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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.
7,220 entries
July 8, 2014 · 11:10 PM · CIRCLE
Saint Augustine, FL
At first, it was so bright, I thought it was a star. It remained stationary for approximately two minutes then began to move east.
July 8, 2014 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Apalachicola, FL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 6, 2014 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
Davenport, FL
1 singular light occurred and then approximately about 10 minutes late another appeared to the right of it and 5 minutes after that one appeared another light did to the left and formed a V or triangular shape and these lights kept fading in and out, still currently doing so as I post this. The color of whatever these are were white a bright shimmering white that faded in and out and kept moving from left to right.
July 6, 2014 · 4:00 PM · SPHERE
Oviedo, FL
July 6th around 4pm, I was in the backyard manning the bbq. During this time of day in Central Florida, the cumulus clouds build and bloom up into the sky. So as I flipped burgers I also kept an eye to the sky to watch the building cloud activity. I noticed a group of black crows flying about as high as I have ever seen them fly, so I was just watching the black crows riding the updrafts I caught sight of what I thought was a dark jet aircraft flying horizontally above the cloud tops. However, the jet was not what I expected. Once I started to get a good look at it I became confused. It was a perfect sphere shape. A metallic sheen like polished LEAD. I could not see any wings, just a round sphere object moving like a jet aircraft, straight on a path, then it slowed to nearly a full stop and took an unexpected turn downward tracing the outline of the cloud as it descended thousands of feet. I was wearing my polarized prescription sun glasses, and again I could not see any indications of wings. There was no noise at all, not a whisper and I was well within distance to hear a prop engine or jet. When this craft took the downward turn it was diving at a faster speed, then it actually slowed down at the bottom of its dive and took a reverse angle turn into the cloud. A human pilot would have blacked out from that maneuver. Approximate time of viewing the flight path was about 10 to 15 sec. I kept staring at the cloud for the eventual exit with the assumed normal flightpath of a normal aircraft, but it never made an exit from the cloud. I gave up seeing it again and I took the hotdogs off the grill and promptly went into the house to tell the family what I saw and after lunch drew up a photo illustration. I used a photo taken from the same spot of a cloud very similar to the one with this craft. It was a good reference because it had a jet airliner in the scene and I could relate all drawing elements to that. Lately, I used my skills as an animator to re-enact the scene as an animation. The animation is very, very accurate to what I saw that day. The animation plays several times allowing you to see it again and again. Note: I was a Security Police in the USAF and I am very familiar with all types of military aircraft. This craft was not anything familiar. Also Cape Canaveral is perhaps 35 miles away from this object's position.
July 5, 2014 · 5:00 PM · CIRCLE
Clermont, FL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2014 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Venice, FL
Went out to say goodbye to a friend for the night. Happened to look up and we both saw three circular, orange glowing lights. The formation did not change. The shape or color did not change. There was no sound. Moved slowly and all of a sudden gone. It was heading east. I remember the object was way above the sky. I'm not exact on time. But it was after 9-10pm.
July 4, 2014 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
St. Petersburg, FL
My family was setting off fireworks. At around 10:30pm two reddish/orange spheres appeared in the northern sky. My husband and I noticed the glowing balls above the treeline. They were moving at a slow pace, almost seemed to hover moving from west to east. They appeared hazy. At first I thought thet were fireworks, but they hung there for a couple of minutes then moved slowly to the east, just above the treeline. After about five minutes, they just disappear. We (my husband and I) did not say anything to each other. Aproximately a half hour later my husband said to me, "What about those glowing balls?" At the time, I had no idea anyone else had noticed them. So when he said that, I felt varified. We started to tell each other what we had witnessed. We saw the same thing. I noticed that others, in Florida, as well as neighboring states, had witnessed the same sightings. The same reddish/orange glowing hazy balls in the night sky.
July 4, 2014 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
St. Petersburg, FL
Friday, July 4th at around 10:30pm we noticed two red/orange balls of light in the northern sky over St. Petersburg, FL. They moved rather slowly for about 5 minutes then disappeared.
July 4, 2014 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Delray Beach, FL
I live in the vicinity of Miitary Trail/Atlantic in Delray Beach. I looked up because fireworks going on all around me and notice three circles in the sky high enough not to be fireworks. Each circle had lights and it was rotating in a circular motion or either the lights gave that illusion. The three circles were in a "V" or triangular formation. They hovered over my street for about 2-3 minutes then started to slowly move east. The lead object started to move behind cloud coverage with the back two slowly following. Once they were behind the clouds I could not see anymore. At first I thought they were some kind of firework, but they were not, unless fireworks go up and never come down and move slowly to the east in a V formation.
July 4, 2014 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Lakeland, FL
2 orange globes moving slowly.
July 4, 2014 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Edgewater, FL
While viewing neighborhood fireworks my wife and I observed a Glowing Orange ball of light heading towards our location. As there was a lull in the fireworks ,We had noticed the absence of noise from the ball. Coincidently a Cessna had taken off from our local airport nearer to us than the object but was oblivious to the glowing object. It was apparent that the ball was further from us than the plane and the ball was making a sweeping turn to the north following Interstate 95. We continued to observe the object as it faded out of view due to tall trees and low clouds obscuring our view. My wife captured the object on her IPhone and our narrative.
July 4, 2014 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Sanford, FL
Two perfectly aligned orange fireballs moved slowly across the sky for about 2 minutes and then faded behind a cloud.
July 4, 2014 · 9:45 PM · OVAL
Indialantic, FL
We were sitting on our 5th floor patio-looking at the ocean, when the first object appeared travelling from south to north--offshore-yet following the shoreline. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and we found him to be a credible witness. At last contact, he reported that a person had informed him that the objects were "Chinese" lanterns, and that he was going to go with that explanation. We suspect that the objects were not lanterns, but we cannot prove it. Please see other reports from Florida for this date. PD
July 4, 2014 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Cape Canaveral, FL
On July 4, 2014, approximately 9:30 p.m. ET, near Cape Canaveral, Florida, we witness 6 UFO sightings. Sequentially, this is what we saw. As we returned home after watching fireworks near Sidney Fisher Park, I pulled into the ((deleted)) condominium complex and noticed an orange light hovering above the beach just east of the condo complex. As I exited the car, I walked around the condo complex to try and get a better view, but by the time I got there, the orange light had disappeared. I proceeded upstairs to the fifth floor condo, and proceeded to the balcony and witnessed another orange light hovering what seemed like no more than a mile off the beach, maybe 2,500 feet in the air, and directly east of the condo. While that light hovered in place without a sound, I called to the rest of my family including my wife and my father-in-law, an ex-rocket engineer with Lockheed Martin space systems. As they joined me on the balcony, we witnessed another orange glow travel from the north down the beach, pause for a moment near the condo at about 1,500 feet above sea level, and then proceed to travel east out over open water. All of us were left speechless, trying to explain the sighting and the fact that there wasn’t a single sound. During this time, the original orange glow that was hovering, literally just disappeared in place. It wasn’t like it was hidden behind a cloud; it was literally like the light turned off and the object was just gone. My mother-in-law ran back into the condo to retrieve binoculars as I started to try and take pictures with my iPhone. The pictures are added here. Over the next 5 minutes, we witness two orange glows side-by-side almost in formation follow the same path down the beach from the north as if they launched near the Kennedy Space Center and paused at about the same altitude as the prior aircraft, roughly 1,500 feet above sea level. One of the two proceeded to rise vertically in place to about 2,500 feet, close to the same altitude the first aircraft was at, but slightly more north in the sky. As I tried to find it in the binoculars, the second of the two aircraft had again just disappeared in place, like the light was just turned out. Returning to the original aircraft, it too had disappeared. As the prior aircraft were hovering in place and rising to the roughly 2,500 feet above sea level; a final aircraft followed the same flight path as the prior three. As that aircraft neared the same area of the prior two, it paused, rotated and turned out towards sea. This one, I could find in the binoculars what appeared to be two circular exhaust engines side by side. The aircraft proceeded slowly out east for what seemed like 3-5 miles before it too disappeared out of site. Stunned, we all turned to each other in amazement at what we saw. Were they test helicopters? Where they drones – never heard a completely silent drone? Given the clear distinct side-by-side orientation of the engines for the final aircraft, it was confirmation that it was a powered aircraft vehicle. But even at that, we couldn’t explain the orange glow as it approached us. Why would we see the glow of engines? How did they hover with no underneath engines for flight stabilization? A thousand questions; all leaving us with the conclusion that we just witnessed a unique UFO sighting. ((deleted)) Condominiums, Ridgewood Ave., Cape Canaveral, Florida.
July 4, 2014 · 9:30 PM · OVAL
Coral Spring, FL
9 orange shape oval lights hovering then ascending - orange light July 4th 2014 Coral Springs Florida LAT 26°16'33.04"N LNG 80°19'39.64"W looking west Sample Road & Holiday Springs Blvd 7 to 8 miles away. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2014 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Orlando, FL
We saw 5 orange/reddish lights on the horizon headed toward the Orlando international airport in a v-formation and then two more followed behind. The front five moved into a geometric shapes and the gradually rose to the night sky and disappeared into the night sky among fireworks. They were to close together for planes or helicopters and no sounds could be heard. The other two followed to the high sky as well.
July 4, 2014 · 9:15 PM · OVAL
Jacksonville, FL
I was driving, people were shooting fireworks behind me, but I saw something hovering about 200 yards above me. It was oval and bright orange, and was not moving, which is what caught my eye. I stopped the car and tried filming it. I only got about 20 seconds worth of footage, but what I captured was the orange oval rising in the sky. It made a circle then vanished.
July 4, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Middleburg, FL
While shooting fireworks, myself and 4 other people witnessed a total of 6 fireball type flying objects moving horizontal across the sky. I have roughly 30 photographs, and 1 video. Upon examining the photos, it is an egg-shaped object, of unknown type or origin.
July 4, 2014 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Pompano Beach, FL
A fireworks display was held on the Atlantic Avenue pier in Pompano Beach and my 4th floor condo faces east so I had a perfect view. I went out onto my balcony to watch. Obviously, I was looking up to see the fireworks when a very bright green light caught my attention. It was small and difficult to make out at first and it was completely still. It seemed to also be watching the fireworks display although it seemed like it was very high up in the sky. I couldn’t stop looking at it because of the intensity of the color. It eventually moved back and forth a little bit and I could see a red light right in the center of the green lights. It also became a little larger and I could see that the green lights were not like one would see on an airplane. Besides, this craft seemed round or saucer shaped so definitely not an airplane. The best way I can describe it is that it was like looking at the top of a carousel with the green lights going round and round really fa! st. The way the craft moved also made it highly unlikely this was something that originated on this planet. There were no turns to change direction, like an airplane would have to make. I took some pictures with my Samsung Galaxy 3 but they aren’t very good as this craft was so high in the sky. Eventually the craft started to move south as the fireworks display was ending. I was sad to see it go as it seemed to be enjoying the fireworks. I have never seen a UFO before and this has really had an impact on me. I don’t understand why I felt so sad to see it leave and now I am anxious to see it in the night sky again perhaps tonight or sometime soon.
July 4, 2014 · 9:00 PM · OTHER
Cape Coral, FL
The objects came from nw direction over trees and changed to east direction, first one then the other. My sister thought they were balLoons, the type of balloons that people take rides in as they were rounded and glowing orange at the top and appeared to have yellow/orange flames beneath them and rising up thru them kind of whispy like. Beautiful. I called my neighbors out and they saw the second object as it came over the trees and their house. They then disappeared in the east, possibly No. Fort Myers. A short while later I called my neighbors out again as I saw 2 orange lights in the east, one directly above the other, then another appeared and then another. We watched them for a while and they disappeared, then we saw 2 of them to the north of us. I later saw 1 of them in the sea, which went out of sight after a few minutes. I gave up watching and went into my home and out to the ((name deleted)) which faces south and saw 2 of them coming from the sw and then they disap! peared from sight. I did not have the cell phone with me when they were so close and missed a great picture for you. I went into the house to get it but none of them came close enough after that. The time is approximate. There was no sound from the objects. On another occasion, November 19, 2013, my sister and I left our house (faces north), I looked up and I saw a very bright white light slightly nw and in front of us, it started to blink..then another bright light came on slightly ne and it started to blink then another in the center (but in front of the others forming a triangle) came on and started to blink. All three blinked together for a few seconds then they all went out at the same time. IT was huge as at my level there is about 160 feet of land between two of the lights. I hate to lump this together but there is one other occasion. I can't recall the date but one evening coming home on Gator Circle I saw something odd in the sky. I turned south at ne 13th ave and s! topped to ask 2 girls if they needed help as they were parked with no lights on..they said no, we're taking pictures. I turned my car around and saw in the north 3 red lights on what must have been a huge object and then saw the object I had just seen and another go into that dark area. I said, look, theres two of them and they said ...there were six. The huge object then very slowly turned to the north, started moving in that direction then just disappeared in the distance. I asked the girls if they had pictures, they said yes but they weren't very good. Then we left the area. I lumped this for your info as I hadn't made reports on these. Your welcome to separate them and use the info on tonights incredible sighting.. they were just beautiful.
July 4, 2014 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Royal Palm Beach, FL
Red/orange not perfect sphere with flame inside of it. First there were 3 that crossed the sky rapidly from one end of the sky to the other. Northeast path I believe for about 4 minutes. Followed by a single 4th sighting possibly northwest path, this one disappeared after about 30 seconds. There was no sound coming from the object. 2 additional witnesses. We have corrected the date. PD
July 4, 2014 · 8:30 PM · CYLINDER
Cape Coral, FL
So, I grabbed my 80 x 52 binocs and saw what appeared to be a white hull with a blue horizontal stripe craft approx 30 ft width similar to a Cessna in size it was Silent could have been a NASA predator rework drone I could clearly make out the curve on the bottom of the Craft similar to a predator or shadow. Possible hoax, we suspect. PD
July 4, 2014 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Naples, FL
In the Western sky, 30-40 degrees above horizon, three orange lights in a triangle. Single lowest light faded first. Two upper, near parallel, lights remained. Northern light moved toward southern light them faded. Remaining light then faded. Lights were very bright then faded very quickly. Sky was clear with obstructing clouds.
July 4, 2014 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Panama City Beach, FL
On July 4th, 2014, at approximately 8:30 pm, I witnessed a ufo fly over me. I was standing on the beach between the Sandpiper Beacon Beach Resort located at 17403 Front Beach Road in Panama City Beach, Fl. 32413 and Landmark Holiday Beach Resort 17501 Front Beach Rd, Panama City Bch, FL 32413. I was facing the gulf (south) watching fireworks that were on both sides of me. I was watching the ones to the left of me when a friend said "look at that". I turned to my right and saw a ufo approximately 20 feet in diameter, spherical, glowing orange, the outside surface texture was not frozen solid, but had small waves on it. However it was not transparent. It was traveling from west to east. The ufo was between me and Emerald Isle Beach Resort (Emerald Isle Resort stands 23 stories tall) when I first saw it. I judged its size and speed (about 60 mph) against the Emerald Isle Resort and Landmark Holiday Beach Resort, and Sandpiper Beacon Beach Resort. I saw it large for about 3 seconds, (from the Emerald Isle Resort and Sandpiper Beacon Beach Resort.) then in about one second it traveled about 2 miles east to around pier park (approximately 7,200 mph) and stopped. It seemed to go straight along the coastline. After that initial sighting, there were multiple lights in the sky (not from the fireworks). The spherical lights were orange and red. They would sometimes fly in formation, and other times go away or towards each other. There is no way they can be lanterns or airplanes. They moved to fast and quickly went in opposite directions.