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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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July 5, 2015 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Schuylerville, NY
This was a large orange light moving erradically from the west before moving to the east/northeast. It looked like it wasn't very high in the air and it was silent. It almost looked as if it was aflame. I watched it for about 2 minutes before it disappeared.
July 4, 2015 · 11:48 PM · UNKNOWN
New York City (Maspeth), NY
I saw a reddish-orange object coming down from high in the sky over New York City. It seemed almost fiery. At first I thought it was a meteor and I thought we were all going to die. Suddenly, it stopped falling and began moving towards Maspeth at a very fast pace. I lost sight of it because of a large tree in the way. When I saw it again it was climbing back up towards the sky until I could no longer see it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2015 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Puyallup, WA
On the evening of July 4th at around 11:30 P.M. My wife and I were standing on our deck in our back yard watching the neighbors firework displays. I looked to the east, through the trees and saw what appeared to be a solid orange light moving in a south, southwest direction at a speed relatively close to an to a commercial jet. A couple of months ago I made a report to this site about a triangular object with an exceptionally bright solid white light. As that object moved to the south and disappeared, the light turned to an orange and the object disappeared. The orange light on this craft was exactly like the light of the triangular craft from my first report. I realized it was something different when I noticed that it had no blinking lights and was definitely not part of a fireworks display. I quickly pointed it out to my wife and she was somewhat baffled as to what it could be. She only caught a short view, maybe 5-10 seconds before it disappeared behind the trees. I ran into the house, grabbed the binoculars from the table and ran out the front door to pick up it's trajectory. Once outside, I immediately, picked up the object but just as I put the binoculars on it, it disappeared completely. I lowered the binoculars to see if I could see it with a wider field of view and I spotted a second light of the exact same type, coming out from behind the trees and following the same course as the original, but it appeared to be further in the distance as it looked somewhat smaller. I started to raise the binoculars again and this light also disappeared. I scanned the area just the same and one thing stood out, the sky was completely cl! ear where both objects disappeared and the stars in the background were completely visible, there was no obstruction to block my view of either object. The whole incident probably lasted right at or under one minute. These two objects were coming from the northeast and they disappeared very near to where I lost sight of the first object back in April. As with the first sighting, these objects made no sound. When I asked my wife what she thought, she said that they looked similar to lights on an airplane but she agreed that it was weird that they wouldn't have any blinking lights or that their lights would be orange. It's possible that rising smoke from all of the fireworks could have given them an orange hue but about ten minutes later a commercial jetliner crossed the path that they had taken and it looked white with two blinking lights. It was very clear that the lights that we saw were completely different. The lights, even in orange looked exceptionally bright. I stated in my first report that we live near joint base Lewis/McChord and we've seen plenty of military traffic go over our home. This was nothing like anything we've seen. I scanned some other reports from our general location and noticed that I'm not the only one who has described similar objects. Just wondering if they could be testing something at the base? This base isn't normally known for that I kind of activity but I have a limited knowledge of what they do there on the Air Force side. The sky was clear, no wind and just for the record, I don't drink, do drugs or take medication of any kind. I'm not saying that these things are extra terrestrial, most things have a logical explanation, but this one has me stumped. If you have any suggestions I would be open to hear them. Until then I guess I'll keep looking in that area to see if this happens regularly. One last question regarding the lights. If there was no obstruction in my view, which there was not, I have never heard of an aircraft, much less two, that suddenly turn off all of their exterior lights when flying at night. If it were a plane, why would they do that?
July 4, 2015 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Martinsburg, PA
It came in at a steady smooth speed, but as it got closer the light dimmed and it got to a very small fine light as it was almost on top of where they were lighting off their fireworks it stopped approaching and simply went straight back like reverse in a car. Now I have done a lot of research and have yet to find anything that can reverse in mid-air.
July 4, 2015 · 10:27 PM · UNKNOWN
Oak Lawn, IL
There was something that looked slightly invisible that I could see moving in space fast. It then broke into two, and then both did wide turns on opposite sides at the same time. They both faded away at the same time too. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Greensboro, NC
While watching celebration, I noticed fluorescent green light hovering over the crowd about 500+ ft off ground. Wasn't moving. Just staying still.
July 4, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Vancouver, WA
We were watching fireworks and I noticed high in the sky bright green lights flashing in a row then bright red lights flashing in a row. The craft was just hovering for quite some time, then it moved and then just stopped and hovered again. We seen a plane and a helicopter flying in a different direction which we were able to clearly make out, but we could not make out the shape of the craft because of the lights. It hovered and moved a couple of times and it looked strange the way it could just stop and make no movement instantly. After a while it just seemed to drop then take off. No sound was heard from the craft.
July 4, 2015 · 9:58 PM · UNKNOWN
Thornton, CO
I was watching the firework display at the city rec center, facing west, and just before the finale started, I noticed a few aircraft behind the fireworks display. One was clearly a plane, and disappeared into the clouds but the other appeared as a group of four lights and was motionless, other than the two lights closest to me which were flashing at a consist (sic. Constant) rate. During the finale, the craft moved east toward me, and then hovered to the south of me. At this point I started taking video on my phone. After hovering for a couple minutes it drifted south, and then seemed to drop elevation at a rapid rate. As it reached the house line, it disappeared behind a house and then I caught it briefly between two houses before it was gone.
July 4, 2015 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Lake Wylie, SC
Myself and two friends went to watch the fireworks display at the Buster Boyd Bridge in Lake Wylie, S.C.. While the fireworks were exploding I noticed a red mark in the sky off to the right of my field of vision. It was stationary and hovering directly above Venus and Jupiter. I watched it for a few minutes before I told my friends to check it out. It stayed there for about 5 minutes the took a direct path south, then stopped and hovered for a couple minutes and, then changed direction towards the north and continued to hover, a few minutes after the fireworks had ended it abruptly took of at a very high rate of speed heading westward. It was a steady red/orange color and it had a flashing light. If I had to estimate the altitude of the craft I would say somewhere between 2000-2500 feet in the air
July 4, 2015 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Auburn, NE
We were at Fourth of July event when these objects started flying from our South sky and headed North West. They kept coming one after another up to about seven of them. Then a few minutes later, one came across the sky from East to West. They were a solid white or yellowish light all the way past us. Seemed odd for that many planes in a row to be passing over at night? No sound at all.
July 4, 2015 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Greensboro, NC
While watching fireworks from Greensboro coliseum, me and my wife saw what we thought was an airplane, until it stopped for a moment, turned right, moved towards the fireworks, then stopped for 5 to 10 minutes. Backed up, went up and down, moved forward, stopped again for 5 minutes or so, then moved away stopping briefly, then going out of sight. All moves were sharp angles. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2015 · 8:47 PM · UNKNOWN
Poughkeepsie, NY
Empirically, this object moved at incredible speeds (vertical and horizontal in particular); object moved across the sky to where fireworks were igniting in sky. Besides the speed, what caught my attention was the object displayed two quick on and off light display. As if it was taking a picture. We have amended the time above, and reposted on July 10, 2015. PD
July 3, 2015 · 12:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Denver, CO
Heard my girl screaming, went out back and saw thirty to forty very bright objects, shining as bright as stars, flying in a loose formation not unlike birds or a school of fish. Ran down the street until they disappeared behind cloud cover. Five minutes later, heavy helicopters circling the area (Govt?) Phenomenal. Someone else had to have seen it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 2, 2015 · 11:56 PM · UNKNOWN
Portland, OR
I just watched a UFO fly by our house. I did not pay too much attention to it when I first noticed it. I thought it was a slow moving private plane with a landing light on. As it passed by I could see that it did not have typical navigation lights and it did not make a sound. The white light I saw was on the right side and I could make out what looked to be three barely visible white lights on the left side. I could not make out the shape of the craft, but it appeared to be dark in color. Its heading was North to South, then when it was South of my position, it turned to the Southwest. I would guess the altitude at about 1000 feet. And fairly close, maybe 500 feet away, if you drew a line on the ground to where it passed by. This case was first posted for July 3rd, but the correct date appears to be July 2nd. We apologize for the error. PD
July 2, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Livonia, MI
At 10:00 p.m. on July 2, 2015, I noticed four very low lights that could be seen to the northwest of Livonia, Michigan, off of Seven Mile Road and Newburgh. They looked to be over the Northville, or Farmington Hills, area. There were two larger lights in front that seems to be pulsating. In the back, were two more smaller round lights that didn't seem to be pulsating. I went inside to get my parents. We could not make the shape out of the craft. The four lights possibly being two large ones in the front of the craft, and two smaller ones in the back of the craft. It was visible for about two hours. At 12:30 a.m., on July 3, I checked back outside, after going inside for a half hour, and the lights were finally gone. They were stationary for two hours, and no one else seemed to be outside viewing the lights in our area, they were very visible and unlike anything we have ever seen, in person, in our lifetime. It resembled lights we had seen in previous UFO footage aired on television programs.
July 1, 2015 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
St. George, UT
Group of 3 lights in the sky, moving from West to East, at an extremely high rate of speed. Stopped from full speed to stationary, almost instantaneously, and hovered for 10 seconds, then jumped to full speed again heading north, turned around and headed south again at speed. Once again stopped from full speed and hovered then shot towards the earth and disappeared. Lights were red in color and flashed some. Was clear to see the lights and movement but hard to see what the shape was. Took a few pictures with camera phone and I'd be happy to email them to you. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Disregard the report i submitted. Craft came back on a clear day as opposed to cloudy when i first saw it. Same time of a day at around evening time. Someone was flying their drone. Same light pattern, same movement patterns, but the clouds created an illusion of a much greater distance and speed moving across the sky. I apologize, I just don't want to have a hoax report because it discredits what is a legitimate search. ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM))
July 1, 2015 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Mesa, AZ
Two hovering lights over SE Mesa. Held position for an hour. No sound and lights did not flash. Venus and Jupiter. PD
July 1, 2015 · 5:31 PM · UNKNOWN
Port Blair, ANDAMAN · India
I don't know what is that thing....first I didn't notice after 2 or 3 hours I go back to Home and checking pictures then I notice this thing I have no idea what that thing is I try everything to find that thing but I fail that was last time , it's been 6 years now I still Remember that day ...I'm published this picture now because no one believe me Some people say that was just a airplane, some say bird but I know that was not normal thing I believe in myself so from that day I exploring mysterious things and one day I show everyone That we are not alone.....
July 1, 2015 · 8:15 AM · UNKNOWN
Coppell, TX
As my husband and I were driving home from dropping off my car for repairs, we were down the street from our home, when I looked up and saw wiring (sic. Writing) in the sky. I was trying to take pictures while we drove but it was to shaky and you many trees. We arrived home and I saw another letter or number being created but the craft creating it was not visible. I have a picture and video of this happening. It liked (sic. Looked) like maybe "boom town 7/3." Very weird.
June 30, 2015 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Houston, TX
Very strange. Object appeared moving East to West at something close to normal plane speed in Eastern sky. The reason I noticed it was that it had only two red lights--not the normal red, white and green seen on airplanes. Then it stopped- just plain stopped- for maybe 10 to 15 seconds- then began a rapid descent straight down- It wasn't too far from me- perhaps anywhere from 1 to 5 miles East of my location- the Spring Branch area of Houston- which is approximately 12 miles west of downtown. I was glad it wasn't closer because it may have been out to take someone or something. It disappeared behind the tree horizon and did not reappear. I'm sorry but did not have camera with me. It did not come down like a helicopter- but it motored straight down- weird. Actual shape was not evident but similar to plane. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 29, 2015 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
San Pedro, CA
We suspect that the objects are Venus and Jupiter, which are very close to one another in the western sky, on this date. PD
June 29, 2015 · 12:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Walnutport, PA
Quickly went into house. told 2 family members. it is very dark and mountainous Were we live. We have requested more information from the witness. PD
June 28, 2015 · 1:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Charlotte, NC
Four, evenly spaced, bright, star like lights moving from East to West at approximately 60 degrees in the sky. The lights did not trail, fall, or speed up. They vanished.
June 26, 2015 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Albany, NY
((name and address of witness deleted)) Second Street ((deleted)) Albany, New York 12206 ((telephone number deleted)) About me: I am a former ((deleted--military)) trained and with other skills including observation. I later reenlisted in the ((deleted)) and stood watches looking for anything approaching and around the ships I was on at sea; this was in the water and air. After the military, I trained as a civilian pilot, but stopped my flight school during 2001 on 9/11. I watch the sky and know what I see. On 6/26 at approximately 2100 hours, I was southbound in Albany on route 787 on the ramp to interstate I- 90’s, the arterial. About 30 degrees north of the horizon and due south I saw three orange pinpoint spots in the sky. This was different from normal air traffic. There were no standard aviation lights which are green, white, and red. The spots went from two and one behind at a third. They were traveling at a high rate of speed and not on a normal flight path, usually in this part of the sky in the landing path to Albany Airport. They were far in the distance. Their path was from east to west. I was into a turn and couldn’t keep my eyes on them due to traffic. When I was out of traffic they were gone. They were not stars there were two planets in the low sky to the west that might be Venus and Jupiter, maybe Mars and they were white in color. I saw no stars. This was not glare or a reflection. These were moving and orange. The first two were about five degrees apart and the third back at ten degrees from the second and a little lower in the sky maybe by one or two degree. I do not believe they were any form of meteor (falling stars) because there was no trail or streak and they weren’t bright enough. They were traveling at the same rate of speed paralleled to the horizon. ((name of witness deleted))