Disk over Matthews, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137057). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-10-27 → 2017-11-13
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October 26, 2021 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Matthews, NC
Fireball appeared to expand and retract fading from bright orange to yellowish white, darting multi-directionally for (+\-) 45 seconds. There was very light perception and cloud coverage that night over the golf course but visually clear to make out as an entirely unusual object whose presence was undoubtedly “different”.
September 5, 2017 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Matthews, NC
It then moved 90 degrees south again and stopped. We all agreed that this is totally bizarre as the light didn't blink and remained solid red the whole time. Someone mentioned that it is probably a drone, but I have no idea how to determine if any drones were in the air at that time. The light would have been over Indian Trail or maybe further west/south.
January 1, 2016 · 12:05 AM · TRIANGLE
Matthews, NC
Just after midnight, I went out into my backyard to have a cigarette and I saw 3 lights in the sky, forming a sideways triangle or pyramid. At the front were two lights, nearly vertical and then about 300ft behind them, a single light, forming the point but at the rear. The three lights moved in unison, and at the same speeds. The lights were white with a bluish halo. I immediately called my wife and 8 year old daughter out and they both witnessed the event. I tried to capture it on my cellphone but was unable to get anything clear. Once the lights disappeared behind my neighbors roof, we lost track of it.
November 2, 2014 · 7:30 PM · FORMATION
Matthews, NC
My brother and I were standing in a hospital parking lot talking, and I noticed a bunch of reddish-orange lights coming over the treetops and rising up into the sky. I asked him what it was and he said he had no idea. A nurse walked up and started watching them also. she had no idea what they were either. I started counting and got 35, but there were more before I started counting. Once they got up in the sky overhead they appeared to line up in a type of formation of 3's. What was so strange is they made no noise at all. Once they passed over us they completely disappeared or turned off the lights. My brother thought they must be some type of stealth military aircraft. I did not see anything on the news that night so I just brushed it off until today when I read a post on this site from some other people in the area that saw the same thing. I am a retired dispatcher, my brother is a businessman and the third witness was a nurse.
November 2, 2014 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
Matthews, NC
My neighbor knocked on our door in a frantic when she went to take her dogs out. "QUICKLY, COME SEE THESE LIGHTS!" Me and my wife scrambled out the front door to see the lights fly in a pattern. triangle followed by three in a straight line followed by a triangle repeating. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) This is the picture of the UFO we saw. My neighbor is the one who alerted us that there was lights in the sky when she was outside walking her dog. She knocked on our door saying “Hurry! Come see the lights!” me and my fiancée rushed out to see about 50+ orange balls in a formation coming from the Fort Mill/Rock Hill direction of SC. We are close to the border so we can see the objects moving from that direction. Article of a Fort Mill man who caught a object on video and had burn patterns in his grass the same time we saw the objects. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/11/02/5285017/rock-hill-man-reports-ufo-other.html Here is the attached picture of what I took. When I took the picture the flash went off on my IPhone. I switched to camera mode to take video and my phone rebooted. I also felt nausea that night, after seeing the objects. Any more questions, feel free to contact me. Thanks. ((END ADDENDUM))
July 16, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Matthews, NC
At 9:10PM on July 16th of 2014, a son, his mother, and fiancé sat down to eat a quiet dinner in their suburban home. Approximately five minutes later, his fiancé heard a faint sound and asked what it was. They muted the TV and everyone stopped in their tracks. The two family dogs had their ears perked up and started growling. He went outside and not a moment sooner he came rushing in frantically telling them to come outside. It was reaching dusk and as they went outside in the middle of the street they looked in the sky and instantly brought out their phones to capture a once in a lifetime moment. In the sky, six to eight lights were blinking randomly in a straight line over their street. The lights never moved, staying over the small suburban neighborhood hovering. His mother was quick to point out that whatever was in the sky had blocked the clouds near it. A few seconds later a small airplane was taking flight and was headed in their direction. The plane went under the unidentifiable flying object missing it. At around 9:25PM the object had flown west and never seen after that. The family stayed outside after to try and see if it would come back and to further study the formations of the stars. Three bright stars were in the formation of a large triangle, but later became unidentifiable because of neighboring stars during the night. Whatever it was never came back, but it sure was one scary yet exciting experience.