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July 12, 2019 · 6:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Sarasota, FL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 6, 2019 · 11:17 PM · OTHER
Canal Point, FL
Checking my security cameras the next morning, I noticed a small linear shape hovering close to my daughter's room. The image looked like it has 5 lights. I spent a number of hours looking at mini-drone/personal drone models, but could find none even remotely similar to the flying micro object. We live in rural Florida and the minute long video I am emailing shows no one in the area is even awake or out and about. This is not a typical "flying saucer" in the sky moving quickly, etc., but it is an anomaly. I am inquiring to see if there are other such occurrences. Thank you. (( We spoke via telephone with the witness, and found him to be exceptionally eloquent and sober-minded. We suspect that he is exceptionally reliable. We expect to post to our homepage the video that was submitted together with this report. We have seen other similar footage. If anyone visiting our website knows what the cause of the peculiar video is, please contact our Center to share the explanation with us. PD))
July 5, 2019 · 10:35 PM · FIREBALL
Kenneth City, FL
The sky was partly cloudy but not where the “burning orange/red circle” was at. We waited outside and stared in amazement at first for a few seconds while this light was flickering... it looked like it was fighting the clouds but there were none. I’ve seen several shooting stars in my day and they’ve only usually last about 20-30. seconds tops. We were outside watching this for at least 4-5 minutes. So long that even a smaller commercial aircraft flew past this burning light heading opposite way and dwarfed the burning light making it look like the burning light was way higher in the sky. There is an Air Force Base in Tampa so who knows. But i know whatever my son and daughter and myself saw, was pretty cool. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2019 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Jensen Beach, FL
Sat still for 10 minutes then separated slightly, then instantly took off across the sky. Faster than any craft of this planet! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
July 4, 2019 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Big Coppitt Key, FL
I ran inside to grab my phone to start recording it, but by the time I got back outside it was knowwhere in site!!!
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Port Charlotte, FL
Triangle shaped,Orange lights I recorded 5 or 6 of them following the same path, and then disappearing into a vortex in the clouds. There is no Airpot near the area I recorded them.
July 4, 2019 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Palm Coast, FL
At approximately 21:25 I went into my back yard to see neighbors fire works next street over. I saw a green flashing light moving in a northerly direction at a very quick speed. I thought to myself that thing is moving pretty fast. My first thoughts was a plane but then it made a large circular movement at a speed and maneuver no conventional air craft or helicopter could possibly perform. After it’s maneuver it went stationary for about 20sec. After about 10 sec it started flashing a bright red. I did not want to lose sight of it however I wanted to grab someone to validate what I saw. I was gone for 5 seconds and when I returned it was gone. This is something I have never witnessed before.
July 4, 2019 · 9:16 PM · SPHERE
Palm Coast, FL
Witnessed and photographed bright amber colored orb in the night sky over Palm Coast, FL. My fiancée and I were looking facing SE to SSE toward the south end of town. Seemingly out of nowhere, this bright object seemingly manifested itself and slowly traversed about 1/3rd the visible night sky above us. The object was observed traveling from west to east at approximately 45 degrees above the horizon. The object didn’t blink and had no glare like a bright light in the distance; nonetheless, the object was easily the brightest point in the sky. The object silently and steadily moved across the sky; stopping In place and hovering in the sky a few times before taking a 90 degree turn that appeared to be up and to the east. At this time (2116 hours) I photographed the object with my iPhone camera.
July 4, 2019 · 8:20 PM · CHANGING
Port St. Lucie, FL
The object traveled in a straight line from the SSE to NNW during the entire observation. A little about me: I am an amateur astronomer with thousands of hours of observing time and know the sky well. This includes many naked eye objects and locations of objects that can only be seen with binoculars or telescope. I was in the Air Force and my specialty located me near the runway. I have observed MANY types of craft and objects in the sky under a variety of conditions. I attended a brief but informative police sponsored training session, provided by a former employer, in looking for and noting details when witnessing an event. I will send you a sketch of the sighting to the address listed on your website, and I intend to contact the local radio station and newspaper. Summary: While in the street, in a residential neighborhood, I noticed a rather bright orange light about 15 degrees above the horizon moving directly towards me. At first I thought it was a helicopter with a spotlight, but helicopters around here never have orange spotlights, only white. I could only see the bright orange light, and not the body of any craft. As it approached it grew in size until it expanded into an orange orb, the closer it approached the larger the orb appeared. I don’t think the orb actually expanded, it just appeared larger, as perhaps an approaching car moving in ones direction would appear as it drew closer. The object wasn’t that far away. The orb grew in size until features became visible. It was clearly NOT a helicopter. There was no propeller, and no body of a craft of any kind visible at this point. The craft made no sound AT ALL during the entire observation. The apparent size of the object from our position was a little smaller than a dime held at arm’s length, and appeared to be about 1000 to 1500 feet in elevation. The entire orb was orange, but down the center of the orb was a straight and solid ‘semi-wide line’ of solid orange light that was somewhat brighter than the rest of the orb. It was easily seen. It extended all the way across the orb, except for the center, from one edge to the other. It essentially split the orb in two. The axis of the solid orange ‘line’ pointed in the same direction the orb was travelling. The ‘line’ did not have a sharp edge but quickly blended into the light orange on either side of it. The circular outer edge of the entire orb was also a little brighter but not quite as bright as the ‘semi-thick line’. It did not have a sharp edge, and quickly blended into the lighter orange as well At the center of the orb, between the solid ‘lines’ was a pulsing light (not blinking). It was not a sharp point of light. It could also be described more accurately as a throbbing light. It was orange in color and pulsing-throbbing dimmer and brighter, dimmer and brighter at a steady and even rate of about 2 ½ pulses per second. The solid orange ‘line’ described two paragraphs ago came close to the edges of the pulsing light at the center, but didn’t appear to connect to it. The pulsing center light was separate and pulsed on its own. The orb was travelling in a path that would take it directly overhead. At about 80 degrees overhead it started to slow down, gradually and very smoothly. The other witness who was also observing the slow down stated… To paraphrase… It’s slowing down to look at you!... I felt the same!! This was a little concerning, and almost spooky for both of us. The orb only slowed down but did not stop. I estimate it slowed down by 25-30%. I don’t recall it regaining its previous speed, but it may have. 5 to 10 seconds after noticing the orb slowing down and passing in the area overhead, the lighted orb began to turn off and on at random on either side of the pulsing center light and solid orange colored axis ‘line’. The throbbing center light did NOT turn off and continued to pulse unchanged. The axis ‘line’ of solid orange light on either side of the pulsing center light remained lighted and unchanged most of the time, but flickered a few times and sometimes fragmented into separate distorted pieces of light, then reformed very quickly. The random turning off and on of light on both sides of the orb occurred more often than the fluctuations of light on the center axis ‘line’. When in the area directly overhead, ALL of the lights on the orb suddenly blinked off and the object tuned completely dark. They did not turn back on even for a moment for the rest of the observation. After all the lights on the orb blinked off, a solid dark shape remained that is best described as a distorted square with uneven rounded corners. The distorted square appeared to remain the same size or very close to the same size as the orb when it was lighted. It continued moving at the same smooth speed. It was dusk and the sun was down but the sky was light blue and clear at our observation site and objects could easily be observed against the background sky. After a few seconds the dark distorted square changed shape into a round disc. This occurred while the object was directly or nearly directly overhead and moving away. The disc remained dark and continued to move smoothly toward the NNW. Because of its changing angle as it moved toward the horizon it became apparent it was a flat disc. I watched carefully to see if ANY type of lighting reappeared. None did. I observed the dark disc as it smoothly cruised in a straight line toward the horizon until the line of sight approached a row of trees about 250 yards away. Because of the dark, brownish black color of the object after the orange lights blinked off , it would have been impossible or nearly impossible to spot the distorted square or disc in a dark sky. The light blue background of dusk is probably the only reason we could observe it.
July 3, 2019 · 2:30 AM · FIREBALL
New Port Richey, FL
Four people saw this object come across the sky horizontally with a long fire like tail. It did not drop altitude but moved rather slowly with making no noise. Then it broke apart into two parts and continued out of sight. It never dimmed, but was constant fireball with a tail.
July 3, 2019 · 2:16 AM · CYLINDER
Sanibel Island, FL
My husband, a friend and I were out at the lighthouse on Sanibel Island, FL hoping to photograph the Milky Way from 12:30-3 am the morning of July 3, 2019. To do night sky photography, you need to have the camera on long exposure, so 15-30 seconds on a tripod. We had been shooting from various places near the lighthouse, the pier and the main beach area. While we were on the small beach area and had our cameras facing toward the lighthouse and the Milky Way we saw lights in the sky. They came from our right - over Sanibel end of the bridge - and we all noticed them at about the same time. I didn’t hear anything, but saw a long, cylindrical (rocket-like) object that looked as if it had flames coming from the middle and end of it. Around it were 6-10 small lights. They all traveled at about the same speed and in the same direction, toward Ft Myers Beach. The small lights didn’t break away from the rocket-like cylinder, they all stayed in the same pattern that we first! observed. At first we thought it was a meteor shower, but none were reported that night. Then we thought maybe a rocket launch gone wrong, but we none were reported being shot up that night/morning. Perhaps it was a satellite breaking up, but the smaller lights traveled at the same speed and in the same direction as the rocket-like cylinder, so didn’t seem to break up. Of course our cameras were facing the wrong direction to catch the unidentified flying objects and were on long exposure, so were useless to catch the UFO. But I did catch a quick photo with my iPhone and tried to get a movie (tho it isn’t good), though by the time I thought to grab my iPhone, the objects had moved quite a distance away. You can identify the rocket-like cylinder and a few lights around it as well as the Ft Myers Beach skyline.
July 3, 2019 · 2:16 AM · FIREBALL
Boca Raton, FL
Dog started barking eastward, I looked up and saw what looked like a satellite, or spacecraft breaking up upon re-entry.
July 3, 2019 · 2:15 AM · CIGAR
Davie, FL
While beginning my exterior security rounds at 2:15am I noticed an unusually bright light in sky approaching very quickly in manner that was not typical of most planes & jets in sky. As it approached very near my direction at a very fast pace I noticed more details unusual about this object. I fumbled to get my cell phone for video but it was so fast I could only manage a quick photo after it passed me. The most unusual thing I noticed was how large & long the object appeared and that there was a haze in front of the light(s) that were at the tail end of the object. At first I only saw it as one light in sky. I thought for a moment it was coming right at me almost as if it saw me. Then in the sky about even with me slightly north (airport to south) it was not very high I noticed there were two lights in a vertical line one after the other and the distance between indicating a very long object, much longer then a typical jet. It clearly appeared as one object. I thought for a! moment perhaps a blimp. The haze was very distinctive and oddly visible in front of the lights. It had a translucent appearance almost as like an "aura" and was shaped like a cigar (or torpedo). It did not look at all like smoke or an exhaust trail and most odd was again the length of the haze forward of the two lights that were in very clear view behind the long shaped "aura" of the object that could not be seen. It appeared to be descending in the sky but in direction not typical of the other planes that land at nearby airport but further south of the sighted object. My photo does not show the haze only the two lights at tail end. Lastly there is a nearby airport to the south of this sighting. Minutes later a descending commercial jet in typical fashion even at night was very visible and distinctly heard as it descended for landing. The object I saw to the north was equally close enough to be heard and much larger & longer had me creeped out by the ee! ry silence. I called local police shortly after returning from rounds to report sighting and find out if anyone else reported anything. It was clearly visible at all time to anyone who may have been out at 2:15am. No reports had been made by others at that time and I declined to leave name or contact.
July 3, 2019 · 2:15 AM · SPHERE
Champions Gate, FL
Walked outside have a smoke and i see two sphere objects flying very fast no sound one in front of the other the second one had a long tail of fire. The were flying east to west.
July 2, 2019 · 2:00 PM · OTHER
Clearwater, FL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 2, 2019 · 2:00 AM · CYLINDER
Longboat Key, FL
There were 5 adults and none of us have ever seen anything like it.
July 1, 2019 · 10:42 PM · FIREBALL
Bradenton, FL
Tonight I stepped outside to let our dog out when I saw two very bright yellowish orange lights in the sky. They were just passing to the south of my home. There was no noise and they flew at a diagonal pattern from each other. So either one was somewhat lower than the other or one was a little further back from the other. They stayed at same constant slow speed never drifting in distance from each other.
June 30, 2019 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
Pine Grove, FL
My phone froze when I tried to call my wife to tell her to come outside, it approached the tree line and was gone. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 29, 2019 · 2:00 AM · TEARDROP
Ruskin (near), FL
Driving on 19th Ave when I thought the moon was rather bright until it hit me that the moon wasn't full but a crescent. I kept looking at the insanely bright light. As I was parallel to it I saw the triangular, slightly rounded more teardrop shape with bright lights on all three points I thought it passed over me but never showed on the other side or behind me.
June 26, 2019 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Lake City, FL
Standing outside in my front yard this evening, on the phone, I noted several drones or what appear to be similar surveillance tasked aircraft when suddenly from the West moving due east - a light that behaved (aside from the obvious slow but visible movement East) as a planet would, devoid of twinkling, and having about the apparent magnitude of the planet Saturn would on a good night for observation via telescope. This light meandered very oddly modulating its North - South position on its trajectory constantly and in conjunction with its Eastward momentum. Strangely the apparent magnitude of the light became increasingly dim as it progressed further to the East, eventually requiring some deal of focus to locate and identify during its remaining trek slowly travelling with the equivalent of a multiple drug influenced, severely drunken man's synergism fueled wobbly gait over the horizon.
June 25, 2019 · 4:30 AM · SPHERE
Mayport, FL
Star-like object making small erratic movements... up, right, down, rotating in circles. Gets brighter and dimmer irregularly. Looks exactly like a star would in the night sky.
June 25, 2019 · 3:30 AM · FIREBALL
Miramar, FL
My friends and I were getting in the car to go grab some midnight drinks. I happened to look in the sky and seen four orange lights. I was so in awe of what I saw, that all I could say was "whaaat on earth do you guys see that?!?" We couldn't quite understand what on earth it could be. They appeared to be orange circle probes. 3 were aligned together not moving. The fourth one broke away from the three and looked almost like a fire ball with an orange auro around it then disappeared. The three stayed for another two minutes then disappeared!! As we drove and spoke about it, two more appeared but were falling down almost like meteorites. Had we not seen the previous ones that were stationary, we would've just thought they were meteorites or debri burning through the atmosphere!
June 25, 2019 · 2:37 AM · UNKNOWN
Lakeland, FL
Getting out my truck 2 lights caught my eye in the east sky, it was if they were drifting but they were very far away. They were bright like a slow moving fire ball I guess. One disappeared then seconds later the another One disappeared. One other time 3 years ago I seen what I thought was fire balls, it was 5 perfect looking round shape rocks in formation with each other like traveling across the sky in together in with a sphere together, literally over my head. Come out of no where. The 2 objects I seen tonight were far away but had the same color as the group of boulders, bright white and yellow and slightly orange and maybe a little red. And after they disappeared I heard rumbling like thunder in a distance the lasted several minutes.
June 25, 2019 · 2:33 AM · LIGHT
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Tuesday 6/25 Walking by Sea Spray Inn in Fort Lauderdale with a friend when we see a big yellow light in the sky, emitting a red gas coming out of it. It was thin like gas coming out of the bright yellow light. The yellow light then had another yellow light come from behind and went fast towards the right (going east). Both lights then disappeared. Me and my friend then proceeded to walk more east towards the beach when then we saw another 2 yellow lights this time closer to ground, then both disappeared again. Both times the lights seemed sort of close but far somewhere out there in the stratosphere.