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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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April 2, 2016 · 10:19 PM · UNKNOWN
Portland, OR
Saw a red blinking light at a distance, about 20-40 degrees up from the horizon. However it began to glow orange. It looked like it was nearly heading my direction (it was to my northeast and miles away), and I saw at least three glowing objects drop from the main object. It distinctly seemed like possibly a burning plane. But then, after about three objects fell away (They fell straight down which made it seem like the "parent object" was heading my direction) the glow faded away in about 3 second. I was on the phone when I first saw it turn an orange color, tried to get it onto video but couldn't find it on my screen (too many street lights). It only lasted maybe 1-2 minutes.
April 2, 2016 · 7:45 PM · UNKNOWN
St. Louis, MO
On April 2, 2016, I observed several orange lights in the shape of a triangle form in the evening sky. The lights were not connected on an object. This event lasted only seconds. I was not able to count the orange lights as they appeared to be speeding away toward the southern sky. The sky was blue without a cloud to be seen. The stars were not visible yet. The time of observation was after 7:00pm. I did not look at a clock. After this experience, I quickly tried to explain this to my husband.
March 29, 2016 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Morro Bay, CA
As I was returning to the house after walking the dog, I noticed a light which I assumed was an airplane traveling overhead. It was moving from the SW to the NE at a speed and altitude I normally associate with our usual air traffic. Nevertheless, something seemed odd about it although I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what that was. I let the dog in, grabbed binoculars, and crossed through the house to the backyard. I easily picked up the object on the same trajectory, which made me think again that it was an airplane. However, when I looked with binoculars I could not make out the body of an aircraft or any blinking lights. I could only see a very bright, bluish-white light with a smaller, dimmer, reddish light on the upper right side/edge of the bright light. The bluish-white light appeared circular, with the smaller red light located along the perimeter at a 1 o’clock position. As I watched, waiting to glimpse a blinking navigation light, it seemed to me that the white light was too bright. The intensity reminded me of the rocket that passed by here on November 7, 2015. This light was not nearly that spectacular, but the quality of the light seemed similar (magnesium-like), if that makes any sense. Then as I was tracking it eastward, the bluish-white light appeared to grow even brighter and more intense. As I was puzzling about this, the bluish-white light began to rapidly dim until it extinguished, leaving only the barely visible reddish light which then also disappeared. The entire time it had maintained a steady speed and it appeared to track at a consistent altitude and in the same (NE) direction. The brightness followed by the rapid fading out reminded me of a flare, except that this object was traveling horizontally, was moving more slowly, and remained visible for a much longer amount of time than the maritime flares I have seen. For the same reasons, it also did not appear to be a meteor. I scanned the skies for 10-! 15 minutes longer but never saw any additional sign of the obj! ect. Several small aircraft did fly overhead during this time, following the more typical aircraft routes from S to N/ N to S. Also, I did not hear any engine noise associated with the object, but did hear the noise of the planes that passed overhead minutes later. Skies were clear with no moonlight.
March 28, 2016 · 9:34 AM · UNKNOWN
Elyria, OH
I was sitting near a woods. I looked northwest and saw 18 red and blue blinking lights hovering in front of us. There was about three of them and they vanished as I pulled out my camera app on my iPhone so I got no pictures. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. Hoax?? PD
March 26, 2016 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Chesterville, ME
I saw a big bright object that was circular shaped. It flashed very bright lights of white, red and blue. It was stationary. Before I seen it, I heard 4 weird booms, 10 minutes later I go to let my cats in and out of the corner of my eye I saw the white, red, and blue flashing lights. I thought that maybe it was a planet but it looked too big to be a planet, and it had very distinct flashes of blue and red. I kept an eye on it for 2 hours. From 20:00 to 22:00. At 23:00 it was gone. At 00:00 while hiding easter eggs I looked out again and saw the red, white and blue lights again but it was now moving about the speed of a plane. It almost looked like the the lights were circulating around the rim of the craft as if possibly, it was a saucer. I had my bf come look. He said it was a plane but as we watched, it slowed down to a stop for about 30 seconds hovering slightly left to right and then slowly started to move at plane speed again.
March 23, 2016 · 10:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Pasadena, MD
Sitting in backyard with dog. Saw a star-like light flash and then go out. Wasn't sure if I really saw it so continued to watch. The light flashed again and again. Moving slowly across sky. Light would flash bright for approx. 1 second, then go out. Light would remain out for approx. 10-15 seconds. Moved east right over us then shifted more north east. Other smaller orb-ish dim lights around it moving in all directions. Wish I could describe it better. Went into the distance and couldn't see it anymore. My father watched this with me and saw the same thing. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 20, 2016 · 6:38 PM · UNKNOWN
Pohnpei (Micronesia), Federated States of Micronesia
I just wanted someone to see if this video depicts something close to a phenomenon caused by a UFO. I noticed the cloud rising up from the middle of the clouds, not at the bottom of the ocean, and out into space. The starting point was in the clouds. When I grabbed my video camera to shoot it, you can see the cloud, as if a rocket or missile being launched from a pad (instead the pad was on the clouds), and upwards beyond the blue sky.
March 20, 2016 · 4:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Lagrange, NY
I have been seeing strange lights in the sky, zig zagging, emitting beams of light, and other various weird things. This, however, was way closer to home. I live next to a nature trail, and next to that is a large open field followed by an active gravel bank. It was around 4am, maybe just before. I looked off my second story deck and I see a solid red light gliding just below the tree line, at the edge of the forest in the clearing next to the nature trail. Maybe 50 yards away? It appeared to be very large and dark, judging by the way it blocked my sight of its surrounding. It was silent, almost like it was blocking the background noise in its direction. I hit my boyfriend who was standing next to me and brought it to his attention. He never admits to seeing anything strange but said he could not explain what he just saw and wanted to go inside. A little while later we went back outside. And just above the tree line on the other side of my property I see wha! t appeared to be a plane. I wasn't sure anymore after it circled my property and proceeded to slowly drop vertically out of my sight in a similar area I saw the previous solid red light headed. Neither of them made any noise. I have never seen anything like either of them before, and am not really sure what to make of it.
March 20, 2016 · 12:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Minneapolis, MN
Let the dogs out at about 12:30 a.m. on 3/20/16. Noticed "twinkling" object in the sky, got the binoculars and viewed an object in the sky. It was about 30 degrees above the horizon, possibly five miles away, approximately above Lake Minnetonka area. It was not moving. It appeared to be flashing red, green and white lights. I watched this object for at least 30 minutes, suspecting that it was some type of aircraft, waiting for it to move in the sky. It didn't - I went to bed. Drone maybe? Anyone else see this? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 17, 2016 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Martinsburg, WV
My son & I saw a huge whitish/blue, octagonal light that flashed three times and then disappeared! Was NOT a shooting star or plane! Immediately brought us to tears and made us both strangely emotional! Unbelievable!!!
March 17, 2016 · 4:15 AM · UNKNOWN
Brampton (Canada), ON · Canada
Saw clear sky with stars but this one star was so bright, I started to observe it closely and felt it was having a small motion mostly hovering motion. Decided to check myself I shot a video of it with my iPhone held against patio door firmly so I can get some non shaky footage. I reviewed the footage and found the object whatever it is to be hovering and having slight movements. We suspect a possible sighting of a star or planet. PD
March 17, 2016 · 2:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Winchester, VA
Extremely high attitude, slow moving flashing light, random flashing and in brightness. White in color.
March 16, 2016 · 3:33 PM · UNKNOWN
Smithfield, NC
On Tuesday night around 9:33 pm my husband and I heard a very loud noise outside our home. We went out to see what it was , we looked south in the sky from where the sound had come from and saw a Very Large Craft gliding in the air just above our house, making no noise at all, it looked kinda like a plane but made no plane noises, it was a dark gray flat color, and had wings but shorter than a plane does, the ends of the wings were turned up a lot higher than any plane we have ever seen.I work at a near by hospital and my husband is a auto paint and body man ,we live near an air force base so we have seen a lot of different planes over the years but nothing like this at all. The very large craft had a bright white light in the front of it moving from side to side ,the bright white light did not look as though it was part of the very large craft. There was only a red light on the bottom of the craft but no other lights and it was not flashing,all the planes we have seen around here have flashing lights on them , we watched the very large craft as it glided over us without any noise at all, there were cars going on the road in front of our house, but they did not seem to notice the very large craft up in the sky just above them, they just kelp going . we stood and watched as it moved through the sky going north west till it was out of sight and then we just looked at each other and said what do we do now . I went in and called my mother and asked her what to do, she is writing this for us cause we did not know where to go or what to do or who to tell. she has also seen unexplained thing in the sky as well.
March 16, 2016 · 6:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Murfreesboro, TN
A very loud, low rumble, like a freight train is how we described it, passed overhead sort of slow. We initially heard it when directly overhead and was so loud it drowned out our conversation. We could hear it moving away from us for several seconds then it was gone. It was dark outside and couldn't see a shape or size. Like nothing any of us have ever heard before. We have amended the date above, to reflect a sighting on March 16, 2016. PD
March 15, 2016 · 12:00 AM · UNKNOWN
St. Albert (Canada), AB · Canada
((ADDENDUM #1 FROM WITNESS)) Not sure. The object flew over a school. There were workmen working on the roof. I was out walking my dogs in the school field. This object looked like a plane, but not one I've ever seen before. There were no markings no lights, it was large and dark beige in colour, twin tail. It might of been flying around 300 feet. The real odd thing it didn't make any noise and it had 2 props. Also it was heading in a west direction then pulled a 45 degree turn with out banking, (like driving a car) and headed south I watched it for about 2 minutes, and it disappeared. I've never seen a plane like this before. The other odd thing it was flying very slow. It should have crashed at the speed it was going. I've never seen anything like this in my life. I wish I had a camera with me at the time. I think it flew over the school to see what was going on there. They have been doing some upgades and repairs to the school for the last 3 months. Some of the workmen on the roof might off seen it, if they had looked up, but when you are working on a roof, you are usually looking down, and since it made no noise, they might of not noticed it up there. ((END ADDENDUM #1)) ((BEGIN ADDENDUM #2)) Just so you know I was a ((deleted--public employee)) for over 32 years and was a ((deleted--senior public servant)) for the last 17 years of my career. I don't make things up. I just felt that this was so strange I had to report it. I don't know about your site; discovered it my accident. I was just looking to see if anyone else saw it. ((END ADDENDUM #2))
March 11, 2016 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Jacksonville Beach, FL
I was too far away to say anything more than the light appeared circular. I took video and picture but not much detail can be seen. A small airplane flew by a few minutes later and it had some alternative g lights on its bottom, but it was not the same craft. Someone else posted it could've been a lantern, but I think not because of the color changing. If anything a drone with lights...or something else.
March 11, 2016 · 5:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Columbia, MD
I just got off work and was waiting on my ride and was laying down on a bench in front of my job. While looking up in the sky, noticed a white flying object traveling through. Bad eyesight, and was very high up, so was unable to make out the shape of the flying object. No streams/smoke/trailings behind the flying object. No lights, completely silent.
March 11, 2016 · 5:05 AM · UNKNOWN
Roy, UT
As prior MUFON Utah Asst. State Director I was hesitant to report this sighting, being my first credible Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) sighting but now the shoe is on the other foot. To set the stage right, my balcony looks east to the Wasatch Front. To the north Ben Lomond, Mt Ogden is directly East from my balcony, and then you can see southeast beyond the radar towers on Francis Peak. My home is right on the flight pattern of Ogden Airport (1/3 mile), Hill Air Force Base (3 Miles), and Salt Lake City Intl. (20 Miles), all as the crow flies. So lights in the sky has been has been a part of my life for nearly 44 years. On 03/11/2016, I woke up at 0505, walked over to the sliding glass door of the dining room, poked my head through the curtains and saw a light 1000 ft. above Mt. Ogden (9505 elevation) at Azimuth 40 degrees N41E. I first saw Arcturus, and then saw another light off to the left of it, moving slowly up and then NW which triggered my instincts...quite unusual at this time of the morning. It flashed a brilliant white a couple times and then flashed a brilliant red. I knew right away that was not normal. It then moved upward slowly but noticeably and then very slowly headed WNW toward Ogden. By this time it has really caught my attention. I had to put both hands up to the glass door and face to block out the surrounding light on the glass from inside. The light would flash randomly 2-3 times a pure clean white light in comparison to a strobe light effect and then randomly a pure clean red flash would happen. The lights were completely independent from of other. With my 37 years around aircraft and working Safety in the government, this was not in the military inventory. I have always had all of my investigation gear next to the sliding door just in case something like this would occur I would be totally prepared. Unfortunately, I had been out of town in Nephi the night before on a UAP investigation and had put all of my gear downstairs in the office. So I hurried to turn off the home security alarm, went downstairs to grab my gear, headed back up to the balcony all along being away from the sighting for approximately one minute. Fortunately, when I got back it was still there heading towards my westerly direction. Then It started turned heading NW. I immediately threw a few shots of my green laser light at its side with no response from the UAP. I could tell that the red flashing light was located below and a little forward of the white flashing light because at one time they flashed almost instantaneously. The UAP is now between Ogden Airport and I-15 heading NW. Turning again and heading north, in less than 10 seconds you could see that it was starting to lose its flashing brilliance. It faded out and entered a gray misty cloud and completely disappeared into a portal. The mist dissipated almost immediately following the UAP disappearance. The strangest thing is that this UAP had no outline, structure, and no sound. It was just the movement and brilliant lights that gave it intelligence. Had this been a plane you would have seen it still flying out at a much further distance with the lights flashing off of wing tips and tail section. The other odd part of this sighting is that planes do not have a flight pattern coming straight over Mt. Ogden heading west toward the Ogden Airport and aircraft don't come down in this area doing a fly over at this time of morning. The speed of the object during this whole sighting was that of a small plane. Ceiling was 10 miles, clear with no wind. Total time start to finish was approximately 2 minutes or less. Had this been during the summer with leaves on the trees, I would not have seen the UAP enter and disappear into the portal. There are many lessons for me here! I've played this scenario out in my head 100's of times in case I ever saw a UAP . Take a deep breath or three, always have binoculars/monocular, green laser, night vision, camera/cell phone fully charged and nearby. But the big lesson I learned...why didn't I just grab my phone 25 feet away. I may have had a chance to put it on film with something to show instead of just this witness report and telling my friends, “Well, I saw my first UAP”! If a recording hadn't shown up on the phone, it would have at least shown that I gave my best shot for visual evidence. I kick myself everyday saying, “Why did you do that!” It happens occasionally with witnesses admitting it in their UAP Reports when you see your first UFO…your just not yourself. Remember though, " Absence on evidence, isn't evidence on absence."
March 10, 2016 · 4:10 AM · UNKNOWN
Pensacola, FL
I had just arrived home from working the night shift. It was approximately 0410 in the morning. It was windy outside, due to an approaching storm system from the west, but a part of the sky was clear and there were approaching clouds. I decided to stop outside my front door to take a look at the sky, and listen to the wind blowing through the trees. While looking up into the night sky at almost ninety degrees I observed a single bright pinpointed flash of white light. I can only describe it as appearing like the flash of a camera except much slower and estimated to last approximately one to one and one half seconds. I was amazed at how bright this light was when it flashed. It appeared to be extremely high in the sky and there were no other lights to accompany it. There was no aircraft engine sound that I could hear. It would flash approximately every ten to fifteen seconds and it was moving from north to south. It was above cloud level, as I tracked it by its flash, I could no longer see it as it passed above the approaching clouds. I could not see any type or shape of a structure around the light. But it must have been attached to an object as the light seemed to dim slightly as it traveled south. It traversed the sky directly over Pensacola NAS. I have lived in the vicinity of Pensacola NAS for approximately twenty years and have never observed anything like this before. I have served in the military and am extremely familiar with aircraft beacon, strobe, navigation, and landing lights. I thought possibly some type military drone, but the wind was very strong and I am not sure if the military would fly a drone in such weather. It must have been at an altitude above the storm weather as it did not appear to be affected by the wind. I can only guess at its speed and I would say possibly four to five hundred knots.
March 9, 2016 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Long Prairie, MN
My neighbor and I live in the country in rural Minnesota. At 9:00 at night, a beeping noise was moving around our house. My neighbors house is straight north from me and I heard this noise from north of his house which traveled east of his house to straight east of my house then change direction and go straight south of my house. The beeping was loud for I could hear it inside my house. And it sounded like a beacon beeping every second for like an hour then stopped and we haven't heard it since. We checked where the noise could of been by driving near the location and all that was there was empty fields.
March 9, 2016 · 7:05 PM · UNKNOWN
Marysville, WA
I was leaving my house on my way to work at 7:05 pm and looked up and noticed an orange light coming toward me from the south. I watched it as it got closer and noticed that it did not have any other type of lights on it. No blinking lights, no green, red, or white lights. This was odd as I had heard that any type of normal aircraft did not have an orange light at all. As it passed over me there was no sound and no shape to it. Just an orange light. I watched it for about another 30 to 40 seconds as it disappeared to the north. We spoke with the witness, and he sounded to us to be very serious minded. We suspect that he is an excellent witness. PD
March 9, 2016 · 10:00 AM · UNKNOWN
New Hampton, NH
Approximately 10:00 am. 3/9/16 I was on my deck and herd what I thought was a jet. I looked up to see it and could see nothing. The sky was clear with a few light clouds. As I watched and listened, it came and went almost as if flying back and forth. It kept getting louder and softer. At a couple of points it was loud enough to hurt my ears. This lasted about 6 min. It sounded like many jets flying over one after the other, but I could see nothing. If it was military jets then they were high enough so you couldn't see them with the naked eye, yet loud enough to hurt your ears. I don't know what it was.
March 9, 2016 · 9:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Broomfield, CO
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. Probable hoax. PD
March 8, 2016 · 4:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Brooksville, FL
While sitting on the back patio looking up at a very clear night, my wife and I noticed a very bright flash of light at a very high altitude it would shut off for seconds and glow off an on at various intensities and had no pattern to times it went off. It was moving across the sky almost straight up, from west to east