Sphere over The Villages, FL
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
Never seen similar lights prior to April 4, 2022. On April 4, 2022 two bright stationary horizontal lights about 1/2 inch apart were observed. One light was white and the other a slight pinkish color. When the picture was enlarged, a small black fuzzy dot in the center of both lights were discernible. Above, and right, were two more, very dim and very fuzzy similar light configurations, both appeared white in color. Both appeared much further away. On April 8, 2022, the two original lights were still there. One light maintained its original position but the other had raise in elevation about 10 degrees. The two dim fuzzy light were no longer visible. Due to the weather, observation was not possible for about 2 days. Following those two days, no lights were observed, nor have they been since then. Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177294). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-04-01 → 2022-04-18
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April 4, 2022 · 6:30 AM · CIRCLE
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My wife and I were going for our morning walk, about 6:20-6:30am on April 4, 2022. As we leave the house, we routinely joke about looking at Venus to make sure we’re going in the right direction. On this morning, we looked at Venus and noticed two smaller lights to the right, and slightly above Venus. Holding your fingers in a pinching position, with your thumb covering Venus and your forefinger covering the unknown lights, your fingers were about two inches apart, or a 2-inch distance from Venus. The two small round lights, smaller and not nearly as bright as Venus, were on a level horizontal plain, each light about 1/2 inch apart. The light on the left was white and the light on the right was more of an ivory color. They didn't appear to move for the length of time they were being observed, which was approximately 10 minutes. At that time in the morning, no other stars were visible in the immediate area. As the sky became lighter with the rising sun, they didn’t suddenly disappear but slowly became impossible to see due to the light pollution. Because Venus was so much brighter, it was still visable. The next morning, (April 5, 2022) about the same time, we looked for these lights. The lights were still there but this time they were no longer parallel to the horizon but in a more vertical position. The lights appeared to be the same distance from Venus, and the same distance apart, but this time one light was in the 6 o’clock position and the other in the 10 o’clock position. They remained motionless. As the morning became lighter, the light pollution, made them impossible to continue to see. The third morning (April 6, 2022) same time and place, the lights were no longer there and have not been seen since. Today, Apr 07, as I viewed and expanded the picture #1 on my iPhone, I noticed two very blurred lighted areas in the 2 O’clock position from the original 2 unknown lights previously mentioned. They’re indicated in the attached diagram. They also appear to be 2 round objects, one considerably larger than the other but both were very blurred, with a hazy area around both.
April 4, 2022 · 6:29 AM · SPHERE
The Villages, FL
Pix #1. [iPhone #8, Wide Camera 28mm / 12 MP 4032 3024 193 KB / ISO 2000, 141mm 2ev ff1.8 1/4s] First noticed on April 4, 2022, at 6:29 AM. Looking SE, above the house [located at ((address deleted)), The Villages, FL 32162]. The brightest star, I believe, was Venus (?), with two (2) additional small parallel lights slightly right and above that bright light I think was Venus (?). Further to the right and higher of the first parallel lights, was a blurry lighted area which appeared to have two (2) more parallel and blurry lights. Pix #2. A magnified view of the 2 small parallel lights which clearly appear to have a black dot in the center of both lights The light on the left appears white with the dot in the center while the light on the right appears to have more of a pink shade with the dot in the center. NOTE: No pictures the next few days because it was either cloudy or raining. Pix #6. [iPhone #8, Wide Camera 28mm / 12 MP 4032 3024 189 KB / ISO 2000, 112mm 2ev ff1.8 1/4s] Observed again on April 8, 2022, at 6:10 AM. The two (2) small parallel lights had changed position with one light in the original location and the other light further apart and further above and to the right. The originally viewed two blurry lights, were no longer in view. About April 12-13, all lights were gone and not seen since. As of today 07/18/2023 I have not seen these lights again. Diagram.JPG is a handwritten diagram written by me on April 6, 2022, two days after the original sighting.