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August 18, 2016 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Saint Simons Island, GA
One very bright orange triangle with an exhaust-trail that looked like a small flame flew across the sky: the triangle appeared about half the size of a dime held at arm's length. The vehicle was flying without sound from East-South-East to North-North-West. About 5 seconds later an identical vehicle followed the first on the same flight path, and they flew across half the sky in 10 seconds, before a building obscured them. The triangles were as bright as a flashlight, which is what made me look up to the sky to see them. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Date error on prior report: please correct year to 2016 (not 2017). ((END ADDENDUM)) Date above has been corrected. PD
August 18, 2016 · 6:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Torrington, CT
On August 18th, about 6PM, I happened to look out my 2nd story apartment window, which faces east. I saw what I believed at first to be a large bird, gliding smoothly as large birds often do. But as I looked closer, I saw this was a "W" shaped object with depth, almost like a paper airplane viewed from the rear, but I could see the full side as well. The object was all black. It was maybe three quarters of a mile away, and only a few hundred feet altitude. I would estimate it was about the size of a small private airplane. I would estimate it was going 20-30 MPH, not fast at all. Unfortunately, I did not get much of a look, because it glided down behind some trees which obstructed my view. I watched for several more minutes, but never saw it again. I drew this picture on my computer. It is close to the shape, except this object was completely black. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/Winman/Object%20in%20sky%202_zpsur8gtmjg.png
August 17, 2016 · 5:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Baytown, TX
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 16, 2016 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Very low flying craft approx 20 ft wide with a bright light on the end of the two wings. Looked like a triangle with the point being at the rear. Circled in a wide circle over my house and court 5 times. Sounded like a small moped. It flew by very low and fast from the left and circled the court and then down the street and we could still hear it then approx 10 mins later it passed again a little more over the house and down the court, approx 10-15 mins later it passed again but on the other side of the house. The next circle was over the house again but a little slower. The next time was only a couple minutes later, and it was a couple houses down, the final time it passed at the end of the street, 4 houses down. We could still hear it but didn't see it again.
August 16, 2016 · 4:10 AM · TRIANGLE
Edison, NJ
Lighted, 3 triangular crafts sighted within minutes of each other. Hello, this is to report a multiple sighting of triangular objects that were observed withing 17 mins of each other, location was at private house back yard near Oak Tree Road, Edison, NJ. Here's the story... With the wash out of the Perseid meteor shower, gave it another chance so set up lawn chairs and waited, saw few streaks but nothing spectacular..... But at approx 4:10 am EDT observed a craft that was directly overhead traveling from south to north, it was shaped like an acute triangle with long sides/thin and had a blue white light on front of it and two rectangular type lights on each side. The lights were a diff color than the stars and when the craft would go in front of star it would blot it out ….....I would say this craft was orbital, for it traveled my field of view in 15-20 secs and was very high in night sky. Also, it did not shimmer like the stars did, just solid blue/white lights …........ Then to my surprise, spotted another craft of this type a few mins later (17) but it was to east on a south east to north west track, appox 70 degrees and moving at same clip as prior one.............. And then, another lighted triangle appeared but it was about 6 secs behind this one, having follow same track but as it drew near it acted in HERKY JERKY MANNER, slowing down and speeding up at times.... Objects observed were about size of three pencil erasers held at arms length , and way up in the sky........... Temp was 80 deg hazy hot and humid with a broken cloud cover that would dissipate at times ….........sure looked strange and seeing the ISS station at times these craft looked nothing like that or any other terrestrial craft …......WEIRD!
August 14, 2016 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Ogallala, NE
Spotted above No Name Bay at Lake McConaughey in Ogallala, NE. The top light didn’t move or flash. The bottom left light flashed green, yellow and red in what appeared to be an orb or circular pattern. I couldn’t be certain but it looked like lights were going around a dark sphere. The bottom right light was bright orange/yellow. It darted up, down, right and left in no particular pattern but in short quick motions. A blue, dim, small light appeared to the right of the bright orange yellow light. They seemed to dance together, like the bottom right light was chasing the blue one. A bright light quickly dropped between the two at one point. We watched for 15 minutes and got spooked.
August 14, 2016 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Buford, GA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 14, 2016 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Chester, SC
I was viewing from window. Did not go outside. My husband and I saw four last night in the Southwest skies approximately same time. Tonight the one I am viewing is in the Southeast sky. It is changing colors just as I have seen the others on numerous occasions. I began noticing them April 6th in the early morning hours. Tonight you can see it move horizontally, then vertical. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 13, 2016 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Teston (UK/England) · United Kingdom
On the 13th August, 2016, I was driving in a westerly direction through the small village of Teston in the South East of England at around 21:00hrs (GMT). Flying Eastwards towards me, I saw a very bright light, too bright to be a plane and none of the lights were flashing like on a plane. As the object got nearer I saw that it could not be a plane. The object was triangular and there were panels of white light underneath as well as a blue elongated light at the front centre underneath. I was in too much shock to take a picture but have made a mock up picture of what I saw. What has bothered me most is that I’ve spent much time on the internet trying to find a report of something similar and there has been nothing else seen to match my description.
August 13, 2016 · 1:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Probable conventionalCoudekerque-Branche, Nord-Pas-de-Calais · France
Le 13 août 2016 à 01h30 un père et ses deux fils sont allongés dans leur jardin de ville afin de regarder des objets du ciel (étoiles filantes, satellites, avions...). Leur attention est soudain attirée par le passage rapide et silencieux d'un phénomène triangulaire de couleur rouge clair, orangé, sans trainée ni halo. L'intensité lumineuse du PAN est plutôt tamisée. La trajectoire est rectiligne. Le PAN disparait complètement après 6 à 8 secondes d'observation. Un seul témoignage est recueilli. La consistance est bonne avec un questionnaire très détaillé, un témoin principal très coopératif avec qui le GEIPAN a pu échanger aisément. Une enquête ainsi qu’un entretien avec le témoin principal a pu être réalisée sur place. Toutes les mesures angulaires et données testimoniales sont présentes et ont pu être exploitées pour l’analyse (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). En conclusion, nous avons montré au fil de cette analyse que les témoins ont probablement observé une chouette effraie en survol au-dessus de l’ilot de maisons comprenant leur jardin. Cette conclusion s’appuie sur les éléments suivants : - la couleur décrite comme rouge clair ou orangée est celle produite par la réverbération des lumières orange des lampadaires de rue sur le plumage blanc de l’oiseau. - la forme, décrite comme triangulaire mais qui, au vu des dessins réalisés par un des enfants de T1, s’apparente davantage à une étoile à trois branches, représentant la queue et les deux ailes de l’oiseau. Le fait que cette forme ne change pas pendant les quelques secondes de l’observation est conforme à la conservation de cette forme pendant le vol plané de l’oiseau. Nous avons pu par ailleurs vérifier que la chouette effraie pouvait voler en vol plané queue fermée et en conservant ses ailes dans la même position qu’en vol battu. Une petite incertitude demeure toutefois sur l’orientation de ses ailes, qui est peut-être davantage dirigée vers l’avant sur le dessin réalisé par un des fils du témoin qu’en réalité. - la luminosité, décrite par T1 comme étant « tamisée, non agressive, très douce », tout à fait conforme à ce que produit une lumière réfléchie. - l’absence totale de bruit. La chouette effraie est réputée pour être très silencieuse en vol. - la trajectoire rectiligne, la durée d’observation courte, l’absence de halo et de trainée visibles sont compatibles avec l’hypothèse du vol plané. - après calculs en ce qui concerne les estimations de distance d’observation, de dimensions et de vitesse, les résultats finaux, très sensibles aux estimations données par T1 (dimension apparente, durée d’observation, hauteur angulaire finale) restent compatible avec l’hypothèse de l’oiseau, et en particulier de la chouette effraie, traversant le ciel en vol plané à une distance aux témoins modeste, de l’ordre de 20 m. La différence entre l’altitude réelle et estimée par T1 est considérable mais nous avons identifié que trois facteurs ont pu empêcher T1 de correctement l’évaluer : - l’effet de surprise, - l’accoutumance préalable à l’observation d’objets lointains, - la brièveté de l’observation, - la chouette effraie est présente dans le secteur et niche probablement à proximité, dans un grenier, un clocher ou dans les combles d’un bâtiment ce qui confirme une vraisemblance de l’hypothèse. L’observation, après analyse s’avère finalement moins étrange. L’étrangeté principale du cas, à savoir la disparition rapide et progressive du PAN, a pu trouver une explication liée à la configuration des lieux. Les lampadaires de rue entourant l’ilot de maisons produisent une réverbération et une certaine pollution lumineuse qui se propage dans l’air. Cette réverbération est stoppée par les toits des maisons créant ainsi un « oasis » d’ombre au niveau des jardins jusqu’à une certaine altitude. La chouette se déplaçait à environ 20 m de distance des témoins, à une altitude la faisant se trouver initialement en-dehors de cette zone d’ombre. En vol plané, cette trajectoire était probablement faiblement descendante puis, à environ 45° d’élévation, elle est entrée dans la zone d’ombre, sans doute en accentuant sa descente vers les maisons ce qui n’a pas permis au témoin de la retrouver, pensant qu’elle continuerait à voler à son altitude initiale. Il est aussi possible que la visibilité à cet endroit soit limitée (arbre) ou que la brièveté de l’observation ne permette pas aux témoins de se rendre compte que la chouette repasse dans la zone de réverbération. Le témoignage a une bonne consistance qui repose cependant uniquement sur l’observation du témoin principale (pas de photos ni vidéos, et difficulté normale d’appréciation des distances, altitudes et dimensions dans le ciel). En conséquence le GEIPAN classe cette observation en « B », méprise probable avec un oiseau, potentiellement une chouette effraie réfléchissant des lumières de la ville, passant en vol plané au-dessus de l’ilot de maisons et des jardins où se trouvent les témoins. [GEIPAN classification B — Oiseau]
August 12, 2016 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Fairfax, VA
I took a few pictures with my cellphone camera, none which came out clearly. It was if the closer UFO was able to see the flash of light from my camera and started flying in even more unusual patterns for a few seconds. This is my 2nd UFO appearance in a week.
August 12, 2016 · 4:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Interstate 8, AZ
The craft was making very quick turns and ttwists and appeared to be triangular in ahape. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 12, 2016 · 1:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Lincoln, RI
I went with 4 friends to watch the meteor shower at Lincoln Woods in Lincoln, RI,. We parked in a neighborhood, and walked through the woods, until we got to a large dirt square opening with benches. The area was overlooking a lake/pond. We all were just chillin/hanging out, looking for meteors.. which I had never seen before, so it was very cool. I was laying on the ground on my back, and I had two friends on the bench and the others were just standing around at the time. my friend was saying there was this super bright light that was rising across the lake. I got off the ground to see what she was talking about, because she was trying to figure out if it was actually rising or if it was a meteor or what. so we all started watching this bright light and at first it kind of looked like it could belong to a tower or something... but then it started rising way more over the trees... same size same brightness... and we were just like what is that... and then it start! ed coming toward us...like it all of a sudden was hovering over the middle of the lake it came from being the bright light rising then all of sudden was right over the lake:.. I was saying holy **** like we are going to get sucked up, like I didn't know what we were going to do, it was very low to the ground compared to how you see objects fly.... but then it just flew right over our heads .... it was a triangle and had green red and white lights or something along those lines... they were verryyy bright and they had a few different colors which I think was green red and white but maybe was plus or minus a color ... anyways I couldn't stop thinking about this and like what the heck was that so I googled if anyone else has seen anything like that and found this website
August 12, 2016 · 12:50 AM · TRIANGLE
Rochester, NH
We were looking for shooting stars by the Isanglass River and we saw something moving sparatically, so we watched it and it's stayed in the same area but moves all around. There is one white bright light and two green ones in a formation of a triangle. There seems to be lines of light between the three triangular points of lights It moves all around and the bright white light seems to be the front of it. It's pretty big too. Sometimes it stops then moves fast again. It's been here for over an hour over our heads. It sways back and forth and sometimes backs up and goes forward. There's no stars showing between the three lights which suggets a solid object. Please see other two reports, submitted by August 15, 2016. Several members of the Rochester Police Department also witnessed the object, according to the witnesses. PD
August 11, 2016 · 11:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Rochester, NH
My daughter and I went out to view the Perseid Meteor Shower late on Thursday, August 11, at a small park in Rochester N.H., and while we were looking overhead toward the South we spotted a small light moving slowly in all directions. As we watched we realized it wasn’t moving away from us. After a few minutes we realized it was shaped like a triangle with a bright light toward the front and two dimmer, green-tinted lights in the back. We also noticed that there were very faint green lines forming the triangle and connecting the three dots. It was a solid object and the lights never changed distances from one another. The movement did not resemble a helicopter, airplane, satellite, drone or anything we had ever seen fly in the area before. It made no noise that we could hear and it clearly had nothing to do with the meteor shower. It in no way looked like a shooting star. Sometimes it moved quickly to the left or right. Sometimes it moved forward in the direction of the brightest light and then backed away in the direction of the two green lights. However, it always remained above us with no real pattern of movement. We were in an open field surrounded by trees and it remained above the open area from 11:45 p.m. on Aug. 11, and we left the scene on Aug. 12 at 1:57 a.m. At one point it seemed to not only move toward the spot where we were sitting, but down towards us. It then quickly backed away again to its original spot in the sky. While it did move some distance, it never left our sight and was almost always directly above our heads. I made phone calls to the Pease Air Force base nearby and asked them to look to see if they saw anything on radar or any other equipment. However, they said they could only see flight plans and transponders. The man on the phone said he would look into our sighting further. We also called the Rochester Police Department and they responded with three vehicles. The officers observed our UFO and somewhat laughed it off, but nicely. Both the police officers and the man from the Pease Air Force Base wondered if it might be a drone, but I do not know of any drones that are solid, triangular with three lights. It flew in so many directions for such a long period of time and made no noise of any kind. In any event, our sighting was documented by an airport and the local police. Through the entire event the object never moved very quickly, but it did change speeds and stop and start again. My daughter noticed that there was a grey coloring in the solid area between the lights. She also so on the side of the triangle lights, smaller rectangular lights separated almost like windows. This was the first UFO sighting that either of us has ever experienced. We saw no evidence of aliens. All we saw was the object itself. From what the police told me later, they had many calls from other citizens who saw the ufo and one called this national reporting hotline as well. The police also said that Rochester has no drones nor does the New Hampshire State Police. They also said that the military would have informed them of any surveillance going on in the city. They had no military notifications that night. ((ADDENDUM #1 FROM WITNESS)) Here are two of our pictures...Only the bright light in the front of the triangle was visible on the phone camera picture but there it is. We have other pictures but they all look similar. We tried taking video and I'll look at those next as well. Here are the two pictures we managed to get. ((END ADDENDUM #1)) ((ADDENDUM #2 FROM WITNESS)) Hi Peter, This is my written report that I put together when I got home the night of Aug. 12. From what my daughter said you may not have received it. The written report that you received, while it was happening, was hers. She said it was mine because she was embarrassed to put her name on anything. I'm going to send it in this e-mail with an attached microsoft word document as well. ((END ADDENDUM #2)) ((ADDENDUM #3 FROM WITNESS)) We first saw it on Aug. 11 at 11:45 p.m. and kept on watching it until almost 2 a.m. on Aug. 12. If it makes it easier we saw it for more time on Aug. 12. Hope this helps. ((END ADDENDUM #3)) ((ADDENDUM #4 FROM WITNESS)) I'm really glad to help. I've never dreamed of seeing anything so weird in my life and I want to know what others think of it. The thing that strikes me most is that I never heard of a black triangle up to our sighting. I have since done a lof of research and see they have been around a long long time, before any drones were in the hands of the public. I truly don't believe that huge triangle was a citizen's drone. It was something much more. It was just too big and too quiet. I saw a video from Concord, NH, with a triangle that was similar to ours, but it was taken in daytime. There have been so many of these sightings in NH and the East Coast. Why is that? Very very interesting and very very strange. ((END ADDENDUM)) ((ADDENDUM #5 FROM WITNESS)) It was much larger than the moon in the sky above us. To me it seemed as big as a football field, maybe a few football fields, high in the sky and way above the trees. It flew higher than the small planes. It dwarfed the small planes that flew around us all night. As it hovered over us, we got very nervous, even scared, as it moved lower towards us, almost like we feared it was going to fall on us. My daughter was making strange noises for a short portion of the 2 hours we saw it. I also remember my heart racing a few times and my hands were trembling like I had too much caffeine? My voice was trembling when I talked to you on the hotline, and it was hard to catch my breath. I had a sick feeling in my stomach, but I was so excited to see it at the same time. She wanted to leave but I wouldn't go. I couldn't take my eyes off the thing. I also forgot to mention that at the end it did move out of the area very slowly to the North and out of our view. The police saw the tail end of it all. Actually it seemed to move away more directly when the police cars arrived in the parking lot with their headlights and flashlights aimed at the object. ((END ADDENDUM)) Photo forwarded by source of report appears to show no sign of anomalous objects overhead. Rochester Police Department has no record of multiple police vehicles being dispatched to the area of the alleged sighting. PD
August 11, 2016 · 11:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Three Oaks, MI
Myself and 3 other friends seen a ufo coming across Lake Michigan from Chicago area to Cherry Beach. It was fast and silent. It stopped just above us over the beach. Just above tree line.
August 11, 2016 · 10:57 PM · TRIANGLE
Stone Creek, OH
There are 3 (maybe 4) flashing different color lights in the sky right now by the moon. The three form a triangle the way they are sitting. They're not moving just flashing lights possibly changing colors. Seriously think they are UFO's. Holy cow! That's amazing! Never seen anything like it before!
August 11, 2016 · 10:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Exeter, NH
Eventually, I got close enough to look up and see it clearly because it was directly above the lane that I was driving in. It was facing west, while I was heading east. On my left side (it's right side), there was a red light and on my left (it's right) there was a green light. And the white light that had been visible to me for about ten minutes before I could see it more clearly was almost at the nose of the craft. After I had driven under it, I kept looking in my rear view mirrors to see if I could see the bright light again but I couldn't see anything after that. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 11, 2016 · 9:20 PM · TRIANGLE
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
My boyfriend and I were walking our dog, when I noticed two orange glowing lights in the distance, near the Verrazano Bridge, in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. I thought maybe it was just planes, or a space station or a star, but we realized it was moving. The objects were far too close together to be planes, and they moved too slowly for that. I live right by a flight path, so I've seen countless planes at night and this wasn't it. At one point, the lights blinked out and came back on again. As it flew over us, we didn't hear anything, which is unusual. I often hear planes flying over my house, but it was quiet. It wasn't in the shape of any plane I've ever seen--it was a V, like a flying triangle. Both objects slowly passed over us, and slowly flew on. I don't know what it was, but it was creepy. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 11, 2016 · 9:10 AM · TRIANGLE
Antioch, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 11, 2016 · 1:20 AM · TRIANGLE
Anchorage/Eagle River (between), AK
My friend and i were going to Anchorage from Wasilla to pick up his girlfriend from work around midnight. (He was driving i was in the back right seat she sat in the front passenger) After picking her up, we decided to go on an adventure and take a road we had never noticed before. As we fallowed the road it lead us deep into the mountains. The clouds were so low it covered the top of the mountain (we've had a lot of rain the last few days) but had a clear distinction on where the cloud ended and the mountain began. As I was admiring the edge of the cloud line through the open window, three lights appeared in the corner of my left eye. When I looked right at it I thought it was a plane but it wasn't moving. At first, I thought my eyes were playing tricks but while I was watching it seemed as though it jumped across the sky to the right. To be honest I was so shocked I couldn't speak to signal my friends. I couldn't believe my eyes! As I kept watching it jumped again this time downward horizontally to the left. I leaned my head out of the window to get a better look. I was finally able to find my voice. I shouted over my friends loud music, "Guys! It's a ((deleted)) UFO!" Literally, as I yelled the UFO disappeared into the clouds. At that point I told my friend to turn around and take me home. My friends say they believe me but I feel like they think I'm crazy. I keep asking myself: Did I really see a UFO? Am i going crazy? Witness provides no contact information. PD
August 11, 2016 · 1:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Morse Mill, MO
I took 6 short videos of it to text to my computer, but havn't checked them yet. It was a triangle, at first, then after about 15 minites, it was just the top light on it changing colors the same. I was falling asleep watching it after 1 half to 2 hours. Went to bed. Was nothing on tv or online i could find about it. It would go up, then left. then down & then right. It would go in circles. it did things none or our craft could do.
August 10, 2016 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Home, PA
Layers of illuminating green light in the shape of a triangle moving very fast toward the ground.
August 10, 2016 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Johnson City, TN
Multiple UFOs spotted outheast over Buffalo Mountain. Stars that aren't supposed to be there, twinkling and changing colors like jets but stationary. In the shape of triangles and flashing multiple colors--red, green, and white. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD