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September 26, 2017 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Hilton Head Island, SC
My brother and I were fishing in the surf off of the Palmetto Dunes community. I noticed a very bright orange light over the ocean. It was silent, did not move, and was pretty far out. It's also worth noting that it was high above the horizon, nowhere near the offshore boats that we could see. It stayed lit up for about 10 seconds, then faded out. I thought to myself, "Hmmm... that was weird... whatever." It was very out of place and did not look natural and was definitely not a plane or helicopter (which we had seen many of that night). The bright orange light returned a few minutes later, in the same area. This time (sure that my mind was not playing tricks on me) I pointed it out my brother. His response was, "What is that?" And I said, "I have no idea... this is the second time I've seen it." It did the same thing as before, fading out after about 10 seconds. We were still standing in the surf with our fishing pole, but we were looking at that area now and not fishing. Neither of us had our phone (because we didn't want it to get wet or get fish guts on it), but I wish we had been ready to video what happened next. About 5-10 minutes later, the bright light appeared again, but this time it either split up into 4 distinct lights, or it faded to a smaller size and three other lights appeared in the same area. They faded in one by one and seemed to be coming from the same source. So now there was a stationary cluster of 4 independent orange lights where there was previously just one brighter light. What really blew us away was that as soon as all 4 were visible, they immediately arranged themselves into a perfectly straight diagonal line formation. The space between them was precise and orderly, and the line just absolutely straight. The line of lights remained visible for only several seconds, then it faded out. My brother and I were stunned and excited, and were especially amazed that we had both seen this. We kept watching the sky over the ocean, and about 20-30 minutes later, we saw two orange lights moving rapidly to the north from a more southern position than we had seen the lights before. They were moving about the same speed, and there were no blinking lights. Just two solid orange balls of light flying silently through the sky at an altitude that was probably less than a mile above the ocean. At one point, one seemed to jump up what could have been been hundreds of feet in the blink of an eye. It was hard tell distances without having anything to reference it with in the dark, but it moved like no aircraft we'd ever seen. They continued toward the area we had seen the lights earlier (but at about half as high in the sky as the previous lights) and faded out after about 15 seconds or so. This all happened between the hours of 9-10pm. We kept watching for another hour didn't s! ee anything, plus the bugs were biting pretty bad, so we called it a night. We came back the next night hoping to catch a glimpse of something again, and we were prepared this time. We had chairs to sit in, fresh coffee, and our phones were fully charged. I even brought my son along. This time we didn't see any sign of strange lights in the 2+ hours we looked. It could be nothing, but the second night (when we saw nothing) we did see fighter jet patrols on the coast in pairs of two (loud noise, blinking red/green/white lights on wingtips, and we could see their silhouette in the moonlight when directly overhead). They probably flew out of the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort, SC. In all honesty, this may just have been a coincidence, but they were deployed right around 9pm and the last pair returned close to 10pm... the same time we had seen the lights the night before. It's also worth noting that a pair flew right through the same general area that we had seen the lights the night before, and then turned in toward land and headed inland toward Beaufort. Once we got back it was really interesting to find quite a few similar sightings with orange lights off the SC coast with videos on youtube from over the years. Whatever we saw, it was extremely strange, and it was really exciting to see something that was unexplainable. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Peter and Christian, Thanks so much for posting my sighting to the website. http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/136/S136513.html I just wanted to let you know that I seem to have entered the date of the sighting incorrectly, when I submitted my info. We actually saw this on Sept. 26th…not Aug. 26th. This is significant because someone up the coast at Folly Beach reported seeing orange lights the same night less than an hour before we saw the lights I described. If you could fix that, I’d appreciate it. Thanks so much, ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM)) Date corrected above on October 11, 2017. PD
September 26, 2017 · 8:45 PM · CIRCLE
Cranston, RI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 26, 2017 · 8:45 PM · DISK
Salem, VA
Took out cellphone and began recording object for over 40min. Took still photos as well. Object then proceeded to move off away from my vicinity but stopped to hover again. I walked up the road to get a clearer view away from the tree lin and the object proceeded to loiter around the area for a long time. It would move left to right then come closer to me never getting as close as I would have liked. All lights on this object were red and moved in irregular patterns sometimes the horizontal lights would go then the vertical would flash. I do not believe this object was a standard aircraft as it made no sound. And I do not believe it was a drone because of ! lengh of time of observation and battery kimitations on drone vehicles. I went to retrieve a neighbor to witness as well but on returning the object had left. I had a similar sighting about 8 years ago from much further away in the early am and on that occasion 2 F-16's gave chase. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 26, 2017 · 8:37 PM · TEARDROP
Conway, SC
I was sitting on my balcony and a weird object that was bright was flying across the sky, normally I would've thought it was an airplane, but this object didn't have any flashing lights and I watched it as it gained a little speed and then just disappeared. I've never seen anything like it but it made noise it was moving faster than an airplane and it didn't have any flashing lights especially that red one you see on helicopters and airplanes. I've never seen anything like it. The speed of it and the shape were odd and the way it just vanished was incredibly odd. I'm more than positive I just witnessed my first UFO.
September 26, 2017 · 8:30 PM · OVAL
Folly Beach, SC
We observed them on two occasions the same evening. One family member saw the first around 8:15pm. She told the rest of us, who laughed at her. We all went out on the deck. To our surprise, the orbs appeared glowing and the fading and descending.
September 26, 2017 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Hackberry, LA
Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
September 26, 2017 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Los Altos, CA
Stepped out to throw garbage out, heard low humming sound like a distant helicopter. I looked in direction and saw a helicopter following a very bright light, heading west over hills above Los Altos/Palo Alto. The bright light then dimmed to gone, then there was a very quick, bright red flash. The helicopter that was following stayed on same heading till was gone over mountain range. That range of mountains no higher than 2000', so I don't think light and helicopter were much higher. I'm right under flight pattern for SFO, very familiar with plane lights, and their landing pattern. We get lots of traffic out of moffet, but again familiar with those aircraft, both military and coast guard. Coast guard copters have a very distinct whine, not same as the military helicopters, so at first I thought maybe it was CG, but this helicopter had a different sound to it.
September 26, 2017 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Yountville, CA
Very bright light seemed to dim out and appear in another part of the lower Eastern sky. Seemed to grow brighter then dim, then appear in another part of the sky. It seemed to zig-zag when it reappeared. It seemed to be over the Travis AFB. This lasted for about 30 minutes. I used my binoculars but could only focus on it a couple times as it jumped around. It was stationary and very bright, then dimmed, then gone, then appeared in another part of the clear night sky. I have never witnessed this in 40 plus years of sky watching.
September 26, 2017 · 7:00 PM · DISK
Los Angeles, CA
At approximately 7:00pm, on September 26th, my mother, father, and I noticed strange blue lights in the sky above the Hollywood mountains. The lights would turn off and even move around. Upon further examining it closer with binoculars on our building's roof for a better look , we couldn't identify the lights to be anything that we knew. Therefore, we want to report this as either a UFO sighting or at least maybe get an explanation as to what it was that night we were looking at. Thank you.
September 26, 2017 · 6:30 PM · DIAMOND
Puyallup, WA
I was driving down Canyon at coming up to the intersection of 176th to take a left towards Puyallup and looked over at Mount Rainier and saw this big silver diamond-/ oval-shaped object, just hovering by the mountain. It had to have been really big, but I blinked my eyes think iu by this can be real, but opened my eyes it was still there then after about a min or so it just disappeared. I've seen the spacecraft with flashinglight hovering at night, but never during the day. Hoping others saw it too!
September 26, 2017 · 5:00 PM · SPHERE
Oglala, SD
It remained visible until sundown, then appeared to diminish before disappearing altogether. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 26, 2017 · 9:00 AM · SPHERE
South Tampa, FL
I was sitting on my lanai and I looked up and saw a round sphere up in the sky. The color was metallic silver. I watched it for 30 seconds and I told myself maybe its a drone? I looked at it again for roughly 2/3 minutes and it moved very slowly. I live close to MacDill Airforce base but I have never seen anything like that before. I've been searching to see if anyone else might have seen it also, so far nothing.
September 26, 2017 · 8:30 AM · SPHERE
Salt Lake City, UT
On September 26, 2017, at approximately 0830 MST, I was entering the building where I work as a security guard, and I looked up into the sky to the West of my location. I observed what looked like sunlight reflecting off of a plane very high up, probably at least 100,000 feet altitude. It was above the wispy cloud layer. I observed that the object that appeared to be reflecting was not moving and just hanging in the sky. I notified another guard and he also witnessed the object in the sky. I notified an additional guard, and at least three employees also were notified and observed the object. I checked my star and planet finder app on my phone and there were no stars or planets in that section of the sky. I attempted to look at the object with binoculars and could see it since it wasn’t moving, but it just appeared to be a white light. The object stayed in the same location in the sky for roughly 30 minutes, then when checked periodically appeared to drift very slowly to the north. The object was in the sky in fairly geosynchronous orbit for over an hour. From 0830-0930. I took several photographs of the object with my phone. I notified another guard at a different facility, approximately 10 miles to the Northeast of my facility and asked him if he could see it. He later advised me that he and at least one other guard at his facility did see the object, but not until 1300. This guard advised me that he saw the object to the NorthEast of my location, and possibly higher since it was harder to see than the photo I’d sent him. This guard advised me that he’d seen the object for about 30 seconds before it did a “J loop” and shot off to the Southeast. This guard advised me that when the object left it appeared as if a shooting star or a comet, similar to the objects photographed and video-taped over Salt Lake City between 09/15/17 and 09/17/17. I had work to do inside the building so I wasn’t able to observe the object after 0930. When I was next able to check at approximately 1020, I could no longer see the object, apparently because it had moved to the north and east of my location. This means the object remained in the sky over the valley for 4.5 hours. A little about my background. I was a police officer for 9 years prior to becoming a security guard. I also have a military background. I do consider myself to be a trained observer with a lot of experience. The other guards who witnessed have varying levels of experience, one has military experience, the others are experienced security officers and also trained observers.
September 26, 2017 · 6:32 AM · LIGHT
Centerville, PA
So I went outside to walk my dog this morning and I witnesses a genuine UFO traveling North to South in the western sky. I hurried up and grabbed my high powered spotting scope to get a better view and saw a disk shaped bright craft traveling about the same speed as an aircraft except the entire craft was light up with only one red no blinking light. It made no sound and normal airplanes at the same distance in the same spot make a noticeable sound. That's when I ran and grabbed my stepson that enjoys UFOs as much as I do just to make sure I was seeing things correctly and he saw the same thing. We have both witnessed multiple UFOs before and knew that it was the only explanation. Truly a sight to see and it never gets old just like buck fever. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 26, 2017 · 2:00 AM · OTHER
Sausalito, CA
Standing on the back deck facing west, I first saw a star that seemed alternately yellow and red. I thought it was a plane. Then I saw a plane fly past it, so it did not seem to be a plane itself. Then I saw a continual succession of what looked like falling stars. I thought that must be the answer, but as it continued, I realized it was very improbable. Another thing I saw was streams of red light that were looping around. I then thought it might be a a controlled toy drone which I've seen around here. But again the length of time it went on made that not seem likely and I couldn't explain the intermittenti ovals of small red lights as a drone. Then I saw several different phenomena: plumes of red and yellow lights that looked like flares or fireworks; red lights in an oval shape appearing and disappearing. The usual Sausalito fog seemed to part and a red whirlwind shape appeared. This happened several times. All of these phenomena continued for at least twenty minutes. I went inside and the time was 2:15 a.m. I wanted to stay and continue watching, but there was no sign of it abating and I went to bed. The 20 minute time frame is approximate. I was so transfixed, I don't really know how long I observed it. It could have been as long as an hour. I should have taken photos, but I thought I wouldn't be able to get a good shot. I am not a "believer" in extraterrestrial life, but what I saw was an something in the sky that I certainly couldn't identify or explain. The only ordinary explanation I could come up with was a fireworks display, but fireworks over the hills of Sausalito at two in the morning seems pretty far-fetched.
September 26, 2017 · 12:00 AM · CHANGING
Victor, ID
This occurred all night long. While circular lights bouncing in mid air turning blue. To a circular shape light bouncing from the back yard Toth e next lot next door turning into a beautiful gold shimmery ball all of a sudden disappear into nothing. Lights were lighting up an entire row of trees in the far back lot. Explosions of lights that are hard to explain. Then around 5 or 530am the wind sound seemed to move away and both of us witnessed triangular crafts with red lights on the back floating up on the mountain side sometimes shining spotlight down on ground. The two crafts seemed to join together and fly off. It was an absolutely amazing night still hard for us to believe. We stayed up the next night to see if we would witness the same thing and we did not. The back yard was pitch black all nigh5 long!!!
September 25, 2017 · 11:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Fruitport, MI
1 triangle shaped object, flashing light red, green and white. Moved up and down, bouncing like. We have amended the time above, to reflect a nighttime sighting. Possible "twinkling" star?? PD
September 25, 2017 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Covington, KY
I don't recall the exact date or time but I believe it was September of 2017 and started before 11 PM. I've been hanging outdoors that day if I recall correctly and at night when it was time to put the dog outside I went outside as well. A few minutes after I look up in the sky and there it is- a light. The light was not above my house but it looked very close upwards. No physical objects were seen, simply a light moving between/on clouds in a motion that would form an infinity sign, the letter "S", or an "8". The repetitive motion would continue for at least 4 hours. I checked around my house but there was no sign of human made lights and even if, would it really reach the clouds? I wasn't afraid out of it strangely but it was interesting to see and do hope to learn more about this event in the future. One of our electronics even reacted to the event. We have a toy battery operated thing, part plushie, part not in the kitchen for decor. Well, it reacted the whole time and was malfunctioning until that light left the sky. The toy's ability is to talk and cause vibrations. The malfunction was it vibrated endlessly which was scary. It never had an issue like this in the past and with it being so coincidental to the outdoor event, I don't think it wasn't affiliated. I still don't know what it was till this day but have used it in fictional works to represent a lost organization or could even refer to it as a secret group cause the whole event was honestly really cool and inspired me a lot. Obviously that night I dreamed of UFOs and aliens when I went to bed lol
September 25, 2017 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Antioch, TN
Went outside to smoke and a blueish craft was clearly seen above my neighbor's house it had a triangle shape and was pulsating a baby blue light I've never seen something so impossible to my eyes it stayed for awhile I would say 25 to 30 min., but the weird part is I left my phone charging in the room and it felt like no time passed at all. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 25, 2017 · 11:00 PM · DISK
Reno, NV
We suspect a "twinkling" star, possibly Arcturus. PD
September 25, 2017 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Fruitport, MI
Seen bright light moving about, color would get brighter and dimmer and change to orange. Possible twinkling star?? PD
September 25, 2017 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Granite Falls, NC
While waiting on a friend to leave, I was watching the northern sky, as we had been star gazing all evening. I was alone, focusing on a star, when a single, small, orange light began to move horizontally. With the movement, I could tell that the light was somewhat close and thought it may be a reflection on a spider's web. This was until the light started moving up and down, left and right, very erratically, but not all over the sky. It stayed within a small area in the sky. I then thought it may be a drone. I watched it intently, by myself, for about 10 mins., move around. It never blinked or flickered once. The orange-ish light looked similar to fire, not electrical or gassy. It almost had a little haze around the orb. The size was small, comparable to the size of a large star. My friend then comes out to leave, I tell her to watch, and she sees it, too. It lasted a couple of more minutes until vanishing. It just dissipated, like the fire had gone out. I did feel an overwhelming sense, it brought me to tears, and I was covered in chills. I've been a star gazer my entire life, even seeing two shooting stars earlier that night. Never have I seen or experienced anything like this.
September 25, 2017 · 10:15 PM · CHEVRON
East Brookfield, MA
The craft came from south to north, hovered over toward west doing a grid like movement. At the time I called Ma. State Police Sturbridge and reported it, we had the feeling it was over Quabbin Resevoir. The triangle had a green flash and inside flashed red and bright light. We had seen this type on ma pike west in July and marvelled at it and let it go
September 25, 2017 · 10:05 PM · LIGHT
Somerville, MA
Bright pure white light streaked across the sky above my house in a densely populated area. No sound and moving very fast. Was not a drone, helicopter or plane. The light was very bright and moving at a high rate of speed in a north-northeast direction.