Light over Independence, MO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
White orb of light visible from I70 somewhere between 2-91 and Lees Summit rd. moving to the east.
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 2011-11-20 → 2011-12-07
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August 31, 2023 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Independence, MO
Noticed glowing pink luminous object appear, disappear, then re-appear. Checked starlink schedule online, did not find any visible starlink matching the time and date. These were mostly stationary, sometimes a single point, sometimes two close points. Most stars visible, no discernable cloud cover or lightning. Trained weather spotter and drone operator. Spotted from ground while at work on night shift, completely sober. Minimal luminosity to intense luminosity over a span of 1 second, maintaining medium luminosity for 5-15 seconds, then returning to barely perceptible luminosity for ~15-30 seconds. Have spent many hours outdoor at this location and time over the past 5+ months and have not observed similar phenomena.
June 3, 2023 · 9:37 PM · LIGHT
Independence, MO
9:37 pm, sun has set, clear sky. A light travels into my view, my chair is facing north I'm looking to the left, (west) I see Venus and more south a light travels into my view heading north. I thought it was a satellite but it was slightly faster or lower then what I normally see from satellites. It was a light blue color or white. The intensity of the light changed as it moved north. I saw it go completely dark or invisible before it lit back up further along in the sky. I stood up to follow it's path and tried finding it with binoculars but it went dark for the 2nd time. I'm facing straight north, standing and looking for movement in the dark sky and I see a very bright streak of light shoot straight down to the ground. It looked like 2 parallel white lights beaming straight down and a red light that was more dim than the two parallel white lights, the red light was on the right side of the 2 white lights. I honestly gasped and thought a plane had gone down at a very fast speed and for a moment expected to see or hear an explosion. No sound other than normal chirps and birds. If I was forced to give a prosaic explanation it was an odd satellite that was lower and faster than others plus a meteor falling from the sky. I can't get a prosaic explanation to fit into what I saw. I think it was one object moving north, changing in visibility, then got to it's location and shot straight down. I felt frozen for 5 mins looking at the sky trying to figure out what I saw and what I should do. I felt compelled to report the sighting, it was not a trick of the light or something I think I saw. I know I saw it, I was amazed and shocked.
October 10, 2020 · 6:15 AM · UNKNOWN
Independence, MO
On October 10, 2020 at about 6:15am Central time (still completely dark outside) I observed from inside my kitchen looking out through my sliding glass door, toward the east, two white lights separated by approximately 50 yards. These lights, one brighter than the other, moved in tandem together forward and backwards, and up and down a number of times. I was located about a block and a half away from the lights looking across an open field. The incident lasted for approximately 30 minutes. The activity was occurring above a paved road. After the 30 minutes these lights settled down behind a tree line but I could still see the lights through the limbs and leaves while it was still dark. As the sky began to brighten a fog appeared to form on the field toward the east side near the lights. I don't know if this was a natural fog or if it was generated by something having to do with the lights. I continued to observe the area where the lights went down, without taking my eyes off the area, for about another hour. By now, the sun had risen above the horizon and the lights had not reappeared from below the tree line. At this point, there was no sign of the lights. I never saw them leave the area. I don't know what happened to them and could no longer continue my observation.
October 4, 2020 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Independence, MO
I was outside with my wife when she pointed out three white lights moving from east to west. The lights were in a triangular shape and did not project beams. There was a black or grey dark craft outline between and above the lights. This object was flying very low - we would guess under 1,000 feet. It moved very slowly across the sky over our house directly towards downtown Kansas City. There was no sound at all as you would expect if it were a plane or helicopter. It just flew silently overhead and slowly disappeared into the distance. We did not think to get a photo. I would think that other people had to have seen this.
September 27, 2020 · 10:36 PM · CHANGING
Independence, MO
I saw what looked like olympic burning flame dancing in dark sky I watched it for around thirty minutes and thought at first there had bern Explosion but no strange fire dancing in sky. I took video and it looked Circular but my eyes saw flame and still picture looked Like flame. I pulled over on side of highway to look at it
July 24, 2020 · 4:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Independence, MO
**This is an AMENDED report with correct date** At approximately 04:30 this morning, an apparently triangle shaped aircraft with lights on three corners and an additional light on the center of the bottom of the aircraft. The three equally spaced lights on the apparent corners were white or very light orange. The center light appeared to be made up of a white and red light; it appeared as if the bottom light was a red light "engulfed" by white light. I viewed the aircraft as it approached toward my line of sight from the direct south at a relatively low altitude, probably less than 1000 feet. The craft was traveling slowly, slower than I have seen an airplane fly, and as it continued away from me towards the north, the appearance of what would be the lights on the rear corners changed appearance, and began to resemble the center light, as a red light surrounded by white lights. The red portion of the rear lights (which appeared as being on the left and right) were blinking in a synchronized fashion, ie, there was still a white light on the front and corners, but the two "rear" lights also appeared to contain smaller red lights which blinked at the same time. The "aircraft" also made a very low-frequency pulsing sound, more like an earthquake or distant rolling thunder than any aircraft I have heard. My house is located approximately 67 miles from Whiteman AFB, and I have witnessed stealth aircraft over my house before, however this unknown object made a completely different sound than the stealth Air Force craft I have heard/seen. I have also subsequently watches videos of stealth aircraft flying at night, and it's important to note that no lights extended beyond the three equally spaced white lights, like the red and green lights seen on the wingtips of known aircraft. I was unable to discern any shape beyond what was conveyed by the three equally spaced white lights. I think it is also important to note that I do not live near an airport approach, and have never witnessed an aircraft flying along this path at any altitude or time of day. This was witnessed in my back yard, so I am quite familiar with what is normal over this piece of land.