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September 2, 2023 · 10:40 PM · LIGHT
New Orleans, LA
A friend and I had just packed up our kayaks after paddling on the bayou St John. I was shaking my friend's hand good evening when I saw behind him two bright white lights. They looked to be less than a mile away above City Park, coming toward us; roughly the width of a commercial plane's wings if it were very near. The lights were unblinking which is why I pointed it out to my friend. As we stood watching and wondering what aircraft had those lights, the lights rose together and appeared to be banking like a plane then phased out as if they flew behind a cloud bank. I could still see stars where the lights disappeared so there was no cloud. There was no engine noise of a commercial jet. We stood and watched to see if they would re-appear and that's when I saw two separate, unblinking lights on the horizon above City Park that raised and faded out one after the other.
September 2, 2023 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Miami, FL
Taking my dog out I saw a triangle of 3 lights. There was another 2 lights/orbs/craft that was zipping around sometimes near the triangle, sometimes directly in the middle of the triangle craft, then nowhere, then near the ground. I thought at one point there were 3 zipping around but I'm not sure if the 3rd craft was a plane, a star, or part of these 2 craft. Sometimes that light (zippy craft) would blink out and reappear in a different location but always around the area of the triangle. At one point the other light passed between my line of sight and the triangle's bottom light and when it did that light on the triangle either went out or was obscured by this other craft/orb because for 5 seconds that light could not be seen. Seen in Mary Brickell Village Miami, looking out to the South West. I switched to video mode but my phone was too dark to see it well so I just kept clicking away in photo mode. My phone was at 5% and the screen went dark but I kept clicking away until it died. After 12 mins the 2 zippy crafts couldn't be seen any longer Then 3 mins later they disappeared, I did not see them leave a trail or shoot off, they just blinked out and were gone. My phone died a few mins before that. I tried changing the settings of my phone but it's much harder than I expected to take photos in the sky and now I know why everyones photos look like bigfoot photos! I was able to turn on the location metadata though and I took about 20-25 photos to hopefully get a few in focus. If you want the rest let me know. I picked the best 4. Notation 1: I got the impression these 3 lights were connected to 1 craft, but I could not see the craft only the lights. So I am not 100% sure it was a triangle craft and not 3 orbs flying in a triangle formation. No blinking lights at all. Only 3 solid balls of light. They seemed to be changing from gold to white and the 1-2 zippy ones were usually white I think. The triangle craft was slowly moving and slightly rotating, and the zippy one was fast or it as over here then bam over there. (both speeds) Notation 2: Yesterday for the first time ever, I downloaded the CE5 protocol App. and listened to a "Contact Meditation" and played all 5-6 contact tones. I don't know if this had anything to do with this sighting or the fact that now I'm interested in UAP and starting to keep looking up now whenever I go outside. Just thought I should note that though. Thank you for this site and the work NUFORC does. It's everything that MUFON should've been, but isn't. I recommend it on YouTube comments all the time. Keep looking up! These things are not just in the middle of nowhere, I saw this in downtown Miami! So they have to be everywhere!
September 2, 2023 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE
Salem, SC
We were sitting around a campfire at our lake property in Salem S.C., when a swarm of UFO’s came across the sky. One craft was ahead of the others, and the total count was around 15. We immediately thought about filming it but both realized our phones were too far away. We watched as the swarm of crafts flew across the night sky silently. As the approaching about 3/4 the way across the sky they simply faded, and disappeared. The entire incident only took 8 seconds. My wife and I just looked at each other spellbound, on what we had just witnessed. The swarm of UFO’s all were flying in a perfectly straight line, with the one being out from, separated from the pack. We know for certain these were not satellites. They were too low and too bright, and too fast. The fact that they vanished into nothingness was the thing that really stood out in my mind. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
September 2, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalNatural Bridge, VA
23 Lights traveling at an estimated elevation of 3 to 4000 feet all in a straight line following each other. No blinking lights, no formations and NO SOUND. Lights traveled from north to south in a straight line. Lights were separated by a short distance allowing me to count each light. No trailing lights, no flashes, no up or downward movement. Intensity of lights were that of a 100 watt light bulb at 20 feet. Each craft had one bright light. Viewing these lights occurred on a clear night in warm temperature, no obstructions such as trees, housing, power lines etc… I used binoculars to view as well as the naked eye. No camera available. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
September 2, 2023 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
New Rochelle, NY
I often see airplanes in the sky out my window (close to major NYC airports), and I know what they look like. I was in bed looking out my window tonight when I noticed 3-4 small orange lights spanning the sky. I initially thought it was just airplanes in formation, but they kept coming from the lefthand side of my window (some from high up, some from lower), much closer in succession than airplanes should be. At one point, two even appeared to merge (or get close to it). I have lived here for a while and never seen anything like this. I took a video in which at least two actual airplanes are captured amongst these lights, and they stand in stark contrast. There is more than one blinking light, I can see the shape of the airplane silhouetted, and they follow a clear, straight, predictable path. These lights kept appearing for at least five or more minutes, gradually either blinking out or going too far away to see, and then stopped coming as quickly as they appeared. So strange! [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
September 2, 2023 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
Seminole, FL
I saw an orange ball drop down out of the sky behind the neighbors roofline. And at the same time saw a bright white light drop straight down behind some trees. We were inside so didn't see where they came from. It was dusk so could still see light from the sky and these were very bright.
September 2, 2023 · 8:10 PM · LIGHT
Antelope, -
White orbs floating in random flashing and moving slowly. 9 orb looking objects some would dissappear and re appear. It was cloudy and no other stars were in the sky. Very bright light. Took video of it before it disappeared.
September 2, 2023 · 8:07 PM · SPHERE
Moody, AL
We were outside looking at the stars there was still a little bit of dusk left to the southwest of us with a few clouds but clear sky right above us with lots of stars. Then all of a sudden these orbs appear out of nowhere going faster then anything I have ever seen in my life in a formation to the north east for about 2 minutes max then it disappeared. Once they were gone all of sudden these weird clouds appeared over us with a trail following the exact spot the orbs were.Then after I took pictures of the sky u can see the trail they left and the clouds that appeared out of nowhere. All of the dogs in the neighborhood started barking. In one picture u can see this object that looks like cylinder shape.
September 2, 2023 · 7:10 PM · OTHER
Vacaville, CA
I was walking my dog and noticed a strange object in the sky. I wondered if it might be a weather balloon or test military craft as I live near Travis Air force Base, but I’ve never seen anything like it before nor have I seen anything like it after. When I zoom in, it almost looks like a “Z” shape, but not quite. It was not fast moving, on the contrary, it seemed like it was barely moving at all. I did not stay to observe it because it appeared to be far away and I did not have the tools to provide a clearer view of the actual object.
September 2, 2023 · 12:00 PM · CIRCLE
Hague, VA
Brother and I spotted a white circle in the mid day crossing the sky from the east at high altitude. Watched in amazement and confusion for twenty seconds or so cross the entire horizon directly over us. At one point appeared to near a commercial airline where it slowed then continued flying out of site. Moved too fast for anything I can associate with. Object was bright white perfectly round appeared to have slight distortion in shape of triangle like a cylindrical tail so to speak. No visible trail or evidence was left behind. Unfortunately we were so mesmerized by the object we did not get any pictures.
September 2, 2023 · 11:00 AM · OVAL
Clayton, NC
I was walking my dog at approximately 11:00 am on September 2, 2023. It was a beautiful clear day. There may have been a few wispy low level clouds that I noticed earlier during the walk but at the time of my encounter there were no visible clouds. I reached Latitude 35.655348 Longitude -78.350902 and was climbing a small hill north of a small pond next to Triangle YMCA when I looked NNE and saw a hawk in a dive approximately 30 degrees off the horizon. Behind the hawk, I saw a small, oval, white “orb” for lack of a better description. It was slightly larger than a sesame seed held at arms length. I wouldn’t have paid any attention to it, but the movement of the hawk caught my eye. Otherwise, I most likely would have missed this. In fact, initially I thought it was a white bird, perhaps fighting with the hawk. I lost visual sight of the hawk because it blended in with the tree line, but the white orb sat motionless in the sky. I used to be an aviator with the US Air Force and I am used to spotting objects in the sky and familiar with their movement patterns in order to de-conflict traffic. This object was behaving abnormally due to its lack of motion in the sky but honestly, I didn’t think much of it. I continued to walk with my dog off the leash heading north, and the object became obscured behind a tree that was close by me hindering my view. It took me 10 to 15 seconds to pass by the tree and obtain another unobscured view of the sky as a crested the small hill. Curiously I looked up for the object and saw that it was gone. I thought that was a little strange and I proceeded to scan approximately 30° off the horizon from west to east several times looking for movement. I could see nothing, not even small aircraft which frequent the area. I took my eyes off the sky for a few seconds for whatever reason (maybe glancing at my dog or looking down to secure footing), and then looked back towards the area and was surprised to see the object had returned. I stopped walking and decided to observe the characteristics of this object. Again, it was motionless and about a outstretched hand’s width further to the east. I noticed that the object seemed to increase and decrease in size every few seconds, making it clearly visible one moment and then harder to see the next moment. At this point, the object really had my attention solely for the fact that this was unique. I immediately began trying to determine what I was seeing. My first assumption is that this was an aircraft on the horizon, making turns which allowed it to reflect the sun at variable brightness based on its profile in various positions, making it more visible and less visible as it maneuvered. The problem with this assumption is that it appeared motionless in the sky for several minutes. I considered that perhaps it was moving away but that wouldn’t it explain why it appeared to be decreasing and then increasing in size from my vantage point. I considered that this might be a balloon but how could it be motionless when visible, disappear and reappear few miles from its original position and becoming motionless again? It is not my intention to speculate on this craft, but I think it’s important to let you know my mindset as I was observing this. Had it acted like any aircraft I had seen in the past while flying, I wouldn’t have paid any attention beyond a curious glance. It was the uniqueness, and it’s characteristics of flight that caught my attention. It made no sense to me. As I stood and watched the object, I speculated on what it could be, then I realized that my dog was off leash and wandering the field alone behind me. I turned my head to call him back to my side and as I turned back to continue observing the object, it was gone. I began meticulously scanning of the horizon for movement and remember laughing out loud at how odd this situation had become. I didn’t observe any motion in the sky. A lot of times, when an aircraft adjusts its attitude and position, it will no longer reflect the sunlight and become less visible, but your eyes can still catch movement of the craft. There was absolutely nothing observable in the sky after it disappeared. I hooked my dog to my leash and settled in to observe the sky for the next several minutes. I would estimate 2 to 3 minutes passed when the object came into view a third time and was another one to two hand widths across the horizon towards the east. It slowly faded into view and behaved just as it had before. It appeared motionless but this time remained a constant size and brightness. At this point, I determined I wasn’t going to take my eyes off it except to blink. I patiently observed this object sit motionless, 30° off the horizon for about 90 seconds and then fade out of view over 3-5 seconds as if turning down a light source using a dimming switch. I must’ve stayed in that field for another 10 minutes, scanning the horizon and looking for any movement, but saw nothing. So I resumed my walk back to my house about 15 minutes away. The only reason why I am reporting what I saw is that I have lots of experience as an aviator and this object behaved like nothing I had ever witnessed. Had it only popped into view once and disappeared, I would’ve dismiss this as an aircraft. But to watch it sit motionlessly, disappear, move unobserved across the horizon, then reappear only to sit motionless again was very strange. I have run through this scenario several times and every logical explanation simply returns with questions on the strange flight characteristics of this object. It most likely was an aircraft, but I just can’t explain how it behaved. There are plenty of little airfields locally and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is about hour’s drive from this area. I consider that this may be a fighter jet maneuvering on the horizon but we hear those jets all the time. This object was absolutely silent. Another strange thing was that I had no desire to pull out my phone and record this. It’s strange to me because recording seemed to not even be an option. It was like I didn’t even remember I had a phone on me. Maybe I was task saturated with observing this object and fleshing out what it could be?
September 2, 2023 · 8:22 AM · CIGAR
The Colony, TX
I was in my back yard watering plants when I heard a large jet to my south banking toward the east. Living near the DFW airport and other smaller airports I look up quite often to identify aircraft. The aircraft I was looking at was a large USAF or Civilian aircraft cargo type gray in color. I was trying to see the markings when I noticed another very large cigar shape craft to my right traveling @ a high rate of speed with a climbing attitude. This cigar shaped craft did not appear to have wings or any to stabilize its flight. It was coming from the northwest gaining altitude as it traversed. Living very close to DFW airport this did not appear to be any aircraft I had witnessed in the past. Also, as former military I was trained to identify several aircraft as an Antiaircraft missile team chief. The altitude I would estimate @ first sight was 8,000 to 10,000 feet and as I watched it gain altitude till vanished it traveled several miles. Weather conditions were clear sky, no clouds. The object made no sound as I observed it. I have no pictures and rely only on my profession training to observe and identify aircraft.
September 2, 2023 · 8:00 AM · SPHERE
Corpus Christi, TX
Was filming slow motion video of pelicans flying as the sun was rising. Reviewed the video later and could see multiple round objects Flying at a very high rate of speed through my clips. At one point looked like one flashed. [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Possible]
September 2, 2023 · 3:30 AM · DISK
Milesburg, PA
My sister and I were traveling alternate 220 north, Saturday morning September 2nd, 2023. We were near Bush Hollow road, and over on the right side of 220 we see a disc saucer that had a white glow or haze to it, lift up off the ground and in and angle motion it shot up in the northern direction. No lights were visible but the haze around it seemed to give us enough light to see it and it's detail. Duration of time seen was close to about less than a minute.
September 2, 2023 · 12:07 AM · OTHER
Ypsilanti, MI
I saw a bright light appear (SE sky) if facing east bright light was at 2 o'clock). The bright light shot across the sky. It appeared to shoot across like a shooting star would in the sky. However the size was much larger then a planet or airplane light. Also the way it shot across was different. It shot up and slightly down as it moved forward similar to a shooting start l. However it seemed to move more east. Appeared almost like it was entering an opening into the sky. There was no light trail/ tail. Seen it was a meteor (and if it was it would b of size that was found) or ufo.I still can't make sense of it and trust me I've tried to make it make sense! [NUFORC annotation: Meteor - Possible]
September 1, 2023 · 11:58 PM · FORMATION
Albany, NY
Walking home through Hackett packing lot me and my two son and A lady That was taking out her trash and seen it too, and I asked her. Did you see that she said yes, I seen it too, my kids seen it The lights was in a line, then. They gradually move slowly in the they started to disappear. Which was 4 of then the fifth one came. I started recording. And once I started recording a gradually move through the air like a yellowish bright light in. Then as it started to disappear. I couldn't see it in my camera but I could see it through my eyes itself. Then I asked her, did you see that she said? Yes, I see that she said. I'm glad that we both seen the same thing and I said. Yes, and I got it on camera. So tonight i'm going to go back there at 11:30pm And see if I can see it again
September 1, 2023 · 11:40 PM · OVAL
Albany, GA
While riding down US Highway 19 at around 11:40 PM. I noticed bright white lights in the sky that were not moving. I asked my daughter did she see it and she said yes. When we moved closer to the area the lights were, I could tell it wasn't a plane by how bright the lights were and how still the object was. The lights were bright like lights at a football game but coming from in the air. There was a shadow in a V shape from a light being cast from the top of the object. After about 45 seconds of intensely looking at the object, the lights in the front of it looked as if it pointed up and the object disappeared. We both looked around the sky in every direction but we no longer saw the object. It was too fast to be a plane or drone. It was also way to larger to be a drone and to round to be a plane. Other drivers were on the road at the time that may can confirm this.
September 1, 2023 · 11:00 PM · OTHER
Probable conventionalStony Brook, NY
There was a big ship shaped flying object hovering overhead. It was very loud and sounded like a drone, but bigger and louder. It had 1 or 2 white lights and 1 red light. It did not look like a plane or helicopter. It was moving very slowly in the same area for about 20 minutes, then flew away quickly. There were other what looked like smaller drones flying about as well toward the end. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
September 1, 2023 · 10:33 PM · SPHERE
West Alton, IL
Capture 9-1-23 2 Hello. My name is (deleted). I lived in West Alton, MO in 2007. And that's when I had my experience. It was in September sometime. I can't remember the exact date. However. My boyfriend at the time had just gotten home from work. It was around 10:30 at night. I would. Take a bath at night so i wouldnt have to In the morning so I wouldn't have to get up early. Cause I left early to go to work. So it was about 10:30 at night. He had just gotten home. He worked for Modot. At the time. And I saw these lights from my bathroom window. I noticed them when I went in there because they were moving erratically and doing strange things, so. I stopped and looked out my window and was watching them. There was three of them. Changing colors and they were just above the tree tops. They were bouncing up and down like a ball would on top of the tree tops. And I was like, whoa. What in the heck are those things? So I called my boyfriend. Asked to come and take a look at these lights. I wanted to see if he was seeing what I was seeing. So I sat there and watched the lights more. And waited for him to come in there well. I got tired of waiting, so I went in there and he had fell asleep in the chair. So I decided that. I was going to try and take my time. In gathering my things for my shower. And the reason for me to do that was i figured if I went back into the bathroom and the lights were gone then I could just write it off as you know like Oh, it was nothing But if the lights were still there, then I knew I was seeing what I was seeing. So I took about 20 minutes dragging my feet hoping that the lights were. Gone. So I come back in the bathroom. And. Put my things down on my. Vanity. And I look out the window. And I don't see the lights. So I'm thinking OK. Oh, they're gone. OK, so. My bathtub is next to my window. And I go to turn my bathtub on. And noticed something bright above my house. And that's when I looked out the window. Only I was close to the window. I could see that the lights that I was watching were almost on top of my house. They were huge. They were really bright. And I was freaking out. Going Oh my gosh, I wanted to go out there. And take a better look at them. But realized that my boyfriend was asleep and I didn't exactly know what they were. So. I stopped. And I remained trying to see them. Next thing I know 5 1/2 hours later because when I came to it was about. 5:00 in the morning. Oh, I came to in the shower with no clothes on. Um, no recollection of what happened, but the last thing I remember. Was staring at the lights out the window. That's the last thing I remember and I freaked out. Ran into the to the other room where my boyfriend was and jumped on him and said Oh my God, what happened to me? What happened to me? Why is it 5:00 in the morning? And he was like, Oh my God, I don't know, I was asleep. So we never really talked about it much. But it really messed with me a lot. The next day I noticed there were. Three dots on my arm. That looked like puncture wounds. In a form of a triangle. I was like, Oh my. So after that, it seemed like there were some strange things that were going on. Like voices. I was hearing voices outside and I didn't have any neighbors. It it scared me so much that I went and purchased 4 security cameras. Because I lived out there alone, next to the river it was disinheartening and so. It freaked me out so bad that I didn't think about it or talk about it for a long time. And then? The one time that I did start to investigate it, I came across Mufons Contactie Questionnaire. I believe that's the. Website I went to. And filled out the questionnaire and got a call from. An investigator wanting to come out five minutes after I turned in the report. The investigator wanted to come out there and do a field investigation and that Instilled in me that it was a real deal. What was going on with me? Um, so. I freaked out, said no. I didn't want anybody coming out doing a field investigation. It just freaked me out altogether. Because I couldn't believe what was happening to me was real. It was quite confusing, however. I ended up. Making another report. A few years later. Nobody called me right away. They did contact me however, by e-mail I think, and wanted to talk to me over the phone, which I didn't wanna do at the time either. To this day. I still have no recollection of what has happened to me at for all those hours that went missing. I was doing some research trying to find out if there was anybody in this state. Around that time, that may have experienced the same thing that I had. But I have not found any reports. Just a few reports in that area of seeing lights along the river there. Around the same time. I tried contacting the lady, but I've never got any response from her who reported seeing something similar around the same time as I did. Oh, don't know if it freaked her out, but. This is my report. Thank you.
September 1, 2023 · 10:26 PM · FORMATION
Savannah, GA
The 4 lights appeared stationary and silent. One light seemed to dim occasionally. They were forming a square directly over the downtown area. I drove a little further to (3min drive ) Monterrey square and got out and saw them still in the same spot and no noise. I was working so I couldn’t stay abs watch.
September 1, 2023 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Central lake, MI
White orbs shot straight down did a 90 degree turn shot to the south east verry fast 25 to 30 orbs 15 20 seconds
September 1, 2023 · 9:44 PM · CIRCLE
Sherwood, WI
Medium sized flying aircraft green light about 13 of them and flying very fast
September 1, 2023 · 9:30 PM · FORMATION
Corcoran, CA
While fishing Friday night I saw a green streak in the sky. I WAS AMAZED after I realized it was moving and traveling across the sky. The craft traveled in a straight line formation and stayed the exact distance from each other as they streaked across the sky. There was around 8-12 craft following a line one behind the other. They were traveling North and they were coming from the direction of the Naval Air Station Lemoore which struck me as odd. It could have been something from the airbase but I have never seen planes in the sky from this area that seemed so strange. They glowed green and appeared as a green streak in the sky. There was no sound at all coming from the sky and was one behind the other in a row. I have seen planes fly in formation but it was side by side or v formation, never in a straight line like this. I could not tell how far away they were but they must have been high in the atmoshpere [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
September 1, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedChesapeake, VA
I was outside when I noticed something that looked like an airplane pulling lights behind it. I then watched as it got closer and all I saw was a long line of lights and the lights seemed like it was attached to a football field. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]