Light over Independence, KS
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Driving home early morning 3 bright orange lights were witnessed on the south side of the city on highway 75
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162767). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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May 28, 2020 · 11:53 PM · FIREBALL
Independence, KS
The craft popped up out of nowhere, it looked close to the ground but that could have been because of my perspective. It was at first a white circle, and then it fell, kind of like a shooting star. It then changed to purple, white, and then eventually black, with a green aura. It then disappeared.
December 11, 2019 · 5:45 PM · LIGHT
Independence, KS
It was about 5:45 pm on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, in Independence, Kansas. I was driving to the Independence High School at 10th and Oak st for an event. As I approached the school via Oak Street, I noticed lights in the sky to the west. At first I thought they were meteors. My husband and 14 year old son also saw them. My husband remarked that it looked like something was falling through the atmosphere, but as we watched, it appeared as though the lihts were chasing each other. There were four of them, but only three were lit at a time. They lit from south to north in the sky and as one dimmed another took its place. We watched them as we pulled into 10th street and then into the school parking lot. By this time, the lights had moved a great distance across the sky and were then northwest of the city instead of due west. It occurred to me that I could take a picture of them, but by the time I got my phone out of my pocket, they were gone. My husband said he thought they looked like military flares but that they disappeared too soon, as in they were gone in a matter of seconds. The entire display took perhaps ninety seconds from when we first noticed them until they disappeared.
August 30, 2018 · 8:48 PM · UNKNOWN
Independence, KS
Saw a bright light, blinking at a rate of approximately one blink per second for about 5 blinks, when I went out my front door. I was facing East. The light was slightly above just to the East of Mars. It then moved up and to the East, blinking at a slower and slower rate as the light faded, then it suddenly disappeared. Because of the brightness of the light, and the changing of the speed and duration of the blinks, I am sure this was not an aircraft. The sky was clear with stars all around.
July 16, 2017 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Independence, KS
The encounter occured early Sunday morning, on July 15, while fishing on the Verdigris River, near Independence, Ks. My fishing buddy and I, while catfishing out in a boat, caught sight of a single bright star-shaped light, which began moving at will in all directions; side to side, up and down, and with either, a bouncing motion or in a straight line. Also, the object was able to brighten and dim itself at will. And after watching for about an hour, two more lights appeared, one on each side of the first. They also began moving randomly, and sometimes in sync with the first, but were the lesser of the first light. The time line of the entire encounter was approximately 2 1/2 to 3 hours, until sun completely rose. As daylight appeared the first light, first object, shined bright and did not dissipate with the other stars. It vanished when we both looked away for brief time and as we looked back again it had vanished.
January 30, 2001 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Independence, KS
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