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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.

7,220 entries

July 28, 2023 · 11:05 PM · LIGHT

Gainesville, FL

I was enamored by a visual in the sky at 11:00pm, in an Easterly direction. It looked like a meteor casting a "dust trail" in the atmosphere in the shape of a star. This slowly moved North, from my right to left. To the right of that, was a "firework" style light show behind it, in a single spot not moving. I presume this to be the Falcon 9 Heavy far away from me. I'm in Gainesville FL, and the Space X launch is at Kennedy Space Center, over 100 miles away. (I didn't know this at the time of viewing) Anyway, 5 minutes after the sky clears up from that Space launch event, I drove a golf cart away. I glance in the general direction again (East) and now, much closer to my location, appears a pair of orange orb/spherical lights in the sky. Slightly south from my perspective of the Space event, these entities are moving slowly Southward. They formed a diagonal line going up and back. Not more than a moment after viewing, the front light disappears, followed by the second light, mere seconds later. Possibly the launch stage descending for recovery.

July 28, 2023 · 11:05 PM · LIGHT

Gainesville, FL

July 28, 2023 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE

Identified

Cape Coral, FL

As I am walking my dog at 11 pm I see a red color in the clouds. There was first a singular orange object that seemed to be falling from the sky imitating a red color. It’s stop falling mid way though now catching speed and headed upward it’s trajectory took east. The bubbled object seems to grow In size and intensity. From that point multiple smaller lights were ejected from the bubble and seemed to surround the craft in some sort of skirt. From there 3 orange object break from the bubble and shoot off in opposite detections 2 headed north as the third was headed south. The one head south seemed to make some kind of trail making it seem as if a boomerang was just thrown across the sky. The ones that head north hovered for a few moment traveling back and forth while temporally disappearing and coming. after the three objects had taken there positions and the skirted objects disappeared. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]

July 28, 2023 · 10:35 PM · FIREBALL

Gulf Breeze, FL

On Friday, 07/28/2023 at approximately 10:35 pm, my wife, a family friend, and I were in our backyard and had just gotten out of the pool. From our home’s backyard observed, we observed a large red/orange circular fire/plasma ball in the sky at about the cloud level in the night sky. That evening was warm, mostly clear with a few clouds and the moon was very bright. No rain, lightning, or thunderstorms in the area at all that day. I first noticed the large (size of a small airplane or helicopter) object located southeast (towards Navarre, FL) of our home because of its brilliant bright red color and because it was not moving. The object was larger than any other object (other than the moon) in the night sky. The red and orange color appear to look like a fire ball /plasma without any defined edges and a haze around the edges. The object made no sound. It hovered in place at this height for about 10 seconds. Then the object slowly began moving south towards the Gulf of Mexico, at the same height, for about 5 seconds then it just slowly faded away. I confirmed with the other witnesses that it did not go behind a cloud, but in fact the object had just disappeared. It appeared to leave a momentary trail of light as it moved but that may have been my eyes adjusting to the brightness of the object against a dark sky, I am not sure. The object appeared not to produce any smoke or vaper trail. Moments later, I observed another similar object or the same object approximately 2 – 5 miles directly south of my location. This object was slowly moving south towards the Gulf of Mexico. However, this object was now much, much lower (approximately 500 - 1000 feet above the tree line). If it was the same object, it would have had to had moved at an incredible speed to go from the original position and height from where it disappeared and then moments later reappear at the lower height and new position in the sky. We continued to observe the object for about 5 – 10 seconds as it continued south and then just faded away. Our home is located in Gulf Breeze, FL (near the Midway area) off of Soundside Drive. We see a lot of military aircraft, private, commercial aircraft and satellites in our skies. This object was unlike anything I have seen before. We did not observe any solid object or aircraft producing this fire ball. It appeared at all times to be a large fire /plasma ball with no definable edges, with no navigational lights on it and it never made a sound. No photos or video recordings were made of this sighting. My wife is a teacher at a daycare and I spend 30 years in the military/reserves and 23 years in law enforcement. These facts are true to best of my recollection.

July 28, 2023 · 7:10 PM · CHANGING

Ocala, FL

I saw multiple large objects with small tiny objects next to some of the larger objects. The smaller ones would change from straight line to a circular formation. When I tried to video, my screen went black. Someone else has witnessed and posted to YouTube. I do have pictures, and a zoomed in picture of object that is not a drone/flock of birds, or anything I have ever seen.

July 26, 2023 · 11:42 PM · CHANGING

CLEARWATER, FL

We stepped outside to do a balloon release around 11:40 p.m. last night and we looked up and saw to the right it looked like two objects it could have been one but one object looked like a rectangular shape it could have been see-through translucent or something it looked like it flipped and right beside it was a object with two green lights on the back of it

July 25, 2023 · 9:18 PM · LIGHT

Probable conventional

Sarasota (North Lido Beach), FL

MY ORIGINAL STATEMENT: please bear with me as I write this and try to explain, both witnesses mentioned in the story are present and a part of writing this statement (witness who used flightradar24 and witness who saw) Two incidents- one person who was a witness (with two other witnesses), on the same night another person was tracking aircrafts using flightradar24, not only saw unusual flight batterns (square, boxy, tracking one (blocked) aircraft flying over feather sound and near the Saint Petersburg airports in Saint Petersberg, aircraft was being followed by sherrif helicopter of said county) but also witnessed Sarasota county Sherrif's office tracking an aircraft that could not be identified on flight radar at all. Simply "AIR1". We will now dive into the context of thr eye witnesses before adding anymore about flightradar 3 eye witnesses noticed objects- best described as bluish white- flying at high speeds. VERY FAR AWAY. Straight line. When discussed regarding starlink they ended up being adamant it was not. Objects followed each other in a straight line. Eye witness from the beach discussed this with flightradar24 witness on that day. FR24 witness harbors a general interest in aviation history as well asa aircrafts, so they frequent the F24 app and website. Witnessed was tracking an unidentified aircraft "AIR1" which was being followed by the sherrifs. They were tracking it for about an hour or so. Ended up also seeing odd flight patterns and a similar event going on in saint petersberg. Witness wanted to go out and see it; however they were quite frightened. Witness has a balcony that they often go out on, witness was too scared to go out on the balcony but looked from within the house by opening the blinds on the doors. Saw one singular star-like looking object but cannot be certain of what it was, as they were distressed; however, they were tracking the location and it corroborated. There also was a plane from the air force base in saint petersburg that departed that night I had chat GPT-4 polish my statement for more clarity and better vocabulary, here is what it said: We appreciate your patience as we recount the events of the sighting, with both witnesses involved in this incident actively participating in drafting this statement (the witness who utilized FlightRadar24 and the one who observed the phenomena). On the night in question, two distinct incidents were recorded: One individual, accompanied by two other witnesses, observed anomalous aerial phenomena. Around the same time, another individual was monitoring aircraft movements using FlightRadar24, and noted unusual flight patterns. Specifically, a blocked aircraft was detected flying over Feather Sound and near the St. Petersburg airports in St. Petersburg. This aircraft appeared to be trailed by a sheriff's helicopter from the corresponding county. Moreover, an aircraft labeled "AIR1", unidentifiable on FlightRadar24, was observed being tracked by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. Now, we will delve into the observations made by the eye witnesses before elaborating on the FlightRadar24 findings. The three witnesses reported seeing objects—best described as bluish-white—in the sky, moving at high velocities and following a straight trajectory. Despite their distant appearance, the witnesses were adamant that these were not Starlink satellites as initially suggested, based on the consistent straight-line formation in which the objects trailed one another. One of the witnesses, was at the beach during this sighting and later shared their observation with the individual monitoring FlightRadar24. This individual, with a keen interest in aviation history and aircraft, frequently uses the FlightRadar24 app and website to track air traffic. On this night, they were tracking an unidentified aircraft labeled "AIR1", which appeared to be followed by sheriff’s deputies. Over the course of an hour or so, the FlightRadar24 witness also noted odd flight patterns and a similar event occurring in St. Petersburg. Intrigued yet apprehensive, the witness wanted to venture outside for a clearer view but was deterred by fear. Nonetheless, from the relative safety of indoors, they opened the blinds on their doors and observed a singular star-like object in the sky. While distress impaired a clear identification of the object, its location corroborated with the unusual flight activity being tracked on FlightRadar24. Additionally, it was noted that an aircraft from the air force base in St. Petersburg departed on the same night, adding another layer of intrigue to the aerial activities observed. This revised statement maintains the essence of your original narrative while enhancing clarity and coherence for the reader. Please review and adjust as per your exact experiences and recollections before submitting to NUFORC. Thank you very much for your time, consideration, and patience [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]

July 24, 2023 · 10:45 PM · TEARDROP

Satellite Bch., FL

Saw weird-looking light on a relatively clear night while walking back from the gym in late evening … took a photo … went back to see and it was gone.

July 23, 2023 · 8:54 PM · CHANGING

Auburndale, FL

When I first saw it, it was a bright orange fire looking ball. It disappeared then reappeared. Then started out. I was able to pull of the road and catch it about 10 seconds after the beginning of seeing it

July 23, 2023 · 8:53 PM · CIRCLE

Identified

Winter Garden, FL

At first I saw the white circular light moving quickly with a tail, thinking it was a shooting star. It faded (died out) but then came back into view, when I took my video. It then slowed down, and the tail became more billowing, with cloud-like puffs. SpaceX launch from Florida [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]

July 22, 2023 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE

Miami Beach, FL

One green light in the sky. Stood still. Then moved north at an incredible speed. Steady light. No plane. No satellite. No sound.

July 22, 2023 · 8:22 PM · LIGHT

Probable conventional

Fort Laudetdale, FL

Out fishing on Teo boats, on one of them my friend and his wife, in the other boat, dad, little brother, his friend and my self, as we heading back to shore we noticed what’s it seems to be a boat capsizing, long story short, it was two underwater “lights”, kind of messing with each other and moving very fast for being underwater. I’ll attach a video, thanks [NUFORC annotation: Green fishing lights - Probable]

July 21, 2023 · 10:00 PM · FLASH

Ocala, FL

This is the 4th time in about a year we have seen a bright Green light shooting vertically across the sky and then disappearing almost similar to a shooting star but looks closer to earth. Once it shot directly in front of our windshield while driving. It’s in the same vicinity every time. Maybe a fireball but how would we see it 4 times in a year or less. Just seems odd.

July 20, 2023 · 9:28 PM · FORMATION

Ocala, FL

My wife is retired air force and knows a lot about satellites and planes. She can't explain this. It was 6 bright lights very high above, moving in a straight formation. They shot quickly through the sky but we lost them because trees obstructed the view. It was probably a coincidence, but dry lightening started right when we saw them. Too organized (followed in a straight line) to be a meteor shower. My wife thinks there's a small chance they were planes from the base, but they were very high and very fast. I watched the starlink videos you posted but this was much faster and there were only 6 or so. They were white lights, possibly other cars but I was so surprised that I don't remember. It was night, so we could only see the lights.

July 17, 2023 · 7:50 AM · SPHERE

Kissimmee, FL

I was driving to work in the morning and I saw a dark object which shape was unusual. The object was far so I was in a red light so I grab my phone and zoom in in a clear space between the trees to record. I thought I had video mode, but I took some pictures instead [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]

July 16, 2023 · 3:15 PM · SPHERE

STUART, FL

The last 2 pictures that were takes, the sky was definitely red that's when the image that I was photographing, disappeared. Naked eye was was a cluster of white lights.

July 15, 2023 · 11:52 PM · FIREBALL

Identified

Fort Lauderdale, FL

I was going on a midnight walk when i looked at the sky and saw what initially looked like an asteroid burning up while entering atmosphere but then realized it couldn't be because after i saw streak of fire behind the ufo it briefly disappears then re appears and continues moving then when moving a haze or aura appeared trailing behind the moving object SpaceX [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]

July 15, 2023 · 9:41 PM · LIGHT

Asbury Lake, FL

I with other witnesses were having a conversation while looking up at the sky when we saw an object that seemed odd. It was just a bright light moving from west to east across the sky at what appeared to be an extremely high altitude. However it moved faster and was brighter than what I have normally seen from satellites. As it gained more attention from the group the objective instantly made a 90° turn to what looked like straight through the atmosphere with an acceleration that I have never seen in my life. I was transfixed and shocked and confirmed others saw what I had just seen. Fortunately I also had my girlfriend on speaker and she could hear the others confirm what I saw. Now I'm not sure if what happened next was right before or right after the object accelerated away an orange stationary orb appeared in the sky. It was just stationary and silent before just disappearing.

July 14, 2023 · 10:11 PM · SPHERE

Probable conventional

Hernando, FL

Fishing on open lake with two friends. Boat oriented West. From North to South line appears out of thin air of perfectly symmetrical round orbs with lights on each one in rings from center to outermost part of orbs. 12 orbs or more The orbs were perfectly in line and perfectly spaced. Distance looked really far of the orbs and the ring of lights on them were amber color and seem faded. The Massive orbs, then crossed behind a single cloud West of boat and as each one flew above it they disappeared and then the cloud faded away quickly. All other clouds in sky remained all around. I screen shot the google maps of where we were and where the orbs came from and disappeared at. Also shows live location of where on lake we were and what way we were facing. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]

July 9, 2023 · 11:54 PM · CIRCLE

Melbourne, FL

Red circle was moving slowly in sky it was a solid color didn’t change

July 9, 2023 · 12:00 AM · CYLINDER

Sanford, FL

Spotted a white glowing craft in various areas of sky while watching launch go up. Was cylindrical/ saphirical when zooming in on camera and had two bright lights with prism-like Aura around it.

July 8, 2023 · 9:40 PM · FIREBALL

Crystal River, FL

At Pete's Peir Marina shortly after the sun had fully set and it was completely dark I was over looking Kings Bay in Crystal River, Florida. A short ways above the the horizon due west, a red object which I initially thought was a flare due to its color and rapid movement appeared and began moving towards the east but north of my location. About ten seconds later another appeared traveling in the exact same manner. At this time I realized these were not flares due to their speed and angle of trajectory with the horizon. I then went and got my grandfather to show him and see if he knew what they could be. In that time another object appeared again in the same path and similar speed. He suggested helicopters but once they got close enough and after looking at them with binoculars it was clear they were not. Shortly after this they faded out similar to the way an old light bulb does, in about 3 seconds, each at different times and locations but in a general northern direction from our location. The last object as it was fading had another smaller and equally dim object shoot off from it in the direction it had originally come from. This however was very hard to see with the naked eye for how dim they had become and may have been a trick of the eye. This is unclear because less than a second later they were gone.

July 4, 2023 · 8:55 AM · CIRCLE

sarasota, FL

I was watching the sunset turn into fireworks then I noticed something in front of the clouds not moving not or doing anything I took my phone out and took a few pictures and even zoomed as much as I possibly could to get a pretty clear picture.

June 28, 2023 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE

Probable conventional

Lynn Haven, FL

I have a habit of looking up every time I go outside, so I noticed the bright Mars/Venus bright spot to the West and the moon almost directly overhead. There were no other lights or stars visible yet, and the sky was totally cloudless and clear. On my way back in, approximately 3-5 minutes later, I noticed that another bright star had appeared in the West, to the left of Mars/Venus. It wasn't quite as large or bright as Mars/Venus, but it was unmoving. I watched it for just a few seconds, and then it disappeared. I don't know if my eyes were playing tricks on me, but as I kept watching the Western sky, I felt like I was seeing small flashes of light in the sky, intermittently and randomly scattered around the area. When I watched other areas of the sky, I didn't have this experience. This went on for just a minute or so. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]