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February 16, 2016 · 9:59 PM · SPHERE
Ford, WA
I got up and ran outside. He said there they are over there. I said where I don't know what I'm looking for. He pointed and then I seen 1 very faint neon orange circular orb. It appeared to move closer to us. Then back and fourth. At times, it got very bright. And then would fade as though it was moving through the couds. (It's cloudy tonight and I was unable to see any stars) we watched this orb as it moved front back and side to side and it was no plane. It then just disappeared to my left. As soon as it disappeared, the other one that was to the right and higher got very bright as it moves left from a standing still location. It then changed direction sharply and came our direction. It was very bright. It then stopped moving forward and just stood still. It then went backwards and disappeared. I know one of the neighbors down the rd see them because I heard them get excited and yell, "There it is, it's back." However, I don't know which neighbor it was. We live in the country. No street lights, no traffic lights. Just peace and quiet. I have seen and had lot of random activity growing up out here. This is my first time I have ever posted on any official account log. With my kids seeing it, and the neighbors, w my history of what I've seen... I just want to know if others are seeing the same things we are in this area. I've even seen the Fairchild Air Force base planes and choppers chase n or track these objects. I just want to know... am. I alone in this in this area? Thank you.
February 16, 2016 · 5:00 PM · FIREBALL
Enterprise, WA
At first I thought I was just seeing a jet with a large contrail, but the plume got wider and the object was a white ball with the streaming plume, which seemed to get larger as it flew from SE to NW. It disappeared behind clouds. I waited to see if I'd hear a sonic boom or anything, as I have seen space junk and a large meteor another time which made sonic booms, but nothing. This was approx. 5 PM, I was walking my dogs which are a handful, so didn't think of looking at time. I did snap a couple of pics, and will look to see how they came out. That's all neighbor. We have requested copies of the photos. PD
February 16, 2016 · 1:22 AM · FLASH
Federal Way, WA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information. Possible hoax, we suspect. PD
February 16, 2016 · 12:30 AM · FLASH
Federal Way, WA
Neighbor next door reports a very bright white flash with no sound, that lighted up her entire backyard approx. 5 cleared acres next to I-5. At time she thought it was heat lightning but determined that the air temperature was too low. Neighbor has lived here 60 years and is as sharp as a tack. I was asleep at the time and did not see or hear anything. ((ADDENDUM TO REPORT)) Addendum to original report Neighbor reports that house lights in three different (but grouped together on five acres) houses went out for 3-5 seconds during flash and then came back on immediately afterwards. Street lights stayed on. ((END ADDENDUM))
February 16, 2016 · 12:30 AM · FLASH
Federal Way, WA
Neighbor reports that house lights in three different (but grouped together on five acres) houses went out for 3-5 seconds during flash and then came back on immediately afterwards. Street lights stayed on.
February 16, 2016 · 12:30 AM
Auburn, WA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 11, 2016 · 11:35 PM
Seatac, WA
I was walking down the side of the hill on the public park side of Angle Lake, at about 23:35. There was fairly heavy rainfall and low clouds. I was partway down the hill when there was a very bright flash of light above me. Several things made this very distinct, it was within the clouds shining outwards (so from my angle downwards) which made it obvious that it wasn't generated from the ground around me. The intensity made me think of lightning, except it was completely silent. And it was a vibrant electric blue in color, so distinct in hue that I almost fell over as I was shocked (I was completely sober). It happened once more after about 1 1/2 minutes at which point I found myself wanting to leave the area quickly (which is fairly out of character). I asked several locals about airport lights or static discharges in the area to which all responded in the negative, and were slightly puzzled by the question.
February 10, 2016 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Bothell/Kirkland, WA
On tuesday 02/09/16 @ about 6:30/7pm In the Juanita Kirkland/Bothell/Totemlake/Woodinville/ right off the 160th st exit of I-405 N/S area of Washington state, I saw a light in the S-SE sky or so that was fading in and out in its brightness, And flashing in a rainbow color pattern, and was also slightly moving possitons while still staying in one general area. The flashing rainbow light just stayed in that same general area dimming and flashing rainbow and kind of bobbing around as far as I know all night. Then On Wednesday 02/10/16 @ around the same time at night as on Tuesday (6:30pm-7pm) & In about the same location in the sky as it was on Tuesday night, I again saw the same flashing Rainbow colored light. At about an hour after first spotting the light again. I noticed that afew small airplanes (2 to 3 of them & They looked smaller than a cessna and closer to military drone size, each with a bright white light at its center and a solid blue light on one wing! and a solid red light on the opposite wing.) Where starting to fly around the location of the rainbow colored flashing (not positive but I think triangular shaped) light. After about 30 mins of those small planes checking out the flashing raindow light 2 large (mostly blacked out) helicopters came flying over and started checking out the flashing light for a while as well. Once the helicopters started to leave and the small planes started heading back, off to the SE-E direction I noticed another flashing rainbow light as well as a 3rd one farther off, and almost directly above my location I noticed a light like the flashing rainbow ones, except this one was instead brighteniging and dimming (in a flashing kind of sense) this deep, rich, radiant, bright, glowing Goldish/Yellow/Orange colored light(same triangular shaped craft as the flashing rainbow light craft) instead of rainbow like the others. I watched these lights for about another hour and a half or so and then the ! clouds start to come out & block out the rainbow & Goldish flashing lights, And right as that starts to happen I noticed the the sounds of planes AND helicopters in the area had increased as if a lot more of planes and helicopters where now in the area checking out these flashing rainbow lights & Goldish light and using the clouds as a cover for themselves to hide behind. My mother was also watching and hearing all of this as she was standing next to me for a large portion of the time that this had all been taken place in, I had also used my phone to try to record some of what I was seeing, I also called my brother and had him step out side and whiteness the flashing rainbow lights and Gold flashing light before the clouds covered them for the night. We suspect the witness is observing the very bright and vivid star, Sirius. PD
February 10, 2016 · 7:00 AM · LIGHT
Olympia, WA
My husband and I watched a bright light move across the sky Wednesday morning between 7-7:30 am. The second it stopped in the sky I yelled at him to pull out his phone. It caught our eye because it was close and very bright, but there were no red or green lights to identify it as an airplane. At the point in which my husband starts recording- you can see the light remaining still for some time. Then it just starts to sort of drop down. We are so far away from the object... But I was really hoping to get a second opinion. I have not found anything online (aside from ufo sightings) that matches our experience. The video was too large to send from his phone, so I had him upload it to YouTube. I will send the link in a separate email.
February 10, 2016 · 5:20 AM · SPHERE
Vancouver, WA
I saw a large round shape which was glowing front and back the circle looked about the shape of a large moon removed from the western sky to above me and lost the glow as it moved away from me I could see a light in the front of it.
February 8, 2016 · 6:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Mill Creek, WA
On way home from grocery store, saw strange lights hovering over my neighborhood, about 6:50pm, a few miles away. Thought it far away possible helicopter. Got home and noticed it was coming towards my house. My son was helping me unload car, when we noticed it was actually a triangular object, pretty low and large (about size of 747), but with no noise and red pulsating lights on underside of object. The lights pulsated inwards towards center of craft in alternating pattern about a second per light). Sky was clear and you could also see all the stars. We also noticed solid white light pass high in atmosphere 5 minutes after triangle was gone. This gave me shivers and I left car door open and pulled my son inside it scared me so much.
February 6, 2016 · 10:35 PM
Longview, WA
Orange circular light that turned into an illuminating blue green light that pulsed brighter and bigger in a sequence of three.
February 5, 2016 · 8:30 PM · FORMATION
Everett, WA
I walked outside on my deck to adjust an outdoor FM antenna. After adjusting it I looked up to check the direction it was facing and noticed the sky had cleared up and there were several stars visible and at that moment I saw a group of white lights in formation flying almost directly overhead from the East to the West. The size of the lights were approx. half the size of a dime held at arm's length. The formation did not vary whatsoever and the speed was similar to the landing approach speed of a commercial aircraft. The sighting lasted 3-5 seconds and then disappeared in an instant. The visual quality of the lights had an artificial character to them and there was no sound whatsoever. I live within sight of Navel Station Everett where the aircraft carrier Nimitz is home based, though it is currently out of port. The lights appeared to fly directly over the navy base. I also live near Paine Field which is used by Boeing to test planes. The Boeing facility builds the 747 in what is known as the worlds largest building in terms of cubic feet of interior space. It can hold several 747 aircraft at a time. This was my first Unidentified Flying Object sighting. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be very serious and sober-minded. We suspect that he is a very good witness, and highly reliable. PD
February 5, 2016 · 6:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Seattle, WA
Coming down 1-5 south around Everett, WA, we noticed three very bright star-like objects down over Seattle. They were spaced across the sky evenly apart from each other. They stayed in that position for over 10 minutes or longer. Then they started moving in together and as they did, the far right one when way up in the sky, and the left one started moving far left to where they made a huge triangle in the sky. They stayed like that for about 3 minutes. The top one disappeared upwards and the other two started moving to the far right and stayed together for a long time. Then they would disappear and re-emerge. It started getting light out and they all disappeared. We tried to think that maybe they were helicopters, but they were in such precision, that is very doubtful. So they were definitely unidentified, but an exciting morning. I tried to take pictures but we were in a moving vehicle that didn't allow that to happed. I would think lots of people saw this as they were driving down to Seattle from the north end.
February 4, 2016 · 8:53 PM
Camas, WA
Bright light behind the trees reflecting white light to sky. No object.
February 3, 2016 · 7:00 PM · FLASH
Fife, WA
My wife, son and myself were driving to church at approximately 6:45 p.m and on I-5 south driving through Fife, WA. My son who is 3 says, "Daddy, they turned the lights on." I asked what lights, then I looked out to my left and saw a beautiful light green/teal light completely blanket the clouds and sky (It was cloudy and rainy day). This flash of light lasted for about 3 seconds and happened 3 times from what I saw. What made it even more amazing is at church, 8 of my friends said they saw the same thing driving to service all from different parts of Pierce County. Some in Puyallup, some in Spanaway and some in Graham. Never before seen anything like it in my 33 years, simply amazing. I'm sure there are more people who saw this as the area was huge.
January 24, 2016 · 11:35 PM · LIGHT
Auburn, WA
It was green, very bright. Moved in circles, then left and right, shot up and then down and continued to make weird circling patterns. Then it very very slowly started lowering itself down towards the tree lines and was gone. The light was bright, didn't flicker and it had this weird shape around it that I could only describe as being the night sky in a circle around it but a few shades lighter. Like, it was invisible. The light needed around it.
January 23, 2016 · 2:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Orting, WA
On 1-23-2016, I and four others were pulling into my drive way from being out of town for a while. When we had noticed a most beautiful upright dimond shape orange reddish light standing out from a black cloud background. I had gotten out of the truck and stood there for a couple of minutes. Then I had my buddy go and get my mother. From the 2-3 mins it took him to go and get her, the most soothing light that I had ever seen gently faided upward, or backward, into the dark black clouds with ease, as it was in no hurry.
January 22, 2016 · 11:55 PM · OTHER
Tacoma, WA
Seen out a north facing window. Appeared as a large, balled up sheet of paper on fire, and was moving rapidly south, just east of I-5. I ran outside and saw it continue southward silently at about sixty mph. It neither slowed down, nor speed up. It traveled straight and level and, as I wrote before, was completely silent. The weird thing-as though that wasn't weird enough-was that the orange glow and subdued flames were not streaming behind it. The flames/glow were as if it was actually a stationary object even though it was traveling through the air (as I wrote) at about sixty mph. It soon disappeared behind a tall stand of firs, where I lost track of it.
January 22, 2016 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Hoquiam, WA
I first saw 2 orange lights flying from the east that started changing directions as if flying in formation. 2 more sets of 2 fireball type crafts, then became visible, all moving west at first, next to each other, then moving behind each other, before shooting straight up into space. At that time, 3 others were watching with me. It was only then that I was able to get video of the last one, as it passed overhead and disappeared into the black sky. There was no sound from any of the crafts. A couple minutes later I witnessed military jets patrolling grid patterns.
January 20, 2016 · 6:07 AM · UNKNOWN
Sunnyside, WA
We were looking out side when two lights just appeared. Not moving just hovering, this happened last week too, but then it was three of them, but those were in the evening. Planets in the eastern morning sky? PD
January 13, 2016 · 9:50 PM · CIGAR
Seattle, WA
I saw it while talking to a co-worker, he was facing me, and did not see it. I was facing South. By the time he turned and looked it was gone. There was an airliner some distance above it, and there might have been one below it.
January 10, 2016 · 8:00 PM · CHANGING
Snohomish, WA
The next sighting was on February 6, 2016, and the number of lights are several and move in all directions but can also stay in one place. I have taken several pictures and now watch them ever night since. They come out as soon as it get dark. I am not sure when they leave, since I get cold and tired and go to bed. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 9, 2016 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Bainbridge Island, WA
2 shimmering red lights flying slowly close together in a formation about 500 ft difference in altitude. No strobe lights like an aircraft. After witnessing for about 10 minutes they disappeared. From the island they looked to be about 3000 ft up and 10 miles N by NW.