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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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August 10, 2017 · 8:35 PM · OVAL
Onset, MA
Saw 6 or 7 light orange orbs hanging in the air over the water in Onset or Buzzards Bay. Just like the airplanes at night kind of hanging in the air, waiting their turn to land at LAX (Los Angeles ). We have never seen anything like this and drove immediately to the pier in Onset to see them. They were gone within the 3 or 4 minutes that it took for us to get to the pier.
August 10, 2017 · 2:30 PM · DISK
Scottsdale, AZ
Looking in the west direction, black object moved across the sky from south to north moving very fast (arms length cover 5 sec) time. Object was much higher then commercial airline due to seeing commercial airline moving north to west direction. Object stopped on a dime then shot straight up no longer in view. The black disk shaped object had no markings, no lights, no noise and very big. The size of this object was about 5-6 Boeing 747 in diameter at 80 degrees from my position of view. Seconds later another large object (white) at the same altitude as the black object moved north to where the black object shot straight up and lost view. The white object was saucer in shape much lighter in color then the first object, also at 80 degrees of view. The white object was moving very fast, (half of arm's length covered 2.5 seconds +-) The white object had no markings, no light, no noise). Location view: Mayo Clinic Shea Blvd facing west, it was truly amazing thing to see, my only regret was that I didn't have time to record or take pictures with cellphone.
August 10, 2017 · 5:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Martinsburg, WV
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 9, 2017 · 11:45 PM · FLASH
Sherman Oaks, CA
Bright flash of light followed by 1-2 smaller lights separating and moving slowly away. Repeated 10 + times with a general pattern of events moving north to south. Smaller objects moved laterally and upward unlike a meteor on atmospheric entry. Bright flash of larger object was bright white and uniform on each instance.
August 9, 2017 · 10:30 PM · CHANGING
Los Angeles, CA
I noticed while I was standing on a friend's terrace, looking up at the skyline of buildings in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was so faint, almost as if it blended into the sky and had to focus really hard to see it. It moved slowly across the sky, much slower than the planes and helicopters flying in the same view. It hovered for a few minutes traveling north/northeast and began to fade and disappear. The color of light was a pale blue and it wasn't luminous and slightly transparent. The sky was clear and very close to a full moon (which just passed a few nights ago). When I first noticed it, I could see enough that I would notice the shape of it slowly changing, affecting its brightness at times.
August 9, 2017 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Cumming, GA
We decided to go to the backyard to see. There was distant lightning, but this was different in quality of light we kept seeing. At one point a strange vibrating hum outside- like when you rub your finger around the rim of a wine glass, that deep vibrating hum echoed around us...then was gone. We decided to call it a bus and lightening...but it wasn't. I'm sure there's an explanation I just don't know what it is.
August 9, 2017 · 10:00 PM · FLASH
Mitchell, NE
Sitting on the front porch looking at the moon, I look to the left of it and a flash of bright light happen and disappeared at very fast speed!
August 9, 2017 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Davis, CA
I was walking around at night. I was under a brightly lit parking lot, so i couldnt see the stars, but then i noticed a light that started very dim and got brighter, and then faded out again. I would describe it as looking exactly like a lighthouse light rotating around. I kept watching and it kept fading back in and out. Sometimes it would be a sudden bright light turning on and off, but it was mostly like a lighthouse light rotating most of the time. While I was under the brightly lit area I was unable to determine if it was moving or not, but it appeared to stay in the same spot as I walked. I was able to get to a darker area where I could see the stars, and I watched it continue to rotate in and out of brightness, but it was becoming less frequent and less bright. Then i noticed it was moving away slowly, and i eventually lost sight of it. Some might say this is an iridium flare, but it kept on rotating for about five minute, and sometimes would just flash a single light. It was very bright at first, so bright that I could see it under the brightly lit area I was under. I think the brightness of it had decayed significantly once I was able to see the rest of the stars. I also saw 2 other lights moving across the sky. I've seen these before, and think they might have just been satellites, but I figured I should report it since I saw them around the same time.
August 9, 2017 · 9:25 PM · CHANGING
Corona, CA
I witnessed a bright orange light traveling from the southeast abruptly stop. The light diminished, then the object became shrouded in a sphere. It then abruptly changed direction, traveling due South at high speed, until disappearing into the void of space.
August 9, 2017 · 9:03 PM · LIGHT
Grand Junction, CO
I was coming out of my local grocery store, when I encountered two employees of the store pointing out the strange lights in the sky. One of the lights, the one on front was zig-zagging, which was amazing to see, the one behind it was following in a straight line. They were both emitting short beams of white light and flew rapidly from the Northwest to the east and disappeared behind the mountain range known as the bookcliffs. I noticed these flying objects were not airplanes because they were not flashing any lights at all, it was just a very bright white light and it was also traveling too fast. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 9, 2017 · 1:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Rabbit Ears Pass/Steamboat springs, CO
My mother ((age deleted)), two daughters ((ages deleted--teens)), and myself ((age deleted--forties)) were heading up to Clark, Colorado, for a brief trip, before the start to school. We were heading towards Steamboat, going over Rabbit Ear's pass. Upon summit of the pass, we saw a triangle like craft traveling East to West. The craft crossed the road in front of us, about twenty feet above tree line. The craft was a very dark matte grey, with wings that flipped up at the tip. While most of the craft was very thin, there was a dome in the middle. The craft was traveling very very fast, and tipped up on its side after passing in front of us, almost as if it was going to clear the tree's ahead. My mother and I being in the front of the car got the best view. There we also 2 other cars ahead of us. No one stopped, but we quickly realized what we had seen. Also, the craft was silent. It was so light out, and the craft was close. I called the Steamboat Springs airport, and spoke with a nice gentleman that could in no way verify any aircraft or military craft of that nature in the vicinity. We spoke with the witness, and found her to be exceptionally eloquent, and she seemed to us to be quite sincere. We suspect that she is a very good witness. PD
August 9, 2017 · 3:15 AM · CIRCLE
Chino, CA
I stood watching it for 10 minutes called my hubby he looked at it for another 15 mins, it was very bright at times but was very still and did not move. After watching it for a while, we both went to bed. Hour later my hubby got up to look at the object again and when he looked up at the sky, it was gone. Maybe it was nothing, maybe it was?
August 9, 2017 · 12:20 AM · CHANGING
St. Petersburg, FL
My friend and I were camping at Fort De Soto. As we were sitting outside by the campfire, a strange mist started to fall (not quite rain, but definitely could be felt on the skin), we found it strange because there was not a cloud above us. As we were looking towards the sky to try and find where this mist was coming from we noticed what initially looked to be a plane in the sky that had a strange flight pattern heading towards us. It was too far away to see much so we thought that maybe it was a plane in distress. We decided to run past the trees into a field to get a better unobstructed view of it. At this point it was probably two football fields distance away from us and about as high as a helicopter is when they are searching for people on the ground (it was quite low). A few things became apparent as this was happening… 1. Both my friend and I got goosebumps all over our bodies (including our cheeks) and the hairs on our bodies stood up at the exact same time. 2. It was now close enough to see the shape and what jumped out at us first was that it was round in the front with a cigar shaped tail (definitely unlike any plane we'd ever seen before-it had no wings!) 3. It had absolutely no sound coming from it other than a low hum, and 4. It was blacker in color than the night sky. It had 4 round white lights around the front which quickly morphed into 1 bright center light and then morphed back into 4 individual lights, again. It then made a sharp U-turn towards our left, went into some trees for about 5 seconds to where we couldn't see it, and came back out and over us again heading in the opposite direction, only now in an entirely different shape! It was now in the shape of a 4 engine military looking plane (completely different from its original shape). It proceeded to head in the opposite direction away from us and into the trees where we could no longer get a visual on it. About 30 seconds later the mist was completely gone. The whole incident probably only took about 2-3 minutes.
August 9, 2017 · 12:00 AM · OTHER
Warren, MI
Looked like a bright light (white) but really big, so I was looking at it and noticed it moving toward me from south to north. As it came closer, it was green lights down the middle and red lights on both sides, looked about 300 to 400 ft. above me and it was about 6 foot by 5 foot.
August 9, 2017 · 12:00 AM · FLASH
Marlborough, CT
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 8, 2017 · 10:25 PM · CIRCLE
Whitesburg, KY
Just as me and a friend were trying to figure out what it was, it just seemed to change its course and shoot straight up and out of sight. It did not have any tail such as a meteor or comet. There was other aircraft flying around at the time we saw this. Really makes no sense as what this could be, No aircraft could have traveled at this speed we observed.
August 8, 2017 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
West Valley, UT
Noticed a bright light very high in the sky starting above great salt lake moving east/southeast (correction from previous saying northeast) at a high rate of speed for as high as it was. I thought it was a plane or possibly the ISS until watching it I noticed slight abrupt changes in the direction it was heading. As it was approaching the east bench of the salt lake valley it seemed to gain altitude and disappear very unusually and quickly unlike and aircraft I've ever seen in the area. I t seemed to go from going straight east to straight up and disappearing (( Sighting of the International Space Station. http://heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544⪫=40.6916&lng=-112.0011&loc=West+Valley+City&alt=1313&tz=MST PD))
August 8, 2017 · 10:10 PM · LIGHT
Belton, MO
Moved in strange ways to be considered an aircraft or helicopter. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 8, 2017 · 10:00 PM · CHANGING
Portland, OR
I used binocular glasses to watch the craft. Throughout maybe 12 minutes, I could see it split into multiple crafts, morph color and shape, and shoot another brighter craft outward. The new craft quickly disappeared completely. I used Morse code to send it messages, to which it would often respond with numerous things. I first told it that we are peaceful, and that we would like to see it do something. It quickly blinked very rapidly and brightly after that. Seconds later, the craft that earlier disappeaed came back. It flew close to the ground in a zig-zag pattern. Soon after it once more vanished completely. After that, it went back to flashing and morphing around. I asked it to make a sound, I then heard a noise that sounded like a repetitive "bloop bloop." It stopped after I noticed a light floating behind a nearby tree. At one point it peeked out and flashed a light at me that seemed to resemble the flash on a camera. At this time the other three witnesses had left. I had left when I started to hear a loud ringing noise in multiple directions. Out of curiosity, I came back a few minutes later and the main craft was completely gone.
August 8, 2017 · 9:15 PM · DISK
Gulf Shores, AL
While standing outside on a pier in Gulf Shores, AL, on Bon Secour Bay, looking Southbound, we heard what at first we thought was an 18 wheeler with a flat driving by on HWY 180. The sound continued and grew louder, when we decided it had to be a helicopter, because we could tell it was coming from overhead. Right at that moment we saw what we THOUGHT was the helicopter come into view as it quickly continued NorthWest around the edge of the bay with an ACTUAL helicopter in close pursuit, as if it was trying to keep up or chase it away. The helicopter was also not the normal as it was not as bright as your average aircraft and had orange/red lights on it as opposed to a white light. The craft was dimly lit, with several lights lining the length of it. It moved extremely fast in a swaying motion, while the helicopter chased it. It appeared to be very dark if not black in color and long/flat in shape. At the same time, inside the house we were told by relatives that our dog was whimpering and very obviously showing concern for us being that we were outside. Another relative who was also in the house showering was so frightened and caught off guard by the type of sound and loudness, and the amount of time that it took to get out of the area, that they had to turn off the water to listen.
August 8, 2017 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Sandown, NH
A very bright, white, round, object passed over my house, from West to East, at 2100 hrs. It appeared to be approx. 3 times bigger than how a large star/planet would appear, and it seemed to be much lower than where most large aircraft would fly, possibly 3 or 4 thousand feet. There was not a contrail. Many airplanes fly overhead, and no matter how high up they are, they can be heard. I could clearly see that there were no wings, no blinking lights, it moved slowly and steadily and was silent. This is the second time I have seen this type of aircraft on this same route. The last time was in October 2016.
August 8, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Overland, MO
My friend and I were swimming at night and having a good time, while my dad was on the steps of my back porch, trying to replace a step. We were talking, being slightly loud. I looked behind some trees, over a few houses and saw two extremely bright lights, in the shape of car headlights. For a few seconds, I brushed it off as an airplane type I had never seen before. I calmly pointed at the aircraft, telling my friend to look. When she turned around, the aircraft suddenly started moving to the right. Not like a normal plane, it wasn't at a steady pace. It looked like a car that was breaking down, but it was level to where it was before. Then it started moving faster and faster to the right. I screamed and told my dad and friend to get inside. My friend and I struggled to get out of the pool, but I kept my eyes on the aircraft. It turned to the side, the lights then faced away from me, and went behind some trees. Two other lights, seemingly on the a! ircraft appeared. They were purple and green, much smaller and nowhere near as bright as the lights before. I waited for the aircraft to come out from the other side of the trees, but it didn't. I kept a close eye on it. My dad calmed us down, and we went back into the pool. Jets and planes fly over my house a lot, but this one had an unfamiliar route and was too close to the ground to be an airplane trying to land, there were no airports close enough. Jets in my area have a square light formation, of white, red, and sometimes yellowish lights. Planes, however, with my airport, typically have red and/or blue lights. Pretty much any lights besides green and purple. Not to mention, the two brightest lights on planes typically are on the front, and are white. Yes, that matched the discription, but how exactly did the plane remain still, and move to the right when it's front was facing us? If it was a plane, the lights on it's front would've been facing us, so I understand why it would appear still, but that doesn't really explain why it moved sideways, with no hesitation or normal movement of any other planes. Anyway, we were back in the pool. Trying to have a good time, and ignore what we saw. I kept a close eye on the spot between the trees the entire time. I turned to talk to my friend, then spun back around and saw the lights again... in the exact same spot. I screamed my friend's name as I rushed out of the pool. The aircraft did the exact same thing once again. When I was talking to my dad about it, who was trying to convince me it wasn't a UFO, for my good night sleep's sake, I pointed behind him and there it was again. It then, moved to the right, and disappeared behind the trees. I feel as if we were being spied on. Every time I pointed at it, or started screaming, it left, then returned when I wasn't looking. It's incredible, but I've been followed by too many things like this. Also, no noise followed it. It was completely quiet.
August 8, 2017 · 8:30 PM · DISK
Huntsville, AL
It was dark disc shaped craft, had 3 green lights on the bottom, and one really big white glowing light on the back. It moved away from me, towards me, and straight up into the sky, all within a matter of a minute. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 8, 2017 · 7:30 PM · CHANGING
Victorville, CA
It was not especially high in the sky, appearing just over the view of the homes across the street from us, no higher than an average helicopter height, but it did not move at all like a helicopter, nor did it have any sound. If it had been a helicopter it would have been closer to where we sat based on the perspective of its position and relative size to the homes and we would have heard a sound, seen its lights and the manner that it moved. It began to slowly change directions and altitude getting higher and heading north. As it did, the light extended out looking more like a rocket's contrail; however you could faintly see a dark elongated shape in front of the contrail. It did not accelerate quickly or move in an exaggerated way, rather it steadily gained altitude, steadily moved in a north-easterly direction, and the contrail continued to elongate and stayed quite bright almost white. In other words although it resembled a rocket's contrail it never had a fiery look. As it reached a zenith height of what I estimate to be approximately 10 to 15 miles its contrail began to fade until it simply faded out and vanished. There were no clouds to obscure it, no darkness to cover it, it simply disappeared, but slowly as if it were erased bit by bit. I know of no known rocket that can hover and then proceed to leave the atmosphere at such a relatively slow controlled pace, let alone disappear or fade out.