Light over Caledonia, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
White glowing object flying in sky.
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 2012-03-06 → 2012-03-23
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September 27, 2022 · 9:15 PM · OVAL
Caledonia, WI
At approximately 9:15 pm on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, I was traveling in my car eastbound on Highway K in Caledonia, WI located about two miles west of the city of Racine, WI. I was alone in the car but talking to my brother via phone. I was headed to my home in Racine when I noticed to my left what appeared to be an oval disc hovering above in the sky. It seemed to be stationary as I observed it, however on the underside of the disc appeared a bright red, almost pink glow. It made no sound from what I heard.To note, the area where I observed this just outside the city limits so there was not a lot of light in the area. I was surprised of how low the object was which ruled out the possibility of any plane and assisted in giving me a clearer look of the object. In the area, there are located multiple, well matured, large trees and, based on my estimation, the disc lingered just above the top of these trees during my initial sighting. Because the highway was one of three major arteries going into the city, I simply could not stop my care, get out, and look into the matter further at that moment. I told my brother over the phone what I was witnessing and, not surprisingly, he said little at the time. Due to my location, I was able to drive about what I would estimate to be a half city block and make a U-turn to head back west to get a clearer idea as to what I saw and, possibly, pull to the side of the road and take a picture. What I witnessed next made it seem like what I was witnessing was even more extraordinary. Upon my return, after making the U-turn, to the area where I initially saw this unidentified object, I recall catching the tail end glimpse of the object moving west away from me in approximately the same I first saw it. Within literally what I would describe in a snap second, the object appeared well west( maybe a mile if i had to guess still in the sky) from where I just witnessed it literally a moment before. I can't describe it any more precisely than what appeared to me to be some magic trick. The next second passed, and it appeared to move forward another estimated mile or so up in the sky until it appeared out of sight. Nothing happened to the vehicle I was in nor was there any time lapse involved. I will conclude by saying in my 54 year on this issue, I never held a passionate view one way or the other if UFO's or if other life in the universe exists. I grew up in a family that tended to downplay this issue based on what I believe to be religious reasons. As I've gotten older, I have gotten more open minded about it and now believe it would almost be impossible not to believe life exists beyond our planet. When asked about this incident, I'm only more than happy to state the facts of what I saw regardless of what it actually was.
August 27, 2016 · 6:45 PM · CHANGING
Caledonia, WI
We noticed the lights hovering in the sky and truly did not know what they were. We were driving south on I-94 and we pulled off the side of the road to take pictures. The "string" of these lights started merging together and then went up higher in the sky to disappear. The pictures I took with my cell phone, shows them initially as bright red, and one light yellow irregular round in shape. The final pictures before they disappeared looks as if they were unraveling. First time in my life to have witnessed anything like this before. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 12, 2015 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Caledonia, WI
7-10 objects flying together in sky. Orange lighted orbs moving south, in the same direction and speed, then disappeared. It is a clear night. Our kids came downstairs to show us so they saw it longer. We tried to capture it on our phones, but the lights don't pick up.
April 1, 2015 · 9:30 PM · CHANGING
Caledonia, WI
I was walking home and I noticed something sitting in one spot in the sky. I stopped and kept looking at it to see if it would reveal itself as a plane or if it might be something else. The thing just sat in the same spot. I have seen similar things before but not quite as close and bright as this one was though it was still a significant distance away. It would seem to move very slowly over the course of 30 minutes to an hour. It was a light that seemed almost to change shape. It would look almost like a cross or a star at times, but it was clearly in the atmosphere. By a star I mean it would look almost how one would draw a star on a piece of paper like the religious symbol. Though it seemed to shift quickly and though the main source of light was tinny I thought I saw a blue light for a brief moment as well and there was an orange-ish color on the outer edge of the bright light. I looked at it through a rifle scope and it definitely looked different sligh! tly magnified, but I still cannot put a finger on how I would accurately describe such a thing. It might still be sitting there now. I was playing the staring game with it for almost an hour and I lost and went inside. I would hate to speculate, but the only three scenarios I can come up with of what something like this that just sits in the sky and slowly moves back and forth would be are either secret government technology, ET technology, or maybe even some type of inter-dimensional entity or spacecraft. I took a video of it. On camera it did not seem to look exactly the same while I was filming it but you could clearly see that it was sitting in one place while the planes were whizzing back and forth. Possible sighting of a "twinkling" star?? PD
May 12, 2012 · 8:30 PM · DIAMOND
Caledonia, WI
Bright orange lights..no sound..slow moving..diamond shaped.