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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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January 18, 2015 · 6:30 AM · CHANGING
Panama City Beach, FL
At first thought it was a star but it was daylight, it went from round to oblong and bright white light shining from it from both sides when in would become oblong. It stayed it same location for at least 30 mins without moving in any direction . When I come in the house to get my phone for video it was gone . No where in sight . It would be very hard to explain this object. Even if I had a photo or video it would be hard to figure out . I just feel very lucky to have seen this really cool thing . Possible sighting of a planet in the eastern morning sky?? PD
January 17, 2015 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Sanford, FL
I live in Sanford, FL, just around the corner of the Sanford airport. Last night, I saw 4 orange/red glowing orbs above my house starting around 10:00pm. The first one I saw while I was driving home. It was hovering over a commercial building. As soon as I stopped my car to see it better, it started moving north. I got back in my car and drove home (about 4 blocks away). I was watching it the whole time. It eventually just vanished in an area that it didn't make sense for it to vanish. As soon as I got home, I had to change the windshield wipers on my car. I was telling my husband about what I just saw because it reminded me of a story our neighbor told us when we lived in Casselberry, FL, last year. She had seen 3 orange lights flying above our house. I had also seen similar lights when I lived in Pompano Beach, FL, about 2 years ago. As soon as I was done telling him what I’d just seen, another orange light came from over the horizon. It flew in the same flight path as the first one I saw. We sat there and watched it the whole time (roughly 5-7 minutes). It flew right over our heads and did not make a sound. It seemed to be the size of a small car about 1,000 feet off the ground. It disappeared right as we heard a jet from the airport taking off. About 20 minutes later, as we were finishing replacing my windshield wipers, another orange light appeared, again in the same flight path as the other 2. We watched that one appear over the horizon, and when it was about halfway through the path the other 2 had taken, yet another one appeared and flew the same path. Right around the same place that the other 2 disappeared, so did these two. It almost seems like they were going into an invisible mothership or something. Because they weren't high enough to be hidden by clouds, and they weren't far enough to fall out of our range of sight. They were a dull orange (similar to metal halide street lights) around the front and sides. The rear had red lights and some type of glowing red “antenna” could be visible form the back. When they were directly above us, you could see a very faint white light alternating flashes from the front and back. A couple hours later, helicopters flew nearby, you could hear them and see their flashing lights distinctly. Whatever the orange/red lights are, they are definitely not planes or helicopters. I've checked the box at the bottom about being contacted by an investigator. These lights seem to be coming up near us for the last 3 years. Coincidentally, that's how long I've known my husband. Last year, after the neighbor told us she saw lights over our street, my husband told me about how he feels like he's been abducted when he was a kid. He showed me a place on his foot that appeared after his apparent abduction (I think he said it was about 20 years ago). Anyway, this spot on his foot looks like a drill hole and has not healed since he got it. I'm wondering if there may be some correlation between his alleged abduction and the fact that it seems like I'm seeing UFOs all the time now. Please contact me by email. Thanks!
January 17, 2015 · 9:58 PM · CIRCLE
Boynton Beach, FL
Another 10 minutes later the same orange ball but now its two. 10 minutes later, two more would appear with the same trajectory and heading. The duration of the individual sighting were always the same about 3 minutes long before it would fade out in the western hemisphere. No sound.
January 17, 2015 · 8:33 PM · CHANGING
Boca Raton, FL
After watching the object come closer it went "dark," then it suddenly turned red again, and then the object descended to an altitude of 1500 feet. It started to change into a teardrop shape heading due west. Object was silent the whole time and disappeared west of SR 441 and Palmetto Park Road.
January 16, 2015 · 8:20 PM · CIRCLE
Venice, FL
Sighting occurred the night of January 16, 2015, above a housing plan called "Circlewood," off of Englewood Road in Venice, Florida. I had gone to my car to retrieve a book I wanted and as I returned I saw the object hovering and gliding around low in the sky. The sighting occurred from about 8:10 till 8:30 PM. The object was round and bright red with a bright yellow spot in the lower right section. The object glimmered or pulsed in brightness. Visually in size in appeared to be about one-sixth to one eighth the size of the full moon. Since the trees and houses blocked my view of it as it went behind them, I estimate that it was at least 1000 feet away, perhaps a quarter mile or even half a mile or more, so it seemed quite large. Its movements were very strange in that it seemed to float, totally silent, in various directions at various speeds, mostly at moderate speeds. It went upward in a straight line, floated both left and right, reversed directions easily, descended below the tree line, then quickly ascended to its previous position and again moved around the sky silently. After observing it for two minutes or so, I realized I had my cell phone, and began videotaping the object. After videotaping for a minute or two, I ran into the house to get my girlfriend. She came out and together we watched the object for another three or four minutes, videotaping with my cell phone again, until the object descended behind the trees and houses toward the ground away from us at good speed. It descended toward the north. At that point, it did not return so we went inside. Several times over the next hour I checked the sky and did not see it again. Two videotapes were made of the object. The cell phone video does not do justice to its actual visual size in the sky. However, its gliding, floating movements are well recorded.
January 16, 2015 · 8:10 PM · OVAL
Thonotosassa, FL
Witnesses elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 16, 2015 · 7:20 PM · FIREBALL
Zephyrhills, FL
I first noticed 2 orange fireballs that looked like the exhaust of a rocket, but that was all there was, heading south in the sky. I stared at them for about 5 minutes, until they were not visible anymore, then a 3rd one seemed to be following them. They were not airplanes or helicopters and were silent. They were just orange fireballs moving in the sky.
January 15, 2015 · 1:30 AM · RECTANGLE
Saint Augustine, FL
((name deleted)) to me 0 minutes ago Details: January ???, 2015, approx. 1:30 am in the morning, while driving North on I-95, somewhere south of St. Augustine exit to U.S. 1. I remember slowing down quickly to a stop in the emergency lane. I cannot remember why I did this. I thought of getting my IPhone ready to take pics but I reasoned that time was of the essence and I would not be able to enter the Passcode, find camera app, open it, then shoot. I then remember getting out and moving to the other side of my car and looking up. I saw what appeared to be a silent rectangular shaped object with a long blue light underneath, a very long tube shaped light; I am not sure how high it was but I believe it was tree top level; my side of the trees that lined the roadway. I am not sure but I think it had turned off its lights as it passed me ( because I did not see it clearly while being only feet from me) being head high above the ground. There was only ambient light available. I heard the craft as it passed me (approx. 20-30 mph); It made a combination of an electrical/mechanical sound (mechanical being the possible result of a pulse like a droning ping against the metal or craft material encasing the propulsion system) … not very loud. No prop sounds or conventional engine sounds when it had passed me; not sure how far, it went to become silent again but a good guess would be 20-30 feet. The next time I actually saw the craft (not in detail but possible shape; rectangular at best, it was tree top level with possible red, blue, and white lights on before it turned left with ease out of sight. I don’t remember getting back into my car or anything else that morning (as I usually go to bed around 3 am) except making a mental note of the St. Augustine exit and saying to myself that it wasn’t far behind me where I encountered the craft. My wife told me that I had told her every day of the encounter never altering my story once. The thing is she tells me that I had been telling her for weeks when I realized so much time had passed while I was still thinking that it had just happened. My mind has not revealed anything else of the encounter; I believe that I suffered some sort of emotional shock or trauma from the experience. ((ADDENDUM FROM SOURCE OF REPORT)) Please edit name out of report that was accidentally copied and pasted on report for Saint Augustine, FL. Blue light rectangular shapes object, electrical mechanical sound. Thank you ((END ADDENDUM)) Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 14, 2015 · 1:54 AM · UNKNOWN
Lauderhill/Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Three lights, stationary, much larger than stars. Two were parallel while other slanted slightly.
January 11, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Vero Beach, FL
I was walking my dog at approximately 9:30 p.m. this evening. I was talking to my neighbor on the phone. I was walking east and saw a light in the sky. The light looked orange, but thought maybe it was just a plane and because of the clouds appeared orange. The closer it came, it appeared to be fire. I told my neighbor to hurry and come outside and see what I was seeing. I was scared for a moment, thinking it was a plane on fire about to crash. When it went over us, it appeared to be a ball of flames. I could actually see what appeared to be flames. It was mostly orange, a lighter color of orange. It is hard to determine the shape, but if I had to choose, I would say round. The fireball traveled to the northwest fairly quickly. I would say was traveling faster than I see most small planes travel, and seemed to just disappear. The background was scattered clouds till heading towards the west where it became very cloudy. I also heard no noise whatsoever.
January 11, 2015 · 5:15 AM · UNKNOWN
Orlando, FL
January 11, 2015. Today started with a NOISE. At about 5:13 this morning, I woke up...and I heard it right away. A deep, droning sound...more than just a HUM...and with a “mechanical” quality to it. I listened to it for a couple minutes, then got up to go to the bathroom...giggled to myself, thinking I was just hearing my bladder rumble. No, that wasn't it... I could hear it in the bathroom... And all throughout the house !! After leaving the loo, I went into every room, and looked out the windows, and UP. But the sky was very overcast, and I couldn't see anything. As much as I wanted to go outside and look, there was “something” that told me not to do so...this morning was not a cool time to do so...and I have to admit, the sound was a bit eerie. The most intense aspect of it was NOT just the noise itself...but HOW it seemed to be... The best way I can described it would be that it seemed to “encapsulate” our house...as if a bowl had been put over us, upside down. And yes, to me, this noise was LOUD...quite a bit louder than the HUM I regularly hear when I really listen. So I went back to bed, and lay still and listened. All the while this was happening, the cats were glued to me. Not freaking out and running around the house, but trying to stay as close to me as they could. And when I came back to bed, and lay on my right side, 3 of them lay on the top of my left side...3 more lay right next to me as close as they could get...and several more were on the dressers After about 45 minutes more, it stopped...as if someone had flipped a switch. It didn't “fade away”...it was just suddenly GONE. The silence was very intense...made the hairs on my arms and neck stand on end... Several of the cats came slowly over to the bedroom window to look out...and yes, they looked UP. And for the life of me, I could NOT get back to sleep. My husband, ((name deleted)), woke up to go to the bathroom around 8AM, and I asked him if he had any weird dreams or such...he said NO, but felt that the house was creepily quiet. And no, I did NOT wake him up during the NOISE... I had wanted to, but couldn't figure out HOW to do so without planting the suggestion of “hearing something weird” in his head...THAT would have affected his experience. So now I must investigate this, to see if anyone has reported such an experience to MUFON and NUFORC. Everything I learn, I will write down, for my own records. If anyone in the Orlando area was witness to the sound, we would like to invite them to submit a written report, to supplement the report above. PD
January 11, 2015 · 3:50 AM
Port St. Lucie, FL
Circular green white flashing lights. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 10, 2015 · 4:55 AM · FIREBALL
Lake Wales/Winter Haven, FL
Appeared like a solid rocket booster traveling horizontally then disappearedfor a minute showing up far away with a halo training it.
January 9, 2015 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Orlando, FL
3 of us were on a balcony in a high rise downtown and saw a blue and bright light rapidly traveling in and out of clouds, miles away. The lights began moving up and down at an incredible speed, then seemed as if it touched the ground far away. All of a sudden we all saw a bright red light now more than 1,000 feet in front of us and it all ended. Really bizarre. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 9, 2015 · 7:30 PM · FIREBALL
Naples, FL
Object was glowing orange, moving from East to west somewhat slowly. Very close to 951 area and Immokalee Road intersection. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Hi sorry. It was 730 at night. ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM)) We have corrected the time above. PD
January 9, 2015 · 4:30 AM · FIREBALL
Orlando, FL
Bright orange and yellow fire ball ascending into the sky, over the course of a minute. It then flew away slowly over land until either of the two twenty six year old witnesses were unable to see it in the distance. The object was seen from Alafaya, but was clearly far into the Bithlo area. As it flew it had a faint comet like aura around it.
January 8, 2015 · 11:00 PM · OVAL
Fort Myers (near downtown), FL
OBJECT APPEARED OVAL SHAPED AND EXTREMELY BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT STREAKING IN NIGHT SKY, HEADING WEST TO EAST AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. DISAPPEARED WITHIN 5 SECONDS. SEEN FROM A 30TH FLOOR VIEW OVER THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER, FROM 0ASIS 2 CONDO BUILDING.
January 8, 2015 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Labelle, FL
at approximately 23:00 on 01/08/2015 I heard a very loud boom that shook the the windows in my house. I walked outside and saw a bright light disappearing in the eastern sky.
January 8, 2015 · 5:00 PM · OTHER
Ft. Myers, FL
I was taking a picture of a blimp over the jet blue stadium in Lee County, Florida. I didn't see the object in the photo, until I decided to enlarge the photo and noticed the object hovering over it, hidden in the cloud above the blimp. The object resembles a ball connected to a worm like hook. Dark and unable tell what it is. The sky was clear and blue with some clouds. I have the photos. We have requested the witness to submit one of the photos to NUFORC, so we can inspect it. PD
January 7, 2015 · 6:30 AM · LIGHT
Lakeland, FL
All of a sudden what I thought was an airplane in the distance was right in front of me with Blue & Red lights. Hovered only 2 seconds then darted to my left and disappeared. Could not see shape, only lights. Get this I DO NOT believe in UFO's, but my logical rational mind could not resolve this.
January 5, 2015 · 8:01 PM · DISK
Sarasota, FL
Incredibly low to the ground, flew very steadily and pretty fast, it took about 1-2minutes to fly over me and fly out of sight. Two large bright white lights blinking. The outside looked like a rectangular disk, but difficult to see exact shape because it was at night.
January 3, 2015 · 8:05 PM · FIREBALL
Melbourne Beach, FL
While camping on an island off the coast of Melbourne Beach on Saturday, January 3, 2015, while facing south west we observed a fireball falling from the night sky, at approx 8:05 pm, that appeared to be a meteor. The fireball fell from the sky for approximately a minute or two and then all of a sudden stopped falling, stopped burning, and then started glowing red and hovering in the sky. We all watched as it flew away west toward land, at a slow controlled speed towards the shore till it went away. There also aappeared to be a helicopter in the sky that approached it and went away with it possibly following it.. Our group ages ranges from 5-46 years old. 7 of us adults have never witnessed anything like this ever.
January 2, 2015 · 5:00 PM · OVAL
DeBary, FL
On January 2, 2014, we were at Gemini Springs Park in Deltona, FL. Still full daylight, at about 5:00 pm, we saw an oval-shaped object high in the sky, traveling at a moderate steady speed, in a direction from west to east. The object was in view for at least three minutes, as it traversed the sky. Although difficult to say what color it was (possibly tan or orange?), it clearly emitted a bright red light every few seconds, but sporadically, not at regular intervals.
January 1, 2015 · 10:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Port St. Lucie, FL
At approximately 10:18 p.m I went outside onto my backyard patio to smoke. I sat in my chair and looked out to see if there were any fireworks because I could hear them going off all around. Next thing I knew I saw two Orange fireball objects coming over some tall trees. At first I thought they were fireworks and then some kind of rockets until they curved to the left. I wondered if they were some kind of helicopters but I listened but there wasn't any sound at all. They were moving very slowly. I then yelled out to my daughter who was right inside "Come here. Hurry, you have to see this!" My daughter came running and she saw the objects. Next thing we know there were three lights behind it. I said whatever it is, they are flying in a triangular formation. Then two more orange objects came over the trees one at a time. By this time we were out in the backyard looking up. It was very cloudy almost a fog outside! The objects didn't fly in a straight line, but curved several times so we got to see them at different angles. Still no sound! As they flee to the closest point to us we could see the large triangle object was a solid object with lights a each point of the triangle. We watched until the lights disappeared into clouds. The objects were flying low end o ugh that there should have been some sound but there wasn't. There had to have been other witnesses because with it being New Years Eve a lot of people were out and about in the area. In addition my daughter tried to film the objects on her cell phone but she said the screen was black and she was unable to film it.