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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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September 2, 2023 · 8:07 PM · SPHERE
Moody, AL
We were outside looking at the stars there was still a little bit of dusk left to the southwest of us with a few clouds but clear sky right above us with lots of stars. Then all of a sudden these orbs appear out of nowhere going faster then anything I have ever seen in my life in a formation to the north east for about 2 minutes max then it disappeared. Once they were gone all of sudden these weird clouds appeared over us with a trail following the exact spot the orbs were.Then after I took pictures of the sky u can see the trail they left and the clouds that appeared out of nowhere. All of the dogs in the neighborhood started barking. In one picture u can see this object that looks like cylinder shape.
September 2, 2023 · 8:00 AM · SPHERE
Corpus Christi, TX
Was filming slow motion video of pelicans flying as the sun was rising. Reviewed the video later and could see multiple round objects Flying at a very high rate of speed through my clips. At one point looked like one flashed. [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Possible]
September 1, 2023 · 10:33 PM · SPHERE
West Alton, IL
Capture 9-1-23 2 Hello. My name is (deleted). I lived in West Alton, MO in 2007. And that's when I had my experience. It was in September sometime. I can't remember the exact date. However. My boyfriend at the time had just gotten home from work. It was around 10:30 at night. I would. Take a bath at night so i wouldnt have to In the morning so I wouldn't have to get up early. Cause I left early to go to work. So it was about 10:30 at night. He had just gotten home. He worked for Modot. At the time. And I saw these lights from my bathroom window. I noticed them when I went in there because they were moving erratically and doing strange things, so. I stopped and looked out my window and was watching them. There was three of them. Changing colors and they were just above the tree tops. They were bouncing up and down like a ball would on top of the tree tops. And I was like, whoa. What in the heck are those things? So I called my boyfriend. Asked to come and take a look at these lights. I wanted to see if he was seeing what I was seeing. So I sat there and watched the lights more. And waited for him to come in there well. I got tired of waiting, so I went in there and he had fell asleep in the chair. So I decided that. I was going to try and take my time. In gathering my things for my shower. And the reason for me to do that was i figured if I went back into the bathroom and the lights were gone then I could just write it off as you know like Oh, it was nothing But if the lights were still there, then I knew I was seeing what I was seeing. So I took about 20 minutes dragging my feet hoping that the lights were. Gone. So I come back in the bathroom. And. Put my things down on my. Vanity. And I look out the window. And I don't see the lights. So I'm thinking OK. Oh, they're gone. OK, so. My bathtub is next to my window. And I go to turn my bathtub on. And noticed something bright above my house. And that's when I looked out the window. Only I was close to the window. I could see that the lights that I was watching were almost on top of my house. They were huge. They were really bright. And I was freaking out. Going Oh my gosh, I wanted to go out there. And take a better look at them. But realized that my boyfriend was asleep and I didn't exactly know what they were. So. I stopped. And I remained trying to see them. Next thing I know 5 1/2 hours later because when I came to it was about. 5:00 in the morning. Oh, I came to in the shower with no clothes on. Um, no recollection of what happened, but the last thing I remember. Was staring at the lights out the window. That's the last thing I remember and I freaked out. Ran into the to the other room where my boyfriend was and jumped on him and said Oh my God, what happened to me? What happened to me? Why is it 5:00 in the morning? And he was like, Oh my God, I don't know, I was asleep. So we never really talked about it much. But it really messed with me a lot. The next day I noticed there were. Three dots on my arm. That looked like puncture wounds. In a form of a triangle. I was like, Oh my. So after that, it seemed like there were some strange things that were going on. Like voices. I was hearing voices outside and I didn't have any neighbors. It it scared me so much that I went and purchased 4 security cameras. Because I lived out there alone, next to the river it was disinheartening and so. It freaked me out so bad that I didn't think about it or talk about it for a long time. And then? The one time that I did start to investigate it, I came across Mufons Contactie Questionnaire. I believe that's the. Website I went to. And filled out the questionnaire and got a call from. An investigator wanting to come out five minutes after I turned in the report. The investigator wanted to come out there and do a field investigation and that Instilled in me that it was a real deal. What was going on with me? Um, so. I freaked out, said no. I didn't want anybody coming out doing a field investigation. It just freaked me out altogether. Because I couldn't believe what was happening to me was real. It was quite confusing, however. I ended up. Making another report. A few years later. Nobody called me right away. They did contact me however, by e-mail I think, and wanted to talk to me over the phone, which I didn't wanna do at the time either. To this day. I still have no recollection of what has happened to me at for all those hours that went missing. I was doing some research trying to find out if there was anybody in this state. Around that time, that may have experienced the same thing that I had. But I have not found any reports. Just a few reports in that area of seeing lights along the river there. Around the same time. I tried contacting the lady, but I've never got any response from her who reported seeing something similar around the same time as I did. Oh, don't know if it freaked her out, but. This is my report. Thank you.
September 1, 2023 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Central lake, MI
White orbs shot straight down did a 90 degree turn shot to the south east verry fast 25 to 30 orbs 15 20 seconds
September 1, 2023 · 5:08 PM · SPHERE
Chicago, IL
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1614 On September 1st, 2023 just after 5 PM and in sunlight, I was a passenger on AA flight #1614. My flight was westbound, after banking 180 degrees over Lake Michigan and upon final approach, I observed a smoky silver metallic object headed East, toward the lake, at a slightly lower altitude, approximately 300' North of AA#1614. I estimate the altitude to be 8-10,000'. We were South of Howard Street and the object was North of my flight. We were flying just west of the Evanston McDonald's restaurant on Howard Street. The object was moving at around the same speed as my flight in the opposite direction. The front of the object appeared to be "cloaked" and had a bright rear red glow. The cloaking was almost pixelated, like "Predator" character (movie) in the front only. The object operated as if it was a low altitude satellite or a moving "aeronautical buoy" (as if such a thing existed). I saw it pass by our plane but it did not react to my flight's presence. I was seated in seat #30F. I had my window shade up, but most window shades were down on the right side of my flight. I did not report to flight crew. I told my family and friends. I have excellent long range vision, but could not completely focus on the front of the object. I could focus on rear red glow. This was not a drone/UAV. I was not viewing this through my plane's jetwash. I fly regularly for work and can identify landmarks on the ground with regularity. I will never forget what I saw.
August 31, 2023 · 10:17 PM · SPHERE
Bentonville, AR
me and my 2 roomates were on our balcony, just gazing around the sky looking for the moon on a clear night, i came across multiple "lights" or white glowing orbs in the sky, i observed them "zipping" around almost like a mouse cursor on a computer? i told my roommates who also are seeing these 2 glowing orbs fly around in the sky, as we are watching them move in circles, stopping, accelerating, and we even seen a plane fly over, as the plane was flying over it was pretty high up i'd say, we could barely see the tail light flash of the plane, and the plane gets into the area of these "orbs" one maneuvers behind the tail light of the plane for a few moments, and proceeds to follow the plane, it then shoots off to the other side of the sky, almost like it was curious? i observed 2 "orbs" maneuver away from the airplane one in front of the plane that looked to "narrowly miss" the front of the plane as it took off extremely fast to get away from the planes course, another one flew towards it but then flew away as the 1st one maneuvered behind the tail light, we observed them for a short while after then we could no longer see them.
August 31, 2023 · 2:20 AM · SPHERE
Bonne Terre to Desoto, MO
Driving NB 67 , bonne terre around Eagle Estates trailer park and St Francois state park, on the left side towards the NW sky, seen 2 Huge Orbs of light close to each other. One abit higher than the other. very very bright and then would slowly dim out to the point where you could not see them whatsoever together. It lasted maybe 5 minutes. It was hard to see while driving since the trees were in the way. Bright whitish lights. No flashing erratically or anything like that. They werent moving either. No way it was a plane or drone. I seen a couple planes go by very high in the sky flashing red etc. will try to get pictures next time.
August 31, 2023 · 1:56 AM · SPHERE
Paulden, AZ
Moving as fast as a shooting star, three orange orbs flew half way across the sky toward the northern horizon. Right above the horizon they stopped, faded away and the took turns fading back and going INTO the hills while dimming blueish white. This happen six times as if there were more than three. This happen from 1:56 am to 2:02 am than a single Large orange orb double the size faded IN and went up to the right diagonally. I went inside to get someone to confirm I am seeing this and show them and tell them to wait. From 2:06 am to 2:20 am me and him observed one at a time fade in orange and bright than dim out blueish while moving horizontally to the right while fading away. It is still ongoing as I make the report.
August 30, 2023 · 8:47 PM · SPHERE
Hazel Park, MI
Went out to take pics of the blue moon and saw it hovering over I75. Switched to video mode. It appeared circular. I don't know how long it was there before I went outside. Within 30 seconds it slowly lowered down a short distance, then appeared to break into 2 and it disappeared. Not like flew away. Just disappeared. This is not the first time I've seen UFO's in the area. More like the 10th time in 6 years. But only the 2nd time I've seen a single craft. Usually 3 or more. Usually orb like in triangle formation.
August 29, 2023 · 3:35 AM · SPHERE
Torbay, NL · Canada
At 3:33 I was woken by my dog. I put him out to pee in the front yard. While I was waiting for him to come back in I stood at the doorway, watching. At 3:35 a white orb shot by. It was following the path of the road, heading east towards the harbour. It was bright and white, shining like a star (blurred edges). It was approximately 3 feet in diameter and hovered 4-5 feet above the pavement. It was completely silent and sped by so quickly that, had I blinked at that exact moment, I would have missed it. The next day I tried to replicate the speed (this road is narrow, 30km/hr limit with speed bumps) and could not get close. I surmised that it was travelling 100-120km/hr
August 28, 2023 · 11:53 PM · SPHERE
Sterling Heights, MI
Myself and my passenger were heading north north just before midnight on 8/28/23 when to the left of our vehicle in sky we both caught glimpse of a metallic spherical orb. We were heading north on Dequindure Rd just before m59 expressway. We both afterwards discussed we thought it was a star or jet at first however as we spot it it jolted or maneuvered sharply and extremely fast up and than shot way in a straight line like a shooting star. It was like nothing we’ve seen and didn’t resemble a drone or normal aircraft. We discussed and were boggled by it for for next twenty minutes en route to our destination. The whole thing lasted seconds and happened so fast it and the way it moved up than shot away rapidly was not like anything we had visualized before.
August 28, 2023 · 8:31 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedColorado Springs, CO
This happened several times during my dog walk. It was cloudy and lightning out but each time I would take my phone out- would disappear [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
August 28, 2023 · 2:35 AM · SPHERE
Vista, CA
I was passing by my front door when I saw two lights to the East, approx. 25° over mountain ranges to the East of Vista. At arms length, the larger light appeared to be the size of a single pea (Not the whole pod, just a pea). The larger brighter light was greenish white in color, stationary, and appeared to have a slight haze around it. There was a smaller white light approaching it from the North. The smaller white light abruptly turned toward and accelerated above and around the large green light and began heading slowly towards the North East and faded out and disappeared within a few seconds. The large green light appeared to begin slowly moving East, before turning slightly North East, and then also fading out and disappearing. I continued to watch and about 20 seconds later, a bright small light appeared suddenly in the same area, began slowly moving South and flashed 2 times extremely bright, and then faded out and was gone. I then called to my wife and told her what I was seeing. She joined me at an upstairs window, where we continued to watch several dim and bright lights suddenly appear, sometimes two at a time and fly in random directions. (I put down 15+ craft seen, because that is a loose estimate. There were only 1 to 2 objects seen at any given time, but they would appear and disappear with such frequency, I concluded that they couldn't have been the same two craft every time). Occasionally there would be a larger light than the rest, that would flash brightly and disappear. This all went on for about an hour and 20 min and appeared to be contained to one small section of sky. This seemed odd to me. I am located right under commercial and private air lanes, and I clearly saw and heard commercial air traffic pass over much higher than the UAP's appeared to be. The UAP's made no sound. I did hear what sounded to me like 3 quick sonic booms far away. I attempted to capture video using my phone, and will need to run it through some filters to see if I caught anything. I also tried to take pictures. MCAS Miramar is 23 miles South of my Location. MCB Camp Pendleton is located 9.4 miles North West of my location. MCAGCC 29 Palms is 97 miles North East of my location. Vandenberg Space Force Base is located 251 Miles North West of my location, and March Air Reserve Base is located 55 miles North of my location Fighter jets from Miramar almost never fly over vista. Frequently seen military aircraft in Vista include Vipers, Ospreys, Sea Stallions, C-130's, and rarely Air Force C5's will fly over heading East. No military aircraft were observed anytime during or after the sighting. I am 45 years old and have witnessed several UAP's throughout my life. My father was US Army, and I have been heavily into NASA and Military Aviation since childhood. My family has a history of UAP sightings, starting in the late 1950's that continues today.
August 28, 2023 · 12:53 AM · SPHERE
New York City, NY
I live in an apartment building on the 19th floor,I was watching tv when a bright light blue light caught my attention out my window.when I looked out the window, I saw a white bright orb with the light blue haze trail around it zoom by the top a building across the street from me,it lit up the entire roof of the building it was so bright.
August 27, 2023 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Simpsonville, SC
Me and my fiancé have seen well over a hundred orb like UFOs over Simpsonville for the past 9-10 months. They look just like stars but are much closer, I'd guess that its over 50,000-100,000 feet maybe even further, but definitely over 30,000 feet. Nearly every night I stand out and watch for them, I am guaranteed to see at least one, even a handful, if the weather isn't cloudy. They can move silently in incredible and erratic ways, quick zig zag movements in all directions, high speed turns and are able to stop and stay completely still and take off again in the blink of an eye. The best way to describe their movement is like a waterbug floating on the water, darting across the sky in quick bursts. I've used the term "Waterbug" myself for months trying to describe it to friends, but recently I did some research and this exact term "waterbug" was used by AAF Personnel describing UFOs that appeared at Maxwell Field, Montgomery on the night of June 28th 1947, approximately 2120 central time. The official report names CAPT. WILSON H KAYKO 0-38841, CAPT. JOHN H CANTRELL 0-255404, 1st LT. THEODORE DEWEY 0-2094172, CAPT. REDMAN. I have also seen movements other than the "waterbug". I have seen shooting star like streaks but they are "closer" with much brighter and shorter trails, and have seen bright moving orbs completely vanish while moving (no clouds to cover them), My fiance was with me watching and then we both saw it disappear. She has also described to me a terrifying moment when she witnessed the bright orb morphing and changing shape and color, she was genuinely terrified that night and the following days and I have myself seen similar happenings. This is so frequent in my life, that i cannot believe we are the only ones in Simpsonville seeing them, it is so frequent that anyone could look up at night and see them. I made a report to NUFORC a month or two ago, but I wish I said something in december of last year when i first saw one. For months I thought (hoped) this was maybe secret testing of something man-made because have aerospace manufacturing companies nearby. This area (Simpsonville/Greenville/Mauldin) has Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Stevens Aerospace and Defense, and the Donaldson Air Force Base (which is now public airport). I tried many times to record activity but I only have a simple camera phone, I'm not sure if you have the ability to send someone with real equipment out but I am positive you would find something interesting.
August 27, 2023 · 6:30 AM · SPHERE
Sanford, MI
Got home from work after 0600 before sunrise. Decided to Stargaze before going inside/sunrise and noticed to the west a very dim light assumed to be a star. As I watched I noticed it wasn't stationary because it was above the treeline it was easy to conclude it was slightly moving, to which I thought it was a satellite. Then it changed direction and went back. It would then move around up, down, left, and right changing speeds but stayed in the same general location. I noticed there was another one to the northwest and two more to the north, all moving in the same way as the first one. The lights were so dim they didn't appear on camera, but did seem to get brighter as the ambient light from the rising sun got brighter, so I assume they were reflecting sun light. Couldn't see them after the daylight finally got too bright. The only explanations I could think of are birds even though I can't explain how they were bright before the sun arose or why they would reflect sun light to that degree, drones flown over 3 different locations, or my eyes/brain seeing something when there was nothing.
August 26, 2023 · 9:51 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedBriarcliff, TX
My fiancé and I were walking out of my parents house all together to leave for the night when we looked up and saw something strange. It looked at first like a large planet, but we quickly realized it was moving across the sky in south bound direction. It had a hazy cloud around it, even though the conditions were clear and there were no clouds in the sky. It emitted a a dome shaped aura in front of it as it began to disappear from sight. We all saw it but none of us are sure what we saw. Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 26, 2023 · 9:38 PM · SPHERE
Highlands, TX
This was my second UFO experience. My first was years ago but I was in middle school so I don’t know if it was really a UFO. While we were in our pool talking during my daughters birth day, my sister in law pointed at a light flying across at the speed of a plane and asked me if it was a shooting star or a plane. It was foggy but I couldn’t tell if there were clouds into he sky due to it being dark. I jokingly said it was a UFO and that it would disappear. Her, her friends daughter, and I just stared at it. It literally disappears 3 seconds after saying that. We were freaking out and thought maybe it just hid behind clouds, until it got bright again and her friend’s daughter and I saw it SEPARATE!!!! My sister in law wasn’t able to catch it, but her friend’s daughter and I SWEAR IT SEPARATED INTO 5 ORBS THAT ONLY LASTED HALF A SECOND.
August 26, 2023 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
White Sands National Monument, NM
I was at an event at White Sands National Monument with roughly 100 people. It was a clear night with few clouds and a bright half moon. At approximately 9 pm we saw a slow moving aircraft with bright lights surrounded in a hazy cloud. It was roughly at the same altitude as a helicopter, but it was not a helicopter. It was traveling SE to NW. As it passed by us, it was hard to see the shape because it was so bright and hazy but it appeared to be a sphere. No wings and no sound. We continued watching as it passed by and noticed a more dense cloud beginning to envelope it. Then the light disappeared and the cloud hung around for about 30 more seconds before dissolving. The craft was abruptly gone. I guesstimate we watched it for maybe 4- 5 minutes and figure during that time, it covered about 30-40 miles. It did not reach to horizon line when it disappeared. Several people took photos and videos but I haven’t located any yet. The photo I include is one taken in Las Cruces about 15 minutes before we saw it. There was also a FB where someone in El Paso saw it before we did. Interestingly enough, it crossed restricted airspace. It crossed White Sands Missile Range and Holloman Air Force Base. There were no other flying craft in the area. A very calm and still night which is why we noticed no sound coming from the craft.
August 26, 2023 · 8:20 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalCO
The sky, the stars, and the moon were clear with no clouds or mist. We witnessed a UAP that was moving quickly across the sky from northwest to southeast. It was an orb like structure with blurred light all around it. It was moving quite fast. There were no blinking lights on it to indicate it was a plane, helicopter or other known flying object. Due to the blurred light around it, we agreed it wasn’t a satellite. The color was a warm white. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
August 26, 2023 · 2:06 AM · SPHERE
McDermott, WA
I was traveling South bound on US 95 headed from Seattle to Phoenix Arizona. At around 02:07 AM i saw two very bright lights turn on and pull out from what I assumed was the side of the road. At first I assumed they were motorcycles as the light was around the right high and was definitely similar to a headlight. It seemed odd how fast the lights were catching up to me was I was traveling 70mph not mentioned the more I looked the more off the placemat of the lights seems. I looked back at the road then checked my rear view mirror only to see the two orbs a even faster and closed the gap between me and them about half way in a matter of seconds. It was after watching them for no more than three seconds that one light was turned off, sort of fading similar to an old fluorescent light bulb with the other following suit. After it was pitch black behind me, dark enough to make out any break lights or Evidence of a vehicle or anything turbo around( there was no streetlights or light pollution for miles). This happened 2 hrs after seeing two crafts while traveling SE on Highway 78 in Oregon. I had one red light follow me for a few seconds then fade away (the light never shrunk as one would expect when traveling in the opposite direction of a light source), I then pulled over and stopped my vehicle and shut it off, killing the lights to see what was following and looked up to my left and saw to very large perfectly shaped cigar objects that blocked out a very sizable portion of the night sky. Again the moon was not out at this time and this there was no light pollution, and I couldn’t make out any identifying features of a cloud (I know it was pitch black but with the starry backdrop it would have been easy to tell the difference). After seeing the craft I looked down at my truck’s display to get the time and it felt like time stood still, I hadn’t lost time per day but I definitely didn’t move forward through it either it was almost like time stopped but I was able to keep driving. I will mention something eerily similar happened to my mother in law traveling along the same route in the opposite direction, like me she was alone.
August 25, 2023 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Oregon, IL
My girlfriend and I were star watching last night around 11pm. Out of no where these orbs would appear orange then brighten and dim and zig zag around. Some would stay stationary like blending with the stars and then it would slowly move and then they seemed like they knew we were watching them so more would appear and we were so amazed and shocked we didn't film or take pictures we are believers so we just took it all in and enjoyed the experience but now I'm a little concerned. Then these like triangle drones would appear with a green and white/red light they were silent too. They would hover and blink bright sort of replicating an airplane. But I've seen planes my whole life living in this rural area. These were not planes. I didn't even want to report this but I'm actually a little concerned. These things knew we were watching them it was creepy. They mimic stars but then dart around. And the triangle craft drone things were silent not like a plane. I hope this helps the data out there somehow. I've seen this a few times now this summer but it's getting to be every night. I don't want to cause a stir in my town but it's concerning but fascinating. Please give me an answer.
August 25, 2023 · 9:45 PM · SPHERE
Gray, TN
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August 25, 2023 · 6:20 PM · SPHERE
Jerusalem, JERUSALE · Israel
My father was visiting and I went up with him on the roof to try out my new binoculars. I was looking at downtown and other parts of the city. At one point I looked up with the binoculars facing NW and saw a metallic sphere flying from left to right. I call out to my dad that I see a metal sphere and I watch it for several seconds. I put down the binoculars and try to observe the orb without them. I wasn’t wearing my glasses so I couldn’t see very well but my dad points at the sky and says he sees. I look back with the binoculars and see the sphere again. It appeared to be floating without changing direction. The appearance was shiny metallic and completely spherical. Soon after seeing it the second time I lose sight of it. I ask my dad what he thinks it was and he says it’s was a drone.