Circle over Erie, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Saw one flash of light from the clouds in a circular spot and it slowly moves upwards and eventually out of camera frame. No sound at all.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176211). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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July 4, 2020 · 10:38 PM · SPHERE
Erie, CO
A bright orange spherical light was seen moving from the southeast to the northwest like one would expect from a low altitude plane. However, there was no noise heard and only a single light, no beacon. I immediately started recording the object with my phone. The light appeared to travel in the sky as a typical small aircraft would. Approximately 2,000 feet in the air and moving in a straight line while maintaining altitude. The object was lost to view in the clouds to the NW after approximately 2 minutes.
September 2, 2016 · 8:27 PM · LIGHT
Erie, CO
My husband and I stepped out on the back deck to look at the stars, and I noticed an area of the sky to the SSW, about 2/3 the way to zenith, where something wasn't quite right. Almost like there should be a satellite there - was something moving? That's when my eyes zeroed in on a point of light, like a star, moving very slowly among the stars. It moved in a mostly straight line almost like a satellite, but much slower - maybe a third the speed. It may have meandered a bit, but that was hard to say as it was moving so slowly. It grew dimmer over the course of 2 or 3 minutes, at which time we lost sight of it, it having moved no more than 10 degrees during that time. I couldn't find anything on heavensabove that would indicate it was a known satellite. My impression was that it was of an aircraft of some sort, flying at a very, very high altitude.
August 21, 2016 · 9:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Erie, CO
Saw 4 triangle shaped craft coming in from NW. No noise. Seemed to be fairly low (maybe 500 ft. or less). Flying in formation that changed, seemed to arrange vertically one on top of another. Pale, with a faint pink/salmon color (my wife thought red). No lights. Turned slightly SE and flew off in that direction. Waited about another 10 minutes, then gave up. Too late and too fast for parachutes or hang-gliders. No lights whatsoever so could not be commercial craft.
February 13, 2016 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Erie, CO
On a somewhat windy and foggy night, I saw what appeared to be 5 or 6 objects in a triangle formation out of a small side window of my house, towards the west I think. I did a double take and really only caught a quick glimpse, but it was dark and foggy and it stood out very oddly to me. My immediate thought was maybe Canadian geese migrating, as I've seen a lot of them lately, so I ran to the window as soon as I saw it to confirm, and it was already gone. Whatever it was, it was moving way too fast to be geese, there was no sight of anything by the time I moved to check....there's no way birds could move that fast. It could have been military planes in flying V formation - that's my only guess. The Erie Airport isn't very far from here...but it's usually only small private planes that fly into that airport…I don't know what I saw, but it was strange.
September 5, 2015 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Erie, CO
I was laying on my bed on my phone and I kept hearing a light tapping noise on my window. At first I ignored it but it keep repeating for maybe 20 seconds. I initially thought it might have been a moth or a bug flying into my window so I opened the blinds. I was in shock about what I saw. There was a large circle over the house in front of me with blinking lights and the lights were spacing around but it was in sync with the tapping on my window. It lasted about 20 seconds and then disappeared. I later called a friend in shock and explained what I had saw and then I heard the tapping on my window beginning and my friend had heard it too. I later went downstairs and spent the rest of the night down there. Still in shock about what I had seen, I can't describe the fear and shock I am in.
October 2, 2014 · 7:15 PM · LIGHT
Erie, CO
It was still light outside but nearing dusk; I was walking outside and ahead of me and to the left (northwest of Erie) a yellowish-white fireball dropped out of the sky, splitting off at one point so there was one larger and one smaller piece beside it falling. This may have been a meteor or satellite fragment, and was falling more like a huge burning ember and not like a typical meteor streak. It appeared to be relatively close but the other person who saw it was also in Erie, and I'm unaware of additional reports from other nearby cities that may help to triangulate the exact location. I noticed it start falling at about 45 degrees below ((sic. above)) the horizon and it "fizzled out" about 20 degrees later (about halfway to the ground from the time it was first seen). I've seen a good number of fireballs and meteors, but only a handful of these close ember-like balls over many years. I felt extremely charged up after the sighting and couldn't quite explain why, but it was like something changed in the air; other people who hadn't seen it also seemed extra charged up. The next morning the UFOs were seen over Breckenridge, about 60 miles away as the crow flies. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) This is an amendment to the report just submitted from Erie. The object was first seen at 45 degrees ABOVE the horizon, not below the horizon (alternately it could be said to be first seen at 45 degrees below zenith, but not below the horizon of course). ((END ADDENDUM))