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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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March 8, 2015 · 8:00 AM · DISK
Tucson, AZ
My wife and I went out to have our coffee on our patio Sunday morning. I sat on a lounge chair under a Cabana frame with no top cover on it. I laid back at some point and noticed a large White spot in the Sky. Time was about 08:00. It was cool about 70 degrees and only one wisp of a cloud in the sky near the object. I thought it to be a weather balloon and noted where it was in relation to the frame of the cabana. It was at ZENITH in the sky. I went in for a second cup of Joe and grabbed a pair of 7x50 binoculars to view that balloon. Time then was about 08:15am and the object HAD NOT MOVED... I adjusted the glasses (German) on a mountain top I knew was 5 miles from home, then I looked at the object...IT WAS A DISC! My wife looked as well and thought she saw one wing stick out. The DISC looked to be the size of a half dollar coin from this view with the field glasses. Silvery-white outer color and blue gray towards the center with a very BLACK center. The view was crystal clear and no fuzzy images at all. Still it had not moved from zenith. When I went for a third cup I grabbed my Nikon "Coolpix" electronic camera. I had to step away from the frame so the auto focus would allow me to find that Disc. At infinity the detail was 70% less than the field glasses but I was able to see a little bit of a ring like feature. Looking again through the glasses I could see in detail a wedge forming in a dark color over the disc. Thing changed details within the circle but only in color as far as we could tell. Time was about 08:40am. At this time I went back under the cabana frame to track any movement, It had moved about 2 degrees from Zenith towards the WEST. I clicked off several photos and went inside to answered the telephone. With all this the wife and I were not sure that it wasn't a balloon and just Odd that it had not moved. I PLANNED to call pilots' weather service, and get a "Winds Aloft" Report for southern Arizona...I failed to do so. At 09:15 I returned outside and it had not move but another 1 degree West. I went to my laptop and down loaded the photos and tried to enlarge them...UNTIL my laptop's security program had lapsed and (POP UPs) blocked everything I tried to do with the laptop. I went outside and it was gone. Time was 09:59I am not tech savvy with electronics and gave up for a while until tonight. Almost 10 days now. I'll try to down load the photos I took. Hope you all can enlarge them for your use.
March 7, 2015 · 8:05 PM · CIGAR
Glendale, AZ
Bright, Amber, cigar shaped formations to the southwest. Appeared to be trailing heat behind them. Moved sporadically and faded in and out. Movements were not similar to flares or any other aircraft.
March 6, 2015 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Phoenix, AZ
My brother had spotted a glowing object and had come to get me because he was confused as to what it could be. At first I figured it was a planet but when I saw it I saw it was much too bright and was slowly moving across the sky. Very slowly it started moving toward the horizon, so slow that we almost couldn’t tell it was moving, believing it to be our eyes playing tricks on us. It was very bright, and my brother swore that he saw it shoot up towards the sky which is how it caught his attention in the first place. We continued to just observe whatever this thing was over the next half hour or so, even climbing on the roof to get a better view. We had each commented on how the object seemed to be varying in luminosity and to have shown little specks of red blink occasionally. Again, I must emphasize that it *seemed* to do these thing because we were all staring at it so long that it could very well have been our eyes playing tricks on us. As we were watching, we noticed that it had slowly shifted its color from a bright, almost star-like, white glow into a deep orange and yellow. This was for certain, there was no way it was an illusion caused by focusing on something so bright for so long. Remember, all of this happened over the span of around thirty minutes so the changes were subtle except for the eventual change in color. It continued to float down towards the horizon and slightly towards what would be north from our perspective. My brother grabbed his Iphone to use his Starmap app to verify that it was not a planet or star. It was WAY bigger than anything else I had ever seen, that I suspected was not an aircraft seeing as it was so steady and “floaty”. One last thing that we remarked on was the fact that it often looked as if it partially blended with the sky. We thought it could have been something blocking our view but it was only a part of the object at any one time and whenever this occurred the (I want to say distortion) was the exact color of the sky behind it. It was definitely one of the strangest things I have ever seen. I do live near both an airforce base and a major airport if that is at all relevant.
March 6, 2015 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Peoria, AZ
3 glowing yellow/orange orb sphere like floating lights hovered in the sky in a diagonal line for a minute then slowly formed into a perfect triangle for a few seconds. One light then disappeared and the other two moved around the sky slowly until they both vanished soon shortly after.
March 6, 2015 · 8:25 PM · FIREBALL
Peoria, AZ
I looked up and there was an object, which at first i thought was a meteor coming down, so I waited to see if it would tear in pieces, like it would regularly would of it was a meteor, but this had no color like to a meteor it was vivid red not orange or yellowish parts. So then this object stopped moving i would say it stopped near the 101 close to Phoenix Cardinals stadium. So when it stopped, two smaller red things came out of it directly going down to the city! I was recording all this at the time but when i tried to look back at it, it was gone! The recording only shows when I am bearly going to move my camera up to record these lights! Anyhow when these two lights go down the bigger object turns white, like glowing supper bright and it keeps going west for about a 2 to 5 second distance in the air and it drops another object which als! o goes straight down to the city, mean while the bigger object disappears at an extremely fast speed! Then the first two objects come back up and also disappear! Air craft then started appearing around the same area! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We wonder whether this is a serious-minded report, or an attempt to hoax. PD
March 6, 2015 · 7:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Phoenix, AZ
The object move south then back north and then stayed hovered position. While the object was in the hovering position it would Flickr from time to time. At one point I saw three different colored lights come from it, orange, yellow and red in a trianglular pattern. After about 20 minutes it started fading into the horizon. The object appeared not to fall to the ground but hover away.
March 2, 2015 · 8:30 PM · OTHER
South Phoenix, AZ
Hi here! I'm new to South Phoenix, Arizona. I recently moved from a small town Indiana about a month ago. I moved in with my boyfriend in a gated community in Scottsdale. I fell in love with Arizona, I've never seen anything like it, honestly. Unfortunately, my boyfriend & I are no longer together so I moved in with a friend in South Phoenix. I can honestly say I'm enjoying myself here a lot more than I was with my ex, ha ha. My beliefs aren't related to the famous biblical forum, but more of believing in the universe. I believe that whatever we think & feel on the inside, is what we attract to us on the outside, known as 'the law of attraction'. If my religion were to be labeled, it'd be closest to Buddhism. I've seen a few indescribable lights in the sky while driving, or star gazing, etc. I've always believed in extraterrestrials, never doubted. My parents, and a few of my friends think I'm a little nuts for having an open mind , but I am…why not? It's currently March 2nd, 2015 -- 11:18pm here in South Phoenix, Arizona. A few days ago, I had just laid down & was searching for something to watch on Netflix. I felt like I needed to take a break from family guy, & watch something a little more, well, WAY more different. I came across the movie called "Dark Skies", I remembered wanting to see it in theater a few years ago. Anyways, it turns out it was about alien abductions that this family was experiencing. It was a great movie. Was very believable that something like that could really happen. Remember -- I'm open-minded. Earlier tonight, I was relaxing on the couch trying to find something to catch my eye on Netflix once again. I came across an Alien Abduction documentary. I watched it half way through, and then just lost interest, so I ended up turning it off. After I turned the tv off, I decided walk to the kitchen to get a nice cold cola from the fridge. As I walked passed my double door entrance to my backyard, for some odd reason I decided to take a peak out. Well I did just that, & I saw something for the first time that at first, I didn't even realize that what I was looking at, was for real. There is a brick fence about 5 1/2 in tall that divides the backyards of our neighborhood. The street light was stinging onto the back to the neighbors house, & I suddenly noticed a figure, it was a little bigger than the size of a basketball. But unlike a basketball, the back of the figure went into a cone shape. It was so still, that I just said to myself "Oh, well look at that! That thing on the fence looks just like an alien head, ha ha. "Well, I end to walking away after about 7-8 seconds, I get my coke, then on my way back to my living room, I decided to peak once again, again, for some odd reason. Turns out the alien head shaped figure I was looking at, had disappeared. I'm not asking anyone to believe me, but I know what I saw, & I know for a fact that my roommate was upstairs, sound asleep. I'm not really frightened by it. To be honest with you, I think it's kind of cool. -- New kid from Indiana. We spoke via telephone with the source of the report, and he sounded to us to be serious-minded. However, we are unable to certify that the report is a sincere portrayal of what was experienced. PD
March 1, 2015 · 11:55 PM · DISK
Glendale, AZ
I want to clarify before anything else, the incident could have taken place either 3 months prior or 3 months after the date entered. All I can guarantee, is that using information such as my work history, housing history, and the travel history of my cousin; what we saw occurred within the first 6 months of 2015. No sooner and definitely not later. The time and location however are relatively accurate, slightly before midnight and seen from 71st Ave and Bethany Home Rd and facing South. *All the information gathered here was obtained with the help of the other witness mentioned, all matching* During a routine weekend at my father's house, my cousin spent the night over like he’d done a number of times before. After arriving and spending some time playing video games I decided a snack was in order. After realizing we were low on food, and starving, we decided to make a quick run to our local Frys/Kroger store down the street. It was around 11:15 PM when we decided on this. Prior to leaving, and against my cousins wishes I decided to smoke a bit of marijuana to help with the pain of being an athlete. As a long time smoker I knew this would not drastically impair my ability to walk and/or think and that it’d help me deal with the soreness in my ankles from constant soccer. My cousin did not ingest any marijuana, alcohol, or anything of the sort prior to either arriving at my then home or leaving with me to walk to the store. 15 minutes of prepping and smoking, and 20 minutes of walking later we were nearly there. My cousin, slightly nervous about being out so late and being caught by his father, decided to call my uncle to check in and let him know we’d be in bed soon enough (a lie). It was during this call that I, while gazing around the familiar neighborhood noticed something above me and not at all far away in the night sky. Only after taking 5-7 seconds to repeatedly blink and rub my eyes did I gather the sense to immediately alert my cousin as to what I was experiencing. Above us were 6-8 near white lights, forming a perfect circle and a moderately bright one at that. Past the lights, once hyper focused you could make out the dark saucer shape the lights were obviously a part of. There wasn’t any rotation of said lights, no pulsing, and no odd details. The object sat stationary while being viewed and emitted ZERO fumes, projectiles, and strangely enough, sound whatsoever. It was so quiet in fact that I recall the embarrassment of being able to hear my cousin explaining to his father/my uncle what we were seeing and practically revealing that we were outside and not in my home as he’d previously described. I could hear cars driving by us and in the distance, I could have heard crickets if there were any, just not the craft. After about 60 or so seconds of staring, the craft proceeded to accelerate like no aircraft I’d seen in my 20+ years of living. The object went from being the sole focus of my vision, to zooming straight upwards and decreasing in size within an instant; vanishing almost cartoonishly. Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
February 28, 2015 · 8:45 PM · CHEVRON
Phoenix, AZ
The craft was not moving, no tail and was blinking bright green and red lights only. Hovering very low over buildings. We have amended the time above, to reflect a nighttime sighting. Witness provides no contact information, so we are unable to confirm the time. PD
February 26, 2015 · 8:15 PM · CIGAR
Waddell, AZ
We exited Waddell & turned west. The light were Still high in the sky & motionless but glowing so bright. We were confused on what we were seeing, & when we got to the intersection of Cotton & Waddell, we headed South to see what it was. Still motionless & high in the sky we drove on to get a closer look. We turned west on Camelback & off of Cotton. The lights were on our left in the sky, driving slow we watched as the lights from putter to inner just disappeared into the sky. And left nothing behind but the empty looming sky as if the lights went into something invisible & just like that vanished ... Leaving us wondering is we were just witness to UFO. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 25, 2015 · 8:20 PM · FIREBALL
Tucson, AZ
Orbs of light, orange/yellow in color. Started as one, split to two, then three, straight across. No trails up or across. Have seen them on numerous occasions over the last few weeks. Shortly after, military planes head out. No sounds. They fade out and reappear nearby. Always South/Southwest of Tucson.
February 23, 2015 · 6:53 PM · LIGHT
Duncan, AZ
Stepped outside to take pictures of the sunset on 2/23/15 a bright light appeared. The one light split into four lights for about three seconds before disappearing. No noise or trailing from the lights.
February 22, 2015 · 10:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Scottsdale, AZ
Me and my two young sons were leaving on a bike to home. I was fixing the bike seat so my older of the two sons could ride the younger one home, as I was going to walk besides them. I looked up and saw two lights floating by, seems close to the ground. I walked over couple of feet and saw it was a triangle, black, quiet, floating straight north. I told my boys to look and they started yelling and saying "what is that?" I began yelling to, hoping someone would come out to see it. The lights were small and white on the ends of the side that was facing us. I told my youngest to run inside the house to get my nephew to see it. He tried to run, but fell. By the time my nephew came out, it went draught into the clouds. I was excited, but my son's began to shake terriblely. And one even threw up from being so scared of what we had just seen. It took about 3-4 minutes for it to be a field away from us to get into the clouds about 8 miles away. It was low, no noise. I'm in shock.
February 18, 2015 · 7:21 PM · FIREBALL
Phoenix, AZ
Second time reporting this siting - saw similar objects before. Two orange/yellow glowing round objects to the west of South Mountain's radio towers. The objects did not move - there was distance between them. The one on the left faded away and then moments later the one on the right faded away. We spotted these from the top of Squaw Peak.
February 18, 2015 · 12:13 PM · TEARDROP
Tempe, AZ
Out smoking a cigarette when we noticed the craft hovering without sound across the sky and out of sight.
February 18, 2015 · 12:08 AM · TEARDROP
Tempe, AZ
Witness indicates that the date is approximate. Possible helicopter?? PD
February 11, 2015 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Phoenix, AZ
Then saw them again on 2/12/15. Same time but only saw one for a minute it then disappeared and returned a few minutes later. Same flame-like glow. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 11, 2015 · 8:00 PM · CHANGING
Sun City, AZ
2 orange/yellow lights in the south western part of the sky. 4 more appeared to the west of the first 2. There was a large space between the first and second, then the second and the last 4. The last four appeared after the first 2 were hovering and those 4 remained in a cluster, slightly to the right (west) of the first 2. They disappeared after about 15-20 minutes.
February 11, 2015 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Buckeye, AZ
AT ABOUT 7:30PM, MY DAUGHTER, HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING WESTBOUND ON OLIVE AVE. CROSSING THE AQUA FRIA RIVER LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD LUKE AIR FORCE BASE WE SPOTTED THREE LARGE AMBER LIGHTS HOVERING BEHIND THE BASE. WE TURNED LEFT ON LITCHFIELD RD.,AND THEY LOOKED TO BE MOVING SOUTHBOUND. ONE OF THE LIGHTS SLOWLY DISAPPEARED SO WE WENT SOUTHBOUND ON THE 303 FREEWAY TOWARDS THE 10 TO FIND WHERE THE LIGHTS WENT, THEY WENT IN THE DISTANCE SOUTHBOUND TOWARD THE ESTRELLA MOUNTAINS AND THEN DISAPPEARED. WE GOT OFF THE 10 FREEWAY AND EXITED VERRADO WAY NORTHBOUND TO RETURN HOME. THEN WE SAW TWO LIGHTS REAPPEAR, SO WE PULLED OVER TO LOOK, GOT OUT OF OUR CAR AND USED OUR CAMERAS TO FILM. THE LIGHTS APPEARED TO FLICKER GO OUT AND THEN SIX LIGHTS APPEARED. THERE WASN'T ANY SOUNDS THAT WE COULD HEAR. THERE APPEARED TO BE A FLASH UNDER ONE OF THE LIGHTS LIKE LIGHTNING THAT ONLY HIT THE GROUND AT ONE POINT. THERE WAS A MIST OF SMOKE LIKE A TRAIL FROM ABOVE BY THE THE LARGEST ONE. THEY APPEARED TO FLICKER AND DISAPPEAR RADOMLY BUT ONE REMAINED BRIGHT AND DOMINANT THE WHOLE TIME. AND I WOULD APPROXIMATE THE SIZE TO BE AS LARGE AS BIG WATER TANK. THE SIX LIGHTS SLOWLY BECAME TWO AGAIN AND THEN DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY. WE DO HAVE PHONE VIDEO WHICH DOES NOT GIVE SUCH AN AMAZING SIGHTING JUSTICE. I AM A ((deletedforties)) YEAR OLD REALTOR, MY HUSBAND IS A ((deleted--fifties)) YEAR OLD BUSINESS OWNER, AND MY DAUGHTER IS A ((deleted--twenties)) YEAR OLD ((deleted)) STUDENT AT GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
February 11, 2015 · 7:30 PM · FORMATION
Phoenix, AZ
We saw 4 very bright white lights over South Mtn.. Pulled over to film it for about 15 minutes. Four lights at first, then gradually went to one and back to two. Definitely NOT airplanes. Have video and still pics of them.
February 11, 2015 · 4:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Cottonwood, AZ
On this date, the first flash noticed was due south of the north edge of Cottonwood, about 45 degrees above the horizon, moved north changed to a NE course and was last seen NE, at about 75 degrees above horizon. Flashes estimated at 40 over at least 10 minutes. Follow up on report filed 2/11/15 and it has not been posted. ??????? Please respond.
February 8, 2015 · 1:00 AM · DIAMOND
Scottsdale, AZ
Just dropped my Girlfriend off after seeing movie. Was entering on the 101 Freeway heading south from Shea Rd Exit. At first I though it was a shooting star. It had a blue/greenish color to it. It looked like it was going to crash into the indian reservation (Talking Stick Casino) but before it hit, it changed directions and shot across the 101 Freeway toward Phoenix at an AMAZING SPEED and just disappeared as it gained altitude. Other people on the Freeway saw this too.
February 5, 2015 · 8:15 PM · FORMATION
Dateland, AZ
Friday, ((sic. Thursday)) feb 5th, 2015, 8:15 pm, on interstate 8 between Gila Bend and Yuma Driving west on I-8 toward Yuma. Me and my Partner saw three glowing orbs about 5 miles south of us at aprox. 100 meters up. They hovered for about 5 mins, then quickly shot downwards and exploded into a cone of yellow light. No sound was heard, and no debris or dust was observed. this then repeated two more times with the three orbs appearing then shooting down and exploding. we were taken aback and thought maby they could have been some kind of munition and then things got stranger still. right after this sequence we saw two orbs appear static in the air at about 1000 meters. then two more equidistant forming a square . no movement just stayed put. then four more appeared forming another perfect square for a total of 8. we pulled off the road at exit 85 to watch what was going on. three planes flew into the airspace just going around and around the lights. they were orange/amber orbs almost translucent. they stayed in formation about 20 mins the disappeared.
February 5, 2015 · 7:30 PM · FORMATION
Buckeye, AZ
I had everyone in the car look too and we were all in awe for about 5 minutes. We dropped my bf off, which only took a minute, went back to where we could see them and they were gone.