As reported

Circle over Los Alamos, NM

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Possible balloon, according to news reports of a high-altitude, helium-filled scientific balloon in the area. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130013). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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November 20, 2022 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT

Los Alamos, NM

I was driving up the Los Alamos hill, and a bright green aircraft shot across the sky. Was not a shooting star or a plane. This was unexplainable! I couldn’t see the shape of the aircraft. It was so fast. If it was a shooting star, I’ve never seen one like that. This was huge and bright green. I wish I could’ve taken a picture but it was way too fast. There was a car in front of me, but I am not sure if they saw it.

May 14, 2021 · 4:13 AM · SPHERE

Los Alamos, NM

I took my dog out to go potty. When I opened the door there was a huge perfect bright gold ball like object. It was very low, almost like just above the tree lines on the other Mesa to the north. It moved very slow and in a perfect straight line. No blinking lights or any kind of movement. Just slowly moving in straight line from West to the East. I moved further outside to watch it and it slowly moved in that perfect straight line and then poof and it was gone. My dog was being weird and waits for me to call her in but when she was done she ran into the house. And in the morning she refused to go outside at 6:00 am her normal time for 10+ yrs. later today she keeps barking towards the same area. There is now why it was a satalite satellite cuz it was so low and so big. Very strange and no noise either. Of course I did not bring my phone with cuz it was so early

October 19, 2020 · 10:45 PM · CHANGING

Los Alamos, NM

The craft blinked in the distance signaling one in the sky like they were blinking in a binary morse code type pattern. Then one descended on the valle caldera and disappeared into the center of the sky without making a sound. The lights it emitted are green and blue. I know more but I'm afraid to write it here.

January 3, 2014 · 6:15 PM · OTHER