Fireball over Whitefish, MT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Flaming orange orb moving at high rates of speed, often becoming very bright.
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 2013-07-01 → 2013-07-18
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September 18, 2023 · 10:17 PM · CUBE
Whitefish, MT
I went outside to see what was going on after a huge gust of wind hit my house (I almost got knocked over when I stepped outside), when I went outside there was almost like a comet trail in the sky. The wind would die down and creep back up again. I watched the haze for about 5-10 minutes as it moved Southwest. After that I decided to go back inside the house. But before I got back in I saw a super quick flash of light, almost like lightning, but way faster (like under a second long). In total I saw 2 flashes. I decided to stay back outside since it startled me. I looked back up and there was an opening in the clouds directly over my house. I saw two black cube objects with no lights visible fly from one cloud to another moving South. From what I saw both objects were gray/black and were in the shape of a cube. I have had UFO encounters before, such as objects in the sky similar to tonights. I have had one encounter with what I think is Bigfoot. Through-out my life I have had multiple weird encounters with UFO/Un-documented creatures (I.e Bigfoot). I posted about this on Facebook and multiple people (In Montana & Utah) have stated similar encounters, the encounter in Utah, which occurred roughly 1 hour ago, saw similar flashing lights. Him and his friend grabbed their phone to try to get a photo/video but were unsuccessful. Other people in Flathead County are saying they saw the same haze effect before I saw the UFOs. I strongly think the haze is Northern Lights although what strikes me as very weird is every time I have seen the Northern Lights they have been towards the North. Not to the West like tonight. I have provided a short time lapse I took of the haze. I did not see any other streaks of haze in the sky.
July 12, 2019 · 12:45 PM · CIRCLE
Whitefish, MT
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 22, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Whitefish, MT
Venus? PD
October 6, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Whitefish, MT
Close contact within 7 feet, 2 witnesses. Workers of Whitefish Lake Lodge. I believe it was Exploring back and forth on the outskirts of town trying to be unseen. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 15, 2016 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Whitefish, MT
As I was exiting my truck with my girlfriend we saw a super bright, solid white light moving from SW to NE. At first I thought it was a low flying helicopter coming towards us. As it arced upwards above our heads it started to look more like a comet or something similar. It had a long tail for a second as it got overhead and then the tail disappeared again and it kept moving steady as a bright white light until it went out of our field of vision over trees towards Glacier National Park. We then went inside and about 30 seconds later my girlfriend saw a bright flash of sky light up the sky which she described like a flash of lightning only no bolt. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 25, 2014 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Whitefish, MT
Orange ball of light over Whitefish, MT.