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July 8, 2018 · 11:30 AM · SPHERE
Austin, TX
Walked towards my house where I could still see it, opened my garage and my son was there. Told him to come look and grab his cell phone. Tried to get a video but it is not clear.
July 8, 2018 · 2:00 AM · SPHERE
Salinas, CA
Driving home from Salinas late around 2 am, not any cars coming towards us but two in front. Saw a green light flash in the sky and looked like it was coming down out of the sky and then just vanished out. We were not around any civilization, just fields. The two cars in front of us pulled over and i saw the drivers peering up into the sky as well. It was crazy and i couldn't believe my eyes but seeing the other cars look up and my boyfriend saw it too so it was definitely something!!!! ((ADDENDUM #1 FROM WITNESS)) Hi there! I thought it could have been a meteor as well but it was far too big and far too green!! It was like a green orb but the inside was bright! It was just crazy how to two cars in front of us immediately pulled over as well and i saw the drivers and passengers looking into the sky so I felt like they saw something as well and it wasn’t an ordinary meteor, but I’m open for speculation! Hahaha it was just SUPER COOL! I feel like I’ve waiting my whole life to see something like that!! ((END ADDENDUM #1)) ((ADDENDUM #2)) It was around 2:00 AM on Sunday the 8th! Coming home from the movies in Salinas coming to Watsonville! ((END ADDENDUM #2)) Thanks!!
July 7, 2018 · 10:45 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalPignan, Languedoc Roussillon · France
Le 07 juillet 2018 vers 22h45 un témoin, dans son jardin, voit apparaître une lumière rougeoyante orangée à plusieurs kilomètres au-dessus de l'horizon. La boule s'approchant silencieusement, le témoin est de plus en plus intrigué et passe en revue de nombreuses hypothèses explicatives. L'objet disparaît dans un nuage puis réapparaît. L'observation dure entre 1 à 2 minutes. Le témoin a le temps de le prendre en photo avec son téléphone puis l'objet disparaît "sur place". Aucun autre témoignage n'a été recueilli sur ce phénomène. Le témoin a probablement observé une lanterne thaïlandaise arrivant depuis le Nord et s’éteignant lors du passage à son Est : - la couleur ( "Orangée, très brillant, complètement illuminée, un peu comme la couleur de la braise incandescente" ) ; - la forme ( "au loin une boule puis une forme .... difficile à décrire car « mouvante », voir comme un plasma en fusion plutôt allongé, un peu en forme de tube mais l'arrière évasé. Le contour était encore plus lumineux et très orangé comme en feu"). Lorsque la lanterne s'approche et monte en élévation, le dessous du brûleur de la lanterne peut faire obstacle à la lumière et c'est le contour de la lanterne qui paraît plus lumineux. La combustion et son scintillement donnent un effet de feu et de fluctuation de contour de ce feu. Certaines lanternes peuvent avoir une forme évasée : - la trajectoire Nord-Sud est conforme au vent mesuré qui est de Nord (voir sur le site Météociel, - la disparition est également conforme. La fin de combustion peut donner l'impression de "disparition de matière sur place". La chute de la lanterne éteinte et sombre n'est pas toujours visible, - une nuit de week-end estival est propice à un événement festif de ce type. Dans cette hypothèse, la lanterne a traversé un nuage. La perception de témoin est bien celle d'une lueur s'estompant sur fond de nuage, donc probablement par traversée de la partie basse de celui-ci. Les lanternes volent rarement à plus de 300 m d'altitude mais le témoin mentionne les quelques nuages comme étant bas. Cette description ne s’oppose donc pas à l'hypothèse lanterne. L'hypothèse satellite est à rejeter. La forme évolue trop en grosseur (comme implicitement déduit de la description). Seule l'ISS pourrait donner une telle impression de lueur et taille importante et grossissante mais l'ISS n'est pas dans le ciel. De plus, la disparition ne peut pas se faire ainsi, en absence de couverture nuageuse soutenue. L’hypothèse de météorite est à rejeter aussi car la durée du phénomène est trop longue (et sa vitesse angulaire trop lente). En conséquence le GEIPAN classe le cas en B : observation probable dune lanterne thaïlandaise. [GEIPAN classification B — Lanterne thai]
July 7, 2018 · 9:50 PM · SPHERE
Tulsa, OK
Spherical red light moving through the night sky. It came from the north and moved south. Lost sight of it after 3 minutes. The light was steady, but appeared to have a shadow moving along the edge of it.
July 7, 2018 · 2:36 PM · SPHERE
Bayonne, NJ
Standing on my mother's deck in Bayonne New Jersey saw a white dot of a light in the sky. At first it was stationary then it drifted to my left stopped became stationary again and drifted again. As a point of reference an airplane went by in the same direction and blue sky. In proximity of Newark airport but I grew up in this house my whole life and this was definitely not an airplane It drifted in a southerly direction.
July 6, 2018 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Spencerport, NY
I saw a bright orange spherical object moving fast across the sky that caught my attention. It was moving around in a a wiggly "S" pattern which I thought was peculiar and I knew planes could not fly this way. It also had no discernible shape, it was just a ball of light, so I didn't think it was a plane. I observed it for several minutes so I also did not think it was some sort of stray firework or something. When I grabbed my phone to begin taking video, the object completely disappeared! A few moments later I saw two planes in the sky with rapidly blinking lights. The planes were going in opposite directions around the area where I had previously seen the orange ball of light. The ball of light then returned and shot out between the two planes at a much higher rate of speed than either plane was flying. The ball of light then winked out, then came back along the same path, then winked out, then came back again, then finally winked out and was gone for good. The planes continued on their trajectories for another moment and then both planes were also gone.
July 6, 2018 · 3:00 AM · SPHERE
Sandy springs, GA
I was out side on back patio having a smoke when I herd this ungodly noise sounded like an animal but also electrical as well like a electrical transformer malfunctioning. Then me and the Witness’s wifi and phone signal went out. We hand to turn phones on and off to fix. Shirt after the noise I noticed the ball in the sky seems to look like a star but it’s brighter then anything else in the sky. And was not facing north so wasn’t the northern star. So I took pictures from a exact point. And waited 15 min and took a pic agin to make shore I wasn’t seeing things but it was moving slight movements almost evading me filming it. And we both had this horrible feeling as if something was wrong. Almost a fear it just felt like something really bad was going to happen. And my eyes would not stop tearing almost crying basically but I was fine. My dog actually started freaking out and barking and wouldn’t allow us to stay out there alone as if he felt the danger too.
July 6, 2018 · 2:30 AM · SPHERE
Seneca, SC
Outside smoking. Seen orbs flying and taking formation and very synchronized. Wouldn't show in picture/video. Ringleader orb however did show. First glance I thought planet but to bright and it seems low. Recorded, screen shot picture, brightened, and changed to B&W HD. Emailing. Picture has the shape of a black sphere with a tail. Looks like the silouette of a jet inside an orange orb.
July 5, 2018 · 10:45 PM · SPHERE
Rochester, WA
In the clear Western sky, I saw what looked like a very bright star or planet, but it was more yellow than white and seemed to flicker. I watched for a minute or two and it disappeared then reappeared. I went outside and took some pictures and video with my phone. Zooming in it was definitely not a star or planet. It changed colors and seemed like a light with a glowing aura that changed colors, yellow to a blueish green and back to yellow. Each time it appeared it would be in the same vicinity, but not in the exact same place. It stayed in the same place but appeared to me moving in place if that makes sense. I filmed for 42 seconds and it disappeared on film. I did not move the phone. Then it came back for a third and final time and I filmed for over 3 minutes zooming in and out to try to get a better focus. I stopped filming and then filmed another minute or so and it appeared to be moving and fading in and out until it disappeared again. On the 3 minute video, an anomaly occurred that was only evident after viewing it after the fact. There is one second that something like a cloud or a vapor passes closely in front of the camera, but the orb never disappears in the far distance. There were no clouds or mist around me while filming so I have no idea what it was. About 20 minutes after it disappeared completely, large aircraft began circling the area where I saw it and I also have some footage of that, too. The only thing going on that night near that vicinity was the Indian Reservation was setting off some loud fireworks, but nothing like you see on the 4th of July. It looked more like lightening. This orb was off to the right a good distance away and low in the sky, but high enough for me to think it was a star or a planet. Most people are telling me it's a drone, but I haven't seen footage of drones behaving in this manner or that were this large. I am willing to share the footage, but I don't see where to upload it to this report. Please let me know if you would like to see it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 5, 2018 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Marin County, CA
Multiple bright gold yellow orange lights seen in groups at treetop level. Slow moving and stationary lights seen in groups of up to 5 or 6 at a time coming from Mt. Tamalpais area and swarming around this area. Lights seem to appear about 15 to 30 seconds apart and follow each other in an evenly spaced flight formation. This same activity also happened on 6-28 and 6-29 with these glowing spheres of light following each other about 15 seconds apart for about 45 minutes.
July 4, 2018 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Chicago, IL
Going from South to North over Chicago two bright red tennis objects slowly floated over my house. On a very clear night with little clouds they were very clear. They had no noise and were fairly low. Not blurry they were very clear. A minute later another single white object followed the other two now not visible going South over Chicago. They were clearly flying lower then the planes landing at O'Hare airport.
July 4, 2018 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Holiday, FL
My wife and I were outside watching the neighborhood fireworks all around us when I noticed a reddish orange orb in the east sky. The object was moving from east to west across the sky. As it made it’s way over the Gulf of Mexico, the object appeared to have stopped for about 30 seconds and then disappeared. There was no sound, there were no blinking lights, just a fully illuminated reddish orange orb. As it was the Fourth of July, I’m sure there must be many people who were looking in the sky last night and must have witnessed this orb.
July 4, 2018 · 9:40 PM · SPHERE
Hastings, MN
Started as a solid light moving South to North, straight at me, high in the air, but could not tell how high. As light got closer, a black half sphere was above the light, but no wings on the sides. When directly over me, the single light had additional dots of lights surrounding it, with lines of light connecting them, like an old wagon wheel. I could not see any black body extending out from the light in any direction. When it passed over me a bit, the light went back to a single light and the same black sphere above it could be visible again. When it left my sight, turned around and a second identical object, identical light, identical height, speed, path, everything identical, went overhead. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2018 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Dewey Beach, DE
The red sphere was huge and seemed to scan the area. The diamond shaped UFO had a rectangular bright white light (like a large window) at the front tip., the other three tips had inconsistent flashing lights with seemingly no pattern or correlation. The lights would flash colors like red to white, just red, and just green. while some of the other lights were just solid red, green, or white. From a distance they were like dots of light, as they got closer and flew slowly, directly over us, they appeared to be square/diamond shapes. None of the UFOs did not made noise. Some moved individually, some moved in pairs, but as they departed they headed in the same direction. They appeared to mimic planes. We believe that the lights served as either a communication tool with one another or as a way to disguise themselves as air planes. Based on the movement and size of the crafts, they were piloted directly, not remotely . However, with the technology we have available to us today, it's movements are not consist with a modern day piloted aircraft. Again, the UFOs more drone in it's horizontal and vertical movements. None of these observations occurred under the influence. The planet Mars was very visible and not to be confused with this UFO event.
July 4, 2018 · 9:07 PM · SPHERE
Stuart, FL
As another report south of Stuart, FL, we also saw the slow moving glowing and pulsing red sphere. We were outside for forth of July when I saw the object moving north. I ran inside to grab my phone, came out and video'd the rest of the sighting for about 2 minutes. After a minute more it shot off extremely fast north east towards the ocean in which seconds later was no longer visible due to distance.
July 4, 2018 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Shalimar, FL
After fireworks, saw light orbs rise and float around before quickly descending back down to just re-appear rising back up several times. (( Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)
July 4, 2018 · 2:00 PM · SPHERE
Olive Hill, KY
we were flying our drone as high as it would go, and we seen this in the sky. We have it on video from the drone. The object was black and did not seem to move.
July 3, 2018 · 10:59 PM · SPHERE
Burbank/Glendale, CA
Possible sighting of a planet, we wonder?? PD
July 3, 2018 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Stratford, CT
Stratford, Connecticut. July 3, 2018 between 10pm and 10:20pm. While watching fireworks at Short Beach, we observed a red ball-shaped object pass overhead towards the south west..and then again coming from the northwest heading southwest. There were no flashing strobes to indicate it was any kind of known aircraft.
July 3, 2018 · 1:00 AM · SPHERE
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
I looked in the sky and saw an orange ball of light with no movement. I called my brother out to see it as well. I took pictures and it looks like a rocky shape surrounds the ball of light. It looked to be above the edge of the coast. We watched for about 20 minutes and it did not move. My brother wanted to go to bed and I was afraid to stay out there by myself, so I could not see what it did from there. Last night, July 4th, it was there again in the same spot and not moving. Possibly a sighting of a planet? Mars? PD
July 2, 2018 · 4:30 AM · SPHERE
Greenwood, DE
Large orb of pulsing light flying just over cornfield several hundred yards south of route 16 heading east. Light appeared several feet in diameter, very bright but hazy with no definite shape. Light gained altitude after passing me and seemed to linger in the distance.
July 1, 2018 · 9:23 PM · SPHERE
West Fargo, ND
I was pulling into my garage of my apartment complex in West Fargo on July 1 at 9:20 pm. I began to back my car into the garage, when out of the corner of my eye, I see something in the sky. I put my vehicle into neutral and pulled the parking brake before exiting to get a closer look at what it was. As soon as I put my eyes on the object I knew it was something I had never seen before. It was a metallic sphere around 3 feet in diameter, the color was dull but I could tell it was solid metal. At first eye contact I was about 50ft from the object and it was hovering 5-10ft above the power lines that run perpendicular with the road. As soon as I consciously thought, "That's a ufo" the object began to move. I ran closer to the power lines and began to pull my cellphone from my pocket to record video. The object moved quickly north east directly into the wind. It moved how i would describe "on a rope" as if it was not affected by the wind which ! is strange for a typical object of that size like a balloon. I would estimate the object went from standstill to moving around 30mph in under 5 seconds. After I finally was able to retrieve my cellphone from my pocket and open the camera to record I estimate the object was 2000ft away from me and at an altitude of 1000ft. The video i recorded you can see the object but its very small and you cant get much from it other than that it confirms I did see an object. After I recorded for around 10 seconds I watched it go directly into a large storm cloud and disappear from sight. I believe its important to add that I believe im a credible observer who is unlikely to misidentify a drone or balloon being that I have lots of experience with drones. It made no sound from what I could tell. Also my father and Uncle were both f-16 pilots in the Air National Guard flying out of Fargo and I have lots of experience identifying aircraft.
July 1, 2018 · 1:16 PM · SPHERE
Riverhead, NY
An orb of light streaked across the sky during the day while I was riding my bike. It was a ball of light that disappeared after about 10 seconds after I noticed it. It was white, and a circle. It was a clear sunny day.
June 30, 2018 · 10:05 PM · SPHERE
Newbury Park, CA
This incident occurred in Newbury Park, CA on Saturday June 30th 2018. I went outside to move my vehicle from the street to my driveway. On my way back into the house, a blue light in the eastern skies caught my attention. Initially, it looked like an electric blue disk heading west at roughly the same speed as a Cessna aircraft. Judging the object’s velocity, altitude, and size accurately is difficult as there is nothing to compare it to in the 10:05 pm skies. Because this object reminded me of another sighting that I had 6 years earlier, I ran inside, grabbed the 12mm x 50mm binoculars to get a quick glimpse as I wanted to rule out airplanes, satellites, drones, etc. What I saw amazed me. The object looked like a translucent electric blue orb, no defined outline. My GUESTIMATE is that the object was 30-50 feet in diameter and very roughly 1000-1500 feet above me. I then ran into the house, grabbed my night vision monocular and proceeded to track the object. I was tracking its trajectory in relation to the (stationery) stars. To my surprise, the object turned to the south. I concluded that satellites don’t turn, at least not sharply. Then, I remembered that I had a cell phone in my pocket, so I pulled it out a recorded a lousy/shaky video before losing sight of it as it went over the roof of my house. Shaken up and puzzled over what I had just witnessed, I sat in my backyard for a few minutes to gather my thoughts when I look up and I see a red orb in the east heading west, same size, shape, speed, and elevation as the first one. Then, I sat in the backyard, where I have a much better view of the western skies and tracked the red orb with my night vision monocular for about 15 minutes. It headed west. It then turned north and back to the east. Having no clue what the objects are, I started to panic. So, I went inside for a drink of water and to calm my nerves. After a few minutes, I went outside to check the skies to check for additional orbs. Directly above me, I saw a red orb following a green orb. The red orb was approximately 6-8 “orb lengths” in back of the green orb. I took my eyes off of them for about 5 seconds to grab the binoculars and when I looked up the red orb was in front of the green orb by quite a bit. The red orb had stopped, while the green orb proceeded forward toward the red one. When the green orb reached a position that is parallel to the red orb’s position, the green orb stopped and the red one proceeded to move forward. Again, I followed the red orb, but this time with my binoculars, but for only about a minute. I then abandoned the red orb to investigate the green orb, however, it was nowhere to be seen. After the orbs had disappeared, I scanned the skies with my bare eyes for 10-15 minutes when I witnessed something incredible. To the north-north east (NNE) of my location, approximately 1 to 1.5 miles from my location, a blue orb (30-50 feet estimated diameter) ascended from the ground (exact location is unknown as it was dark), in plain view. I immediately called my wife. She came out running and witnessed the orb ascending. We both looked at the orb thru the binoculars as it ascended to the same location where the other orbs had previously been. It seemed to undulate as it rose. It ascended faster than a helicopter, about 2 times faster. This entire incident lasted approximately 40-50 minutes. After this incident, I conducted extensive investigation looking for answers. I searched the internet for local events that involved the release of balloons, local newspapers, local news organizations, looked at the local high school website for weather experiments or other events (high school is closed for the summer), sales events, searched the MUFON and National UFO Reporting Center for new, but similar reports, NOAA website, visited Youtube to see if anybody has posted anything about this specific incident, but no luck. As of yet, I have no answers as to the identity of these objects. Being a scientist, I explored many possible explanations for what my wife and I witnesses. Two possibilities: (1) colored weather balloons with a source of light inside and (2) drones. After careful consideration, I dismissed these explanations as weather balloons don’t stop on a dime, especially when a nearby balloon is in motion. Weather balloons don’t maneuver intelligently. Secondly, drones return to their launch locations. These objects never returned back to where they came from. Large drones tend to be loud. No sound was heard while the orbs maneuvered above us and no sound was heard when the last orb ascended not far from our location. My search for answers did reveal a Youtube video that shows similar orbs that appeared above Newbury Park, CA, some 5 years ago. Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/4vk7du7Hekg