Flash over Sisters, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Red low flying objects, no sound
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 2011-11-13 → 2011-11-30
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May 15, 2021 · 10:36 PM · CIGAR
Sisters, OR
Two Dads (40+ year olds) and 2 sons (11 year olds), camping 10 miles south of Sisters, Oregon. Around 10:36pm (22:36). my son spotted the very long, illuminated craft ("Um guys, WHAT IS THAT!?"), in the northern sky, heading west to east. From our location, it was maybe 30 degrees up from the horizon. We left the campfire and quickly got our phones out to record it; the pics are poor unfortunately. It was moving slowly, and wasn't bright. Knowing that it wasn't an airplane, I flashed it a few times with a green laser, just in case it might react. It did not. I believe the craft was moving at a very high altitude. It reminded me of the SpaceX rocket re-entry, but wasn't breaking apart. I'm very familiar with stargazing, and we had just watched the ISS fly by (which had a -4.0 brightness = very bright!) and we had also watched starlink satellites fly over as well. It was very exciting!
April 5, 2021 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Sisters, OR
It was over the Cascades and a round ship with sparks shooting from it and it was i/4 over the crest. No sound. Lookes like a hologram
April 16, 2020 · 9:10 PM · LIGHT
Sisters, OR
Very unusual, 11 bright non-blinking objects similar to usual satellites were observed trailing one another from southwest to northeast at 9:10 p.m. just east of Sisters, Oregon. Was sitting in my hot tub observing the night sky as I usually do. All objects passed by within 3 minutes, some closer to one another, others more separated, and two pairs side by side. Atypical trajectory, as most satellites here pass south to north or visa versa. In the past I have seen two such objects and then rushed inside to get online and discover that the space station and the trailing Space Shuttle had just passed over, but this was something else!
July 10, 2019 · 10:00 AM · OTHER
Sisters, OR
I can only logically interpret what I witnessed it as a possible high altitude balloon, as the form would slightly change. The top appeared to be solid and would at times glow (possible light reflection from the sun). The middle section appeared amorphous, The bottom/lower segment also appeared to be solid and reflective or illuminated. However, I could not positively identify the aerial phenomenon. High-quality photo submitted by witness, which shows a silver-colored tube, apparently hovering motionless in the sky. PD