Sphere over Fishkill, NY
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The report, as filed
Spotted a reddish orange light Due West over Newburgh NY area as I was driving down my street. Somewhat stationary. Glowed with slight pulse. When I jumped out of my truck as I parked in my driveway I had to run down the street to see between the trees. It was quite high up. I had seen it from maybe 2 plus minutes then the red glow faded from a round shape, to a triangle shape, with 3 sections like looking at an airplane prop. To a dull orange then went out. If I had to draw a comparison the light looked like a flare, a highway flare glow. Maybe it was a balloon with a flare attached, of a parachute flare but I never seen one this high in the sky as I am familiar with flares. Witnessed by my friend in the truck. I know aircraft, I know meteors, this was something odd. No time to take a photo. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Sorry it was last night, Sunday October 12, 2014. Please correct the error. The time might have been also closer to 7pm (19:00) Thanks ((END ADDENDUM)) We have corrected the date. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #114498). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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January 25, 2021 · 11:55 PM · DISK
Fishkill, NY
On January 25th, 2021, I hit the road from Newburgh, NY to Fishkill, NY to pick up my wife. She gets out of work at 11:45 PM. I picked her up and we got back on the road. I was driving the vehicle and she was sitting next to me. We have a Kia SUV. I was driving on the right lane about 50 miles per hour speed. This highway is known as Interstate 84 west. Two lanes going east and two lanes going west. Around 11:55 pm, an object suddenly passed from the right front corner of our vehicle to the left front corner with a tremendous speed. The object looked like tube-shaped, and fluorescent in color. It passed with a tremendous speed and left behind a flutter. It looked like this flutter was the replaced atmosphere that was visible through our headlights. We passed through this flutter. Next, my wife said what was that? She said, “was that a deer?” I said I have never seen a tube-shaped, fluorescent white deer that travels with the speed of light. She said it could! be a bird. I repeated myself and said it was not an animal, plant, or human. My wife and I communicated perfectly up until that point. Next, I looked at my left mirror and what I saw shocked me. There was an object about the size of a dumpster truck if not any bigger, gold like beige in color, disc shaped with a huge majestic platform in the middle was flying at the left rear corner of our vehicle. The object positioned itself over the left lane and was travelling (flying) in the same direction with us. I said " I see it. There is an object behind us. Oh my God! What is this? This cannot be a bird. It is too big and not flapping wings. " Later my wife said she never heard me saying this. I clearly remember making this statement out loud. The object got closer and it was almost parallel to the rear seats. So, I said " It is getting so close! Far too close!" I said this last statement out loud in panic and shock. My wife later said that I have never said ! that. Apparently, my wife and I were disconnected for some rea! son. In those seconds, I have the following thoughts in my mind: " I have been put into this situation against my will. Now, I have to deal with it, and manage the situation. I should not do anything wrong. I should pretend nothing is happening." Next, my thoughts were to pull over to the side of the road and stop. However, my instincts then said not to because the object might stop in front of us and we might end up evacuating our vehicle, and what if they did the same? At this moment, I felt everything like very slow motion. I really could not tell if our tires were on the road and if I was really driving our vehicle. I felt some controlling power was in charge of our vehicle. I wonder if time was really ticking at that point. I felt some kind of calm, peace, and tranquility that were reinforced in me. All I saw from the left mirror was the surface of the object. Therefore, the object totally blocked my left mirror view. The surface of the object was gold (beige) in colo! r, and it looked porous. After these agonizing moments, the object began to distance itself from our vehicle. The object had done this very aesthetically. While the distance between us and the object was increasing gradually, the object was increasing its altitude gradually as well. Finally, there was a rightward curve on the road, and I checked where the object was from my left mirror. In this final moment, it was over the medium at the left of the left lane. It looked like it stopped there in midair. This was the last time I saw the object. I said " the object disappeared" out loud. My wife later said that she did not hear it either. We travelled a little bit and I said to my wife " call police". She was able to communicate with me at this point. She later said that after the conversation about deer, it was the only statement I made. Of course, this was not true. Because I made numerous statements after I spotted the object behind us till it disappeare! d. In this time frame, my wife claims that I did not say anyth! ing out loud, and she was looking straight ahead. Anyway, my wife said why are we calling the police. She said let it go. I said we cannot let it go. Because there were so many other vehicles on the road and someone might get hurt or even worse. I said we do our share to inform police. Since my wife forgot her phone at home that day (which is very unusual), she tried to use my phone. Next, she said she cannot call because there are no icons on my cell phone, not even a single one. I asked her if she could text message someone, but she said no way. I said forget it. There were only a couple of miles until we got home. Finally, we got home, and I parked our vehicle. After I stopped the engine, I asked my wife if she may try to call the police again. This time all the icons were there. She called Orange County police department. They transferred her to Dutchess , and Dutchess transferred her to NY State police. Finally, we informed NY state police about what happened that night. After ! that I did not want to get out of our vehicle of my fear that what if something was beneath the vehicle. After I said this comment to my wife, she said don't worry. There cannot be anything under the vehicle. Next, she opened the door and stepped out. It was my turn to open the door slowly and step out gently. Next day, my wife googled and found National UFO Research Center. She called them and put the phone on speaker. This gentleman introduced himself, his phone number, and address. He wanted us to write this incident separately including any drawings and mail it to them. The object was able to go in one direction and then the opposite. It was easily changing its altitude and speed. The object managed to come to a full stop in midair over the medium at the left of the left lane. I did not have a chance to see the bottom of it. I did not see any lights either. Apparently, my wife and I were disconnected within the time frame between the conversation about the deer (we both remember) and the conversation about calling the law enforcement (again we both remember). However, anything said between these two time frames were somehow not heard. The disconnection between me and my wife coincides with the time frame the object positioned itself to our left till the object disappeared. One last observation: I did drive there today. I recorded where we got chased. I noticed that the object chased us in some very interesting part of the highway. This part of the highway towards west (From Fishkill to Newburgh) is covered by long and high hills from both s! ides. It is like a corridor with walls at both sides. Therefore, east and west bound vehicles cannot see each other in this part of the highway. We did not see any vehicles ahead of us in this strip that night. 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December 22, 2019 · 8:35 PM · DISK
Fishkill, NY
I was driving on 52 headed East/Northeast and saw eight white lights in a row hovering in the sky. at first I thought it was an airplane but it wasn’t moving. It was completely stationary. As I drove closer I could start to make out the shape of the craft as a on long spherical disc shape. I thought maybe it was a large helicopter the way is hovered but the size was much too big and it was flying too high to be a helicopter. As I started to stare at it longer, I saw what looked like an object fall from the bottom of it. I panicked because I thought it might hit the ground or injure someone but then it appeared to be just a falling star in the sky. In the sheer seconds it took for that to process in my brain, I blinked and the craft was completely gone.
December 7, 2016 · 7:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Fishkill, NY
The UFO took off at high speeds, moving north. It was SILENT.
July 13, 2015 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Fishkill, NY
Observed orange lights, moving across the sky from SW to NE and fading behind clouds. Sighting started approx. 10:30 PM. Over a period of 10 minutes, observed approximately 12 orange lights at different times, in groups of 2 or 3. In one case, two objects moved transverse to their primary direction of travel, moving closer together, then moving apart again. All single or groups of lights moved in the same general direction. Given the distance moved across the sky in the short time period, these were not paper lanterns or similar objects. These were bright orange lights, but too far away to note any shape.
March 15, 2015 · 8:30 PM · CROSS
Fishkill, NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 2, 2014 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Fishkill, NY
I was heading north on route 9, and I had stopped at the light on route 9 and route 52. I watched a moving round burning object moving slowly over Fishkill heading in a northern direction. I saw it outside my drivers window. This lasted about 1 minute and then just disappeared. It definitely wasn't a plane or helicopter, because it was too low for a plane and didn't move like a helicopter. I also listened for any sounds of a plane or helicopter and I didn't hear neither. I took a picture and video but it didn't come out too well on my camera phone.