Circle over Taylorsville, UT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At this point I actually for a scared feeling, I felt it knew I was watching it? The light then started to go crazy pulling amazing aerodynamic moved? Befoe moving rapidly to the west sky below the tree line out of my sight! What's weird is that my house is right under the flight path of passenger airplanes conning in for landing at the slc air port? This light was dancing around right in the path! But notice know planes flew ov! er during or after I viewed the light. I stayed up till 1:00am never saw the light but noticed there were no planes flying over my house. I'm still shook up for some reason..if that was a drone, I want one asap wow!!! We have amended the time indicated above by the witness, in order to reflect a nighttime sighting. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133930). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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August 4, 2023 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Taylorsville, UT
I walked outside to try to view a thunderstorm that was to the north, just east of the Great Salt Lake. Told my mother who was standing outside with me that there was supposed to be a meteor shower soon. We watched the skies for roughly 3-4 minutes before she headed back inside. I looked up and in the dark, I could make out a craft of some type but could not determine what type of craft it was, as it had no lights on it and it moved silently. It seemed to weave into/behind the clouds, trailing/moving the clouds slightly as it moved through them and and I lost sight of it very quickly, it almost appeared to cloak itself as it moved south west. This object was too large to be a bird based on the size of it near the clouds, it also moved in such a way that would not possible for a bird in the strong winds while ascending. The best way to describe the shape is an amalgam of a crescent, a boomerang and a V in one shape. One single object with what appeared to be sections on the body which I imagine is where lights or some sort of multi-point propulsion system would go underneath. This thing was exceptionally stealthy, I would not have noticed it had I not been looking in that area of the sky for a small window of time. This may be unrelated but roughly 40 minutes later, I noticed a large/heavy helicopter that did not show up on flight radar flew low over my house in the direction the craft was heading. I'm familiar with medical transport helicopters, news helicopters and police helicopters, this was none of those. I testify that I am of reasonably sound mind and was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol during this event.
June 14, 2019 · 7:26 AM · TRIANGLE
Taylorsville, UT
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 29, 2017 · 5:15 AM · OTHER
Taylorsville, UT
At this point, it got brighter and brighter and then turned from a glowing white-ish yellow to a orange orb. It got quite large-at least 4x the size of Venus in the sky and then quickly faded, until I could not see it anymore. I have searched the databases for any meteors or other events but could find none. This event actually repeated the following morning, 6/30. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
April 16, 2017 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Taylorsville, UT
9:00 P.M. - I was driving on 2-15 down to Rose Park, with my younger sister when we noticed three circles in the sky, lined up to make a triangular shape. They were white, glowing circles who moved across the sky. At first I assumed it was just airplanes flying- but together to make a triangular shape? I've seen way too many pictures of UFOs, and have witnessed some in the past to know what they look like. I do have a few pictures of the lights my sister took as well. 1:00 A.M. (a few hours later) - I was at my house with my boyfriend, while my family of three and two dogs slept upstairs. We were laying in bed talking, when suddenly we heard a noise outside. We stopped and listened. We then heard a strange noise that I cannot explain..all I could say, is that it sounded like some sort of "alien" noise. I have no idea what they sound like, or if they can even make noise, but I am 110% sure it was something...extraterrestrial. While we were (low-key) panicking, we then heard three quick footsteps upstairs, going outside. We didn't hear any door shut after those footsteps. As we laid there in slice, and fear- we heard another noise outside. It sounded as if some sort of machinery was running, and made a humming noise. It lasted for a few seconds, but then the sound faded away. Coincidentally, I feel like these two experiences have something to do with each other. I spoke to my folks about it- both are passionate about UFOs and the phenomenon, and they too, believe they could have followed me home.. Whatever it was, it was definitely another life form different from mankind, and I hope it doesn't come back to visit.
March 14, 2017 · 8:00 PM · DIAMOND
Taylorsville, UT
On Tuesday March 14, 2017, around dusk I was relaxing in my hot tub. I glanced up at the sky and noticed what I assumed was a plane traveling from south to north (towards me). As it got closer I noticed 5 or perhaps 6 solid orange lights on the front of the craft. The sides of the craft had blue and white flashing lights. As I continued watching trying to figure out what it was I was seeing the craft stopped moving and began hovering directly over me. By then the sky was darker and I couldn't make out the shape of the craft I could only see the lights. It stayed in that position for several minutes so my instinct was to wave, so I did and a few seconds later it turned off slightly to the east. I thought it was leaving until it then backed up and repositioned itself directly overhead again. It stayed hovering for a few more minutes, so naturally I waved again and once again the craft began moving, only this time it curved off to the west and then reversed dire! ctly back overhead. At this point I knew this was something highly unusual and I was getting both nervous and anxious and wanted my family members who were in the house to come out to witness whatever this was. Still keeping my eyes on this craft I got out of the hot tub and walked over to close the lid which only took a few seconds then glanced back up to the sky and the craft was GONE! I couldn't believe it. I walked out further in the yard to try and spot it and there was not a trace of it. I have no idea what I saw that night but I don't believe it was a drone as it was the size of an aircraft.
September 5, 2016 · 1:00 AM · DISK
Taylorsville, UT
Took photos of nine disc red and two white ones together three red six white disc it was cloudy. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD