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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
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April 13, 2018 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Scottsdale, AZ
I am a semi-retired finance professional with an advanced degree. I rarely drink and do not do any drugs. I am also an amateur astronomer with a small scope, and because the airport is fairly close, a plane watcher with binocs on the outside table at all times. The point is that I am intelligent, sober, rational, skeptical, and I can recognize planes, man-made satellites (have seen 3), and stars/planets. What I saw was not one of these. On 4/12, at 10:30 PM, took dogs outside for the normal business. As usual I looked at the stars. Visibility was good – a bit hazy at about 20 degrees and below from a dust storm earlier in the day but generally clear directly overhead with major constellations visible. Saw a bright flash (about as bright as landing lights turning on but much farther away and not in the flight pattern) due west at about a 70 degree elevation. The light was flashing at 15 second intervals (I measured it) which is too infrequent even for a plane at cruising altitude. It was moving south for about 3 minutes but moving too slow for an aircraft and much much too slow for a satellite. It also did not seem to be moving in a straight line (somewhat difficult to tell due to infrequency of flashes). Over this time the light gradually dimmed and took-on a slight reddish hue before it became too dim to see. On 4/13 at 8:30 PM went outside for some fresh air. Looked up and saw the identical scene with these changes: I did not see initial flash and the direction was south/southeast. The sky was much clearer tonight. Also, about 8 weeks ago I was up very early 3:00AM to catch a flight. Outside with the dogs. Looked up and saw a moving, steady light (no flashing or colored lights) about the size and magnitude of a typical star. It was moving slower than satellites I have seen before, and seemed much too high for an aircraft (my first thought was that it was a private jet a high altitude). The light moved straight south covering about a 20 degree arc and then quickly faded at about Orion’s shoulders. The third sighting in the list very well could have been a satellite, but the other two were definitely neither planes, satellites, nor meteorites.
April 13, 2018 · 1:30 AM · CIRCLE
Great Barrington, MA
My friend and I were walking back to our apartment on the Simon's Rock campus at about 1:30 am, when we noticed that what we thought was an unusually bright star to the southeast was moving. We assumed it was a plane, so we stopped to look at the sky, and the light went out. When it came back, it was dilating and continued to move. We thought it was funny, so we kept watching it, and it started to change and move in the opposite direction. It went sideways and hovered in place, which was when we became pretty certain that it wasn't a plane or a satellite. Two other people walked up to us and confirmed that the light was moving weirdly... All four of proceeded to stand in place, looking at the light, and during this time, it mostly stayed stationary, but started blinking erratically, growing larger and smaller. At one point, it started to move again, and then stopped several feet higher than it had been. The blinking could've been clouds, and sometimes clouds did pass over, but we could tell that it wasn't a star, because the other stars around it became dimmer under cloud cover, except for the light. My friend and I watched it for awhile, but then decided to go to bed.
April 12, 2018 · 10:28 PM · LIGHT
Pinellas Park, FL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 12, 2018 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Fall Creek, WI
I was driving home from work at 10:00 PM. As I approached the main highway coming from a county road, I noticed at least 6, possibly 7 bright golden/reddish lights in the sky. They appeared to be quite low, and the sky was cloudy and overcast. Four of the lights were in perfect diamond formation, and two were below the formation. They slowly stretched out, as if to form a line, and they appeared to be slowly moving west. I turned on the highway and was driving into town, and lost sight of them. When I got into town, I drove to the edge of town, hoping to see them again but they were gone.
April 12, 2018 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
San Diego, CA
This was seen in the lower part of the southern sky. A yellow cluster of balls began and then popping up as single balls. they would disappear and 30 seconds later appear again. we have some good close ups of them as well. Many other people in Mexico and Los Angeles have seen them too, posting a video of them on the internet. What were they?
April 12, 2018 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Palm Springs, FL
The craft was not far from Mara Largo and the Palm Beach International Airport here in Palm Beach County and was flying away from the estate, but and not from it. These craft are regularly seen in this area periodically and at times have been observed using strange devices in the Palm Beach County area. In one instance when one of this type of craft were seen in 1996, the craft was flying at about 200 feet and as it got closer to where I was sitting across from a large wooded area in a park the craft released some form of electrical explosive device that exploded near the ground in the woods approx. 75 yards from where I was sitting. Whatever kind of weapon it was it exploded into a perfect dome of bluish white light about 50 feet in height. It was unbelievable, and without my military training, I would have been quite scared, I am sure.
April 12, 2018 · 8:52 PM · LIGHT
Carlsbad, CA
Several coworkers and I saw numerous lights out over the ocean. The lights were disappearing and reappearing, and changing formations. The lights were slightly orange/yellow color. The lights looked like they could be Chinese lanterns, but they were first lighting up high in the sky. They also looked like flares, however they seemed to be maintaining altitude and even climbing slightly. Also, there was barely any lateral movement, even though a windstorm was occurring. Many people should have witnessed this, due to the length of time it occured and position off the coast of a busy area. We witnessed several pedestrians watching the lights from an overlook area just down the street.
April 12, 2018 · 8:35 PM · SPHERE
Spokane Valley, WA
I witnessed my neighbor outside looking at the sky, he has never seen the stars as he is night blind. I stepped out onto our shared porch and he asks what that light in the sky was. I observed a bright white orb in the western sky, seeming to hover in place, my wife then stepped out to see what we were looking at. She observed the same object. I attempted to Google the planets as I am not an astronomer. The object stayed in place while I did this. I knew it wasn't Venus and far too bright to be a satellite. Fifteen minutes later, convinced it must be a planet, I went back inside with my wife. 20 minutes later I stepped out to leave for the grocery store and it was just gone. I viewed this object myself for about 15 minutes, my neighbor was viewing it 5 minutes before I stepped out on the porch. The light was brilliant white. It did not change intensity. No blinking, flashing, or any movement that I could discern. My wife said she felt like it was shifting positions ever so slightly, but I did not notice this. The sky was clear and stars were visible. We have regular air traffic in the western sky from our vantage point and have lived here for 4 years. My wife and I have not seen this before.
April 12, 2018 · 8:20 PM · FORMATION
San Diego, CA
4-5 bright yellow lights in the sky. Occasionally disappearing, and then reappearing in different formations across the sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 12, 2018 · 7:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Brandywine, DE
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 12, 2018 · 5:45 AM · CIGAR
Baton Rouge, LA
As I exited the interstate at approximately 5:45am on 4/12/18, I noticed a hovering object with a bright (neon) green light (non-flashing). It was above the tree line, but lower than you’d typically see an airplane flying. It slowly started moving and then quickly changed direction and shot off westbound. It took off at a very high speed and either its lights went off, or it “vanished,” because I couldn’t locate it in the sky after it changed direction. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 12, 2018 · 5:00 AM · RECTANGLE
Manchester, TN
The object was headed north when it took a sharp turn and headed east and went over my vehicle. As it passed over, I could see underneath the object, and it appeared to be rectangular in shape and black underneath. The object was either very large or very close, it made no sounds at all. Witness does not indicate a date of the sighting, so we have assigned an arbitrary date temporarily. She provides minimal contact information. PD
April 12, 2018 · 1:30 AM · CIRCLE
Valdez, AK
I live in a remote part of Alaska along the coast of Prince William Sound (eastern side, Port Fidalgo). I was opening up my cabin during the spring, when a cold front come through and I went outside at 1:30am to check on other buildings and crack water lines so that they would not freeze during the night. As I was walking back to another building we have a dock that is on the oceanside. It was a calm, still, clear black night with many stars out, so I went down to the dock to see if the northern lights were out. I looked to the East and there was a slight shimmer of northern lights (green). Then I looked to the West and immediately saw a star I didn't recognize above Bligh Island to the Northwest. The white light seems to be in proximity to a small native village called Tatitlek about 5 miles away. The white light was brighter then any star and shimmered across the water like the moon does at times. It compared it to the top light of a massive commerc! ial boat light when night fishing. But this light was above Bligh Island and I could see the outline of the island so I could tell that it was not someone standing on the island and estimate it was around 300' above the ridge. I've looked that direction many times at night and had never seen this bright light before and realized that it was actually in Port Fidalgo above Bligh Island. As I started to zone in at closer, I noticed that there was a ribbon of rainbow like lights undulating around it horizontally. I immediately gasped and blurting out "oh shit" aload and at that very moment, the light BLINKED OFF. This was my first unknown sighting and I actually thought if I ever saw something like this I would be excited to have witnessed a UFO. But the feeling I had was utter dread the moment after it happened. The reason for this I think is because I feel like it heard me somehow and hid the moment it realized that someone saw it. Which tells me that it did n! ot want to be seen. I looked for it from the safety of my cabin deck for another hour and did not see it again. I did see a small plane approach Blight Island from the West and changed direction over Blight Island and started heading southeast at about 8000'. Possible coincedence? I estimate the object/light was hovering at 300' above the top of Blight Island. It was completely stationary. And when it blinked off the light that reflected across the ocean as bright as a full moon also disappeared. I wrote down notes that night and sketched the sighting. And finally have a chance to report it now. Conditions - Clear night, 35 degree's. No wind. No sound. Sighting - 30 seconds on the dock. 5 seconds witnessing object, then disappear.
April 11, 2018 · 11:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Rochester, NY
Not a big bright light but lightened up enough to where i was paying attention what started as a single white flashing light far away in the sky kept fly closer as it got closer i could see 3 lights in the shape of a triangle but kind of rounded a light in the middle with a red flashing light hovering the top middle light i instantly made my boyfriend come and see what i was seeing and he was shocked i stared out the window and seen the same light reappear in the same exact spot and come by the same exact way starting as a single light and turning into this flying object i looked closer out the window and could see the light where turning side ways and i looked like it was spiriling i have never seen anything like this before in my life but i witnessed this same event happen in about 10 minute intervals 4 times the same night and so did my boyfriend it flew by the same exact way and the sky was very bright for being so late at night im not a crazy person
April 11, 2018 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Chugiak, AK
Then about 2 hours into it, it began to move slowly towards what looked like Eagle River but over the mountain range until it was just gone. But how it hovered in one spot for 2 hours without moving then all of a sudden moves and disappears. Weird. Anyone have a clue?
April 11, 2018 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Sumter, SC
I saw a triangle shape. Alone. No stars. No airplanes. At each corner of the triangle, there was a flashing orange light. The triangle was moving in a circular motion... then a triangular motion. And kept doing that on and off. Would get closer to me. Then would go back closer to te sky. They seem as if they wanted to communicate and send a warning... I was by myself. I watched this for 30 minutes and I got bored bc they kept doing the same thing. So I went back inside while they continued to do this for a long time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 11, 2018 · 8:03 PM · OTHER
Stockton, CA
I was taking pictures that day and night. I stopped on the side of the road to get a picture of a tree in silhouette of some lighted clouds behind it. It was not until the next day that I was able to see what it was that move across the sky. There are three pictures of something first taken at 20:03:22 a blur can be seen flying into the cloud, the 2nd taken at 20:03:23 the blur is gone now there is a shape in the cloud that resembles a reptile with wings silhouetted. Then I seen something move and took the 3rd picture at 20:03:27 and something is flying into another cloud. And that the only thing I seen that night was movement from one cloud to another against the storm gust of 25mphr. I can vaguely remember talking to someone there and in 8 pictures later I can see car tail lights can be seen in the 8th picture 30 secs from the first. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 11, 2018 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Portland, OR
I filmed a time lapse over the course of a few hours, and after zooming into the video I noticed that approximitelly 3 objects appeared out of nowhere in the sky (balls of light). You can see the airplanes in the sky flying by (very quickly) but these objects are moving very slowly, and almost seeming to hover for a little bit. They separate and fly away, still much slower than the airplanes you can see. Here is a link to a clip I posted online: https://streamable.com/yy23q We have viewed the video, which does indeed show three seemingly anomalous lights, moving apparently across the nighttime sky quite slowly. Moreover, they appear to be moving in a different direction from the direction that low-altitude aircraft are moving, so the objects probably are not conventional aircraft. We do not know what they are. PD
April 11, 2018 · 5:40 PM · CIRCLE
Tuscaloosa, AL
After the disc emitted the pink light, the craft rose a short distance and stopped for several seconds. Then, the craft rose vertically, quickly, and disappeared. This disk was round, silver colored, and did not change color or shape. It was located approximately a few hundred feet above ground. The clouds near the UFO reflected the pink color for approximately 30 seconds after the craft left. No visible openings or wings observed.
April 11, 2018 · 12:05 PM · CROSS
Irvine, KY
I work for the Fire Department in my hometown. I had just got off work and had pulled into my driveway at home. As I exited my car, I noticed a very bright white light in the sky. I stopped and began looking at this light, thinking it may be a medical helicopter taking off from a nearby helipad. As I looked at this light it didn’t take long for me to rule out it being a helicopter. What I was looking at was actually at least 3 very bright, white balls of light. These balls of light looked to possibly be connected. And directly above and below these balls of lights was either a long, thin stream of light or possibly some sort of lit up structure. Sort of reminded me of a jack, like you would find in a children’s game. Only it was a brilliant white color. As I began to study this object, I began to notice that the balls of white light were actually rotating around fairly slow. There was definitely no sound whatsoever. I live out in a more rural area of the co! unty. There was not a cloud in the sky when I observed this object. I had a very clear, unobstructed, view of this object. It was fairly high up in the sky, but not nearly as high as other objects such as stars or possible satellites. Things such as that can definately be ruled out. I continued to watch this object for 30 minutes or so. During this time period the object never appeared to move up or down, or left or right. It only sat in one spot and rotated. After 30 minutes, I began to get cold, as well as needed to get some sleep. So I went on in my home and went to bed. Oh, one last thing... I did take a couple of pictures of this object with my cellphone. But unfortunately you can’t make out any of the details of it. All you can see is one bright white light in the photo.
April 11, 2018 · 7:17 AM · LIGHT
De Pere, WI
A bright object was observed in the sky W/SW of our location. It appeared to be a planet at first, but it appeared much larger than a planet would, and it was already fairly light outside. I pointed it out to the other two people I was with and after 20-25 seconds, it traveled straight away from us at a very high rate of speed. It was no longer visible in less than 2 seconds.
April 10, 2018 · 11:00 PM · DIAMOND
North East, MD
I was driving east on route 40. Less than a mile before the Mechanics Valley Rd and Rt 40 intersection, I noticed an oddly large soft diamond shape light to the left of Rt. 40. The light emitted from it seemed to prism, if that makes sense, and was mainly red or silver. The size of the light as well as the shape, I know it was not a plane or a helicopter. I had put down my window to see if I could hear anything and could not. I passed through the Mechanics Valley and Rt 40 intersection; the light was still to the left of Rte. 40. Coming to the Rte. 40 and Rte. 272 intersection, the light crossed over Rt 40 and now seemed to be going east bound along Rt 40. However, I made a right to go north bound on Rte. 272; the light then remainded parallel to my travel path until I made a right onto Lums Rd and I could no longer find it. Honestly, it was so odd that it actually scared me. I tried seeing if what I was seeing was a tower light being seen from an odd perspective-since I was driving, but this light was larger, was definitely moving, and was not a plane or helicopter. The oddest thing I've seen in the night sky.
April 10, 2018 · 9:55 PM · CIRCLE
Oxnard, CA
I have two videos with a total of 27 seconds the second video shows the circle object vanish and fade away. The videos were recorded on a iPhone 7. The object caught my interest as I have never witnessed an object of this origin and characteristics in the sky
April 10, 2018 · 8:30 PM · FORMATION
North Haven, CT
On my way to work I witnessed 12 lights in formation. They hovered for roughly 5 minutes. A few other cars pulled to side to witness the event. As we were watching, all 12 lights went off almost simultaneously. I’m not one to report events such as these but this is the second time I have witnessed this formation at this exact location on Rte 22 along All Saints cemetery in North Haven, Ct. The last time I witnessed this event was Labor Day 2017 around 2130hrs. Same thing, amber lights in formation. I watched for a couple of minutes and then all lights went out.