Sphere over Green Valley, AZ
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The report, as filed
When exiting I-19 at exit #56 observed 3 bright glowing spheres in a line from north to south in close proximity to each other. Looking through my windshield at about one o'clock at an approximate altitude of 3 to 4 thousand feet, as I entered the round about they when south at a great speed. I was able to pull over on W Canoa Rd and saw them in the south scattered and intermittently flashing and randomly flitting from here to there.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161216). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-12-12 → 2020-12-29
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October 13, 2023 · 7:03 PM · SPHERE
Green Valley, AZ
My wife and I observed a brightly glowing orb 1-3 feet in diameter moving slowly (30 mph) from east to west about a hundred feet off the ground at 7:04 PM. Immediately after passing overhead it suddenly disappeared, seemingly jetting into infinity without making a sound. Streetlights and night lights are restricted in our area due a nearby telescope on Mt. Hopkins making night viewing optimal. We are accustomed to watching for aircraft in the night sky on a regular basis and frequently use the "Flightradar" app on my iPhone to identify aircraft and helicopters in our region. At first glance we thought it was a drone, but a complete lack of noise and the round, brightly-glowing orb shape with undefined edges were unfamiliar. The floresent 'glow' it gave off was as bright as burning posphorous, much brighter than a floodlight or car headlight. It was difficult to determine the exact height above the ground because we were uncertain about the diameter of the sphere. We are accustomed to viewing, satellites, planets, meteorites, aircraft of all types. Most of our lives we have lived in the presence of coyotes. Just before the orb appeared, we heard the loudest outburst of multiple coyotes howling ever experienced.
October 12, 2023 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Green Valley, AZ
At approx. 20:30 local time I observed a solid white light that remained stationary. It would fade out and then fade back in again. It never changed location as it was about 30 degrees above the eastern horizon. It remained there for 45 min in the exact same spot
July 18, 2023 · 9:35 PM · SPHERE
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yellow to white round light came from the sky and travelled parallel with the mountains then then simply disappeared, it seemed to be about a mile distant and a complete guess of altitude would be 2000ft which is far below the mountains that would be to the objects immediate left, or behind it from my viewpoint. it was hard to discern color, it appeared to be both white and yellow during the one to two minutes, the disappearing in the air was most unusual as it was obvious that the object was on the same side of the mountain range as I was. I had gone outside to collect laundry I had left to dry in the sun on chairs, I just happened to remember it before bed and didn't want to leave them out all night. Note: I did not include a phone number or my address as I dont want to be contacted, I just wished to relay what I saw as it was so unusual......it was no plane or helicopter, there were no clouds, and the moon wasnt out yet.
April 21, 2023 · 7:08 PM · LIGHT
Green Valley, AZ
I was unaware of the detail in the photograph until I loaded it on my computer and viewed it in Adobe Lightroom. The greenish object stood out as an oddity to me. Enlargement of the image gave a little more detail, but as with many pictures like this it leave a great deal to the imagination. There were no other lights associated with it, no sound or any indication of aircraft in the area. I'm a retired design engineer, and an avid photographer, but in this instance was taking a quick shot of the sky to fulfill a photochallenge for a group I post to on a weekly basis. I am not prone to wild flights of the imagination, and am certainly not an attention hound, in fact I was a little reticent about filing this report, but thought you might be able to interested in it. I've not contacted anyone else about this and only published it to the photogroup 52 Frames. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
March 28, 2020 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Green Valley, AZ
A small slow moving orb was viewed to the right of the Moon an hour after dusk. It disappeared above Venus. A second orb was viewed through a telescope shortly after the first viewing. It was located south of the Moon, traveling faster than the first orb, and was moving diagonally between the Moon and Venus before it disappeared.
October 24, 2019 · 5:05 AM · TRIANGLE
Green Valley, AZ
On our 5:00 AM walk, my husband stopped and pointed to the sky. He had seen a triangular craft enter the sky. He describes it as similar to a crocodile surfacing in black water. He was not sure if it had lights or if it was just reflection from the highway. It was over the I-19 freeway about a quarter mile high. It emerged near Duval Mine Road and the I-19. shortly after it entered, it blended into the sky. I missed the initial entry. When I saw it, it looked like a piece of the night sky had been cut out and was moving south. It was large, about the size of our house. There was no noise. At first I thought maybe it was a large owl, but there is no way. I watched the piece of the sky move slowly for about 4 or 5 minutes until it disappeared to the south of us.