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Sightings
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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July 26, 2015 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Mentor, OH
I was coming out of Quaker State and Lube on Rt. 306 in Mentor, Ohio, through the back door. Two people were looking up at the sky at about a 60 degree angle. I looked up and saw about 7 objects with distinctive red lights on the front. The size of these were about one third the size of the front of these objects. Kind of resembled a red laser beam. I remember about 35 or so years ago when an engineer in my apartment demonstrated one he was working on for Bailey Meter in the late 70's. These objects were in a stationary delta formation. I wanted to contact the people (man and woman) in front of me about 30 yards, but was somehow blocked or deterred from doing so. After a few minutes the lights on some of the objects started to fade and then the objects themselves. I noticed a delta shape to the left wing on one of the closer ones. I left as all objects began to fade. These objects were in a delta formation. They were stationary and seemed to have come from a North-South direction from Lake Erie about 3 miles away. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 25, 2015 · 9:07 PM · UNKNOWN
Milwaukee, WI
Looked like a jet only the trail was orange and continued downward. Eventually it stopped and held position for a couple seconds and then disappeared. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 25, 2015 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Wayne, WV
Saw a silver orb traveling through the sky. Couldnt have been a plane. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 25, 2015 · 12:25 AM · UNKNOWN
Ocoee, FL
2 times this week, I have seen an orangish red glow speed through the sky. First time was 07/22/15 at about 0300, was seen in the northern sky over Ocoee, FL. Lasted less than a second, appeared what seemed to be about 500ft up streaked west to east in the blink of an eye the disappeared. Seen again in southern sky, same starting view point. Appeared over the turnpike in Ocoee and streaked east to west, extremely fast. Over a miles distance across the sky then diappeared. Hard to tell the shape because it was moving so fast. Both seemed to be at the same altittude. And lasted less than 2 seconds
July 23, 2015 · 1:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Bay Center, WA
Early on the morning of Thursday, July 23rd, 2015, I was house sitting in a rural area of Pacific County, WA, and had gone to bed. Lying facing the window with my eyes closed, I could see light coming in the window. Figured it was a car coming up the road, not totally unheard of, even out there. I realized I did not hear an engine, though, and the light barely fluctuated, so I got up to look. What I saw made me grab my glasses so I could see clearly. Returning to the window, I saw two large white lights, about the size of the full moon, perhaps a bit smaller, quite a ways apart (perhaps 100 feet or so), traveling very slowly from W/NW to E/SE, in a descending manner, behind a stand of trees. When the white lights were behind trees, I could see red lights (much smaller than the white ones, maybe double the size of Venus), none of them flashing. The only sound I heard was similar to a lone passenger car out on the highway, about half a mile away. It was very quiet, and descending into an area that is nothing but marshland. After I could no longer see it, I just sat staring at the window. I saw no further activity, no other occurrences. I have seen things before, but never this big, or this close. I remained awake, unable to sleep, for at least another 3 hours. It was very dark out there, being rural, without exterior lights, and cloudy that night, so I could not see anything but the lights themselves. The following day, I let the dogs out, and they went into the gully that leads to the marsh. When they returned, the black lab suddenly stuck by my side and would not leave me, she HAD to be touching me, though this only lasted about an hour. I did not report it elsewhere, to police or media. I did not go into the marsh myself. I did not get photos or videos of the object, but I did take pics of the area, and via Google Earth, to give you an idea of the area. The case has been shared with Mr. James E. Clarkson, MUFON State Director for Washington State, who has offered to follow up on it, and perhaps perform an investigation. PD
July 19, 2015 · 12:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Pulaski (Case Knife Rd), VA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 19, 2015 · 12:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Valparaiso, IN
Has the look of a evening incoming aircraft as far as the lighting but much higher and it never moves, as if on some sort data surveillance. First spotted in the western sky, and now shows up in the southern. Possible "twinkling" star?? PD
July 18, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Goose Creek, SC
On July 18th at approximately 10 p.m. EST my mom and I were standing outside in my driveway and I looked up and saw a very bright orange colored light moving towards our direction. I told my mom, that's not a plane. We stood there without moving as the object came closer and it stopped moving several times and then would move slowly and then continue to speed up again. We watched it until it went farther away and higher and the light became dimmer until it disappeared. There was NO sound from an engine and my neighborhood was dead silent and you could have easily heard a pin drop. No doubt in my mind that this was a UFO. About two minutes later we saw and heard a military plane take off and head towards the direction of the UFO. The plane had a flashing white light and we both could hear the engine noise. It was impossible to tell what shape the UFO was because the orange glowing light was so bright and intense that all you could see was that bright orange light and what appeared to be lines of light emitting from all around the object almost like pencils circling around a circle. Very strange and very exciting to see!!
July 18, 2015 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Savannah, GA
Single craft flying north to south, had a strange strobe light that varied intensity, from a light blink to a very intense strobe flash. The craft made no sound or was Very high altitude. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 17, 2015 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Bakersfield, CA
this craft was moving very slowly it was a cloudless evening and this started as a pinhole size light and got larger and appeared as though it was behind a fog like blurry. It looked like a very slow moving light house light in a fog rotating very slowly. It then started to shrink in size again, until it was no longer visible.
July 14, 2015 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Hixson, TN
We suspect an evening sighting, and have changed the time above to reflect that fact. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information, so we are unable to confirm the time. PD
July 13, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Monterey, CA
One to three red light entities hovered over the marine canyon in Monterey Bay about 6 miles west and offshore of Moss Landing. Lights remained for two to fifteen minutes in one spot, varying in brightness then typically moved off eastward and north toward the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains and brightness diminished until gone. A few times the entity left in a more northerly direction, directly away, towards and above Aptos, growing faint to gone from view. After the spot was left vacant for several minutes, another red light would appear faintly, and from our perspective, usually over Aptos (due north), and then grow in brightness as it came again to the same spot over the marine canyon and west of Moss Landing. When we arrived at our coastal outlook on Del Monte Beach at 10:00pm, about 12-miles due south, we initially saw three entities hovered in an east-west line along the marine canyon, from 5 to 8 miles west of Moss Landing, at different heights, maybe 500 to 1500 feet above the water. At first we thought they were mast lights on an historic "tall ship," but they were too far away so the scale of the ship would have been huge. Visual clarity was confusing with high clouds, but after several minutes, we could see there was no ship, just lights holding reasonably steadily, though not rigorously in place. Though spaced apart a mile or less, when one began to relocate, the others moved in an apparent coordinated fashion. One left and another would return and locate at the same spot over a 1.5 hour period, with one, two or three visible in collateral locations, of varying and changing brightnesses, at any time. Or one would leave and the adjacent entity, already in view, would take its place. The spot was occupied and vacated at least ten times. Several aircraft were observed in the same direction but we could not determine if there was any interaction with the entities. We could not make out any shape, yet the light generally appeared spherical. At least once, while the entity was at its brightest, it appeared that a light was beamed downward at an angle, from the entity toward the ocean. The beamed light was an extension - a ray - emanating from and connected to the spherical light entity, and tapering toward its end. The length of the ray appeared to be three to four times the diameter of the entity at its brightest. It appeared to reach at least half-way from the entity to the ocean surface, yet at our distance away this was uncertain. At other times it appeared as though the ocean surface was being illuminated by a moving flood light in the immediate vicinity of the entity, yet the moving flood lights were faint and we were unsure that we actually saw this at our distance. This were not as the beamed light noted prior, which was relatively spectacular. We have no information of how long the entities were present before we arrived. Sightings subdued by 11:30pm: no more than one or two, less bright, short stay time at the spot and longer vacancies. No entities were visible when we left. Observers are a bakery manager and a registered engineer.
July 12, 2015 · 10:10 PM · UNKNOWN
Highwood, IL
Color red turn orange, and changed white. Sky clear and temperature 70 f . Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD
July 12, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Clinton, MI
From the town of Tecumseh, MI, one can look Northwest to the skies over neighboring town of Clinton, MI, and on a nightly basis just around dark (Occasionally earlier while still light) 2 bright white lights appear in the sky. Both are similar to stars but much closer to the ground, Both change shape, color and location multiple times during each sighting. When observed thru Binoculars the light is too bright to make out anything particular, however appears to be a spherical object attached that waves in the wind like a piece of cloth. I'm sure it's just a weather balloon or navigational beacon, but I can find anyone else who can confirm this. There is Commercial aircraft, Cloud Seeding Aircraft and small recreational sky diving Aircraft in this area as well. Any information would be appreciated.
July 11, 2015 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Orlando, FL
Standing on my porch in the back yard and saw a red light flying in the sky that dissapeared to the west.. Then saw another, and another, all flying from different directions, at different times but disappeared in the same spot.. I'm in a spot where its dark and all the stars can be seen very clearly.. It was not a plane.
July 11, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Winnfield, LA
My 6-year old son and I walked outside to the car, and he says, "Mom, look at that, it doesn't look like a plane." Upon looking up, there was a large object moving very slowly across the sky. It had red lights flashing. I could not tell what shape exactly. It was very low in the sky and I sent my son inside for my phone, so I could take a picture of it, but by the time he made it back out, it was vanished. The sky where it had circled looked like the clouds do after an airplane comes thru, but really dark all around. Two circular bright white objects also in the sky. They were very bright, but stationery. No movement, so it seemed.
July 11, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Cleveland, OH
Very LOUD, sonic boom type sounds at 10 o'clock sharp, repeated. First was loudest by far. Never recall hearing such a sound... My first thought was that is was like the "Blue Angels" from the air show only WAAAY bigger.. My boyfriend and I felt a major panic, I must admit... Now it sounds like fireworks in the distance... Something is not right..
July 11, 2015 · 6:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Long Beach, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 11, 2015 · 10:40 AM · UNKNOWN
Lake Arrowhead, CA
I was driving on Hwy 18, east from Lake Arrowhead to Running Springs, along the "Rim of the World". It wa clear and sunny, except for high cirrus. I topped at a turnout to take a photo of geo-engineered clouds, facing South. When I began to drive East, I saw a very bright light flash in front of the clouds toward the south. It was very small, but very bright white, brighter than a sun reflection off an airplane. It was gone in an instant. I stopped and looked, but could see no movement or airplane in the area. I continued my drive for approx. 1 mile, stopped at another turnout on the north side of the hwy, and took another photo toward the North. I then continued East on Hwy 18 when I saw another flash like the first. This one was further east than the first. I stopped in a turnout, and got out of the car. I saw the bright light, then it faded to a black as it moved west, then a smaller flash and then it was just gone. I looked at the area to see if it was an airplane between me and the clouds, but there was absolutely no movement of anything, and no more of the bright light. I was alone but I saw that two people who had been traveling west on Hwy 18 had pulled over on the south side of the highway and were looking in the same direction. I have lived here all of my life, and know what an airplane looks like from the Rim. This was far brighter than anything I have ever seen. It must have been pretty far away from me, but it was in front of the clouds. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 10, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Hampton, NH
Myself and the person next-door about three nights ago noticed 2 red glowing red balls in the sky about 3 miles or so away. tonight as i am out side the are there again. its almost as if the are bright one min and then dim the next. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 10, 2015 · 12:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Springfield, IL
I was at the drive-in movies. Next to Knights action park in Springfield IL. I was watching the new "Terminator" movie, and behind the screen, nowhere close to being on the screen, I saw a light show up out of no where. Now, I at first thought it could be a shooting star or satellite dish (sic. Satellite), but before it disappeared behind the screen out of view, it curved dramatically. At least 90 degrees and as far as I know. Shooting stars and satellite dishes (sic. Satellite) cannot make a turn that big. I was sitting in the front row next to my mom and dad, though neither of them saw it. But there were a lot more people there watching the movie, so I'm sure someone saw it too. Another thing was that it showed up out of no where then because the screen was in the way I don't know where it went. It was a glowing white in color. I'm 16 years old and I have seen shooting stars before. This was nothing like one. And in my opinion I believe there is life else where. I'd just never thought I would be reporting something like this. I don't know how to any more explain what I saw. I am not positive the exact time but it was around 12:30 to 1 am.
July 9, 2015 · 11:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Portland, OR
At first I assumed an airplane approaching PDX, but it completely stopped well up in the southeastern sky. Seemed to have had red lights plus a secondary color, perhaps yellow or green. After hovering a moment it slowly descended diagonally before dropping straight down out of my sight. Seemed to drop in front of tall firs perhaps 1000 yards from me. Don't have word processor but was compelled to report. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
July 8, 2015 · 9:26 AM · UNKNOWN
Lindsborg, KS
No information provided by witness. Time may be flawed. PD
July 7, 2015 · 11:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Lisburn (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland
Flying in formation at around 2000ft. Managed to film for about a minute on phone.