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March 5, 2023 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Brooklyn, NY
This light was in Brooklyn, 12:30 AM, looking towards Manhattan. caught my eye, stayed in one place for at least 10 minutes then clouds covered . At first I thought it was a helicopter, but it did not move.
March 4, 2023 · 11:49 PM · FORMATION
Enid, OK
It appeared like a spining cloud of lights and formed into a V shape... it almost looked like a flauk of ducks but it was lights. Absolutely no sound what so ever. My wife and I watched it until it disappeared. My wife took a photo.
March 4, 2023 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Thermal, CA
These lights appeared on the 3rd of March And my pictures are from the 4th of March. I've tried to upload my pictures but I can't do it for my cell phone
March 4, 2023 · 8:03 PM · DISK
Myrtle Beach, SC
These two pics were taken from the exact same location (top floor of the parking garage here in MB) 30 seconds apart as we were out looking at Venus and Jupiter in the western skies. These pics were taken of the SSW skies and NOT the western skies, which is were the two unmistakable visible planets were beaming ever so brightly…..The two slanted disks were present in the first image and NOT the second image captured 30 seconds later. Also uploaded is a Google Earth image showing the location where the images was taken from, the top floor of the parking garage looking SSW as indicated by the red arrow.
March 4, 2023 · 7:42 PM · SPHERE
Tijeras, NM
On 3/4/23 at 7:40 My son and I spotted the two orbs and immediately began recording on an iPhone as we approached them. I was able to discern the saucer shape on the smaller one, with the narrow part of the saucer culminating in the orb of light. They were very large, the big one as large as a football field. There were multiple helicopters approaching and circling. The orbs were soundless and spinning with multicolored lights. They hovered and did not move. I have lived here since the 90s and I have never seen anything like this before. I got concerned about the helicopters possibly getting into an altercation with the orbs, and stopped shooting and took off. I drove down the road and shot another 30 second video, ten minutes later. I posted the videos to a YouTube channel called Free Shrugs, with the identifier “shrugs4free”. I included some screenshots from the videos below. I have concerns about sharing the videos because it is possible to see exactly where I live from the street signs, and I prefer to not give the rights to my videos away, too, but if you check out the YouTube channel you can see them. I wanted to share my experience with someone who would be interested. Thanks.
March 4, 2023 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
White deer township, PA
Starting around 1930 3/4 saw two bright lights fairly high up appearing stationary at first with light being on for 30+ seconds then 2nd light over appearing at least 100 feet below the first would come on, then one or both would turn off for 30+ seconds and repeated for 14 minutes (may have started before 1930). Husband and I driving on route 80 westbound. Close to exit 199 the one light was on and appeared to be rapidly falling, light turned off, we came around a bed 30 seconds to a minute later and a lighted object was on the ground next to the highway. We didn’t stop and unsure if that was the light we saw in the sky.
March 4, 2023 · 4:43 PM · LIGHT
Raleigh, NC
There was a white light or object in the afternoon sky shaped like the pi symbol. It was hovering or stagnant initially. Then we noticed it disappear and it reappeared across the sky moving horizontally but smaller. This occurred 3 times and it was gone. It was a clear day in NC with no visible clouds.
March 4, 2023 · 3:04 PM · SPHERE
Greenville S C, SC
White glare started looking at it in the sky, moving north turned from white to grey moved rapidly at times kept filming for a couple of minutes then object disappeared. I reviewed the video that is when you could see white orb extending to a knob like on a baseball bat handle. I have frame by frame video of a craft that looks like it's cloched or shielded. It is mind blowing what I caught on video, no denying it.
March 4, 2023 · 3:04 PM · SPHERE
Murray, KY
A giant white orb bigger than a house that I got a photo of, I was the only person who saw it, IT IS NOT THE PHONE REFLECTING it isn’t where the sun is and it was away from the sun actually.
March 4, 2023 · 3:04 AM · LIGHT
North Rock Springs, WY
I'm 24, drink (but had no alcohol as of the day of or the day before sighting and report), have no military or civilian aircraft training, and I do and was smoking delta 8 (legal in my jurisdiction) this night for full disclosure. My eyesight is also poor. At around 0305, about an hour and a half before starting writing this, I went to have a late-night cigarette (as I am lifelong sufferer from insomnia) and, while watching the snow fog roll in, had my attention attracted by a bright, steady yellow light that appeared to be in the very low atmosphere, perhaps between 5-15 miles distant, moving out of the north into the south west, with steadiness. I was watching from a trailer park where I live with my fiance close to and directly beneath White Mountain, facing east. I instantly ran to bedroom to wake my fiancé. Although she was groggy and had to put her contacts in, and did not see anything (at first), she came back to the front door after putting in her eyes (I was now waiting just inside the door as it was around 4 or 5 degrees Fahrenheit not accounting for the chill) and we watched them for a while. She saw them too. I saw a yellow light move north in an arcing fashion, like it was making a half-circle in the air, and then it began to descend rapidly while still moving forward (north), before blinking out. The descent was rapid, though potentially not rapid enough to exclude UAVs as a possibility. As I have said, I have no military experience and cannot speak to military hardware or its capabilities. Another one soon popped into being after the first one went out, then the first one came back to life, and we saw both, though they were stationary when this particular movement occurred. We watched, from the cold of the front door, for over forty-five minutes together. The lights continued to increase and lower their elevation, though usually turned off before seeming to move. Eventually, given that I did wake her from a dead sleep, she returned to bed. But I continued watching them turn on and off, and show up in different places for the next 15 minutes, after which no activity was noticeable. I remained a further quarter of an hour before retrieving the laptop to file this report. I have since checked on the sky several times with no sign of any further abnormal activity. The whole time, lights would blink into existence around other lights that came from nowhere, which I figured could have been stars obfuscated by the fog, until they would begin to move, sometimes before switching their lights off. Sometimes I could swear that they were putting off red light, but it was so fleeting, I can still not be sure, especially given the fog and my eyesight, which began to progressively cloud over after a while. There were no less than two, but I suspect there were more, as sometimes I would catch glimpses of light pulsing around a central light in the sky almost exactly east of my position. I could not discern if the central light was a craft or a celestial object, but it seemed the other light(s) kept a close proximity to it, and I used this central light as reference point, while glancing askance at the lights to better view them, to detect movement. I saw the lights moving at least four times without "turning off" first. My fiance saw at least 2 of these 4 occasions of movement, minus the first time I saw it alone and went to wake her, and another instance where she was watching with me, but could not see the lights as well as I (my eyes had almost completely adjusted by this point). If it weren't for the fact that I know we saw no fewer than two moving objects, I would say the fog was just playing tricks on us. They moved, though. They were piloted craft, beyond a doubt. These could have been UAV's, though the speed and maneuvers were something I have yet to see a civilian drone pull off. If it wasn't a drone, F-35, or Harrier (which I say because the lights would frequently sit still, turn out, then move, which is, in theory, not beyond the capabilities of anything I just named) then the best I can figure is that one of these lights was acting as a staging area for the other(s). I watch these skies every day. I have seen strange things in the skies, but never something strange that was also certainly, beyond a doubt, piloted or controlled by something intelligent. I must say, the lights instantly struck me as out of place. I saw no landing lights (airport in town), no distinguishing characteristic, whatever, beyond the yellow, quickly moving, seemingly stealth-seeking lights. I saw no evidence of increased aerial activity subsequent to the sighting. As a side note, the neighbor's dog wouldn't quit barking, but I promise you, he don't need a reason to start that racket up.
March 3, 2023 · 9:45 PM · FLASH
Jacksonville, FL
I’m hoping for some input on these and my gut says they’re some sort of satellite using an instrument that very briefly emits visible or IR light. I view the sky with very high-specification White Phosphor night vision 3-5 times a week. I use a dedicated video recorder that degrades the image somewhat but is the best solution I’ve found for recording through a night vision device. I watch the sky often enough that I’ve become quite skilled at identifying mundane objects: primarily satellites and how they reflect the below-horizon sun. The objects I describe below and have provided video of do not appear to be reflecting the sun on as they spin and they do not follow an orbital path. They appear to be geostationary or moving extremely slowly. What I’ve detected are “blinks” coming from an extremely high altitude, likely above the earth’s atmosphere. I have seen them at night (from 8pm to 11pm is my usual viewing time) and in the pre-dawn hour (5am to 6:15ish). I have seen them while facing Northeast, West, and South as these are my usual viewing areas. I don’t typically face sue North but may do so for the sake of additional data. Most “blinkers” are so dim they’re difficult or impossible to see on video but I see them clearly through my night vision device. The bright one in the video I’ve linked was, by far, the brightest I have seen. All of them blink at a regular interval but the interval varies. So far, the intervals have been 17 seconds, 31 seconds, 48 seconds, and 1:17 seconds. Those intervals are just for the ones I’ve watched long enough to start counting in my head. Another data point that indicates they’re not reflecting the sun: in some instances, I have been staring at one area of the sky for over a half hour before the blinks start and after approximately 10 minutes with no indication of movement across the sky, the blinks stop. Satellites reflecting sunlight don’t behave that way. The video I’ve linked happens to be the first time I’ve seen 2 blinking at the same time in the same area. Usually, I only see a single blinker. In the video, I first see the bright blinker at 0:13 in the lower left of the night vision tube, I then turned my attention to it and the bright blink is in the middle of the frame. At 2:08, the second blinker starts to the left, much dimmer than the initial one. If necessary, I can provide time stamps for every blink. Also, if it’s preferable for me to send the video directly, I can do that. The only editing I’ve done is slight cropping and I had to merge 2 clips as my recording device chops video into 5 minute segments. If any investigator would like to see them in person more clearly, I welcome a visit. I see them every session. https://youtu.be/6VDefldh4N0
March 3, 2023 · 8:19 PM · LIGHT
Dandridge, TN
I was standing on my deck looking Southeast towards Sirius and a bright red light about the same size/brightness as Venus was moving quickly from right to left. It disappeared less than ten seconds from first observing it.
March 3, 2023 · 7:15 PM · FIREBALL
HOLLISTER, CA
They were 300 feet apart and then went dark, but were still there. This is not the first time I have seen them. At 7:15 pm, I was facing east, leaving the grocery store parking lot. I was driving a 1952 Jeep with no doors or top on the vehicle, which granted me a clear view of the sky. While pulling out of the parking lot, I looked up to the south-southeast and observed two beach ball-sized objects that were either balls of fire or fire orange/red in color. I estimate that these objects were no more than a mile or two away from me. The two objects were traveling slowly from the south to the north, about 500 feet up, and slowly gaining altitude. The objects were about 300 feet apart from one another. The lead object was about 50 to 100 feet higher than the other and seemed to be gaining altitude while the other object kind of held back a little, taking a more gradual climb than the other, and then started climbing up following the other but not traveling the same path. I drove down the street heading east facing the objects for about 200 feet, then made a right, so now the objects are up and to my left. When I turned onto this street, there was a car stopped in the road with its flashers on, and a truck that pulled off to the side. The occupants of both vehicles were looking up at these things, and I could hear somebody saying, "What the hell are those things?" I pulled over and turned off the engine and jumped out and heard no sound. I was getting my phone out of my pocket to snap a picture while keeping an eye on these things, but they went dark before I could take a picture. I say that they went dark because it looked like there was still something that was still there after the fire or possibly orange reddish light source went out or turned off. The light was not a steady light, not like the steady stable light that is emitted from a man-made artificial source like an LED or some sort of light bulb. The light seemed to fluctuate slightly, giving me the impression that these things were not illuminated by a light bulb or anything but more of a natural light source like that of a fire would emit. There did appear to be a separate light source within the light that was toward the top and to the side that looked to be a more stable and more red color. These objects operated independently from one another. These lights started gaining altitude, which took about 10 seconds to climb 200 feet or so. They traveled with one following the other but taking a slightly different path for about 10 seconds and then went dark but at different times, with one going out one or two seconds before the other. While I was parked on the side of the road, observing these things and trying to take in as much detail my 20/20 eyes could, the car that was stopped in the road with its flashers on drove up to me, asking, "Did you see that?" and "Wow" "What were those things?". I am no rookie when it comes to observing the night sky. This ain't my first rodeo. I have spent countless hours over the past 20 plus years farting around with all sorts of high-tech gadgets with everything ranging from large scopes outfitted with cooled CCD cameras to prototype military wiz-bang gadgets the public won't see for a decade. I have observed these things before over the years along with just about all my friends and neighbors. I have been on the hunt for information on these orange and red balls of light since the first time I observed one of these things many years ago. I am very lucky to have been with somebody every time I have had an encounter with these things. I can't imagine seeing one of these alone and trying to explain to others what I saw and not sound like somebody with a few screws loose. It is a shame that more people do not make a report of any kind after they see something unidentified. It is like pulling teeth to get people to make even the most simple basic report. I told the people that also saw these things about NUFORC and asked them to take a look at the website and to please file a report. I can't thank Mr. Davenport enough for the hard work and dedication in providing the most extensive, reliable, and professional source of information on the subject of UFO.
March 3, 2023 · 6:31 PM · DISK
Winchester, VA
I am simply showing this photo. Hoping it can be explained. I can’t explain it.
March 3, 2023 · 6:05 PM · RECTANGLE
Scottsdale, AZ
@zDrxgon for proof. Follow and DM and i'll send 1 minute 28 second video on top of my tweets. Not moving, metallic flash in sky . Further above planes. Not a star
March 3, 2023 · 2:00 PM · CYLINDER
Fullerton, CA
On a walk in the afternoon, I noticed a hawk circling above. Using my cell phone, I took 6 quick shots of the hawk. As I stood there and reviewed them I noticed that the third picture had an object in the sky and then the rest did not. I did not see this when I took the picture. I don't know how far or close it is in relation to the hawk.
March 3, 2023 · 7:04 AM · SPHERE
Austin, TX
Small orb like magenta colored light with a thin cast off tail that also was lit on the end levitating spinning above the street moving to the left. The closer we got we heard whistles, beeps wizzes in a metallic robotic melodic back and forth sounds like conversation. When our car drove over it we felt the sound under the car and then envelope the car and our space. When we passed over it the sounds faded and my rear window was clouded and I was not able to see it in the street. When we finally passed the area on the street I looked back out the rear window through the rear view mirror and the window appeared clean again.
March 3, 2023 · 6:20 AM · SPHERE
Saint Johns, MI
Headed south on S Krepps rd between Green Rd and Alward Rd. Spotted orange orb/light in the sky at height of average aircraft. Was not identifiable as a helicopter and not proper lighting to be local aircraft. Light orb disappeared/sunk south into the clouds. At this time of day it was quite dark. Observer was traveling by vehicle.
March 2, 2023 · 11:28 PM · UNKNOWN
Farmville, VA
We had observed 2 nights ago multiple objects with flashing red, green, blue and white lights moving erratically in the sky. Last night we saw 2 white spheres in the same general location but they didn't appear to be moving so we dismissed that sighting. Tonight we again saw the colored lights in the same westerly direction from our position but could only see one and it was at a considerably higher elevation than our previous sighting. It appeared to be a bit farther away also but we could still note the erratic movements that were unlike any normal airplane or helicopter.
March 2, 2023 · 7:29 PM · SPHERE
Scottsdale, AZ
Lights started with 2. When videoing with my Apple 11 cell phone, the video immediately shows them power up? Then the one on the bottom left dissolved and there was only one. Then at about 38 seconds it seemed to power up again. Towards the end at about 53 seconds the light/sphere took a very sharp/fast downward turn. I ran into house to get my landlord and within 2 minutes it was not there when we came back outside. Other video shows a little bit of color change from very light pale green to pink to yellow to white again..
March 2, 2023 · 7:21 PM · LIGHT
Edgewood/ Sandia Park, NM
This is a fairly rural area with very little light pollution. The sky was not fully dark yet, about an 1.5 hours after sunset. Looking at the planetary convergence with 10x50 binoculars (laying on car roof for stability) I was checking out Jupiters 3 visible moons. A single dull red light moving at an extremely high speed entered the Binos field of vision. It entered my FOV under Jupiter and traveled in a straight line from South traveling North, Approximately on the 7 o’clock plane moving towards the 2 o’clock location. It was in the Binos FOV for about 2 seconds as I followed it across the sky, then faded out, I pulled the Binos away and with my naked eye, I picked it up again but very hard to see now. It seemed to pause for a 1/4 of a second & shot directly up, 90 degrees towards the 12 o’clock position and vanished. No visible exhaust trail, no blinking lights or sound. The whole experience lasted 2-3 seconds. I was in shock because I have never seen anything in real life traveling this fast and moving so smooth that changed direction so abruptly. FYI , Kirkland AFB is in ABQ and about 18 miles SW of my location, I can’t view the base or the city of ABQ due to the Sandia/ Manzano Mountains blocking my view. Also there were numerous aircraft in the sky during this siting but none in the immediate area.
March 2, 2023 · 6:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Newmarket, NH
I was in my home and looked out my front door and observed 2 lighted objects in the western sky. This is a view I have daily and the 2 objects were new to me. At first, I thought they might be stationary helicopters, although I couldn't hear any noise. I watched through the door for a few minutes thinking that maybe they were moving either directly toward or away from me, but they didn't move. I thought that maybe the 2 panes of glass I was looking through might be distorting the light somehow, so I went outside to get a better view and try to hear if they might be helicopters. No noise, nor any movement. I took a photo and video with my cell, but that didn't prove very useful. I went back in the house and told my wife about it, and she observed them as well. I then decided to put on some warmer clothes and went across the street where I could get a better view. The objects didn't move, although I did lose sight of them when they either went dark or were obscured by clouds. This happened a few times. I called the local police at 7:00 PM to see if they were aware of anything unusual in the sky. They were not, and we did talk briefly about Venus & Jupiter. I continued to watch for another 10 minutes, more or less, until clouds moved in and completely obscured my view, so I went back inside. Both objects could be best described as something akin to a lighted stick man. They appeared to be more like a structure with long straight poles with white lights on them. A main pole or shaft down the middle, with appendages sticking out from them. Sort of rectangular, if you connected the dots of the lighted appendages. Nothing round, like a typical planet. The shapes were certainly not planet-like, unless for some reason, atmospheric conditions were playing games with what we were looking at. So I don’t believe they were planets, but I can’t really account for what I saw either. I’m hoping that someone else may have seen something as well. Thanks for your time. Jupiter and Venus
March 2, 2023 · 12:45 AM · SPHERE
Myrtle Beach, SC
I was sitting on my hotel balcony about 12:45am looking at the ocean waves and the beach. One bright orange sphere appeared. It seemed to be several hundred feet above the ocean, and several hundred feet out from the shoreline. It lasted for about 15 seconds, moved slightly down and then quickly disappeared. The sky was completely cloudy at the time.
March 1, 2023 · 11:00 PM · CYLINDER
Bellingham, WA
1st thought was a large helicopter hovering with a mirror of it's self hung underneath with no sound. It also reminded me of a Borg ship from Star Trek. Too far to see outlines or hear noise.