeing perhaps 30,000 feet distance. The object was a white triangle traveling in a spiral path away from me. The speed of the rotation and forward movement was very fast and I remember thinking that a human pilot would not be able to withstand the force. As I watched it, I could tell that something seemed! to be struggling to pilot the craft because it was making very quick corrections and not moving in a smooth or straight line. Because of the speed and color, I lost it in the sky for a moment but then again found it before it moved out of my eyesight range. The craft made no sound and there were no lights nor trail of exhaust. Means of propulsion seemed otherworldly and unsuitable for Earth's atmosphere and gravitational forces.