As reported

Light over Forks, WA

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Solid white light being followed by U.S. fighter jet.

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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August 15, 2023 · 10:45 PM · UNKNOWN

Forks, WA

Hi my name is (name deleted) I live in a small town of Forks Washington tonight 09/15/2023 at approximately 10:40pm it was a completely clear night here as I was standing out in my driveway with my mother we were looking up at the stars in the sky as we focus more clearly we were following certain stars that’s we’re moving like we have seen a bunch of times. I locked onto one and was following it trying to show my mom. Out of nowhere for a split second I seen something I can only describe as a gray sphere with two wings no lights no sound but a bright gray color shooting across the sky heading north my eyes barely caught it and the hair on my arms stood up and my mom yells out WHAT WAS THAT! Not a bat not a plane not a drone what did I see? It was too big to be anything like that, jumping across the sky and it wasn’t glowing but you could see the bright gray I can’t believe my eyes. I ran into the house as fast as I could to draw a sketch and ask my mom if that is what she seen. She confirmed that she seen it as well. Investigator interviewed the witness for twenty-five minutes on August 21st, 2023 at 16:44 hours. Sighting lasted for a few seconds. Location is a rural home surrounded by trees with large flat fields half a mile east of property. Extensive fields provide an open area for launching unmanned vehicles. Trees surrounding the witness property block seeing the fields. Witness said the altitude of the reported object was 200 feet. The distance from the witness was two football fields away. He described the object as a sphere with wings and its color gray. Sighting made no sound. Object’s size is 5 to 6’ by 4’. Witness said it's the size as the tire on a monster truck. Object had no windows or portals. The recreational drone market has expanded with drones looking like military aircraft. Witness sketch looks like a MQ-9 Reaper military drone. Recreational drones may look like stealth bombers and unique drone hybrids, such as the JJRC MO2 can fly like a drone, or fly in a different mode, the remote control plane mode. Operator can steer JJRC to float like a kite. The JJRC has those three flying modes. Video of the JJRC showed an extremely fast drone. It disappears in seconds. RC planes, also known as remote control planes, may appear by witnesses as drones, and they are quiet unlike drones. Because of the object’s low altitude and smaller than aircraft dimensions, the object is a hybrid drone or remote controlled unmanned plane similar to the JJRC. [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Probable]

June 15, 2019 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE

Forks, WA

kalaloch beach/lodge apx 2330 06/15/19 drone like aircraft seemed to be scanning north to south a good look with binoculars mechanical but wuth lights aura once noticed it made a lught show. i flimed as it ziped away so quick a dot with red then white flashing

May 25, 2019 · 11:00 PM · CYLINDER

Forks, WA

My husband and I were walking along the beach, watching the stars on a crystal clear evening, when we saw what we can only describe as a comet with intent. Seemed to have a greenish yellow streak of light in front and a long trail, lighter in color following it. Traveling southwest at high speeds it almost seemed to crash into a satelight or other small, fast moving object of much, much smaller size. Our dog responded but were unsure if it was due to our excitement. It was like witnessing a scene out of Star Wars. Hoping others saw it too, as it was Memorial Day weekend and tons of coastal campers were on the beach.

July 4, 2011 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL