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December 3, 2023 · 6:15 PM
Probable conventionalMaubec, Rhône-Alpes · France
Le 3 décembre 2023, le témoin, à l'extérieur de son domicile sur la commune de Maubec (38), observe pendant environ 20 secondes un PAN de couleur jaune pâle, de faible intensité et sans traînée. Celui-ci se déplace d'est en ouest sur une trajectoire rectiligne quasi horizontale. La consistance* de ce cas d'observation est moyenne, du fait d'un témoin unique ayant témoigné cinq mois après son observation, sans support photo ou vidéo du PAN. *selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d'informations considérées comme fiables et objectivées, recueillies pour un témoignage. L'enquête a conclu ( voir le compte rendu d'enquête) que le témoin avait probablement observé un météore « lent », phénomène rare, mais déjà caractérisé auparavant. Cette conclusion s'appuie sur les éléments suivants : - Forme allongée caractéristique d'un météore entrant dans l'atmosphère, accompagnée d'une courte traînée intégrée au corps principal. - Couleur jaune pâle diffuse et luminosité faible, parfaitement cohérentes avec celles observées pour un petit météore. - Déplacement rectiligne suivant une trajectoire quasi horizontale et rasante, avec une durée d'observation d'environ vingt secondes. Concernant ce dernier point, bien que cette trajectoire et cette durée d'observation (potentiellement surestimée en raison du témoignage tardif) ne soient pas les plus courantes, un cas similaire a déjà été documenté en France, le 7 octobre 2021, et a été enregistré par plusieurs caméras du réseau FRIPON (www.fripon.org). Le GEIPAN classe ce cas d'observation en « B » : observation probable d'un météore. [GEIPAN classification B — Météore]
December 3, 2023 · 5:40 PM · CIRCLE
Sisseton, SD
There were four objects in total. Three of which appeared to be dim circles of white, and one singular circle that was bright. They were grouped together for a split second. The three dim objects split further, going all directions: NW, NE and S. The brighter circle individually went South. After the objects went in different directions, they were not longer to be seen. It appeared that the dim lights moved at a slower pace than the bright light did. The sky was thirty minutes past sunset. Although not completely dark, it was dark enough to notice. No sounds were heard.
December 3, 2023 · 2:00 PM · CHANGING
Barbados
It's changing shape slightly and changing the way its moving in the sky.
December 3, 2023 · 11:00 AM · CIRCLE
Vancouver, BC · Canada
Swirl dark shape of ground at the bottom of False creek, below the Cambie Street bridge.
December 2, 2023 · 6:54 PM · SPHERE
New York, NY
Ok so I’m leaving RiteAid and I looked up over the elevated train towards the clouds. Don’t know why. I see a perfectly round orb shape hovering - it looked like it was hovering - then it was up, then down. Went into clouds and came out either up or back to the left etc. it seemed to be hiding in clouds. At one point the shape changed and it looked black w a light in the center. I was watching this - looking for a second light - nothing. Then it just disappeared like poof!!! At one point I saw an airplane heading towards it. That caught my eye because I’m close to Manhattan and no planes are allowed over it now. So this plane looked like it came over the city - which you can see from here, and the orb disappears but after the plane veered away from it, the orb reappeared. It went east, west, up and down
December 2, 2023 · 6:30 PM
Probable conventionalCharite-Sur-Loire (La), Bourgogne · France
Depuis le jardin de leur domicile situé à la Charité-sur-Loire (58) le témoin principal (T1) et occasionnellement son épouse (T2), ont pu régulièrement observer dans le ciel plusieurs PANs, se présentant sous le même aspect de brefs flashs lumineux blancs, ponctuels et immobiles. Seules les deux observations du 02/12/2023 ont été étudiées ici, puisque ce sont les seules pour lesquelles nous avons une date et un horaire précis (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). La consistance* du cas est moyenne, puisqu'il y a 2 témoins, mais un seul témoignage, sans illustration du PAN. De plus, bien que T1 ait fait de nombreuses observations du PAN, seules celles du 2 décembre 2023 sont bien circonstanciées. *selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d'informations considérées comme fiables et objectivées, recueillies pour un témoignage. La description des PANs est caractéristique de l'observation de flashs satellitaires. Ce type d'observation (flashs localisés), récurrente pour T1, a pu être confirmée grâce à une reconstitution détaillée des passages satellitaires, démontrant que l'un d'entre eux peut correspondre à la position du premier PAN, bien identifiée grâce au repère formé par la planète Jupiter présente à proximité. Concernant le second PAN, sa position telle qu'indiquée par T1 manque de précision, ce qui ne permet pas d'identifier formellement, parmi les nombreux satellites présents ce soir-là dans le ciel au zénith, lequel ou lesquels d'entre eux pouvait être à l'origine de l'observation. Le cas est classé « B », probable observation de flashs satellitaires. [GEIPAN classification B — Flash iridium]
December 2, 2023 · 5:30 PM · SPHERE
Haverhill, MA
While outdoors around 5pm, four people (2 adults 2 children) saw multiple (approximately a dozen) points/ orbs of light in the sky over the course of about an hour. The setting had some urban neighborhood lighting but the sky was clear and dark. The lights were of similar size and intensity. They appeared small, though distance was difficult to determine. The observers saw a mix white, red and green lights. The lights did not appear to blink though some twinkling through atmosphere was noticed. Some lights appeared to travel across sky laterally, unlike a meteor. Possibly like a drone. Some lights appeared to hang in the same spot which was hidden in the sky behind a large tree. Observers have previously seen Starlink, ISS, meteor showers and single drones flying and this seemed different. A large solar flare was recently publicized.
December 2, 2023 · 3:45 AM · LIGHT
Great Falls, MT
5+ white lights circling/maneuvering from our perspective over or beyond Malmstrom Airforce Base. Lights changed in intensity as they turned like a landing light would on an aircraft.
December 1, 2023 · 10:25 AM · UNKNOWN
Albion, ME
Some sort of craft came close to where I was in Albion, Maine today. It came down just 150 to 200 meters above some nearby trees and it was using some sort of cloaking tech because it was using all of the surrounding colors to shield its appearance and I could taste a metalic taste and I could feel a tingling in my stomach and the craft did not seem to make any sound that I could hear but the birds and animals all around were not making any sound at all for the minute or so before and after this thing came through here. I kept waiting in expectation of a logical explanation. None came. I believe there's something besides us now.
December 1, 2023 · 7:13 AM · FLASH
Probable conventionalKingfisher Close, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I was out walking my dog and was looking up to the sky when I saw a flashing object moving erratically in a cloud, I watched it for 2 to 3 mins before I thought about getting my android phone out and recording what I was watching. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
November 30, 2023 · 8:25 PM · UNKNOWN
Denton, NE
I observed an aircraft to be hovering approximately 100' above the ground in my pasture. It did not make a sound. It was noticed by the two bright headlights and I also noted it was not moving. The aircraft quickly dropped to hover 20' above the ground. As I approached in my vehicle, to obtain a better view, the aircraft shot straight up into the air and sped off towards the east of the location
November 30, 2023 · 7:13 PM · SPHERE
Island Lake, ON · Canada
https://youtu.be/SAwnzvpnehw?si=t9-kVSQRkRg86h6d
November 30, 2023 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Buckhead, GA
Around 7 in the evening my mother called my father and I out to the front porch to show us a moving light in the sky toward the south. At first it appeared to be a star, maybe only slightly brighter than the average star. It took only a few moments to realize that it was moving; it would wobble side to side, move slightly to the left, and move upward (either literally up, or north). It would repeat these movements in a cycle over a period of perhaps 30 seconds, maybe upwards of a minute. None of these movements were fast, nor extreme; a thumb held at arm's length would cover the area in which it was doing the movements. It would also dim and brighten slightly, but there seem to be less of a pattern when it came to this. We watched it for maybe ten or fifteen minutes, pretty dumbfounded by it. I thought to grab my father's binoculars to see if I could see any it better, but once I found it using them it was still just a pinpoint of light; I couldn't see any kind of structure to the object which made me think it was really far away. At this point it was still doing it's little dance, and we got cold so we went inside. Every ten minutes or so I would go back out see if it was still there, and it was. After checking up on it a few more times with no changes, I started looking up possible astronomical objects that it could be, but I was pretty sure that wasn't the explanation; it had to be in atmosphere. Ruling out stars, planets, and satellites, I thought it could've been a drone, but supposedly drones don't have the endurance to stay up as long as this object was. Plus, would have to have been REALLY high up, and I feel that a person-controlled drone would have had more sporadic movements than what we witnessed. After doing this research, I went back outside, some two hours or so after first seeing it, and it was still in the sky, but at a different angle of elevation, perhaps 70 degrees, and slightly further west. That was the last time I saw it. In hindsight I should have at least attempted to film it with my phone, but it was small and the movements were also relatively small. It would've been a classic "crappy" UFO video. I've never seen anything else I haven't been able to explain, so this experience has really stuck with me.
November 30, 2023 · 6:30 PM · CIGAR
Helsingør · Denmark
i was outside fooling around in the snow with a friend and that friends sister, basically i got hit by a snowball very hard (probably layed on the ground for 20 seconds) then i opened my eyes and saw my friend and his sister leaving, i looked up at the sky and saw a plane (boeing 737 probably) the lights on the plane dimmed and a craft appeared. the craft was long thin and had 4 pairs of green and red lights on it. i looked at it for about 20 seconds then ran to tell my friend and i lost sight of the craft
November 30, 2023 · 5:26 PM · SPHERE
Chorlton-cum-Hardy, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
A cross shaped formation of approx 40 bright orbs to the south one leader orb very bright after approx 60 seconds the leader orb moved/ rapidly and all the other orbs followed rapidly/quicker than a jet plane.
November 30, 2023 · 4:59 PM · SPHERE
Gouverneur, NY
wife and daughter called saying I think we just seen a ufo . I went out back with my phone and watched the sky in the area they said and one orb showed up turned to 4 orbs from left to right two more times about 15 mins apart, I videoed with my phone both times. Returned inside and set up a small camera.
November 30, 2023 · 12:00 PM · CIGAR
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Have to assume these were drones, but could not find similar shapes in search. They were flying slowly, whatever they were. Silent. In the first pass, one was slightly in front of the other, flying along and to the ocean side and just above the Carlyle, a condo building of 3 or 4 stories. Looked like they could have been as large as a small car, but shaped for all the world like a giant tictac. Route was south to north between that building ( Carlyle) and The Lodge and Club at Ponte Vedra Beach. Closer to the Carlyle, and slightly west of Ocean Blvd. watched them go and went back to swimming. Then a 3rd one followed shortly after. Might have been 1 minute, might have been 2. might have been a drone coming back for another pass without its friend. Whatever. 3rd one flew on the other side of the Carlyle, west side of that building, just above roof height. Again the path was south to north. Nothing else happened. No military planes showed up from NAS Jax or Mayport. Assumed if it was dangerous, they would have. Continued my swim. You see all kinds of stuff swimming backstroke, but this was a first. If I had not been swimming backstroke, I would never have seen them -- unless maybe sitting poolside looking north, which no one does because the sun is not coming from that direction. If I'd had a camera or phone, I would have taken a picture. There wasn't anybody else in the pool to do it. I looked around. Employees inside were, you know, inside. Lifeguard either gone for the day or not present at that time. If I had gotten out of the pool to got inside, they would have been gone. I'm not sure on the day, honestly. It was last week ( last week of November, first couple days of December), and I swam in reverse order, Sunday 12/3, sat 12/2, thurs 11/30, tues 11/28 -- sat 11/25 before that. Mostly I swim between 11am and 1 pm. [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Possible]
November 30, 2023 · 11:26 AM · FORMATION
Woodstock, IL
Thursday Nov.30th, 2023 11:26 am cst Woodstock, IL. I'm looking North out my front window at an airliner high above me (75degrees up) traveling east in clear blue-sky and then another airliner going west came into view seconds later. That's when directly across my street facing North/3degrees East... I'll say 40degrees above horizon about 5 feet above the streetlight (it was not on) in my clear sight were 2 groups of silver bright lights/orbs (at least 20 in each group) with one circular group above the other in view for only about 10 seconds max when the lower group faded quickly into blue-sky then the group above faded immediately after into clear blue-sky too. There was no motion or movement just a fadeout. I stared for a few minutes and grabbed my binoculars to scan the sky but nothing there. I checked the time on my phone, and I decided to draw in pencil what was in my memory and write a description on the back of an envelope. Each circular group was about the size of my index fingernail held out arm's length. I waited a week to make a report, but I felt that I should still write this…. I told my 2 neighbors and showed them my drawing.
November 30, 2023 · 6:20 AM · SPHERE
Sterling, KS
It was very foggy when my husband went outside to let our cat out. He saw the lights shaped like a triangle at a 60° angle. Three larger lights seemed to form the triangle with 4 or 5 smaller lights in between the two larger bottom lights.They were not moving. The moon could also be seen at a higher angle north of the triangle lights. We live on a small lake and there were approximately 20 or more Canadian geese right in front of our house just floating in the water and making no noise. At 6:35 A.M. my husband came and woke me up to see the lights. I went outside with him and also saw the lights. I thought they looked like Christmas lights on the peak of someone's roof. My husband pointed out that they were way too high in the sky for that. We kept going out to check them and could no longer see them by 6:50 A.M. I was able to see them better using night vision on my phone camara.
November 30, 2023 · 3:10 AM · SPHERE
Franksville, WI
Objects were at the 30-40 degrees position off the horizon. They would move at the speed of a small plane it seemed but sometimes move in circles - not a straight line. Event went on for 15 minutes. There was 1 bright white object that appeared in the sky like when you slowly turn on a dimmer switch for a light. This object would brighten up in the sky, move around a bit and then dim back out and disappear. Then maybe 15 seconds – 30 seconds later, the same object and as many as 3 objects would brighten up at the same time and dance around each other and move to the north slowly but steadily. After 15-30 seconds all objects would dim back down and disappear. After another 15-30 seconds the main object would appear again but further from where it was originally. Then seconds after it appeared another 2 objects would brighten up and start moving around the main object in a circular and back and forth pattern. Objects dimmed out again. Then after another 15-30 seconds, the main object brightened up and 4 smaller objects brightened up after and buzzed the main object like bees being stirred up. Quite spectacular. Event occurred for 15 minutes between 3:00am - 3:30am. The same event happened two days earlier on 11-28-23 at the same time too and in the same location in the sky. Objects are not drones. They appear to be very high above cloud level. At least as high as small propeller planes fly. Objects appeared in major flight path of jetliners. They drop down over Racine County and bank north and land at Milwaukee airport. On 11-28-23 event, a jetliner was approaching from the south going north. As it got closer to the objects they disappeared and did not return. Weather: clear skies/ 30 degrees. Planets: The planet Venus was rising on the horizon to the east. Event occurred north/left of Venus location in sky. Location: Seen objects while driving east on 5 mile road from Raynor avenue all the way to I-94. I stopped in parking lot of Extreme Fireworks on 5 Mile Road/ I-94 to watch for a while.
November 30, 2023 · 2:08 AM · CHANGING
Dry Prong, LA
It was really late I was sitting in my sitting room I started to see this light or something outside and I know I turned off every light before this it was a bright light in the sky up above the wood line shining making werid moments and it looks at times it shining on my ole man's it the head rake off the dislel truck he has that not from it but that's what it look like it's doing but it left a couple of times to the next yard then came back to mine they were there after day break but there was two different time I guess it got really close to me I felt the wind off from it and it sound like a huge train about to coming throw my home it moved slow and I did see a second one behind it lower left corner well thanks for y'all's time hope to hear back from y'all I'm so confused
November 29, 2023 · 10:04 PM · OTHER
Tyngsborough, MA
Took a picture of the moon with an object below it. I thought the object may be a star or planet. The shape looked to be oval to round and gold, beige in color. I did not see it with my naked eye after taking the shot. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
November 29, 2023 · 7:15 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalGroveland, MA
The uppermost light increased in speed and shot straight up into the atmosphere and disappeared out of sight. Followed by the next object which increased in speed and shot up out of sight, followed by the next and so forth until all six were gone. It was incredible to see. I had my girlfriend come outside to see and she said oh my God! It was quite a sight. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
November 29, 2023 · 6:24 PM · SPHERE
Reevesville, SC
A fleet of 20 blue orbs in a zig zag pattern going east, in front of plane UAL2049.this is the third time it has happened in 2023 each time in different spots in the sky and at different heights.