Fireball over Whitefish, MT
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The report, as filed
Orange ball of light over Whitefish, MT.
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 2014-01-22 → 2014-02-08
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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
July 4, 2013 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Whitefish, MT
Flaming orange orb moving at high rates of speed, often becoming very bright.