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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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June 8, 2014 · 7:34 PM · EGG
Scottsdale, AZ
At precisely 7:34 pm, I left my home, and began to walk to a nearby convenient store. The second I turned, and began to walk down the street, (was walking east), I saw a large fire orange colored object, it basically looked like a giant fireball, or a miniature sun, but was slightly off from a perfect sphere. I knew immediately it wasn't a plane, a star, or a planet, because of its size and distinct orange hue. It was about the size of a marble. I couldn't tell exactly how far away it was, but it appeared to be inside the atmosphere at least, not in space. It was moving very very slowly, straight down. I did manage to capture about a minute and a half of it, but on my cellphone the quality isn't great. I thought it might had been a missile of some sort at the time so I was kind of panicked, and since it was moving down, my camera is shaky for some of the footage because I am walking, so I don't lose sight of it. The sky wasn't even fully dark at the time so you can tell even in this bad footage that this object shouldn't be there, its just too bright, even on my cellphone camera. At the end of the footage you can see it begin to blink, it did this several times before shrinking into a much much smaller, yellow sphere. It still followed its path straight down, until it passed the tree and building line, and I lost sight of it. I wish I had better footage, or more information, but... That's all I've got. Oh I also forgot to add the object was dead silent. Shortly after the event, I saw multiple unmarked planes fly in that direction, not all together, but one at a time, about every 30 seconds to a minute apart.
June 8, 2014 · 2:31 AM · RECTANGLE
Tempe, AZ
Yellow 75 percent Red 25 percent bright light climbing object at 30 degree angle stoppped to hover reverse direction short hover then traveled southwest light got progressive smaller then came back to full illumination in a northeastly direction. Object started over McKellips and College in Tempe arizona. No sound. No aircraft red and green lights. Questioning possible uav.
June 5, 2014 · 8:20 PM · SPHERE
Witch Wells (rural AZ), AZ
My home is off-grid in an area known as Witch Wells where my closest neighbor is several miles away and the nearest town is about 30 miles away, other than that it is thousands of square miles of high desert with next to no light pollution at night. I have seen a number of UFOs in my life and spent 10 years in the military, so I have seen just about every kind of aircraft there is. On the 5th of June this year I went outside in the front of my house with my dog to have a cigarette. It was about 20:20 in the evening and the moon was about half full. At this time there were no planes or any aircraft of any kind in the sky which is rare here because I see aircraft of all kinds including military everyday. I was facing towards the southern horizon and was just star gazing. I tilted my head looking almost straight up but still more towards a direction of South-South-East. I was observing what I thought was a cluster of stars until one of the "stars" began moving at a very fast rate of speed and heading towards the southern horizon. The object looked exactly like a star, same size, same shape and same brightness. However it was moving and after a few minutes as it continued at the same speed it slowly faded out until it had disappeared. Now I have seen satellites a number of times before and even the International Space Station once but this was neither. It was not long after that in the same small area of the night sky which I had seen the first a second began to move in the same exact way as the first. It was moving in the same direction and again looked exactly like a star and was moving in what appeared to be the same speed. I began to question myself and began looking around for planes but there were none for comparison and these two "stars" made no sound. The second object then at the same rate of speed faded until it was gone as the first had done. Both act exactly in the same way. Then I got lucky and did see a meteor seconds later which gave me a good reference. The shooting star had a tail and was gone in a millisecond so that ruled out that possibility. Then planes flying at high altitude began to fly by making the sounds of jet engines and I could clearly see there navigation lights blinking so that was ruled out. Over the course of the next hour I witnessed 10 of these same exact objects that all behaved the same way, looked the same, traveling at the same speed and fading until they disappeared the same way. The only thing that happened with the 10 objects that was not consistent was that the eighth one moved due North and the tenth one moved due East the all the others moved due South. They all had been stationary and looked exactly like stars. I really thought I was looking at a small cluster of stars but after an hour that cluster was gone. Now I do not believe these could have been satellites in Low Earth Orbit or even High Earth Orbit because of the way they behaved. If it is possible that these objects were in High Earth Orbit and were perhaps part of some secret government space project I can only estimate they were traveling anywhere between 40,000 and 60,000 miles per hour and were being operated by someone or something. That of course is only a theory. I do wish I had other witnesses but I live only with my dog. My dog, ((name deleted)), did act a bit peculiar during this event but I think she was only reacting based on how I was reacting. After this amazing experience I went inside and looked on all major astronomical websites to see if there had been any reported meteor showers that could be seen in Northwest Arizona and I found nothing. I again wanted to just make sure it was not some natural event. Yesterday and today I looked on all major UFO reporting websites and found no such reports that saw what I saw. I thought the Ghost ship witnessed by myself, a crewman and an entire flight crew on a U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk in the Willipa Bay, Washington, was strange enough when I was stationed at Cape Disappointment. However this one certainly equals it.
June 4, 2014 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Scottsdale, AZ
See video.. Had tripod set up. Was third night in a row these lights appeared.
June 4, 2014 · 8:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Phoenix, AZ
Object was hovering in a large circle moderately fast, disappearing and reappearing. Video, taken by witness, seems to indicate a stationary, blue object in the night sky. However, image of the object is very small, faint, and blurry. PD
June 1, 2014 · 8:45 PM · FIREBALL
Gilbert, AZ
On June 1, 2014, I was leaving my job near the southwest side of Gilbert, Arizona, heading toward the southeast side. I was on the telephone and was looking for traffic behind me in the side mirror of my vehicle and noticed a red light that looked as if it could have been from a hot air balloon (which are popular around these parts) to the north. After staring for some time I realized there wasn't a hot air balloon. The craft appeared like a triangle with a round top and looked to have flames coming off it. But, after watching a few moments, the craft looked to be moving upward and so were the flames. I told the person on the phone what I was seeing in detail as I continued to look back and forth at the object as I proceeded to drive eastward down the road. As I continued on looking back and forth at the object (unable to stop due to traffic around me), it continued upward until it looked like a small dot next to the moon. I did not see it go through the atmosphere. It moved at a slower pace until it got further upward. I believe this to be a UFO because this is not my first visual encounter.
May 31, 2014 · 10:00 AM · SPHERE
Cane Beds, AZ
The article you have "Stationary Object over California and Nevada" is the EXACT object that I saw from my deck. Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD
May 30, 2014 · 10:35 PM · CHANGING
New River, AZ
Detailed report to follow in the morning. Pictures are not good, but do show that these objects are far brighter than any other stars or planets. Rest of the sky is moving west while these remain stationary. Appears to be two amber lights with one red light. Seem to be turning as the red light is not always visible. We watch the sky often after the experience on March 13, 1997. I looked up and instantly recognized these as non-star/planet & possible UFO. Object nearly directly overhead emitted flash of light initially...sky was not completely dark at that time at altitude. Estimate these to be high or very high objects, unable to estimate their flight level. One airplane did seem to fly between the most east and most north object and turn while doing so but I can't be sure. These do closely resemble planets, but are much brighter, have two amber lights and the single red one. I'm going back out now to observe, time is 22:47. Will submit photo and drawing by mail. End of initial report. ((ADDENDUM FROM ORIGINAL WITNESS)) Hi Peter… I am ready to dismiss the sighting I had of the 3 barbell shaped UFO’s as atmospherics. Well, almost ready. As promised I was ready for the next nights event. If the objects re-appeared I would accept them as planets. And so it was with much anticipation that I took a chair amongst the cactus to examine the evening sky. The time was 2025. Oh the disappointment! For there they soon appeared in nearly the same place and in the same triangular formation. Oh well, I’m not the first to be duped by atmospherics. But wait? These look just like two planets and one star? These 3 are no where near as brite as on the previous night, and there is no red “navigation” light attached? What gives here? I must also report that my Mac went to a black screen immediately following my report on your web site. It took 3 days and 5 tech’s at Apple to solve the problem. “I’ve never seen this before, What’s this? This isn’t right…” Those and other comments from Apple while trying to restore the computer. Naw, must have just been planets and atmospherics. Unless someone was hiding in plain site. And I will admit that that is a stretch. Advise if you would still like the drawings & photo's to follow. Regards, ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM)) The witness who submitted this report is well known to us, and we consider him to be exceptionally reliable as an observer. PD
May 27, 2014 · 11:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Dewey, AZ
Woke up to see a super bright "star" flying through night sky from north to south at approximately 40 degrees. Flashing green smaller light in front, dark space, then much larger (fingernail sized) white, steady light behind. No sound. I sleep with my window open for night air, and frequently look at the stars, so my binoculars were nearby. I watched the object for about five seconds before it was gone from my line of sight. Much larger than airplane lights. I would have thought some sort of helicopter, but no sound. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
May 25, 2014 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Tombstone, AZ
We were facing North-Northwest. Blue star like object went from ground up, then left at 90 degree angle, back right, then down to close to ground. Then, again up and disappeared.
May 25, 2014 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Phoenix, AZ
Eight balls of lights passing over. One dimmed out to grey object.
May 23, 2014 · 9:00 PM · CHANGING
Phoenix, AZ
the object changed shape displaying different lights and colors for each. the shape sizes ranged from about 60-80 feet in length. the shapes were in this order as it moved SWS toward ENE. an elongated regular octagon with twenty small patriotic lights on the rim, a brighter yellow-orange version of the previous, a bubble letter "I" shape with three lights on each line large and yellow-orange, and a small 60' triangle with a deep, intimidating red glow generated by red hazy lights on each corner, back to the first shape. it caused on of the witnesses to have an impression that the craft didn't mean well. it was estimated at moving about Mach 1, and was 500-800' above the ground. it moved overhead as the triangular shape. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 21, 2014 · 8:43 PM · RECTANGLE
Bullhead City, AZ
5/21/14 8:43 p.m. while out walking dog with wife. We both saw the first one coming out of the SSW, viewed for about 2 mins as it headed NNE. Thought it was a helicopter at first and then it was overhead and there was no noise whatsoever. It had a yellow/orange incandescent, flickering glow. Object was square/rectangular and the glow was circular and emanated from the center. It went horizon to horizon in about two minutes. Estimate speed at 80 mph, altitude 5,000 ft. After we lost sight of the first one, my wife shortly after said, “Here comes another.” Same thing, perhaps a little lower in altitude. We followed it until we lost it. Lasted about 2 minutes too. It appeared to come from the same SSW location, but went more westerly than the prior craft. Speed was equivalent to the first one. Again, no noise whatsoever. Eerie yellow/orange glow. No other observations to report. Never seen anything like this. I thought possible drones? Light f! lickered much more than regular light. Almost resembled fire. Way too fast for balloons. Very strange. We shot about a 90 second video of the second craft with a cell phone
May 21, 2014 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Laveen, AZ
While sitting in our dinning area having dinner, my wife, my 17 year old daughter and myself seen what we thought was a flying humanoid pass by our sliding glass door window. My daughter stated that out of the corner of her eye she seen a brown mass swoop pass the window but did not see any detail, only that it was big and covered the window area. Myself, I also seen a brown mass and as I turned to look it seemed like a a pair of legs, swooping down threw the my sprinklers heading in a west direction. My wife who was facing the door directly said she seen a human figure also swooping toward the ground and heading in a west direction. She said it was dark brown and looked as if the person was laying face down with their arms to there sides. I immediately ran to the door and ran outside to look outside. I did not see anything more but also didn't see and birds.
May 20, 2014 · 9:00 PM · DISK
Cave Creek, AZ
An oval, disc shaped object had blinking lights going around it. The object hovered in place for 20 minutes at least, as I went inside to get a camera the object had disappeared by time I got back outside.
May 18, 2014 · 8:50 PM · EGG
Phoenix, AZ
While the wife and I were watching TV, our son called us out to the back porch to see a large orange orb flying about 40 degrees off of the horizon north of us, flying from northwest to northeast. The altitude was probably 500-1,000 feet, and the speed around 75 miles per hour. It was slightly egg shaped, but more round than an egg. It glowed bright orange, and it looked like a small version of the sun. It moved silently away to the Northeast. Range was less than a half mile and probably more like a 1/4 mile as it passed by us. My wife, my son, and myself all saw it. I went in to get a camera and while inside my son saw a second one pass by, slightly farther away. As it passed by it dropped off a smaller version of itself, that slowly descended to the ground. Only my son saw this one as it was a distant dot by the time I got out. But right at that time, a third orb approached from the northwest again, on about the same path, but closer than the first two. This one was less than 1/8 mile away, and you could clearly make out the slightly egg-shaped form, again glowing orange, looking like a small sun. The speed was again probably 75 mph, maybe a bit more this time. My wife also witnessed this object. There were multiple normal aircraft small and large visible in the sky at the time. Fumbling with my camera in the dark I didn't get it focused and taking pictures until it was well over a mile away, but using the zoom feature, I got four decent pictures. The image I will attach is a collage of those four pictures, reading in chronological order from top left, to top right, to bottom left, to bottom right. There was a slight greenish color to the bottom of the orb by the time I got the last picture. All objects moved silently past.
May 17, 2014 · 10:50 PM · DIAMOND
Vail, AZ
I was walking down my street, I looked into the sky and saw 5 green dots moving a lot faster than the speed of a regular commercial airliner, and even faster than most jets. The dots were completely silent. Upon looking closer at the dots, I noticed that to each of the 5 dots, there were 3 orbs composing the dots. The orbs were making weird circling motions around each other. The craft(s) were moving east.
May 17, 2014 · 8:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Chandler, AZ
All the dogs in my neighborhood started barking, so I looked outside to see what was going on. Then, I saw a triangle formation of lights that were in an elliptical orbit. They made no noise, ruling out any helicopters or airplanes. They faded in and out, for a few minutes. Eventually, as the last light faded, all the dogs stopped barking. Weird stuff man, I aint usually one to believe ufo stories,
May 16, 2014 · 8:50 PM · FIREBALL
Mesa, AZ
Began to move east and scatter in a random shape. Followed our car south east and were gone.
May 15, 2014 · 10:06 PM · OTHER
Goodyear, AZ
I believe it to be a very large asteriod passing from West to East. It first looked like a plastic grocery bag twisting in the breeze, however there was no breeze. The object showed an irregular shape and seemed to be tumbling slowly as it passed. I realized it was not near to me when I noticed it was passing into the Earth's shadow. It was travelling very fast, much faster than the ISS speed of 17,500 mph. My estimate would be 3 or 4 times that rate. The object never grazed the atmosphere, it just proceeded on its trajectory.
May 15, 2014 · 6:00 PM · DISK
Phoenix, AZ
I was taking pictures of the sunset, when I saw a ufo in the clouds, so I took a picture of it. Then it was gone. Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD
May 13, 2014 · 2:30 AM · LIGHT
Surprise, AZ
At approximately 2:20pm on 5/13/2014 in Surprise, AZ, I was laying on a raft in my pool looking at the sky. The sky was completely clear blue no clouds. I saw one small round white dot or light moving steadily through the sky in a line. It wasn’t moving very fast. It looked like it could have possibly been spinning or moving in small circles at times. It seemed like it was very high up in the sky. Higher then a plane or bird would fly. I asked my husband what it was. It took him a minute to spot it. Neither of us could identify what it was. I’ve never seen anything like it. I continued to watch it for about 5-7min. It went in a straight line, then seemed to stop spin in place in small circles then turned and continued moving in a straight line again until I could no longer see it. The object left no trail and made no sound. I noticed someone else had posted something similar to what I saw on 4/3/2014 in Surprise AZ. What they described sounded exactly like what we saw.
May 10, 2014 · 9:30 PM · OTHER
Tempe, AZ
The Tempe Arizona sky was clear with many stars and planets visible and moon at 74% illumination. Suddenly at very low level (just above tree tops) a flight was observed moving from southwest to northeast, proceeding in a "rounded" zig-zag pattern with quick turns and slight variations in altitude. Initially it looked like a blurry/hazy white "W" and I wondered if it were an owl initially. As it quickly came closer it clearly was not a flight of birds or bats not an identifiable bird; and the "W" resemblance was assured, moving with the "W" parallel to the ground and moving toward the two points at the bottom of the W. No typical banking maneuvers were noticed, meaning the object did bank and/or pitch up, just not with the co-ordination nor symmetry associated with fixed-wing aircraft nor fowl. As it neared, still flying erratically, the object looked a muted white even translucent. The "W" was not with sharp lines/edges, rather more rounded and muted/hazy with visible striations fore to aft along its entirety every 5% or so. The flying "W" appeared as one unit, no flapping, no noticeable moving parts, no exhaust or trail of any sort, no lights nor glowing and no noise. The object proceeded to nearly overhead the open patio and as I stood up it quickly altered course and went over/behind a 30' tree (which provided perspective & parallax, so I report it at low level). I walked over under the tree and observed the object completing a turn back toward the tree. As I walked toward it, it turned away and proceeded back on a zig-zagging northeasterly track. Observer has seen some very large white owls in Arizona, and this was not that. If it was organic, nothing distinguished it as such. Observer had previously observed what were deemed "The Phoenix Lights" on more than one occasion, including during daylight hours. This "W" is quite unlike those phenomena. Observer's background includes many thousand hours of commercial piloting experience.
May 9, 2014 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Scottsdale, AZ
Bright blue and red lights shifting position as object re-oriented before changing direction; hovered, rose, dropped 100' to 1000'; moved suddenly in all directions; no sounds of rotors or other propulsion; went back and forth over approx 1/2 mile around 90th & Via Linda.