Sphere over Oakdale, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Watching television (Seth Meyers Late Night Show) in living room on couch beside shadeless window which overlooks open wetlands. +/- 00:40AM, a bright light green colored glowing sphere about the size of a basketball from my point of view became visible approximately 50' above the ground, perhaps 200' away, instantly appearing against a dark sky. The object descended rapidly below treetop level within a group of trees to approximately 20', made a 90-degree turn and sped off in a southerly direction showing a slight bright white haze on the trailing hemispherical north-facing side, but after perhaps 200' of perfect horizontal travel, the object disappeared or went dark itself. There was no associated noise as would be heard with a drone. It was silent. I ran outside, but no sounds could be heard, no object could be seen. No aircraft in the area at the time. Incredible experience. I wish I had my camera on hand. This is all the information that I can r! ecall.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #144508). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-01-13 → 2019-01-30
From the same sky
Related entries
November 28, 2019 · 12:30 AM · SPHERE
Oakdale, NY
Saw red glowing craft hovering directly above sunrise highway around 12:30 am while driving. The craft hovered in place for a while then lifted straight up and zig zagged a little, staying in view. I was able to keep track of it from backseat of car for over 20 minutes, that’s how large this thing was! It was way too big to be a helicopter or plane- it was a giant red glowing object similar to reports and sightings I’ve heard from our area in the past.
June 12, 2015 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Oakdale, NY
The object was a deeper red in the middle and an orange on the outer circle. It flashed for a moment expanding its size then proceeding to slowly head Northwest at a moderate pace then changing course upwards, hanging for another moment and then just disappearing. I have a few seconds of video of the event before it vanished. One thing to note there has been a noticeable increase in military activity in the area the last 12 hours, including fighter interceptors and Boeing P-8 recon aircraft, seen earlier in the day.
June 15, 2012 · 11:00 PM · DIAMOND
Oakdale, NY
Bright light and red and blue lights.
August 6, 2011 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Oakdale, NY
6 slow moving fireballs seen in western sky on Long Island
March 29, 2011 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Oakdale, NY
Light like star moving across sky decently slow.
July 15, 1954 · 9:00 PM · DISK
Oakdale, NY
Three highly luminesce objects in a "V" formation gliding through the black night sky.