Light over Fort Smith, AR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Stream of lights in a straight line moving South to North moving quickly. Too many to count. Covered a large amount of expanse in the sky. From looking online, it may have been a satellite link, but was quite exciting as I have never seen anything like it in my life.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #154522). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-03-22 → 2020-04-08
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February 28, 2023 · 8:06 PM · CIRCLE
Fort Smith, AR
I was outside having a cigarette and i seen these two bright lights in the sky i originally thought they were stars , then i later went back outside and the two objects had moved lower to the ground. i then got my phone out and took pictures of them . when i went inside to grab a drink and came back out they had then moved again , this time one of them went up then back down and over to the right a little and then back under the other object. i then ran inside to tell my daughter to go back to sleep , went back outside to see them and they were gone. Jupiter and Venus
February 14, 2023 · 3:55 PM · CIRCLE
Fort Smith, AR
I was driving home from work, I noticed a shiny circle in the sky to my left (looking south). At the next stop sign I aimed my phone and tried to take a picture. To my eye, the object was shiny and moving south/southwest. I immediately thought it was a plane, but there was no contrail coming off of it. My next best guess was a satellite, but I’m not sure if you can see those during the day.
March 29, 2022 · 9:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Fort Smith, AR
My mother and Aunt came home tonight at approximately 9:50 pm CST. They watched the sky trying to figure out what they were seeing. My mom came in and ask me to come out for a look. We live in a suburban area. The sky was partly cloudy and dark. We saw at least one hundred, white lighted (with the naked eye) objects flying from East to West. They were spread out from North to South over a fairly large area. They were not in a line or evenly spaced. It appeared that some were blinking while others were a constant white light. The shape appears circular in nature, again to the naked eye. The objects were moving at a much faster speed than an airplane for example. We continued to watch for approximately 10 minutes and I returned outside 15 minutes later to try to get a video and there were still a few of them but the number had decreased greatly. My video turned out pink in color with only one object showing at the end.
January 31, 2022 · 6:50 PM · CIRCLE
Fort Smith, AR
This object was traveling from the north to the south. It had no sound. Had a bright Halo around it. Seemed to be slowing down. Me my wife and a friend were out on our Backyard Deck when this object appeared. It traveled behind the trees to the south towards the woods at the end of our backyard.
July 31, 2018 · 6:00 PM · DIAMOND
Fort Smith, AR
In the directly Eastern Sky there were a cluster of red/orange orbs in various diamond/triangle formation. They would stay suspended in air. No movement. No change in formation. Then lights would disappear for a few moments and appear again estimated 50 to 100 yards more north or more south.
May 6, 2018 · 10:45 AM · FORMATION
Fort Smith, AR
Around 10:30 PM Sunday night, May 6th, 2018, a series of lights in the shape of a “V” appeared in the southern skies of Fort Smith, AR, heading in a North West/West direction. The “V” consisted of seven bulbous lights, bright copper yellow in appearance with the object itself flying in very low altitude. The craft or object was completely silent as it moved slowly in the sky. It was only visible for around 10 seconds before fading out into the nights sky North West/West. As far as the location of the craft or object, it was about South/South West of Zero St. heading towards Northern Oklahoma/Arkoma.