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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.

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September 24, 2015 · 10:15 PM · LIGHT

East Mesa, AZ

On Thursday night, 9/24, in the E. Mesa, AZ, area I was outside with my telescope viewing the moon and Saturn in the southern sky. At about 22:15, I noticed a bright flashing light up in the southern sky in the area just east of Saturn. There are lots of planes flying high overhead all the time but the bigger ones generally have 2 or sometimes 3 bright lights while smaller planes tend to have a white and red flashing light and helicopters sometimes have 3 or 4 lights of different colors but they all to go across the sky and disappear in a few minutes. However, this flashing light was just one light and it was staying near the same place in the sky, which seemed odd. After I noticed that it wasn’t moving out of sight I started to watch more closely and it seemed to be just floating on the wind, darting to the left and right and sometimes zooming up and down a little or going in small circles. After I decided that it probably wasn’t a helicopter hovering up there I moved the telescope over to see if I could get a better look. It was hard to keep in sight with all the small movements and at first all I could see was the light. I thought it might be a drone being flown at night and the movements looked a bit like a drone trying to hover and stay in place in the wind. There are drone flyers around that have lots of lights on the craft to fly at night and you can actually buy bright white light to put on them but I’ve not seen one hover this long so far up in the sky. After a few more minutes I noticed that it was getting closer and I could see it better. When the light flashed it would light up something dangling down underneath on what looked like some ropes. I kept watching as it got closer and I began to see some kind of what looked like debris tangled up in the ropes but it was swaying back and forth and being jerked around so rapidly that I couldn’t tell what it was. I suppose the light could have been on a parachute or balloon but I don’t know what was holding it up since I couldn’t see anything above the light or anything blocking out the stars but there weren’t many stars visible in that area. It looked like it was actually coming towards me and as it got closer it also started to loose altitude and after about 30 minutes it got so low that is went out of sight behind the houses South of me and must have crashed to the ground somewhere near Rt. 60 and Signal Butte Rd. in E. Mesa.

September 24, 2015 · 4:45 AM · CHANGING

South Scottsdale, AZ

super bright light just before sun up. Got binoculars object moved to far to fast. Once focus light was a bunch of lights flashing in strange pattern. Slowly moved higher and higher.

September 23, 2015 · 8:51 PM · FORMATION

Avondale, AZ

There were several lights of different colors moving in a formation. They seemed much higher up than planes or jets would be. They were moving eastward and passed directly overhead, moving fairly slowly--so slowly it took me a few seconds to realize they were even moving. The formation was not tight. There seemed to be quite a bit of space between the lights. The formation was diamond shaped in the middle with one or two lights in the lead and one or two trailing behind the diamond. One or two of the lights were green, at least one was red, at least one was blue, and the rest were white. Planes were in the area (which is normal with the airport being in the same metro area), so I was able to distinguish that it was not a light like typical lights from planes and that it was not moving like a plane.

September 21, 2015 · 5:30 PM · OVAL

Phoenix, AZ

I was taking a picture of the sunset tonight to send to my girlfriend. I saw a flash of white light from left to right out of the corner of my eye . At the same time i took the picture which i had zoomed in on my galaxy s6. The 1 oval object ended up in the picture. It was surrounded by white light and had a solid line through the middle. Nothing was in the sky and it was gone that fast. Happened in a split second. When I zoomed in on picture to take a closer look it appears to have an Aurora around it and no trail of light behind the object.

September 21, 2015 · 4:30 AM · CIRCLE

Scottsdale, AZ

At about 4:30 am I witnessed what seemed to be a really bright star looking toward the eastern sky just a little ways above the Mcdowell mtns. It was way too bright and too perfectly round to be a star, so I got my digital camera with a 36x digital zoom lens and when I zoomed I was completely startled. It took a little time for me to remember how to use the zoom and get the camera to work correctly as I was seeing on the camera screen what resembled a sort of bright perfectly round object with concentric circles getting smaller as you go towards the center and a solid dot in the middle of this object. Which by the way was still shining bright into the morning light while all other stars had disappeared from sight. There also appeared to be a smaller object that appeared to be spinning with light emitting from it as it stood out because it was kind of black and it was in different positions inside the outside edge and in some shots it didn’t appear at all. I shot pics for over an hour until my battery ran out and it was day light. I went inside for another battery and it was gone when I came out.

September 19, 2015 · 7:30 PM · FIREBALL

Gilbert, AZ

SAW FOUR DIFFERENT COMET-LIKE OBJECTS IN THE EASTERN SKY. YOU COULD SEE THE "FRAGMENTS" FALLING OFF OF IT. THE OBJECTS WOULD CHANGE DIRECTIONS. EVENTUALLY THEY ALL FIZZLED OUT. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

September 19, 2015 · 4:00 AM · CIRCLE

El Mirage, AZ

My husband took our puppy out to potty and came to get me when he saw a huge bright light in the sky. It was way too big and close to be a star. It was moving East. I took a picture and a video and could see that it was changing colors.

September 18, 2015 · 10:45 PM · FLASH

Tucson, AZ

They looked as if they were controlled explosions;however there was no rythem or pattern; except it has been happening for the past couple of nights between 2200 hrs through 0100hrs. I was in the Air Force for 10 years and I thought 'star wars program,' but I do not know what or who could cause those type of flashes.

September 17, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL

Tempe, AZ

There are very clear 5 fireballs in the sky. It was moving beside each other then each one went to different direction for a while then thay meet again to fly beside each other. I have photos and video was recorded using a professional camera.

September 16, 2015 · 8:00 PM · DISK

Tucson, AZ

On September 16, 2015, at approximately 8PM, in Tucson, Arizona, I saw a silent stationary UFO. I was awake and sitting upright on a sofa. I had my eyes closed. Suddenly it appeared in the upper right field of my vision. I saw a gray disk with a plate-like central part on the undersurface. There was some type of inscription on this central part. No running lights. But, an orange aura slowly formed starting at the outer border of the UFO. The orange aura slowly expanded for about six or seven seconds, held its position for a couple of seconds, then slowly regressed to the body of the UFO. It repeated this orange aura expansion-regression process about ten times. Then, the UFO disappeared. My wife was nearby. I described this occurrence to her as it was actually happening. This is the only time I had this sighting. I don't drink or take drugs. My eyes were closed during this entire episode. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Hello, I have not experienced any similar sensations regarding UFOs, but I've had many different synchronistic happenings which have astounded me. I narrated this one UFO phenomenon in real time to my wife as it was unfolding. My wife says she has never experienced anything that might be considered preternatural. I want to emphasize that in this UFO experience what I saw was a clearly-defined physical entity rather than the results of an eye pathology. The object I viewed from the underneath vantage had some type of scribbling in its central circular area. I have listened on Coast-to-Coast to your reports of physical sightings. I was somewhat hesitant to send you my report because I saw the object with my eyes closed. Could it be that there is a psrapsychical dimension to my experience? I'm open to all possibilities...even way-out bizarre ones. Have you ever had anyone express to you anything like my experience?.... ((END ADDENDUM)) Source of report describes himself as a retired military officer. PD

September 15, 2015 · 10:00 PM · DISK

Yucca, AZ

It will be two years ago this September. When the weather is nice, I put a foam rubber pad in the back of my pick-up truck with a sleeping bag and sleep out under the stars. It was about 10:00 pm mountain time. I was laying on my back looking up at the stars when I saw a bright white flash of light directly overhead. There was absolutely no sound. It was the equivalent of a flash camera at about 40’ away. A couple of seconds later, there was a second flash of light in the same area of the sky. Again, there was absolutely no sound. Then I saw a dimly lit elliptical shaped object, bluish in color, move out to the east at a moderate speed. The object was visible for about two full seconds, then it went dark. My opinion: The craft was from a different time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

September 15, 2015 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN

Glendale, AZ

In the north east sky 2 friends and I spotted 2 erratic flying craft changing colors in the night sky, one changed from purple to red and then bright white while hovering high in the sky then darted swiftly across the sky then zoomed back at an incredible speed strieght to the same spot it had been in then hovered, the second craft darted rapidly up, down, side to side and in almost dive patterns but at incredible speed.

September 15, 2015 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT

Cordes Lakes, AZ

Okay, these may be planes with strobes. However they are not the normal flashing and they appear out of nowhere at times. The colors are a constant white with red and orange flashes. I also saw them move very rapidly across the horizon on Wednesday night say 01:00 AM. There was a long bluish white light appearing behind them when they moved rapidly. I find it very hard to believe that no one else is reporting these. This is the third night and they are constantly circling this area. There are many of them here every night this week. Are there any 411 events reported here. I do not live here year round. I do notice that my neighbors close up at night and do not go out at all. They do not even sit on the porch anymore in the evening. Kids used to play in the evening here, not anymore. Some people used to walk there dogs and even stroll in the evening. I have not seen anyone in some time now. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

September 14, 2015 · 7:31 PM · CIRCLE

Paradise Valley, AZ

Upon our arrival home, my daughter and I ran into our home drenched. Laughing, we ran into my husband who had been watching t.v. We tell him to run and look outside. It’s incredible how strong the winds are! Just as he looks outside, my other daughter phones me and she sounds frightened over the phone. “Mom, I’m scared…you won’t believe what I’m about to tell you. As I drove home I saw a light I’ve never seen before. It was a green/blue light that lit up the entire sky, but as it lit up the sky I felt a weird sensation in the car”. She tells me she is out front of our home but too scared to get out of the car. We open the door and just as I run to assist her out of the car, a greenish blue light electrified the Arizona sky with a sound that I can only describe as if a live wire hit water. This light was seen 4 times in a 5 minute period. Although this storm didn’t last very long, the damage was quite severe. As an Arizona Native for 49 years, I’ve never witnessed such a storm. Later that evening I decided to catch the news as I was certain they would report what this green bluish light was. There was nothing! I immediately went to Google to see if anyone had witnessed what we did. Sure enough, there were several stories posted. One in particular caught my attention. A gentlemen was on the outskirts of Arizona standing outside of his home when he saw something green. What he described was something quite large in the shape of a ball with blue fire behind it. Another person who was on a military base said he and 2 other gentlemen witnessed this green lightening in the sky. But they go on to say that they saw an object flying. It didn’t have the regular white and red lights. They said there were strange blue lights. That this object gave off short circuits and arc sounds. The next morning, I called a friend to see if she saw any of this. Unfortunately, she didn’t see anything as she was inside working. So, I go back on Google to read her these stories I saw and read last night. Oddly, I couldn’t find any of the stories I had read. Not one! Is it possible that someone removed all these? I read these stories to my husband the night before…where are they now? It’s odd to me that suddenly I cannot find anything I read on Google that relates to what we witnessed. Is it possible that these stories were removed? By whom and why? Our local news never reported any such sightings. But I can tell you that both my girls spoke with co-workers who did witness the green lighting and the arc sounds. The United States seems to be having strange storms occurring, tsunami’s, earthquakes, etc….are these caused by UFO’s or our own Government, but something strange is definitely going on…

September 14, 2015 · 6:30 PM · CHEVRON

Catalina Township, AZ

Taking photo with small Olympus digital camera of large cumulous thunderhead cloud over head, snapped three consecutive pictures one right after another, did not notice any craft during the actual snapshots until loaded onto desk top computer seeing a bright glimmering object against the cloud near the top, after zooming in the object a seemingly chevron shaped luminescent object can be seen. I'm certain it is not a lens reflection because the other two photos do not have it and the clouds were shading the view from any bright sunlight. How do I send you the photos?

September 6, 2015 · 8:45 PM · OTHER

Glendale, AZ

We live in North Glendale, Arizona, on the border of Peoria. Directly above us, we started watching what we "thought" was a common satellite until we saw it move in many directions, almost like dancing. It would move east, many short bursts of speed, then slow down, sometimes hover/pause, then back slowly to the west, sometimes fast, U turns, circles, pause, then south then north, every which way. (We agreed it was brighter and larger than a satellite. Like a very bright star, but not as bright as a planet.) We phoned a friend a few miles SE of us and they said from their vantage point, it appeared to bounce up and down. They told their next door neighbor who said they watched it the night before, Sept. 5. Unable to see it via camera. We observed it until approx 23:30 then went to bed. Will contact Lowell Observatory scientist on Sept. 8 upon their return from Labor Day.

September 6, 2015 · 8:45 PM · OTHER

Glendale, AZ

September 5, 2015 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT

Phoenix, AZ

Today very early in the morning and still night saw two of them one of them just vanished, that's why I decided to make this report is really hard to get them on video if not impossible you would need a very good equipment to video them. I hope someone from this area can get them in video they are sightings almost every day. Source of report indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD

September 4, 2015 · 6:45 PM · FIREBALL

Phoenix, AZ

It was still daylight and clear in the SW corner of the sky. I went outside to let my dogs out. I was standing in the covered porch and I saw a huge red object rising on the other side of my neighbors tree. I saw the object through the tree branches. I stepped out into the pool area moving across my decking so I could see the object with out the tree. I was rising higher than the tree tops. I thought it was coming from the airport. It appeared as a fireball, it was not a plane. I watch the planes fly over all the time. As I watched a huge chunk of flame fell off and went towards the ground. It burnt up and was no longer visible. Then a smaller portion broke off and did the same thing as the first larger piece. The size of the fireball did not appear to change even though two pieces had fallen off. The fireball rose higher then completely disappeared. It did not fall to the ground, it simply disappeared. I logically thought it was a plane crash. There was a plane from Sky Harbor that was heading opposite of SW and was climbing into the clouds. This was absolutely a plane. A pilot would have been able to see the object from their cockpit. I called a local news company and there were no sightings or reports. This was not a meteor, or a shooting star. Those items are very easy to distinguish and identify. Has anyone else seen the object this evening? If so what was it? My cell phone was in the house. If I'd gone to get it I would have missed the display. A cell camera would not have given a good photo, the object was not near enough, it would have just looked like a light rather than a fireball.

September 4, 2015 · 12:17 AM · RECTANGLE

Florence, AZ

I was driving back from a D/O in Florence AZ, heading toward Queen Creek for a P/U to Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. I was alone in the company van, windows open, music playing and watching the fields in my peripherals while singing & driving. I saw something black, large, rectangular & glassy coming from the South farm fields. I turned the music off, slowed down & watched it cross over the road to the fields in the North. It did not reflect the headlights, even with brights on. It blocked the lights of Queen Creek. Once the object left the light from the headlights, it flew higher and went East behind me. I was still driving & decided to keep this to myself because of the stigma attached. This was very close to the NG site near Florence.

September 3, 2015 · 8:45 PM · TRIANGLE

Mesa, AZ

Triangular craft, 7 lights total, each corner one large white light, with a small white light between each corner. Large orange-red light in the center. Caught the light out of the corner of my eye, looked up to my left (southwest facing yard). Craft was moving very slowly westward, had enough time to get a full view of it, turned my head for a second and it disappeared. Was much lower than a plane, lower than cloud cover. Made no sounds but was not trying to hide.

August 29, 2015 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT

Phoenix, AZ

Outside with my great niece and nephew we live about 3.5 miles away from South Mountain. My niece noticed a bright light moving in the sky from the South to the North, while my nephew was looking at the light my niece pointed out, he saw a second light moving to meet up with the first light from east to west. Those 2 almost over us I noticed a 3rd light coming from the North to South met up with the first 2 lights formatting a triangle and remained there not moving again. We could not believe what we saw.

August 28, 2015 · 6:27 AM · FIREBALL

Sedona, AZ

At about 625-6:30 AM on August 28th, I was sitting at the bus stop on HWY 179, which has view of Airport Mesa. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a bright flash that caught my attention, and for the next 3-4 seconds after, I viewed what my logical mind first said was a 'meteor' or a 'downed plane.' This was two hours after dawn, much too bright to see a meteor with the naked eye. The object was glittering, metallic, and almost seemed as though it was on fire because of how lit up it appeared. There was no smoke trail, or streak as it fell. It was fluid and it appeared with the flash, and then fell in a downward arc, but disappeared before hitting neither the ground nor rock cliff. It was seen between two rocky, small mountain peaks, visible from where I was sitting to seem as though they were right next to Airport Mesa, but actually the rocks are best seen on HWY 89A, right after the 'Y' junction in Sedona, AZ, just past the post office. From my viewing perspective, the peeks seemed next to airport Mesa, so I called into the police suggesting a downed plane, but there was no smoke, and the object disappeared without impact. Thank you for reading this.

August 23, 2015 · 3:30 AM · SPHERE

Paradise Valley, AZ

Approximately 3:30 am on 8-23-2015, Sunday Morning, Paradise Valley, Arizona, I work as a Protection Specialist (bodyguard) for a wealthy family that lives at the base of Camelback Mountain in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Currently I work the night shift and conduct night patrols around the perimeter of the property. Here in Arizona the desert nights are very still with a sky that is crystal clear, the stars are amazing. It’s so quiet that I hear the small desert rats rustling in the low lying bushes as I walk by them. I have even walked up upon a bobcat stretched out on a nearby wall. Sunday morning, I was about half way finished with my patrol. I was walking down a path on the side of the house and had my flashlight out shining it into a dark corner of the house. Right then, a bright flash from above caught my attention. The strange thing was that I only saw the flash with my left eye as if something was trying to get my attention, although nothing lit up around me. Another strange occurrence was that I knew to look straight up into the sky. The light caused the hairs on the back of my neck to instantly rise up. I stopped and looked straight up to see a round bright ball of light above me. After looking at it for about 30 seconds it disappeared, then moved to the right and lit up again. It was moving slow and methodical. It was going way to slow to be a falling star or satellite. As I watched this thing move, it was as if I was trying to talk myself out of what I was witnessing. When it would reappear it looked as if it was falling a bit and then would stop. I served in Iraq and Afghanistan, where I have witnessed flares, and this was not a flare, but when it would appear it looked like it was falling like a flair, then would stop, stay still then go dark and move to the northeast. During the entire time of watching it, I tried to convenience myself that it was something I could explain, until I watched it do something very peculiar. After observing the object for about 5 minutes while it moved slowly to the Northeast towards Fountain Hills, it did a button hook maneuver to the left and headed in the opposite direction of travel. Almost instantly after the button hook, it conducted another 180 degree turn just as fast and headed towards the Northeast again. I watch it for about another 2 minutes and then it disappeared. It was something I could not explain. To remind you this was the area of the famous Phoenix lights. Camelback Mountain was a prime observation point for people here in the Valley that witnessed the Phoenix lights. I’m convinced that I witnessed a UFO from another world, or some sort of secret government aircraft.