Triangle over Littleton, CO

The report, as filed

Littleton, CO 80128 At approximately 10:02pm on Monday, July 21st, 2020, I was reminded by the local news to take a look outside as the Neowise comet may be visible. I didn’t see the comet, but knowing that the ISS was also supposed to be visible from my location around that time. I immediately spotted a slowly blinking light moving from west to east. Its direction suddenly changed to the south and slowly made it towards my community. As it got closer, I noticed to trailing lights that were just a bit dimmer. Looking closely, it was obvious this was a triangular arrangement of lights that were now hovering over my townhome complex and making no sound. On a couple of separate occasions, the “trailing” lights got slightly brighter which allowed for more illumination of the overall craft; it was indeed triangular. It was then that I noticed other moving lights in the area. Some with a faint red glow and others that appeared to be smaller versions of this particular craft. At one point one of the smaller crafts flew under the larger, original triangle and completely illuminated the underside of this object. The shadowing that the smaller craft cast provided a brief glimpse of texture to the underside of the larger craft. Think 4 very distinct “ribs;” like you’d see on a leather car seat. The object would also occasionally shift as if to redirect its course while not actually going anywhere. Originally, the brightest light was facing south, but after about 30 minutes of observation, it was apparent it was now facing west. At this point I asked my daughter to come outside and tell me what she thought she was looking at. At first she said some planes, but I had to remind her that planes don’t hover; and they are not generally silent. She then said, “Dad, what’s that,” and point in the direction of northeast sky. It appeared that there was a larger version of the original triangular-shaped object just a few miles to north of us. This one had all of its lights illuminated so that any observer could make out its outline – triangular but twice as large and with what may have been a tail, like a stingray. It then emitted a streak of white light to the northwest that left the atmosphere within a split second. This was the first of three instances that I saw streaking white lights heading in that direction. I could not verify any other sources however. Then the drones started flying. This was clearly a man-made object that flew from the north just along the top of some trees, took position just south of the object and flew up to an elevation of about 300 feet. It stayed right there for at least 3 hours. By 1:30am on Tuesday, there were at least 5 drones surrounding the object(s). I Invited some friends over to have a look and also met my neighbor in the parking lot; they all confirmed exactly was I have described. In fact, once they went home, they could actually track that at least two small triangles had migrated slowly to the west. The drones moved accordingly. At this point I was too tired to stay up and just accepted that there are things out there that I may never understand.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158194). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.