Light over Mountlake Terrace, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
20 red/orange lights rising up in the sky for short time then disappeared.
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 2014-01-08 → 2014-01-25
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October 27, 2017 · 8:45 AM · DISK
Mountlake Terrace, WA
Very large circular flat disc with little greenish lights flashing hovering in one spot. Looked hazy around the object. No sound! It was very low and very big!!! I was driving, and we stopped to stare at it in the middle of the road. This thing was huge! We turned down the residential street to get closer and it was gone! We drove around and around and nothing! Craziest thing I’ve ever experienced! My friend and I could not believe it!
June 23, 2017 · 11:53 PM · FORMATION
Mountlake Terrace, WA
30 seconds later, chopper traveling west to east observed followed by an extremely quick blue lighted object streak across a crossing trajectory. Following this event several slow moving lit object taking a straight and then curved path observed. Chopper remained in west to east then northward path.
February 22, 2016 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Mountlake Terrace, WA
I was standing outside and looked up and saw a red and orange light that was lovely slowly. I watched it for a few minutes than it disappeared by just hovering and then slowly the light was gone. I immediately saw another round light moving sideways and then followed by another light shortly after. I saw about 6 of the lights and watch a few disappear. I recorded on my phone and took pics. The photos do not do the real sighting justice at all. I'm not sure what these things were but I've never seen anything like it ever.
November 28, 2014 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
Mountlake Terrace, WA
Started as a line of 3 lights with a forth appearing to the right. Lights shifted with some increasing in height. At times shape appeared in a V, the a square. Lights quickly disappeared then re-appeared on top and next to each other. I obtained pictures and as a recording. Most of the time there were three large ones with fainter lights then appears with 7 at most. Lights would disappear immediately, most simply hovered, but would elevate and then drop back to the horizon. I was able to get images that included aircraft versus lights and street lights, all clearly very different than the lights in question. Not all lights would show on camera and video. Upon zooming other lights I didn't see by eye did show, I believe these may have been aircraft in the distance approaching the lights. Lights appeared to be toward Seattle area but not directly over the city which is 20 miles south of me.
September 1, 2014 · 1:00 PM · SPHERE
Mountlake Terrace, WA
We witnessed two spherical objects in the sky. There were two hawks trying to scare them away, but gave up. One sphere was very tiny compared to the hawk, and appeared to be just a black dot moving amidst the clouds. The second sphere came about 10 min later, appeared to be metallic and reflective of light. It was close enough to see it was completely round and was not a balloon with string. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 10, 2009 · 4:00 PM · LIGHT
Mountlake Terrace, WA
Bright Dot Hovering on Clear Day