Light over Woodburn, OR
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The report, as filed
I saw a bright green glowing sphere that morphed a bit and traveled low to the ground along the golf course and homes in my neighborhood. I was able to take some video footage of what I saw. I was on my bicycle and I followed the object for about 5 minutes as I lost sight of it for awhile. I rode my bike around the blocks in my neighborhood trying to regain sight of it again and ended up seeing it again hovering over some homes in my neighborhood. It was right above my house at one point and then drifted over some other people's homes before I lost sight of it again. This object had NO sound and NO one was piloting it and it was very bright green and it morphed slightly as it moved. The color was bright green and the lighting was so amazing, unlike anything conventional I have ever seen before. My phone's video camera doesn't do it much justice compared to what I saw in real life, but I am thankful I was able to get at least some partial video footage of what I witnessed, even though there is about 15 more seconds of activity that I observed before I was able to get to my cell phone camera.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #141549). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Woodburn, OR
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October 4, 2015 · 7:15 PM · LIGHT
Woodburn, OR
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October 13, 2014 · 2:30 PM · CYLINDER
Woodburn, OR
I want you to know I do not do this. This is my first time reporting a sighting and I am confused about what I saw. On an October midday afternoon I was sitting on my deck and it was a somewhat warm day with some overcast. Which was quite a comfortable afternoon for October (10-13-14). I chose to sit in my chair outside with the dog and watch the clouds and I was watching a military cargo plane which the sound caught my attention fly over my house and head south the clouds started breaking up, my eye caught a flash from a silver and blue object which was right above the military cargo plane. I was not sure I saw what I saw so I closed my eyes and blinked a few times, when I was done and got focus again the object was still in same area south of my town Woodburn, Oregon. This is all I am sending at this time after the abusive comments received in finding a place to report. ((e-address deleted)) If I hear back fine if not I will destroy my drawing and hand letter thank you for listing hopefully I can sleep now please if this is laughed off I won’t file and other sighting or bother u again Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 28, 2007 · 7:12 PM · LIGHT
Woodburn, OR
Bright light just west of Woodburn was seen for 30 minutes then was gone in a blink of an eye. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
November 23, 2005 · 12:45 AM · FIREBALL
Woodburn, OR
White ball of light falling to the ground