Light over Rochester, WA
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The report, as filed
Fleet of red UFO's emerging from Mt. Rainier.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2012-10-07 → 2012-10-24
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August 13, 2020 · 3:00 AM · FORMATION
Rochester, WA
I was out watching the meteor shower when I noticed along the bottom of the skyline something that looked like an ant trail of lights in perfect formation maybe 10 of them I'm not sure how many I didn't count them I was to busy trying to figure out what I was seeing they looked light dashes or minus signs they didn't blink but stayed solid white light no hazeiness to them I stood for approximately 5 minutes watching them go from west to east in two straight rows without sound then all at once they shot straight up and disappeared.my cat was pushing against my legs and then running away he did it multiple times yowling as if to say run
July 20, 2020 · 11:51 PM · UNKNOWN
Rochester, WA
The only reason I find this compelling is that I believe there was a flight band during that time which would only suggest to me that it was not a man-made object
February 22, 2020 · 4:50 AM · LIGHT
Rochester, WA
The first lights were seen in the north east sky near the lacerta constellation. Only two of them to start but after that at regular intervals more appeared from seemingly nowhere. All in a straight direct line going north east at a regular pace. There were no sounds or flashing lights. They all had the same or similar point of origin in the sky. I had stopped to count them and by the time i had to leave or be late I had counted at least 27 and there were more showing up. Once I got in the road and checked the similar area in the sky they seemed to have stopped appearing and the ones that were there had disappeared. I am not sure if they went over the horizon as I had homes and trees blocking move of my horizontal view.
September 7, 2019 · 11:40 PM · SPHERE
Rochester, WA
I was driving home from Centraila, Wa ,about 11:30pm. I got off I-5, and took exit 88 highway 12 west, toward Rochester, WA. I stopped at the 1st light, and saw what I thought, were weird light reflections in the clouds, they were pale yellow orbs bouncing all over the sky, my husband said they were most likely from a spot light. As we drove farther west I noticed that the orbs were just to the south of us about a mile or so and were brighter, and were closer together now traveling a little ahead and to the southwest of us, as we entered the town I realized this was one ship, and the lights were much brighter although still above the clouds, we made a left, and then turned back west on our street, I thought the object was still in town. Our road is curvy, and as I made the second curve,I almost wrecked the car! I caught sight of the craft just to the left of me and a bit ahead. I almost wrecked the car! we were the only ones on the road and the object was now just above the clouds, and you could see 6 white lights rotating in a pattern and 4 red lights that spun, then the white lights ran to the inside or center of the craft, made a star formation,then reversed direction and made a circle around the center star like light. This thing stayed in the cloud cover, never coming out into the bare sky, so I never saw the whole thing. As we took a left into our driveway and parked, the craft stopped and hovered, literally, 200 feet above us and 100 feet next to us, just above our pasture. the lights slowed down, and as we got of the car, it looked like it was coming down, by the way it made no noise, had no wind there was no engine noise at all! at this point we both decided it was best to get inside. We got the dogs out of the kennel, and took them in the house, they had been raising holy hell, and were franic! I decided to go out side and see if the craft had left, it was no longer at the front of the property and I did not see it at first. This made me feel better and I walked out to the street and headed west to see if I could see where it went, as I walked up the road I looked to the left and looked out at our pasture, and saw at least, 25 rays of light pointing up to the sky, they were like spotlights and were bouncing all over the place! the craft was now on the ground behind the barn so I could not see it, but I knew there were no lights out there like that! I took off for the house and told my husband we needed to leave, he agreed and we got the dogs loaded and took off down to the next cross street, we turned left to go to highway 12 and the craft went right over us heading due west, and then it just disappeared! I am still shaken up, and just a bit afraid they will come back. A car was parked at the corner of the cross street and moon road and he had a cell phone in his hand so someone got it on camera, The whole encounter lasted 30 mins,
July 5, 2018 · 10:45 PM · SPHERE
Rochester, WA
In the clear Western sky, I saw what looked like a very bright star or planet, but it was more yellow than white and seemed to flicker. I watched for a minute or two and it disappeared then reappeared. I went outside and took some pictures and video with my phone. Zooming in it was definitely not a star or planet. It changed colors and seemed like a light with a glowing aura that changed colors, yellow to a blueish green and back to yellow. Each time it appeared it would be in the same vicinity, but not in the exact same place. It stayed in the same place but appeared to me moving in place if that makes sense. I filmed for 42 seconds and it disappeared on film. I did not move the phone. Then it came back for a third and final time and I filmed for over 3 minutes zooming in and out to try to get a better focus. I stopped filming and then filmed another minute or so and it appeared to be moving and fading in and out until it disappeared again. On the 3 minute video, an anomaly occurred that was only evident after viewing it after the fact. There is one second that something like a cloud or a vapor passes closely in front of the camera, but the orb never disappears in the far distance. There were no clouds or mist around me while filming so I have no idea what it was. About 20 minutes after it disappeared completely, large aircraft began circling the area where I saw it and I also have some footage of that, too. The only thing going on that night near that vicinity was the Indian Reservation was setting off some loud fireworks, but nothing like you see on the 4th of July. It looked more like lightening. This orb was off to the right a good distance away and low in the sky, but high enough for me to think it was a star or a planet. Most people are telling me it's a drone, but I haven't seen footage of drones behaving in this manner or that were this large. I am willing to share the footage, but I don't see where to upload it to this report. Please let me know if you would like to see it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 18, 2013 · 5:42 PM · CIRCLE
Rochester, WA
Singular light seen low in evening sky near Rochester, WA. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))