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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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November 18, 2018 · 9:39 AM · OTHER
Nehalem, OR
Sunday, 11/18/18 Time frame was approximately: 9:35am – 9:50am. We entered the Oregon beach from Nehalem Bay State Park at sign post 23. It was a perfect blue sky day with not a single cloud in the sky. Upon entering beach, I noticed an odd shaped object above the distant hills directly south of the beach. The object looked like a boomerang in the sky. It was positioned such that it looked as if the rings of Saturn were chopped off the planet and were hanging in the sky. I was with my boyfriend, best friend, her young Labrador retriever and our dog. I dismissed the object as a weird exhaust cloud left over from a plane and walked south along the beach watching the dogs play, the ocean, etc. We were probably 5 minutes down the beach when we saw some surfers and stopped to watch them. I happened to look up and notice the object had not changed shaped nor had it dissipated. I began watching it more closely. I had on polarized sporting sunglasses. My boyfriend and best friend did not have sun glasses on. I pointed the object out to them and said it was, “Not normal”. They could see it but they were staring into the sun at that time of the morning and it was difficult for them to watch it for long periods of time. Through my sunglasses, the item still appeared boomeranged shaped. It was a bright white in color similar to looking at the moon in the daylight but brighter. It would then take on a white-gold hue. It did not glow; have any flashing lights or other colors. I became mesmerized by it. I was waiting for it to fade away like a cloud and it didn’t. I would look away briefly to watch the dogs. At one point when I looked away and then back to the boomeranged object, it was positioned lower in the sky and had turned from the boomerang being a slanted parallel position (of the chopped off rings of Saturn) to a V position. The shaped still had not changed and looked distinctly like a boomerang. I was even more mesmerized. It dawned on me if it was a UFO there would possibly be military jets after it. I looked directly East to where I knew the Portland Airport would be. This is where our National Guard Jets leave from. I saw in the far off distance an F-15/F-16. It looked to be heading directly south. I looked at the object again and it was still there. I looked back at the jet and noticed it was now head directly for the object. I kept thinking in my head, “The jet is not fast enough.” When the jet was almost three quarters of the distance to the object, the object started leaving. I looked away from the object, to the jet, back to the object. The object was now a gold circle heading south. Its movement was fluid like, not labored like the jet looked. The circle became smaller and smaller and it disappeared within 5 or 10 seconds. The jet was nowhere near objects originating point at the time the object left. To compare the size of the object to the jet in the far distance is difficult. It seemed much larger than an F-15/F-16 jet, possibly 2-3 times the size of a typical airline plane.
November 18, 2018 · 9:39 AM · OTHER
Nehalem, OR
We spoke via telephone with the source of this report, and she sounded to us to be quite sincere and responsible. We suspect that she is ahighly reliable witness. PD
November 17, 2018 · 1:30 AM · LIGHT
Beavercreek, OR
Opened SkyView app to ensure these were not star formations, discovered what I thought was one flickering light hovering over the tree line was actually two, you could see the bottom one hovering below the first light, they stayed like this for about an hour, possibly cylinder shape considering I never see them separate completely.
November 16, 2018 · 5:45 AM · LIGHT
Gresham, OR
Walking between 5:30AM to 6:00AM on 11/16/2018. I saw a very large bright light in the Eastern sky. It did not move. I first thought it might be an airplane with their landing lights on, but it did not move, and was far away. The airplanes from the PDX airport are now flying East this time of year because of the airstream. I saw 3 airplanes flying toward the east sky at this time. This light was very large. I stopped to stare at it several times to determine what it might be and if it was moving. After 10 minutes into my walk it disappeared. No sound was heard.
November 15, 2018 · 11:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Forest Grove, OR
My husband had picked me up from work like usual. We got out of the car and I looked up at the sky. It was a crystal clear night so I located Pleiades to point it out to husband since he never knows what I’m talking about when I reference Pleiades. I point to the cluster and he’s like “That one?” No, he was looking at the wrong one so he stood against my right shoulder, looking up until he saw where I was pointing. Suddenly, I see a dim triangle formation moving quickly above us from left to right. My eyes were trying to comprehend what I was looking at and I yell excitedly at him, “OMG do you see that?!” He was still looking at Pleiades, but saw it the second it crossed his line of vision. We watched it as it streaked across the sky, then the 3 dim points shot off at 90 degree angles! One went left, two went right! We just turned and looked at each other with our jaws wide open for a second before yelling “wtf did we just see?!"
November 15, 2018 · 3:00 PM · SPHERE
Beaverton, OR
I was driving 217 towards Tigard. As I was driving I was looking at all of the com trails in the sky, I noticed a chrome object moving almost in a figure eight. It disappeared after about thirty seconds or less.
November 15, 2018 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Sweet Home, OR
(( Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)
November 10, 2018 · 6:35 PM · DISK
Salem, OR
Round disk craft witness account 11-10-2018 Saturday 6:35pm Salem, Oregon. I am writing this witness account the same evening the event took place. It is fresh in my mind. The evening was cold at 49 degrees and it was a waxing crescent moon large in the sky with no clouds to block the views, I could see the stars very well…and Mars also I believe. I look to my right while driving on Kuebler Ave., heading south, and I saw a silver (dark silver) disk hovering to my right over some large trees in the distance, about a quarter of a mile from me. The saucer type craft was spinning while hovering mid air. There were I believe 8 lights around the outside of the disk; red, green and white. Lights also on the bottom which were white. I was approaching Battle Creek Rd. and it started to go straight up then head off towards Fairview Ave. where a lot of businesses and manufacturing plants are located. I decided to follow it, so I turned right on Battle Creek Rd. I lost sight of it for about 30 seconds then it reappeared. I pulled to the side of the road and took a few pictures and a video. The craft made no sound at all. It would dip down low like it was landing, then I would look far away only to see it back up and further than I would think it could make it in just a few seconds. I felt as if I was playing a game of cat and mouse with it for 10 or so more minutes before thinking about heading home, my two daughters are in the car with me and I needed to get them home. It was strange there seemed to be no other cars around just us and this UFO. I then noticed a second disk shaped hovering craft, identical to the one I saw at first, and it was hovering over a large business. It was truly an awesome sight. I was able to get several pictures and a couple short videos before leaving which I will email to you.
November 6, 2018 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Amity, OR
2 lights traveled from SW to NW in clear evening sky, well above commercial aircraft path also visible at same time. The lights followed each other and they would light up bright for about 1.5 seconds than fade out as they left a trail to the next flash and so on. These lights traveled relatively slow, but since their altitude was relatively high, it's difficult to determine actual speed. Both lights faded as they traveled off to NW. No sound was audible.
November 4, 2018 · 8:18 PM · TRIANGLE
Oceanside, OR
While starwatching with my family in the skies over the Pacific WNW of Oceanside, Oregon, at around 2000 on November 4, I snapped some photos with my phone to test out a new camera app. I reviewed the photos approximately 10 minutes after they were taken and saw that one had captured 3 blue lights in a triangular formation. I immediately returned outside to attempt to see the lights and to recreate the photo, but was unable to reproduce the results or see anything in the sky that could have accounted directly for the three blue lights. I make no assertions about the cause or origin of these lights. Night photography with a smartphone presents many technical difficulties and opportunities for processiong errors and artifacts. Night photo indicates three blue lights in triangular formation. PD
November 2, 2018 · 12:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Ontario, OR
Oh i forgot to say, we went out to camp for 4 days i and my uncle thought we were on day 4 from nov 1st-4th but realized it was the 6th so lost 2 days somewhere.
October 23, 2018 · 2:18 AM · FIREBALL
Aloha, OR
Bright, silent yellow/orange ball heading west at low altitude, did wide sweeping U-turn at slow speed then whooshed upwards at almost 90° angle & disappeared.
October 13, 2018 · 11:45 PM · DIAMOND
Portland, OR
While writing electronic music in my studio, I looked out to see a strange aircraft flying close and low outside. Could have been a f-117, but looked as if it had a strange cigar with a cross bubbling from the bottom of the craft.
October 1, 2018 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Central Point, OR
At about 7:00pm today, I was standing on my back porch with my mom and dad, facing south. There was a bright light, in the south, that flashed on and off. Then a few minutes later it flashed on and off again. Off to the southwest, another light flashed on and off. Again a few minutes later, it came back on. This time it was very bright and then disappeared. This is not the first time that we have witnessed this phenomenon. It has been happening for quite a few years. I have asked a couple of pilots and they told me that they planes landing at the airport. We live in the flight path of the planes landing and taking off, so I know that what we have seen is NOT airplanes. Even though this time, the lights were out relatively a short time, other times they can be seen for up to 10 minutes before disappearing. I really don't know what this is, I am hoping that someone out there might be able to give me an explanation.
September 30, 2018 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Pendleton, OR
Moved into cloud cover near the moon and disappeared.
September 28, 2018 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Tigard, OR
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 25, 2018 · 9:15 PM · CIRCLE
Portland, OR
Round object in n/w sky appeared to be covered with a cloud even tho all the stars were bright moved in a straight line upward the a sharp turn to the east then sharp turn upward again and then gone
September 22, 2018 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
North Bend, OR
Bright circle white light flying through the sky, turned red and disappeared.
September 21, 2018 · 2:00 AM · CHEVRON
Lincoln City, OR
We were sitting on the balcony, star gazing, because we had heard that there was going to be a meteor shower....we were only out watching about 20 minutes, when a huge thing with wings flew over us. Actually it glides over us. Never flapped its wings. The wings were so captivating! Large and translucent like....we could see the stars just as clear as before, even with this giant thing flying over. At least two car lengths long! It was not a bird of ANY KIND. We also had lost power almost one hour before this happened in the casino hotel.
September 14, 2018 · 7:45 AM · CIGAR
Oregon City, OR
Metallic cigar shaped craft in the sky above downtown Oregon City at 7:45 AM. On way to school Friday morning I just turned off the 99E onto the Railroad Ave. (ally next to tracks) in downtown Oregon City when we noticed two young men outside their car on the right side looking up in the sky. One of the men appeared to have been taking pictures with his phone and was on the other side of the road, as we drove by we looked up, but could not see anything as the buildings were blocking most of our view. Then as we started onto the 7th St. bridge my son says, “There is a silver cigar shaped craft in the sky, it looks like a commercial aircraft with no wings, its big like a 747 and is reflecting the sun, its very shiny” He was looking to the right (North) above the Willamette River. I tried looking up and through my sunroof, but could not see at my angle, plus I was on the narrow 7th St. bridge, so I had to also keep my eyes on the road. After crossing the bridge my son said it had disappeared into the clouds. My son is very into planes and jets and can tell what kind of aircraft is flying overhead down to the specific model of plane and airline, I firmly believe the detailed description he gave me of what he saw. I am hoping that the young men that were looking up saw it as well and were able to get some pictures as I would also like to see this craft. I am also curious if anyone else got a glimpse of this craft, it was a busy morning and there were a few people out walking.
September 13, 2018 · 9:15 PM · OTHER
Coos Bay, OR
I was outside smoking a cigarette on my front porch and in front right above the baseball field it appeared very bright, like a star but larger with a green tip shoot down the sky and disappear. I would think it was just a shooting star, but it was much brighter and much larger and the green tip threw me off. It also was not a clear night and very dense and cloudy. There were no other stars present.
September 4, 2018 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Springfield, OR
At approximately 23:00, I observed a very bright light speed across the sky at an altitude of what seemed to be about that of typical helicopter altitude would be. It was moving west to east at a very high rate of speed. It was completely silent. It left no trail as a meteor would. The light was solid bright white with not other identifying lights on it. I have worked in aviation for 3 1/2 years. Nothing that I am aware of could move that fast in total silence. It covered a couple miles of sky in about 3 seconds before going out of sight due to tall trees. Other than that there was no obstruction of view.
August 31, 2018 · 8:40 PM · CIRCLE
Tualatin, OR
It was a pretty big, much bigger than a star. It was circular shape and was completely white with faint colors trailing after it. (The colors were a mix of purple, pink, blue, and green. Maybe a little bit of yellow or orange.) It appeared out of thin air and was moving in a straight line for around 2-3 seconds. Maybe 4 seconds but I doubt it. It disappeared after a few moments.
August 30, 2018 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Lincoln City, OR
Sitting at the dinner table, my chair is the one facing the window, so I was the only one who saw it.. an orb looking white light appeared out of nowhere, traveled across the sky, then disappeared.. appeared from the east and traveled toward the west.. seemed to be traveling at a fast pace..