Oval over Helena, MT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
An aircraft with very bright green lights plummeted out of the sky then flew unexplainable speeds back into the night 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 2013-11-20 → 2013-12-07
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August 5, 2023 · 9:39 PM · RECTANGLE
Helena, MT
To the naked eye, and at 10x true optical zoom, the UFO was a fiery ball, way up in the night sky. It hovered South of Mount Helena, beyond the city of Helena, for about 30 seconds it stayed in place, then it gradually moved laterally to the east and stayed there for about another 30 seconds before vanishing. 6 people saw this. I took a photo at 10x zoom, and it still looks like a fiery sphere-shaped object, though when I zoomed in to 100x zoom, it appears to be more rectangular with a darker center (giving me the thought that this object is outputting a very strong coronal glow. After taking the last photo, the object disappeared 10 seconds later.
August 16, 2022 · 10:21 PM · CHANGING
Helena, MT
My husband and I and our daughter like to star gaze at night for the past week we have been using a red pin point laser to show our daughter the stars we have encountered multiple crafts flying above our heads at close range some flying in a row of 3 to 4 different crafts all displaying white flashing lights some have red lights green and blue, the crafts will fly over hover above our heads then float in the air for a while then shoot up into the stars but stay where we can see the bright lights in a row of 3 to 4 lights going across, we have encountered red small lights passing over our heads some white some stop and hover then the crafts will come flying over yesterday there was a craft that flew through the trees with a huge white light almost blinding then it flew so close to us we could feel the heat off of it when it flew over our heads something black came off the bottom under side of it and slithered like away across the road it was the weirdest thing after the black liquid hit the ground it seemed to slither away then we seen it on top of the trailer across the street. we have seen many planes and helicopters pass over our house these crafts are a lot different they fly a lot closer then stop and observe then the lights turn red and they begin to fly up into the sky reaching extremely high heights. I have checked the satellites around us to see if there's any satellites and in fact there isn't, I have also called the air port and asked about possible airplanes flying closely over our house as we live close to the air port and they told me absolutely not their pilots wouldn't risk flying that close to residential homes as its too much of a risk. last night when I went out at 3am to let my dog to potty there was bright white lights surrounding our house and there was little glittery lights all around those Huge ones all moving all at multiple altitudes in the sky some of the lights would come really close to where I could feel heat and hear a sound almost like a generator starting up some of these shapes are circular some are V shaped some boomerang shaped all different shapes and sizes. with the increased amount of aircraft flying so closely to our home we are a bit concerned as it seems more and more are coming to let it be known that they are there also when these crafts come close to our home all of the street lights turn off and all of the lights on our house and the porch light. we have seen a bright green light almost like a fat laser beam point into out back yard multiple times. around these big white lights that are close there is a circle aura around them and almost like strings on the bottom of them they seem to let out lighter white circles and they shoot across the sky so fat its like a shooting star. over the past week I have woken up with allot of bruises on my arms 3 on one arm and on the other arm there are 4 finger like bruises my dog barks and gets scared anytime these objects come close to our home or us when we are outside.
August 15, 2022 · 8:10 PM · OTHER
Helena, MT
I was driving home on euclid street going west and something caught my attention in the sky. 2 bright dots in the sky the top one kept disappearing and reappearing. I pulled over to get a better look. There was 2 u shaped fire like objects in the sky. One slightly to the right and higher than the other. Stationary in the sky. Once I had stopped and started videoing with my phone the top one did not disappear again, it was slide it was trying to get my attention. I videod for 1 minutes 45 seconds. I drove home to get my spouse and when I returned with him they were gone.
April 9, 2020 · 9:45 PM · FORMATION
Helena, MT
I saw the ISS then looked further west and noticed four lights, about the intensity of stars, moving from North to South trailing each other. There were at least four visible at one time, but as one disappeared to the south, another would appear and travel with the rest. There was a constant light, no noise or flashing navigation lights and I already spotted the ISS which went through the big dipper and traveled the opposite direct, so I am wondering what these were.
December 21, 2019 · 7:20 AM · OTHER
Helena, MT
At around 720 am I was driving, and saw a black mass trajecting into the atmosphere. It was not a jet stream as the stream was vertical. the object started higher in the atmosphere and the stream fanned out at the top, and as it fell closer to the ground from the atmosphere the stream grew smaller.
March 28, 2019 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Helena, MT
I had a terrible anxious feeling while streaming Youtube, and suddenly turned it off . Almost immediately afterwords, a light seemed to appear over the house, (where there are no lights, this is out in the rural valley). It was so bright that it completely flooded the room and had the color of a fluorescent bulb. My partner came into the room, and we stood to look out the window together. The light came and went along with green and blue lights and a small amount of red light. We opened the window to see if we could hear anything, and there were rumbling sounds that were like distant thunder (but constant), and then a very loud zapping sound, as if from an electric wire snapping and what appeared to be flashes like sparks above the house. Several more times the bright flashes of colors and white light appeared until we ran out of the room to wake up my family. By the time they came to look, there was no sign of any lights, any sounds whatsoever and the sky appeared to be a pink color. (this was at night) We were initially worried a transformer exploded somewhere or that there was an attack or something. It was snowing at the time, but no reports of thunder/lighting or any grid issues in the area. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Thanks a bunch! I also decided that you are free to use my name for this report. I'm having my boyfriend submit one when he gets home. Also, of note: Just found out that all of our power sources are buried out there, so it couldn't be a transformer blowing. Also, my father heard the loud zapping noise from the other side of the house, but couldn't see the lights from where he was. ((END ADDENDUM)) We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she seemed to us to be quite sincere, and sober-minded. We suspect that she is a highly reliable witness. PD