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December 12, 2017 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Sour Lake, TX
Forgive the rushed nature of this sighting, I will submit a more extensive report soon. Beginning on December 11, and as recently as last night, December 13, a series of odd lights were observed to the west-southwest of our town’s high school. Just above the treeline, these lights varied in number from one to six, merging with each other and splitting apart at seemingly random intervals. At times there was only a single light, at other times up to six lights, slowly bobbing around into different patterns. My sightings occurred on December 12 and 13, after hearing about the occurrence from a family friend who had seen them on the 11th. The lights appear at about 5 pm to 5:15, and stay for hours, the latest I have observed was still hovering at 8:15 p.m.. The lights themselves had the general appearance of large stars, but would bob around. In a few instances, the lights multiplied into 5 or 6, and took on the shape of an obtuse angle, with one arm shorter than the other, as if a clock was reading the time 3:50. These lights would take on seemingly intentional color schemes, with some appearing to strobe predominantly cool colors, others flashing warmer, bronze tones, and one that remained white-hot throughout. It should also be noted that over the past three nights, a large group of conventional aircraft, numbering from six to eleven, can be observed circling the area, never venturing too close to the lights. Most appear to be airplanes, a few may be helicopters. Apparently, both the lights and planes have been observed by citizens of the nearby town of Nome sporadically since the end of Hurricane Harvey, the devastation of which ravaged this area quite badly. The area over which the lights seem to be hovering is seemingly inaccessible, and is most likely either rice farms of oilfields. I plan to return tonight and every night until these lights cease. We spoke via telephone with the witness on two occasions, and he sounded to us to be exceptionally eloquent and sober-minded. We suspect that he is an excellent witness, and he captured some very interesting video. PD
December 12, 2017 · 4:20 PM · FORMATION
Adams, WI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 12, 2017 · 4:00 PM · OVAL
Davidson, NC
I was on the way to drop off my friends drivers license as she left it at my house the night before. It was around 4ish in the afternoon on December 12th, 2017, in Davidson NC. Right down the road from my house I noticed a dark grey oval shape in the sky partially blocked by clouds. I thought maybe it was an airplane but as I drove down the road it didnt move. It stayed exactly in the same place in the sky not moving. I kept driving and kept an eye on it. Eventually I lost sight of it when I drove through a wooded area but after I emerged from the forest I could see the shape again. I wanted to get a picture of it so I pulled over and parked in a nearby church parking lot and when I looked for it I couldn't find it anywhere. I continued driving down Davidson Concord road and its like it just vanished.
December 12, 2017 · 11:00 AM · SPHERE
Oklahoma City, OK
Was enjoying lunch at an Oklahoma City restaurant, looking out at clear, blue sky. Jets were flying by and leaving white contrails behind. Suddenly, as the contrail dissipated, a spherical, black object "popped" out of it and seemed to "fall" from a great height toward the earth. As it did, it seemed to change color from black to a silvery white, before I lost sight of it.
December 12, 2017 · 6:14 AM · FIREBALL
Santa Rosa, CA
6:00 am: sitting in hottub 6:13 am: looking at neighbors fence 6:14 am: orange sphere rises over 7 foot tall fence two feet over, stops accompanied by low humming 6:14'12 am: object is roof hight (10 feet) 6:14'17 am: fireball slowly makes its way in my direction 6:14'20 am: ran back inside 6:14'27 am: looking outside, where object was sighted, object has disappeared
December 12, 2017 · 5:58 AM · LIGHT
Fort Myers, FL
2 very bright objects over Cape Coral, Florida. Flying to the southwest. Very bright, side by side, varying distances apart then disappearing.
December 12, 2017 · 5:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Commerce Twp., MI
Was awaken to very distinct humming noises outside my window. I didn’t notice anything in the sky after first, but after about 15 minutes the sound got even louder and I then noticed in the distance of me red and white hazy lights hovering over the end of my street. The object continued to make this loud noise as it was fast moving to where I could no longer see it anymore, but still hear the sound.
December 12, 2017 · 3:30 AM · LIGHT
Rochester, MN
2 lights in half-diamond shape blinking through color spectrum, traveling south before slowly changing direction to SW, too high for plane or drone, possibly suborbital distance. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 12, 2017 · 12:24 AM · TRIANGLE
Portland, OR
The craft had two red and two white lights that flashed like a plans I live by an airport so I knew this was different it went slowly across the sky passing my home but over the roof we saw it houses away hovering and lowering illuminating a white light against it we could not seenjg after that. It was drone like. It was like it was looking for something going one way and than the other before it decended
December 11, 2017 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Durham, NC
Large bright ball of white light in North sky, low in sky, very fast- thought was meteor but seemed so big and close- not sure as I saw out corner of my eye and it was very quick and silent. Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD
December 11, 2017 · 10:15 PM · FIREBALL
Victor, ID
I am a 34 year old male. Healthy. We live in a valley located in between two mountain ranges, the tetons and the palisades. It was a cold, very clear night. I was laying in bed watching tv when I noticed what looked like a chinese lantern on fire floating quickly through the sky. Being able to see this at the angle, I could see out my window, led me to believe that it was fairly close and of low altitude. In the day time, the object was lower on the horizon than the mountains. Once I saw it go by the mountains, I immediately jumped up, ran through the living room, and out the back door. All the while screaming at my girlfriend and live in mother to come look. As we all got out to the back deck it had moved further north. It seemed as it was kinda bobbing around and then suddenly took a sharp linear move to the west. At that point we all knew that it wasn't a flaming lantern, but something that was actual ly piloted. At that point it stopped and hovered in the same spot for around 2 min. While it was hovering, we could see that it was actually spinning and looked to be emitting what wasn't fire, but energy? It was really eerie, as we all got a feeling that it saw us. It stayed in this spot until, I physically watched it leave our atmosphere quicker than I could ever imagine. We first thought it was a balloon or something that someone had set on fire. However, we all quickly realized that it wasn't just floating, but moving in a determined path. It was completely silent, and at times looked as if it could be disc shaped.
December 11, 2017 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Macon, GA
On 12/11/2017 I was driving south on I-75 between mile markers 125 and 126 a little bit south of Macon, GA, at approximately 22:15 EST. I caught movement out of my peripheral vision and looked out the passenger side of my windshield to see a bright ball of light hovering just above the tree line. As I watched the hair on the back of my neck stood up and I got goosebumps up and down my arms. The ball was a very bright white light and looked to be about 50-75 yards away. It hovered over the trees for a couple of seconds and made a rapid (1-2 seconds) vertical decent into the trees. It didn’t flicker behind the trees but kept the same brightness and solid ball shape. It looked to be between the size of a golf ball and a small tangerine at that distance.
December 11, 2017 · 10:00 PM · CHANGING
Skykomish, WA
I had snowshoed to appx. 4,600' level on NE shoulder of Cleveland Mt. SW of the city of Skykomish on US Hwy2. I dug a snow cave in a clearing that has clear site line to Skykomish below. It was dark by 5 PM so I was using a headlamp by the time I finished around 6:30 PM. Then I began melting water, cooking and getting ready to sleep. It was completely dark and NO moon light. Around 7:45-8 PM I started noticing how clear and dark it was and how brite the stars were. Then I noticed 2 objects moving slowly toward me appx. 500-800 feet higher than my camp. They were moving SW toward me from above Skykomish. At first I thought brite stars then I thought Passenger Jet lights far off in distance. They were about 1/2 mile apart. One seemed to be coming much closer and headed right toward my camp. Now I could see many different small lights Red, Blue, Green which seemed to change colors sort of fading in and out (not flashing) The shape was hard to make out. Seemed to be round or multi pointed star shape. The one coming closer was moving about the speed of a small helicopter but made no noise. The other one seemed to drift south slightly and then stayed close to one spot roughly above Sobieski Mt. to East across the Miller River valley. Both objects appeared to have Aircraft Like "White" Strobe Lights that seemed to come from the top but not all the time. Neither object made any noise at all. Since it was too slow to be an airplane and wasn't loud like a helicopter I began to think the one coming toward me must be a drone. I estimate it came to within 600-900' from my camp but I still couldn't figure out the shape. It did not seem to be shaped or marked like a small plane and did not move like one at all. The lights seemed to shift around different ways which could be done by a drone rotating while also flying in a relative straight path. I don't know how far away a 4-6 propeller drone could be and you still would not hear the familiar buzzing of its propellers? These seemed larger than any drone I have seen. Perhaps 6' Dia. or so. The object coming closest then turned slowly South and then SE toward the other and then circled over the wide valley area that is 2-3 miles West of Skykomish. The object that moved much less over Sobieski Mt. slowly dropped altitude until it was blocked from sight by trees. The one that circled seemed to slow and hover off to the North across the valley for awhile then slowley moved on West until I lost sight of it. It was about 15 minutes that these were visible. If someone was flying a drone from Skykomish it would need to have a range of 2-5 miles to not risk loosing very expensive equipment. I have no idea why they would fly in the dark in winter. My headlamp would have been visible from Skykomish. One or two passenger jets flew by during or after and made the normal flight paths much higher and with normal sounds. It was obvious what they were. Also, a small aircraft flew by later and had normal looking lights, speed, flight path and engine noise. I can't explain what the two objects I saw were.
December 11, 2017 · 8:00 PM · OVAL
New Smyrna Beach, FL
At 20:00 hrs on December 11, 2017 walking to my condo in Pine Valley, New Smyrna Beach, with my wife, we saw several orange coloured objects in the sky moving together in a south easterly direction. I would say there would have been about a dozen of these objects. One of them seemed to us to descend rapidly to earth.
December 11, 2017 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
San Tan Valley, AZ
Three bright oval lights, white in color observed in the sky's north of San Tan Valley, AZ. At first one bright light was seen as it was stationary and stayed bright for 5 to 7 seconds. Then it went out and two more lights lite up as the third light lite came back on. All three lights same brightness, as they went dark they seemed to, in a faster then normal, sped to another location in the sky to the north east of San Tan Valley, AZ, and again would light back up and stay stationary for about 10 to 15 seconds. After about 35 seconds all lights went off and nothing was seen again. In the past month I have seen this same action one time before with the difference of there being only one light. Witness provides no contact information. PD
December 11, 2017 · 7:05 PM · EGG
Gold Canyon, AZ
I heard a very loud jet engine when I was sitting on the couch. I ran outside to check it out, it was already dark outside. I could not see any jets or lights, but i could still hear roaring jet engine sounds. Within 30 seconds I saw a dim light low in the sky to the East appear. It grew brighter and larger quickly until it was about half the size of the moon in the sky. Bright orange light seemed to be coming from inside the object and shining out of windows or portals. Specifically, the light was coming from the center and each side of the object and between the lights it was dark as if the light was blocked by something structural. Within a few seconds another identical object appeared near (to the left and slightly below) the first, in the same manner. The second object appeared to be vibrating while the other was very still. After about 10 seconds of being very bright, both lights dimmed till they could not be seen. The roaring jet sounds continued! , and my wife finally came outside to see (I had been yelling at her to come out). Several (at least two, but I think more) jets with no lights flew around the area dropping flares for the next 20-30 minutes. The flares lasted about 3-4 seconds each time and were dropped in clusters of 3-4. The jets could barely be seen, very dimly reflecting starlight or moonlight. It has been 11 days and the jets have not returned, and we have never seen them perform this activity in this area before.
December 11, 2017 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Clayton, NC
I was working at my grocery store tonight and I was collecting carts outside. I look up into the sky and see what I thought was a very bright star. It is a bright orange and a little bigger than common stars you will see. I then notice it moving slowly, there were no flashing lights and no noise coming from it, so it could not be an aircraft. There was no light streaking off of it and the speed was very slow, could not be a comet. It began to move faster and went over store and off into the distance before I could get any photographs or video. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 11, 2017 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Queen Creek/South Gilbert, AZ
Saw orange reddish orbs moving from queen creek west towards south Gilbert. Very bright in the shy, Chandler Heights rd and Higley. Amazing event.
December 11, 2017 · 2:38 PM · CIGAR
Sevierville, TN
The third passenger did not as he looked down at his phone. I then looked down at my phone and the other passenger along with the driver watched as the object that was then a cigar shape, disappear. The sky's we're blue and clear. The wierd thing is this object had no trail of any kind around it, giving at least a direction.
December 11, 2017 · 4:00 AM · OTHER
Victorville, CA
There was an Alien in my room I have my ADT camera for proof. Something was opening my mouth
December 10, 2017 · 11:43 PM · UNKNOWN
Grand Forks, ND
I live in Grand Forks, ND but work in a small community 30 miles away. I work the PM shift (2:30p - 11:00p) so am on the highway commuting frequently. There are 2 routes available, a Interstate roadway and a "back road" way on a county highway. I often use the county road as there is less traffic and it is a more direct route to my residence. One disadvantage of this route is the high number of deer that live in the woody areas that line this road. I have been commuting this route for 2+ years and have seen deer on or next to the road 90% off the time on my drive home. There is an area about halfway through my drive where groups of deer seem to gather most frequently. I am familiar with this area and slow down to 30 mph as I pass through this section. These deer are accustomed to traffic on the road as they usually just look at you as you drive through. On 12/10/17 at approximately 23:45, I was driving through this area and noticed several strange and unexplained events: 1) I saw a group of approximately 20 deer on the East side of the road that were all standing and facing the West. 30 feet further down the road 3 deer were standing on the roadway and looking West. I had slowed to a near stop and honked my horn to encourage the deer on the road to move on. They jumped in fear when I honked and looked at me briefly, then looked West again. I was close enough to the deer at this point to notice that they were in a state of panic. I came to a complete stop and honked my horn for several seconds. The deer did not move. I looked in my rearview mirror to check that no traffic was coming up behind me, then opened my door and got out with the intention of yelling or approaching the deer to make them scatter. 2) It was at this time that I heard a very low "humming" sound that to me seemed to originate in the sky directly above me. I looked up to the sky and did not see anything. I then looked at the deer and yelled "hey" to scatter them. They looked at me and then looked towards the West. It was as if they acknowledged my presence but just did not care. I then walked toward the deer and yelled again, at which point the deer slowly exited to the East off the road but they continued to turn their heads to look West. 3) I looked towards the South to make sure traffic had not approached while I was focused on the deer. At this time the low "hum" quickly changed tone and seemed to gain bass frequency. There was a "swooshing" or "hissing" sound that was very brief, however, immediately following that sound the "humming" seemed to rapidly change in direction and no longer originated directly above me. It was now originating in the sky to the West. It sounded very close but I could not see anything. The "humming" became almost rhythmic in nature with a fast increase and decrease in intensity. I felt the need to get back in my car immediately. As I walked a step or two towards my car the "humming" abruptly stopped and the deer behind me ran across the road toward the West. Judging by the sound I heard the larger group of deer to my South were doing the same thing. 4) I was startled by the sudden movement of the deer close to me and quickly moved to my car door. As I was opening the door I happened to look up and to the East and saw many red circles of light in the sky. It appeared to me that they were quite high and in a basic straight line. I would estimate 70 individual lights. All red and completely solid, no flashing or flickering. I was kind of frozen in shock and probably fear and just stared. I would estimate that 10-20 seconds later the line of lights became off-set, with the majority of lights appearing to rise higher then the ones that did not move. It was not a uniform shift, by which I mean that it did not split evenly. The lights more to the North had the most concentration of what appeared to be a increase in height. There was a distinct noise that I immediately recognized as hearing before but I am unable to verbalize how it sounded. The closest I can get to a description would be the sound of a coin that is spinning on! a table top, but that is not quite right. The lights did not move again or appear to move, they just disappeared. Almost like they just turned off. All at once. I immediately got into my car and drove home as calmly as I could. I do not know what it was that I saw or heard, but I am 100% positive the deer were reacting to it.
December 10, 2017 · 10:50 PM · FORMATION
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
A formation of 2 objects (1 pulsing deep ruby-red light at a higher altitude, and 1 pulsing deep ruby-red light that also had a periodic phosphorescent strobe, following behind and below the first object) were observed moving from the southeast to the northwest, seemingly at a high altitude or otherwise totally silently, and at a very high rate of speed, traversing the whole visible sky from horizon to horizon in about 4 minutes. No green or white navigation lights were observed on or to the side of either object, and the phosphorescent strobe on the second object seemed to be oriented vertically above it rather than on a wing or tail, and was itself comprised seemingly of 3 or 4 vertically clustered strobing points of light. Despite the apparent altitude, the lights were very large. A commercial airliner was observed crossing near the flightpath of the 2 objects at a similar altitude on a perpendicular heading. The appearance of the airliner in the sky was strikingly different from the 2 silent objects: by comparison, the objects' lights were much deeper and their colors more saturated than the airliner's obviously electrical lights. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 10, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
McKinney, TX
I was unloading fire wood with 2 of my roommates. I stopped in our backyard to smoke a cigarette and I looked up. I saw a craft about as high as the lowest clouds in the night sky because the light would sometime go behind some clouds. It was darting in every direction but did not travel to far away and would always come back directly over my house. I have a short video of the main craft. During the 3 hours about 3 or 4 appeared to be emitted from the first ufo but the main craft never faded away like the others.
December 10, 2017 · 8:40 PM · DISK
San Antonio, TX
I was sitting on my sofa and my wife was letting the dog out and noticed 4 orange objects in the sky and asked me to come look. I got up and walked out the back door to see the 4 orange objects hovering at a slow pace then crossing over each other and then they slowing were out or range and disappeared. I have worked on military trainings at night and have never seen anything like this in my life.