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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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January 31, 2018 · 2:30 AM · FLASH
Cobb, CA
I waited a couple of minutes and asked my friend, who was standing with me, if he “saw anything weird tonight”. He said he just saw a flash of light. Without telling him anything, I asked him to describe it to me. His description was the exact same as mine. Thank god! I’m not insane or maybe both of us are! My first thought was that it could be a pulsar. I cannot remember if pulsars emit light in the human viewable spectrum. I have had physics, chemistry, biology, math, etc in college. I took a year of astronomy online from Ohio State. I’ve been an amateur astronomer for many years and have been an avid sky watcher spending hundreds of hours looking up from high altitudes and excellent locations. I have learned a lot about what flys around up there. I know a meteor from a satellite from a plane from a bug! I never saw this before! It left no trail. Nothing visible. I think it was probably a type of pulse from a star going through some type of energy emission. I just do not know which one yet. If you have any ideas, please let me know. I would love to check this one off the UFO list.
January 30, 2018 · 10:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Bonsall, CA
Driving home from Valley Center on Old castle to Camino del Rey . Spotted what I thought was a constellation 6 points of light until it broke into two distinct sets of 3 with one set accelerating at a rapid rate and disappearing. I then came around a few more corners as I realize the one triangle is closer then I originally thought. I then came around a corner to a straight part of the road and realized the object was right in my field of vision to my west . I slow and almost run off the road and stop. Mesmerizing the 3 points of light as they strobed. I am dublmbfounded at this point. I continue to watch as the pattern becomes almost rhythmic. I notice the trees around look as if they are moving with a wierd haze like magnetic energy around a triangle shape silhouette against the night sky. I could swear at one point I could see through it and then it appeared almost holographic . It was eerily silent yet a slight buzzing in a low frequency. As soon as it started to "morph" or cloak , the 3 lights at the ends of the triangle stopped. It was very slowly moving S to N in direction and was slowly rotating its axis. The 3 lights at the tips were bright white and suddenly went dim. Almost simultaneously a larger center light illuminated and at that brief flash of light I could see all the detail in the craft. It was clearly metallic and smooth , dark graphite and every angle visible . The edges came to a clearly visible edge and at one point I noticed a slightly domed top while rotating . At some point what I originally thought would be the tail of the craft due to it's orientation in flight now was at the bottom with the forward tip now pointed straight up and the whole what I perceived to be the underside visible for a brief second when the bright white light in the center illuminated. It then went completely like a hologram and fucking disappeared right before my eyes. I could not wrap my my mind around what I witnessed then ,nor can I to this day. I went through all kinds of emotions . I even cried afterwards when I pulled to the gas station about a mile and a half to Hwy 76 . I sat between the McDonald's and gas station drawing the object writing down my account and repeating over and over to myself ,""WTF, WTF,WTF". I did that for 4 hours and to be honest , about 3 days straight trying to understand what I witnessed. I at one point that night remember my cell phone was right next to me and a camera or video never even crossed my mind throughout the whole encounter. My dog was very concerned that evening I remember as well. All homes and other objects like stars were visible throughout the encounter. Wind was calm and conditions clear. The Super Blood Moon eclipse took place the next early morning about 7 hours after my encounter . The attached rendering I drew out is not the original but as clear and detailed as the night I saw it. I will never forget the details even the background . It's engrained in my brain. I have drawn more than 20 different depictions and they are all the same just from different distance perspectives.
January 30, 2018 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Bonsall, CA
Driving west from Valley Center, Ca, on Camino Del Norte around mile 1.5 coming from I-15 I notice a bright grouping of lights on horizon. The lighs where bright white, yet seemed to be strobing color like the fire of a diamond. At first I thought I was looking at the little dipper , the lights were way brighter than any surrounding stars. Then the group of light moved and shifted in an errarric fashion. Completely captivated, I slow and almost crash . The lights while doing a kind of random yet patterned sequence assemble into a triangle. 3 distinct lights now. Originally there were 6. As the winding road twists I am completely entranced and say to myself , " WTF, WTF!" The lights now seem very close compared to a constellation I thought to be seeing. I slow almost to a crawal , no traffic around, and the brilliant 3 lights are stationary and doing some sort of strobing pattern. Then as I almost completely stop, my jaw to the floor, the 3 lights g! o out and 1 in what would be the center of the formation illummunates super bright. All but in the blink of an eye the Triangle shape very clear. The center light flahes once, then I could make out distinct detail of the silent craft. Now the craft was fixated in one location and through the clearing I realize it cant be more than 1/2 a mile away. The trees around seemed to be shifting but no sound ,no wind. As the center light illumunated , the 3 went out. Then a bright flash of the center light , the light dissappering , so the craft. For a brief moment I pull over completely baffled. I realize now as Im The craft seened o be moving south to north before stopping as I slowed to keep watching. I couldnt believe what I saw so pulled to the AM PM on hwy 76 and drew the craft and wrote the encounter down. I was really overwhelmed and a bit emotional afterwards. I was happy, yet a bit intimidated. I have always thought it be possible for other species to exist , but having a ! vivid tangible encounter is something of an experience.
January 30, 2018 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Lafayette, IN
When we approached Alcoa on Teal we both thought there was a small plane above the factory with various lights both flashing and non but as we got closer realized it was not a small plane and it wasn't really moving. It appeared to be hovering and although it was dark and almost 9:30 pm, we could make out a triangular shape. The size appeared to be that of a small car in length. 5-6 ft maybe? As we turned left onto US 52 it was no longer in sight.
January 30, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Lake Wales, FL
While driving home, I noticed a straight line of approximately 4 or 5 lights appear in the sky (no sound). Then, they disappeared. Several minutes later, while still in the car in front of my house, they appeared again in the sky for just a few seconds and then disappeared. They were lights in a straight line - that appeared and then disappeared - almost like fireworks but not fireworks. This was next to Lake Weohyakapka, which is also close to the Avon Park Air Force bombing range, so it could have been something related to a military aircraft (but I've never seen anything like this and there was no noise).
January 30, 2018 · 8:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Bonsall, CA
Driving from Valley Center, Westbound on around mile 3 from I-15 before the W Lilac merges into 1 road headed toward the A.M. P.M. Gas station at Hwy 76. I witnessed 6 bright star-like lights just above the horizon due West in the shape of what looked like the constellation Ursa Minor. The lights were so bright almost strobe like, yet with the fire of diamonds. My attention was caught so much as I fixated on the lights attempting to figure them out. I drove on and kept looking. The 6 lights seemed to get even brighter; out loud I murmured to myself "What ((deleted)) are those!??" Within a short span the 6 lights moved across the sky far too rapidly for any plane/heicptor. I was so captivated I almost crashed and realizing I was only doing about 15 I slowed to a crawl. No traffic in front or behind me. The lights organized simultaniously while flickering into 3 bright defined light sources forming a tilted iscocoles triangle, then a tilted equilateral triangle. My jaw dropped, as faintly I saw what was a mass with the light reflecting, giving body and contour to what apeared to be the underside of the triangle. Keeping my eye on it, the road, and my dog gets ancy because now I'm out loud sharing how dumbfounded I am. The 3 bright lights get even brighter and shimmery and suddenly go blank like a lightswitch turned them out as the brightest of all the lights illumunates dead center of the silouetted shape. The light strobes flashes bright once and disappears.I remember it almost as if an old TV had powered off, the way the screen pulls into one pinpont then gone. I pull over up the road at the gas station and draw what I had just witnessed. I thought about the incident over and over for about 4 hours, made a few more notes and went to sleep. I later shared this with a friend of mine and until now have kept it to myself and have continued to draw the shape I made out during the encounter. I have seen many strange lights/aircraft around the area, all very explainable for there is a nearby military! base. This was by far awestriking, perplexing, and I was rendered absolutely speechless, and slackjawed all night afterwards. I can only speak for myself and my interperetation. "The 1st in my lifetime!" - unexplained
January 30, 2018 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
Sahuarita, AZ
Driving down a road, I turned towards the driver of the car to say something, as I was in the passenger seat. I jokingly said that tonight is a perfect night to see a ufo, the driver didn’t believe in ufos. As I turned back to look out the window, we saw a white light in the sky, we thought it was a plane. I made another snark comment and as I was saying this, more lights showed up next to the original light, it stayed in place. There was one light on either side of the original light and both lights were blinking but not the middle light. I asked the driver and the person in the backseat if they saw what I was seeing. They said yes and stopped the car. All of a sudden, more lights showed up and they stopped blinking. You could see the outline of the craft, a circular shape but it blended in with the evening sky, it was almost invisible as you could say but the lights (about 8 of them) and the outline was all you could see. It all happened so fast too, as soon as it was there it was gone and now the skeptics that were in the car now believe. I wish I could see it again it was amazing! Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
January 30, 2018 · 12:00 PM · SPHERE
Bryceville, FL
Leaving from home, i turned to say by, when I looked at the sky I observed two orbs in the clear blue sky. I told my wife to look up a tell me what she sees and she said, that shouldn't be there. The orbs looked like two small moons and there was no sound at all. We returned to our home a got our spotting telescope and looked at them, they were very bright and no type of markings on them. They were not moving fast just sitting there, they drifted from the west to the east and stayed for around an hour. We called the local radio station and they said we will let our weather team look into it. Yea, right. We also call my mom in another town and she also could see them but they were smaller in size from her prospective. I hope this will be verified.
January 29, 2018 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Holdingford, MN
Outside through a small line of trees I could see a orange glow. I noticed the orange glow was moving quite rapidly and at an irregular pattern. I then heard a sound of an airplane when I looked up further as I was standing under our patio it was a jet that flew near the orange round glowing object. Next to the jet appeared to be another glowing object not as bright and also appeared to have more control over its flying behavior. I continued to watch the larger object as it was moving east to west and moving towards the front of my house with unobstructed views. The glowing object appeared to be moving towards the ground and getting very close to me. I ran in the house to grab binoculars to see if I could make out any actual features of the object. I was in the house maybe ten seconds and when I returned the object was gone. When I looked east a meteor flew.
January 29, 2018 · 8:20 PM · LIGHT
Thornville, OH
Neon green light that grew very large.
January 29, 2018 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Queen Creek, AZ
I was driving home sometime between 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm local time. My step father was on the phone in the passenger seat, my step aunt was in the backseat, passenger-side. We were heading East while I was driving and several lights come to my attention at about my 11 o’clock position and approximately 15-20 degrees above the horizon. I witnessed a weird formation of lights I have not witnessed before. The duration of the lights was brief, maybe 2-4 seconds duration in total. But it was the formation that stood out to me, it was like a WV, W\, or possibly a M/\, or M/. But it appeared that it was either 1 craft or a tightly-formed flying fleet. The thing that I remember is typically when I view the Cassiopeia constellation, it’s in the ‘W’ formation from my reference and during the brief encounter I had, it seemed like it was a ‘WV’ formation with the lights (it was in that same W formation, but with a few more lights, I was tempted to select the Chevron shape for this report, but that would indicate I saw multiple crafts). I recall it being similar in the form of the Cassiopeia constellation, but the lights were as bright as incoming planes. Initially I thought they were incoming planes, but the fact that I saw 1 of the lights dim and then disappear, while the others quickly followed in-sync with each other; this made me want to find out if anyone else saw those lights. I do know that there are homes in that direction and the possibility of drones with lights on them could be entirely possible, which would explain their low altitude. But it was a quick encounter with strange lights in a formation, that I can’t explain. Another thing I should add, while it’s fresh in my mind is that the lights appeared to be the same color and the same distance away, though at night I’m sure that’s hard to tell. They had like a regular airplane color, not one of the fancy white/blue colored lights (like a halogen color). Each light also appeared to be symmetrical, in terms of the spacing and angles between each other. It was weird. For some reason, witness indicates that the date above is approximate. PD
January 29, 2018 · 6:15 PM · OVAL
Newton, IA
Observed a very bright object floating at (estimated) 45 degrees above southern horizon at approximately sunset from a rural location. Initially seen a little east of south, drifted slowly eastward for about 30 minutes. As the sun set it became dimmer and more orange/pink. No detail visible thru 7-21x binoculars, photos are simple bright spot. Faded out as sun set, binocular detail suggested a flattened/distorted donut shape--thicker on the sunlit trailing end. Clear sky, approximately 20F. Unknown how long it was visible before being noticed. Observer is a retired ME.
January 29, 2018 · 5:42 PM · CHANGING
Pasadena, CA
I noticed this black three dimensional object floating across the sky. There was zero clouds in the sky, and it was right before dusk. The object was very clear to see, about 100% visibility. It looked triangl-er in shape at first, but with flat edges connecting it, not points like a regular triangle. It seemed to be rotating at a constant pace. Either that, or it was shape shifting. It was moving pretty slow, felt like 5mph. It had to be about 300-500 feet in the air, could be more. The object seemed to resemble the size of a large storage truck, could’ve been bigger. The object made zero sound, and had no lights on it. It was definitely too big to be a drone, and kept it’s pace until I was unable to see it anymore. From where I first saw it, to where I couldn’t see it at all, would make me believe it was not being controlled by a remote from the ground. I was only able to capture this on my mobile phone device (13MP Camera), which isn’t capable of shooting great quality video from that far away. I was fortunate to even capture what I captured.
January 29, 2018 · 10:29 AM · CYLINDER
Farmington, AR
2 short cylinders with pulsing contrail. Taken from airplane flying at 10,000 ft msl. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information. However, he describes himself as a professional pilot, who works in a law enforcement capacity. The witness has provided a photograph, which appears to us to indicate two contrails, side by side. PD
January 29, 2018 · 3:00 AM · CIRCLE
Pella, IA
Was a bright ball of light that just hoovering for a good few hours and as the it got darker it changed from bright to an Orange reddish color..
January 28, 2018 · 11:10 PM · FIREBALL
Phoenix, AZ
The object was heading south towards central Phoenix. It was glowing bright red. And only four stories high in the air. When the object came closer to me, it was engulfed in flames. Glowing white in the middle of it. No sound was coming from the object.
January 28, 2018 · 10:30 PM · FLASH
Eau Claire, WI
I saw a bright flash about 22:30 out my window. My first thought was that it was a firework, but there was no noise at all and when I went outside to see if anything else was going on, there was nothing. My wife then saw a bright flash shortly before sunrise the next morning, 1/29/18 around 06:00. She had the shades drawn in that room, but said it was bright enough to light up the whole room. She also said she did not hear any noise associated with it. We live at the top of a hill, so it could not have been headlights from a vehicle.
January 28, 2018 · 8:55 PM · SPHERE
Olathe, KS
I was leaving a movie with my two kids on Sunday, January 28th, at Olathe amc 30 .. was about to start my car to leave the parking lot. Facing west towards I35 hwy.... But this bright orb like light caught my attention. So I watched it just hover about a minute. Decided to start videoing. You can hear one of my sons say, “What is that?” This orb sortve slowly moved upwards not north or south (toward either closest airport ) ... and it flared into a bigger orb several times then got smaller, and finally disappeared into dark clouds. I only videoed only short time but took a few pics... I didn’t know there was a local reporting site for Kansas until tonight .. my nanny found the site and encouraged me to share this video. Because several friends agree. It looks like a UFO. I’d love to get opinions back on it!
January 28, 2018 · 8:49 PM · LIGHT
Mile 35, AK
While driving North on Alaska Highway 1 at 8:49PM, I seen what I thought was a radio tower that had red lights, abouts 2 miles in front of me. I thought to myself when did someone build a huge tower out here by the Y junction? I was confused with what I was looking at while trying to drive on the icy road. As I approached closer I then observed that there was no tower and just 9 red lights that were aligned in a row vertically. My first impression was someone is setting Chinese flying lanterns. I then began to observe the lights were moving about & 8 turned color to a amber orange color. I noticed another vehicle coming my direction in opposite lane. I slowed to about 25mph and pulled towards the shoulder of the highway. When the vehicle passed I then thought about getting my cell phone and stopping to take pictures or video. I changed my mind because I had my 2 children asleep in their car seats. So I kept driving slowly, and and kept looking at the lights which are now within 400 yards of my van. I remember looking at my dash display and it read -1 degrees outside. Visibility was unlimited and it was cold and clear out. I could see the stars out & these lights were definitely not stars. These lights were not drones. I've seen drones and it was below zero. Who would be flying 9 drones in frigid weather anyway I thought. As I passed the lights, I noticed a red light just above the trees that began to travel upwards moving in a intelligent manner among the other amber orange lights. I kept driving until I got to a pullout at the Y junction. I got out of my van and looked at the direction I came from. Now I can only see 1 red light that is going vertically up into the night sky. I lost track of it and then got back inside my vehicle. I then called my family in Seward and described to them what I just seen. My sister was going to check Facebook to see if any one else put it online. I counted 5 other vehicles coming and going during this period. Another black pickup was parked above me and what appeared to be viewing this also. I continued North towards Anchorage and I haven't heard of any one else making a report of the lights that night. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 28, 2018 · 7:20 PM · CIRCLE
Woodland Park, CO
5 objects were in a 4 corner form with one in the middle came from east and disappeared to the west no sound around 20k ft
January 28, 2018 · 5:30 AM · LIGHT
Sherwood, AR
A single high altitude fast moving circular light flew from south to north. I didn't see any flashing lights to indicate that it was a traditional aircraft.
January 28, 2018 · 3:00 AM · SPHERE
Eureka, CA
It was very large, bright and orangish in color. Too big and round to be either a planet or an aircraft. It was moving rather slowly from what I could see, but probably because it looked far away, even for its size. It seemed to fade out a bit after I first noticed it. I rushed back into the house to get binoculars but, as soon as I was back out in the yard with binoculars, it was completely gone.
January 27, 2018 · 8:15 PM · DIAMOND
Warren, MI
It was Saturday night and me and my friend heard a quiet buzzing sound and looked up and saw 4 lights at first we thought it was a plane but one big eight light appeared in the middle when we saw the craft it looked like a dimon we got scared so me and my frend ran to his house when we looked back it was gone it was about 8:30 or 8:00
January 27, 2018 · 6:08 PM · OTHER
Evansville, IN
Four pairs of orbs went W-E in 6 mins then turned SE. Cell phone images or video. Story appeared in local paper and on TV. Jet described as military was taking same path but local radar showed only a commercial jet at 37,000'. These objects traveled 15 mi in 6 mins in 4 prs, so this would be very fast, too fast for jackolanterns which would take 15-20 for each pair. Was investigated by colleague for the MADAR Center at Newburgh.