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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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July 5, 2017 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Glenpool, OK
Driving south on Hwy 75 towards Glenpool at night. It was very clear. The moon was out and stars were beginning to shine. Saw fireworks to my left and right. In the middle high above the fireworks 4 light objects appeared. They looked like stars. They appeared and the formation reminded me of the Big Dipper Constellation. I thought, that's not the Big Dipper, it should be in the North. As I watched, the objects started moving. The 2 in the center moved closer to each other towards a vertical position. The top one started moving towards the 2 lining up vertically. The bottom one was also moving in the same direction as it seemed they were going to line up eventually. The top object reached first, once it did, it then faded and was then gone. Then the bottom object got very close to lining up...it then faded and was gone. Finally, the middle two started moving towards each other vertically from the horizon. Once they got closer, they faded and were gone. I have never seen anything like this before. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. We have amended the date above, to reflect a sighting after fireworks on the evening of the 4th of July, but have no way to confirm the date. PD
July 5, 2017 · 12:00 AM · OVAL
Sioux City, IA
I took 6 pictures and the incident lasted only about 1 minute. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS/2ND REPORT)) I seen a red oval shape orb hover about firework on the 4th of July, at around midnight, and move slowly horizontally, heading North to North East, making no noise. ((END ADDENDUM)) ((ADDENDUM #2 FROM WITNESS)) Ya July 5th is fine. The camera is facing N slightly NW ((END ADDENDUM #2)) We have amended the date, in order to reflect sighting at midnight on the morning of July 5th, 2017. The photos indicate a very small light, seen against the dark night sky, but we are unable to certify that it is anything unusual. We are unable to rule out the possibility of a celestial body. PD
July 5, 2017 · 12:00 AM · OVAL
Payette, ID
Was driving along and and saw this small shiny metal object flying around medium speed and disappeared in front of our eyes
July 4, 2017 · 11:30 PM · CIRCLE
Ocean City, MD
It moved west from ocean, turned south. Stopped, and then faded away. Made no sound. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2017 · 11:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Bridgeport, CT
I noticed a solid white light, with a flashing red light, traveling up Long Island Sound. It then spun in place, traveled back towards NYC. It once again stopped - spun around in place and came back. It went into a small cloud and never reappeared.
July 4, 2017 · 11:25 PM · FIREBALL
Dearborn, MI
July 4th, I took my dogs out at about 11:25. There were a lot of fireworks being shot off, so I expected to see some things but this was different. While I was waiting for my dogs I noticed a bright orange light that looked like a fireball or a firework being shot off. But it was moving very slowly up and over at the same time. It slowly moved up and over my house until it disappeared into the clouds above my house. I then noticed another light exactly like the first moving exactly in the same direction and at the same rate of speed. The second one disappeared somewhere up above my house. I thought it was very strange, so I came inside to google it, to figure out what it might be. That's when I found the many other reports of the same type of sighting. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2017 · 11:15 PM · OVAL
Atchison, KS
Bright orange/red light in the southeastern sky, it didn't appear to be moving. There were fireworks going off all around the area, this light stayed above the fireworks and didn't move. The light slowly started moving north and was zigzagging left to right. It appeared to be going higher towards the clouds, then it started turning west towards the moon. We waited for the light to get closer to the moon and when it did we saw the shape of this that appeared to be oval shaped. We heard a real low humming sound, it started climbing higher up and just dissapeared. It was nowhere to be seen, just vanished. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2017 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Nampa, ID
Looked like a glowing fireball in the sky during fireworks.
July 4, 2017 · 10:51 PM · LIGHT
Yreka, CA
Last night (07/04/2017) at exactly 9:51 p.m., myself and four of my friends witnessed a UFO sighting in the southern sky south of Yreka, California, during the fireworks display. At first, it was thought to be a high-flying jet liner, but then it stopped and didn’t move. It was a neon green object that appeared to be round, but was to far away to discern its exact shape. After watching it for a minute or two, it began to make unnatural maneuvers un-like anything any of us had ever seen before (Quick turns, and reversals of direction), then came back to its former spot and was stationary. It made these sorts of maneuvers three times during the fireworks display. After the last maneuver, the object changed color, from green, to white and red. It was about the size of the largest visible star, and seemed to be flying in the upper atmosphere at about a 45-degree angle from where we stood. We commented to each other that it was probably watching the fireworks displays in Yreka and Lake Siskiyou (a lake immediately west of Mt. Shasta). About 30 seconds after the Grand Finale (10:10 p.m.) the object turned a bright red. It began moving slowly in a northwestward direction and we lost view of it as it passed behind a tree. Emerging from the other side of the tree, the glowing red object began to pick up speed, and made an abrupt turn westward. It then darted from that position (still about a 45-degree angle), and in about two or three seconds disappeared over the mountains on the horizon. This occurred about 10:12 p.m. It was too fast and too high in the atmosphere to have been a drone. When it sped west over the horizon, it was at super-sonic speed, yet did not have a tail, or light trail behind it like meteors have. I contribute this in hopes that others may also have saw it, and captured it on their cell-phone cam. It was so distracting, we paid more attention to it than we did the fireworks show. If it caught our attention that much, others must have surely witnessed it also. I’m anxious to see if it makes the newspapers or local news channels. It was a life changing experience.
July 4, 2017 · 10:48 PM · FIREBALL
Los Angeles, CA
It was moving across the shy. Then disappeared.
July 4, 2017 · 10:35 PM · OTHER
Butte, MT
On July 4, 2017, at approximately 22:15 p.m (MDT) to the south in Butte Montana at about 3000 feet elevation I saw what I thought could be a flying object with lantern or incendiary device pulsating with orange flames. I watched it for a while as it hovered and then it disappeared or went behind the haze or thin clouds. My only thought was someone could start a forest fire on the East Ridge. I went indoors and returned to the outside a few minutes later and saw a different type of object (see other report) in about the same location at a slightly lower elevation. Around 22:35 p.m. I went to the front of my house and two square dim orange irregularly pulsating objects with a jagged or blurred top edge were moving slowly towards me (west to east) at a low altitude, I estimate at 100 feet. I had never seen or heard of anything like this before. They moved slowly and the first one suddenly disappeared but, before it disappeared, I started to take a video using my iPad. After a few seconds, my iPad quit working. The second object continued slowly in a slightly northeasterly direction until it was to my north and opposite where I was standing. It then made a slow 180 degree turn and disappeared. I could hear a low whooshing sound from the second one. When I tried to take a photo or video of the second object, my iPad camera didn’t function at all. In the short less than 5 second video of the first object, it appears as a hazy orange blob. With the naked eye it appeared clear, square shaped, and even on all but the top edge.
July 4, 2017 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Lexington, KY
Watched fireworks about 20 more minutes. Object appeared tracking back to the original position east at an extreme speed. Light still consistently pulsating, then traveled north and into clouds out of eyesight. Almost seemed to be observing fireworks. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2017 · 10:30 PM · FORMATION
Denver, CO
The objects appeared as 5 distinct white lights and were flying in a close formation at approximately 2,000 feet above ground level. They periodically broke formation, and some disappeared, then later reappeared and regrouped in formation again. We suspect it might have been drones, but they were very well coordinated. We have video taken from our cell phone.
July 4, 2017 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Reston, VA
Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2017 · 10:30 PM · CHANGING
Larmont, NY
After viewing fireworks set off from a boat in the middle of Premium Millpond, and after the sched New Rochelle Fireworks show ended, which we were able to view from a distance, The sky was clear. There was a lot of air traffic (planes and helicopters) due to airports nearby towards the city on and off throughout the night, but the sky was clear, very dark a the time my fiance' and I saw a glowing red light moving very slowly towards our direction (coming from the south) over the trees I believe had to five island park. As it got closer we noticed that there were no other lights, just a red circular round glowing orb, the outline of it was red and the inside was more of an orangish red color. As it moved even closer it started changing shape, by "stretching"? Downward almost like a teardrop until it was completely vertical, like a very short thick laser beam, it had a very wierd glow around it, It than went back up into its orb like shape. It ! did this same teardrop thing two or three more times as it moved across the sky (very low) To the right of us (east). At last sight of it the red orb was very big and bright, it bursted out in the way a firework would in the sky, but than it came back to shape very small and orange colored and just disappeared. We recorded it, but on the video where the orb morphes ito a vertical beam like thing, the camera captured a completely different maneuver. It looked nothing like it did as I saw it in front me. Both the sighting and footage showed an object doing things that are completely unexplainable.
July 4, 2017 · 10:24 PM · SPHERE
Morristown, TN
I got binoculars one time and viewed it and I saw that it had tiny, circular holes in it. My dogs were behaving strangely and acted like they were being attacked. They ran into the house. (They were already used to the fireworks from past years). I know others have seen it. In fact, I saw it tonight.
July 4, 2017 · 10:23 PM · FORMATION
Butte, MT
On July 4, 2017, at 22:23 p.m. (Mountain Daylight Time), in Butte Montana, to the south at over 2000 feet elevation (the mountains one mile to the east rise 2000 feet above my location and the object seemed at least that high) I saw an unknown object, I’ll call it object #1. It appeared as two distinct lights: pulsating blue-turquoise light on its left, and constant red light to the right. The object appeared to be hovering and not moving much. The object was in about the same location as another type of object I saw a few minutes earlier (see my other report). I watched #1 for a while and then I saw another object that looked exactly the same in the West; I’ll refer to it as object #2. The #2 was about the same altitude as #1. Then realizing it is something unusual with two of the same objects, I went inside to get my binoculars and iPad. Both #1 and #2 were hovering and visible when I went inside. While inside, #1 disappeared. Using binoculars, I took a closer look at #2 and could see not two lights but a string of 4 round red lights to the right and below the blue lights. The blue lights were 3 or 4 and round as well and only the blue were pulsating. The lights were parallel to each other (blue on top red on bottom) but they were not perpendicular to the ground. They were higher to the right and lower to the left when viewed. Also the blue lights were not directly above the red but offset a little to the left: Blue Blue Blue Blue Red Red Red Red. The lights were very distinct or solid and not at all like aircraft lights. I am a few miles north of the airport, but there were no airplane or helicopter sounds, and the objects I saw were relatively motionless. I proceeded to take a photo followed by a 4 minute plus video of #2 on my iPad. The photo and video are not at all as clear as I could see with the naked eye. However, when I zoom on the photo, I can see the 4 red lights in a row as I described. The photo didn’t capture the blue light which must have been “off” in the pulsating cycle. On the video, the pulsating lights seem more white than the deep turquoise blue I experienced. Many people in the area were setting off their personal Fourth of July fireworks as seen in the video. However, #2 hovers over the spectacle below. After four minutes or so, I quit taking video and after 10 minutes from the first sighting of #1, #2 descended slowly out of view behind some trees. Shortly before I saw #1, and immediately after # 2 disappeared, I saw 3 other objects of a different type and will report the sighting of those in a separate report. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be unusually serious-minded and sincere. We suspect that he is a highly reliable witness. PD
July 4, 2017 · 10:18 PM · FIREBALL
Candler, NC
On back deck watching neighbors' fireworks, overlooking Newfound Mountain, saw the highest mountain peak was on fire (whole top) then the whole fire lifted up above the mountain and hovered for 2-3 minute before flying up fast and disappearing. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2017 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT
Lexington, KY
I was sitting on the steps watching the kids shoot off fireworks. I notice a very large, bright, orange constant light about 2000 feet up moving East to West over us. I yelled to the boys in the street to look up and said, "Hey guys, what's that?" I watched it for 60 seconds. The speed was faster than a single engine plane and made no sound. Occurred at approximately 10:15pm.
July 4, 2017 · 10:15 PM
Hermiston, OR
((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) On July 14th, 2017, at 10:15 pm, I was looking out my bedroom window, when I noticed a large bright red light in the shape of a sphere, hovering over the tree line behind my home. I live in the country, so I would guess it was maybe 3 to 4 city blocks away. It just stayed in the same spot. I watched it for about 30 seconds, before it began to slowly lower straight down. I could still see the light through the tree branches. It stopped for a few seconds, and then slowly rose back up. When it reached to top of the tree line, it began to travel in a straight line in a northwest direction for about 45 seconds, before it was no longer in my view from my window. Total sighting was less than 2 minute. I was to afraid to go outside and follow the direction it was traveling. ((END ADDENDUM)) We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she seemed to us to be quite serious-minded and credible. We urged her to submit a more thorough report, to supplement her original, which she did. PD
July 4, 2017 · 10:11 PM · FLASH
brooklyn, NY
To make things short. That plasma ship pulsed one time 4 feet above my head. I was alone but there was people about 50 yards from me doing their own things. Then all of a sudden it seemed like a spotlight was on me from above out of nowhere. I quickly look up and about four feet right above my head there was a pulse. Like a fireworks explosion. But this firework was so perfect. I was so star struck. It was like looking at a controlled star. There was no smoke. The absolute perfection of each burst syncing with the sound. Each burst all them synchronized in a burst like it was controlled magnetized plaza. It all was like something said to me, hey check out my perfect firework. I think I witnessed that orange star like plasma ufo right above me. I couldn't see through the ship. I couldn't speak for about a day right afterwards. oh, and as soon as it pulsed fireworks type of exploded above me I looked around quickly to see if anybody else had saw it and no one else was looking, they saw nothing. Then I looked up and the there was nothing there, no smoke. Then I looked up in the sky and it really seemed like I saw a firefly fly and turn while lit up. I couldn't tell if that was a fire white light type of firefly that was just yards from me or something way up in the sky. The burst was like lightning electricity branching perfectly each burst all forming a mandala and all synchronized with the crackling sound it made. Eah crackle each burst, billions. That was no manmade firework that exploded right above my head. This entire occurrence that happened to me has been on my mind and is now apart of me in different ways. [NUFORC annotation: Fireworks - Possible]
July 4, 2017 · 10:10 PM · LIGHT
Prospect, PA
Three bright reddish lights, each separated by 2-3 minutes, appeared from north northeast heading south southwest toward the position of the moon. There was no detectable sound from them. The July 4th fireworks were going on at the Butler County Fair Grounds at the time and I assumed the first one was a firework going up but hadn't exploded yet. It never did explode and continued across the sky until out of view behind a tree line. My wife said she saw a fourth one appear from the same origin but headed due west. I caught only a quick glimpse of that one through some trees. They appeared larger than the ISS looks as it flies over, but not quite as bright. They were a bit slower than a Cessna at maybe 10000 feet (i.e. pretty slow), though the actual height and size were impossible to determine. I checked a satellite tracker on-line but could not find any satellites at all over my area at that time, much less three of them moving in such an odd direction for a satellite.
July 4, 2017 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Collinsville, OK
Ran inside and got my phone started taking pictures. Contiued watching and another single red ball then three more in triangle form followed. I saw a total of eight red balls. They came from the northwest. I got scared and came back inside.
July 4, 2017 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Montebello, CA
One orange dot moving then stayed atill then started to go up higher and jyst disappear. I have video. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. Hence, we are unable to request permission to view the video. PD