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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 5, 2017 · 10:25 PM · LIGHT
Berks County, PA
Almost directly overhead, at a distance that made the objects resemble satellite flares. The objects moved into the field of view from south to north, at first appearing as if they were satellites. They then stopped, and proceeded to move about in changing directions as if they were searching an area of the sky. This continued for more than 30 minutes and in fact had not yet stopped when I simply stopped watching. I frequently watch the stars and enjoy watching satellites and meteors on clear nights. I definitely know the difference between satellite movement, aircraft (I'm a private pilot), and stars/planets. At times it appeared as if the objects 'released' other very faint objects. This is hard to be certain of, given the distance and very faint nature of the secondary objects. Also, at times it appeared as if a perfectly concentric circle of blackness enveloped the objects; again, given the distance this feature was hard to discern at all times. Overall distance covered is best estimated as follows: I noticed the objects coming past about 230 degrees on the compass and they stopped and "searched" at about 300 degrees moving around an area encompassing roughly 290-310.
August 5, 2017 · 10:20 PM · CIRCLE
Louisburg, NC
I witnessned many UFOs 1 large, and about 20 small. They would light up then go out. Repeatesly. I took video of the event. The witness is known to us, and is former military. He has submitted at least one other credible report of a sighting he had while serving aboard a USCG vessel. He has offered to forward video of this sighting PD
August 5, 2017 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Oroville, CA
Me and my wife were sitting on are front porch. I noticed 2 large lights moving are way. the lights were moving vary slow, we were able to walk out to are parking lot and watched as the lights moved right over the top of use, the lights were about 4 feet round but didn't light anything up on the ground, or on the object its self, i would say that it was about 100 to 200 feet about us, It went right over the top of are barn and was not making any noise at all and moving slow, It was a dark night with no moon so we couldn't make out the shape of the object, the Lights were about 20 to 30 feet apart, as the object went over are barn i could see red lights going in circles around the back side of the big lights. I am a Vietnam vet and have seen all kinds of aircraft but i have never seen anything that big moving that slow and not make a sound.
August 5, 2017 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
West Islip, NY
My boyfriend and I saw a bright orange, silent orb travelling quickly North. It went about a quarter mile then disappeared. It reappeared briefly then vanished.
August 5, 2017 · 9:15 PM · RECTANGLE
Carrollton, OH
Saw bright ornage rectangular shape rising in the distance and fading out and disappearing, then reappeared lower on the horizon than was initially seen. It floated into the air and appeared to be weaving left to right as it was rising, and then disappeared again for the last time.
August 5, 2017 · 9:15 PM · FLASH
Sylmar, CA
Obtained field glasses and noted when the object was to the East of us, there were multiple lights that were more dim and there was distance between them. 17 08 05 - ((initials deleted)) Rep.
August 5, 2017 · 9:10 PM · SPHERE
Niceville, FL
I was outside on the phone with my father, and I turned towards my house. I noticed the object, an orange sphere, moving north east from the Gulf of Mexico, just above tree top height from my location. There was no sound. There were no anti-collision lights visible as would appear on man made aircraft. I was to the left of the object, and the light was a steady brightness as it traveled. It was too slow and to be a shooting star, and left no visible trail as an object entering the atmosphere would do. Now, the area around here is Eglin AFB Reservation, and I've seen helicopters, MV-22 Ospreys, C-130s, and various commercial aircraft at various times at night, and this wasn't any of those. It wasn't a parachute flare, as it was moving horizontally, and maintained a level flight path. My background is military. Former Marine, worked on AV-8B Harriers for a decade. I'm very familiar with how aircraft look at night, and what they sound like at various distances.
August 5, 2017 · 7:45 PM · CIRCLE
Auburn, WA
My friend and I witnessed a large (at least 2-3 times the size of the sun, in a sky) orange and red bright glowing circle in the sky. We were driving North in Auburn towards Kent, WA, and when we came to a stop light, my male friend in his (60’s) and I (age 27) witnessed the object in the sky, I looked up and seen the same bright orange and red moving across the sky at a steady pace. The object headed east and dipped down out of our sight behind mountains/forest area (this took less than 45 seconds).
August 5, 2017 · 6:35 PM · SPHERE
Woodbridge, NJ
On Saturday, August 5, 2017, between 6:35 and 7:00 PM, I was in my car, facing east on Woodbridge Avenue (about three blocks before you reach Route 9) in Woodbridge, NJ, waiting for a red light. I was looking up at the clear blue sky and saw a misty round orb to the right, about the size of a large grapefruit, held at arm's length. This orb was white, and moved through the clouds toward the west. After a few seconds, a bright flash of light emitted from the center of the orb, and then it was gone. The whole sighting lasted about the time it took for the traffic light to change.
August 5, 2017 · 5:00 PM · SPHERE
Norwalk/Darien, CT
The orb/glowing sphere demented down. Because of the curvature of the highway, we lost site of it behind the trees.
August 5, 2017 · 3:19 AM · FIREBALL
Wildwood, NJ
Medium to large fireball deep orange/orangeyellow with dark center looking like round fire??
August 5, 2017 · 12:00 AM · FIREBALL
Norfolk, VA
Me and my girlfriend noticed a bright red ball of light in the sky head out over the Chesapeake Bay in the direction of the eastern shore.
August 5, 2017 · 12:00 AM · FIREBALL
Hogansville, GA
Behind barn, in tree line, half way up the tree, a round fireball was floating. The fireball was completely visible, until a plane was headed in the direction of the fireball. When the plane was almost over the fireball, the fireball went out. When the plane had disappeared, the fireball started to reappear. It was small and grew bigger and bigger until it was back to the original size. Another plane approached and the light went out again, this time it did not come back.
August 4, 2017 · 11:49 PM · FIREBALL
Portland, OR
My girlfriend and I were in my backyard on my mattress. I sleep outside sometimes due to the fact I don't have air conditioner, and the last two days were 100+ degrees. Before I report what we saw, approximately twenty minutes prior to the sighting we saw a bright white light circular object moving eastward at a constant speed. The object was moving at a typical helicopter altitude without any sound. We watched the object for approximately two minutes as it moved perpendicular to us. Then the light began to fade and dim out completely. Now, approximately twenty minutes after this moment, my girlfriend and I saw an orange fireball light approaching us from the north, which the object was headed for us. Initially, it seemed to be miles away, so I grabbed my binoculars while my girlfriend continued to watch the object. She said she saw a white spot light beneath the object and the object was spinning horizontally and that it transformed into an orb. I returned wi! th my binoculars to see the object and it was extremely dim, and then I spotted it for one second as it moved behind a douglas fir tree. It is difficult to explain what I saw, but I'll give my best effort. The object seemed to be a 50 to 100 yards above the ground and perhaps 100 to 200 yards in distance from me. It was oval shaped but all I could make out was what seemed to be dark orange colored beams , approximately eight of them that were evenly spaced around the object for structure; like a house frame. There wasn't any sound.
August 4, 2017 · 11:00 PM · DIAMOND
Kalispell, MT
I was sitting in front of my house on Garland St. and we heard a loud jet sound. A couple of seconds later, I large lit up aircraft flew from 280 degrees NW at 40 mph. It flew between our neighbor and I's yards and continued to fly past at 64 degrees SE. The aircraft was a large diamond shape with 3-4 red and white lights on the front and two blue and red lights. Approximately 1 minute later, another one flew from the E to W really low, behind the trees so I was not capable of filming it.
August 4, 2017 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Rosemount, MN
When leaving for work at 10:30 pm, I was about to enter the round-about when I noticed something in the air. It was just above tree level, moving slowly over the park at the community center. It then flew across the street between the park and the townhomes. The object was black with a solid orange light. I would guess it to be large in size. There was no sound coming from the object. It moved erratically smooth like nothing I have ever seen in the sky before. I then followed the object Southeast on Connemara Trail in Rosemount, MN, for about a mile. The object stopped and hovered above the fire station and water-tower. The object then took off again moving much faster heading South until it went up into the clouds. As I headed East on County Rd 42, towards hwy 52, I noticed 2 large helicopters fly over. One circled from the oil refinery towards the airport. The other circled from the oil refinery to Woodbury and circled back. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 4, 2017 · 10:28 PM
Spring Lake, NJ
Saw bright light over ocean, just hovering. Then it just disappeared.
August 4, 2017 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Louisville, KY
There were red moving lights on the back in a circle and it looked like a ferris wheel. It moved across the sky and disappeared. This happens off Hurstbourne and Taylorsville Rd Friday 8-4-17 @ 10:00 pm.
August 4, 2017 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Ocean City, MD
While on vacation in Ocean City, Maryland, wife and myself witnessed unusual sight over Atlantic Ocean while sitting on balcony of hotel room. Date was either 8/3/17, 8/4/17, or 8/5/17 (don’t recall which of those three nights) approximate time 22:00 hours. Witnessed a fireball traveling parallel to the coast, heading from the north to the south, about the speed of a normal aircraft. Seemed to be within a few miles of our location. It turned east over the ocean, appeared on a trajectory to higher altitude, again at normal aircraft speed, and extinguished after about 10 seconds. No aircraft warning or marker lights were visible nor could we hear any sound. Fireball was visible for approximately 50 to 60 seconds total. A second identical sighting was witnessed 5 to 10 minutes after the first. Note that Dover Delaware Air Force Base. Is not far north of our location. Unsure if it might have been afterburners from jets conducting nighttime training. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 4, 2017 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Indio, CA
Outside in backyard looking south and saw a spree shaped bright object like a headlight moving very fast due west in a straight line and then disappeared completely. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 4, 2017 · 9:45 PM · FLASH
Ogden, UT
I saw a blue ball of light and it flashed approx. 2000 ft in the sky. It was bright, and it did not move. Then it got really dim and it then turned back on for about a second or two and moved about 2 seconds or so to the right from my perspective. There were no military jets or plane lights nearby so I know it was not a plane or a flare or a spotlight because I know where the spotlight here in Ogden is and I was not close enough to it…
August 4, 2017 · 9:40 PM · CIRCLE
Portland, OR
Very bright lights, with some parts blinking similar to a very distant radio tower only moving closer and closer to my location in Bridelmile, Hillsdale, Portland, OR.
August 4, 2017 · 9:15 PM · FLASH
Phoenix, AZ
August 4, 2017 approx. 21:15 Phoenix, AZ It was a clear sky, the moon was out and almost full, the temperature was in the mid to upper 90s. I was swimming in the pool, floating on my back looking at the night sky, when I saw what I thought was a falling star streak from the East-Southeast towards the West-Northwest, stopping short of the Big Dipper. It struck me as odd right away, as it left behind a glowing trail; something similar to what an old CRT TV would do when you turned it off in a darkened room. Then, within 3 to 4 seconds, a bright light flashed, just outside of where the streak that was left by the “falling star” had ended. That’s when I realized this was not a falling star. For the next 5 minutes I watched, as this object and possibly two others, flashed intermittently with varying intensity from very bright quick flashes of white, to a dull slowly growing intensity, culminating in bright white, then instantly dark. During this time, the objects started moving to the East very slowly. There was no pattern or timing to the flashing or the intensity. The light was mostly white, but there was a bluish tinge to it at times. It seemed to be 3 objects in close proximity to one another. After about 5 minutes, the activity was no longer visible.
August 4, 2017 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Howard, SD
This is the second time I have seen these lights in a 5 days. The first sighting was on 7/31/17 at approximately the same time. I will start with that sighting but, am using this date because it was the most recent. On the night of July 31, I went out and sat on the side steps of my house to have a cigarette, my steps face to the east. The sky was clear and just beginning to get dark. There were whispy clouds very high up and a light breeze from the south. The moon and stars were visible. I looked to the southeast and noticed a very bright, dark, red, light coming from that direction. I watched it cross the sky and it went behind a tree that is in my neighbor's yard that is about 25 ft. high. when it came out the other side of the tree, I could still see the red light and it headed off to the north. When it was just about out of view, the light was no longer visible but, it looked at that time to be a very black cylindrical shape. About a minute later, I saw another, and called for my brother to come out and look. It was identical to the first. He thought at first it was a plane but, there was no noise at all, no contrails and absolutely no sound. The light was steady, not flashing. It too moved on the exact path and looked to be a very black cylindrical shape as it went out of view. About another minute passed and we saw another of these lights come from the same direction only it looked a little more pinkish red. It, too, flew the same course and at about the same altitude which, I estimate to be about 1 to 2 thousand feet. I am not good at distance so this may be incorrect. As we watched, 4 more came, spaced about the same time apart. Some seemed to be further to the east and some coming closer to where they were almost directly overhead. Most of them blinked out when they were parallel to us or when they had gone a little further north. Since we could not see the red light on the first two, as they went out of view, it is possible that they turned if the lights were attached to some kind of craft, or, they just blinked out. I got my video camera but, I was shaking and that video did not turn out well. The lights through the camera looked orange instead of red but, to the naked eye, they were red. My brother thought they might be Chinese lanterns, fireworks but, they seemed too high and some flew faster and some slower. 8/4/17--Again, I went out to have a cigarette before bed. I happened to look to the southeast and was amazed to see the same lights as the previous sighting, again coming from the southeast. This time, two came at once and the one that was furthest to the east all of a sudden made a 90 degree turn and went straight east. I hollered for my brother but, he was upstairs and didn't hear me. I continued to watch and witnessed 4 more of these lights, one flew almost directly overhead. I got my video camera again and this time the video wasn't quite so shaky. I tried to zoom in full but, it only caused the light to look like a diamond shape which, I know to be something with the camera and not the correct shape of the light. These were identical in every way to the ones I had witnessed previously. The conditions of the sky were the same also. Again, there was no sound, no smoke like flares would have, no contrails, nothing. I could not see a shape to these, only the very bright lights. I have no idea what they were but, the one making the 90 degree turn to the east was what really made me wonder what it was that I saw.