Light over Chelan, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Orange light traveling over Lake Chelan WA at 20ꯠ MPH with a course change.
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 2013-07-02 → 2013-07-19
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September 6, 2020 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Chelan, WA
I was viewing the night sky directly overhead using a pair of 7X35 standard binoculars. Within a few seconds of putting my eyes to the lenses I observed a small white dot about the size of the smaller stars that seemed to be traveling at a very high altitude. Much higher than any aircraft. It was moving rapidly from the northeast to directly overhead. My first thought was a satellite. My second thought said it was traveling much too fast and deliberate to be a satellite. As I continued to follow it, suddenly a second small white dot appeared, in my binoculars field of view, coming from the exact opposite horizon, the southwest, and was traveling at what appeared to be the exact same rate of speed as the other white dot . I then was remarkably able to view both white dots, traveling at the same rate of speed, directly opposing each other and on what appeared to be a collision course. I then had an odd thought that they were aware of each other and weirdly I fe! lt connected. Very strange feeling . They continued along a direct collision course and at the moment they reached each other they very quickly (literally in a moment) looped around each other in extremely close proximity as if they were playing and then each white dot preceded back in the opposite direction that it came from. I was able to watch both and as one disappeared from my binoculars field of view I continued to follow and watch the original one as far as I could until it disappeared over the Northeast horizon. This entire viewing only lasted between 30 and 45 seconds. Amazing to me is out of all the stars present in this clear night sky during this event, these two small specs appeared crystal clear to me and as though they were communicating to me.
August 11, 2016 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Chelan, WA
Right before sunset, we were doing s'mores at a resort in Lake Chelan, WA and we noticed "the first star". I had my binoculars and noted it was was a white doughnut-shaped object. I thought it might be a balloon, bit it remained perfectly still, not moving with thin clouds or the moon. As the sun set, the color of the doughnut changed orange, then red (suggesting reflected light from the sun) I would have chalked it up to being a balloon, except for how still it remained for a rather long duration. My whole family looked at the object through binoculars, and could see it with naked eye as a "star," until the sun set, then it got dimmer, and could only be seen as it changed color with the sun's rays through binoculars. At least 2 passenger jets passed by in the near vicinity, but I could not tell relative altitudes.
October 22, 2013 · 9:00 PM · OVAL
Chelan, WA
Orb move quickly across the the sky before circling and disappearing into blackhole
January 21, 2012 · 9:35 PM · DISK
Chelan, WA
Pinkish/Grayish saucer shaped object over Lake Chelan, Washington