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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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June 10, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Tyrone, PA
The light was moving in a foward, zig zag motion when I called a coworker out to look. I asked him if he thought it was an airplane, and we noticed the firey craft stopped moving in any motion, it was just still. Approximately 30 seconds later, the light ascended slowly, then literally "shot like a sling shot" into the sky. It went from being visible to out of sight in milliseconds. Was most definitely the most incredible, strangest event I have ever witnessed. I am a registered nurse, and very skeptical of anything " out of norm." I cannot say for certain it was a UFO, but I could have no other explanation as to what it was, mostly because of the motions it was taking and how irradically they changed. I wish I could've run and got my phone to take a video, but I couldn't take my eyes off of it in some weird attraction and awe.
June 10, 2014 · 3:30 AM · FIREBALL
Eagan, MN
While working over night, I stepped out of the building for my break and headed toward our company balcony. You can see air plains crossing the sky all the time and visible city lights. To night was a bit strange though, when I went out side I saw what I thought was the moon except it was a color orange that I had never seen before. I took out my phone to try to take a picture, it was so low in the horizon and so bright, I wanted to see if I could capture the image. The only thing was it seem to be shrinking, and at a fast rate. I am not good with N,E,S,W directions so I would say it was going forward moving away from me but it didn't set like the sun does; it just kept getting smaller until it was no longer there. This left me feeling a bit perplexed, I work over night I have seen the moon in many fazes including the more recent lunar eclipse, after witnessing this I am convinced it was not the moon but I have no clue what it was.
June 9, 2014 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
Valdosta, GA
I was driving on the highway, after leaving the theme park, when I saw a giant green flame go across the sky and strike around where the university is located. I thought I was seeming a meteor or weapon landing and braced myself for contact tremors, or fire and wind like you see in movies. Nothing happened and I looked around at other vehicles they seem to continue normally. The next day I saw nor heard anything in the news and to this day I know what I saw, but I'm not sure what I witnessed. Source of report indicates that the date is approximate. PD
June 8, 2014 · 9:05 PM · FIREBALL
Bozeman, MT
At 9:05-9:12 pm on June 8, 2014, my wife came and got me, saying that there were either ufo’s or military action going on outside. I went outside and saw 2 bright orange object moving away from each other. She said she had counted 11 objects moving up into the sky from several directions. I went and got my camera and got a couple of movies that were ok, but the auto focus kept going in and out, making it hard to discern the objects, and the lighting wasn’t that good. The odd thing about the last object we saw was that it was coming up on the south side of the mountain range, as if it had just launched from the ground between us and the foothills of the Bridger mountains. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be quite eloquent and sober-minded in his description of the sighting event. We suspect that his report is an accurate portrayal of what was seen. PD
June 7, 2014 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
West Deptford, NJ
Noticed a bright reddish orange light moving from very low to high, east to west. Watched it seem to disappear behind on the clouds, watched another appear from seemingly same location and move in the same pattern. The third appeared and did the same thing. The bright red light was pulsing slightly and causing an almost cross formation from the light, that part was faint. Planes in the sky were much higher than the objects
June 7, 2014 · 10:18 PM · FIREBALL
Miami, FL
I was driving back home, until i saw a strange light. it was strange because of the fact that it flickered like a fire. i was driving north west towards the light until i came into a red light and decided to park my car by some apartments. the fire descended very slowly it would move vertical and horizontal and i got a good clear view on it. It had a nucleus that was somewhat dark bright it was orange and around it, it appeared to have flames. I took a picture when it was about 2000 feet. I speculated it for 2 more minutes and it ascended slowly while fading away as if it was ghostly like. (The picture came out like a small curved light) Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 7, 2014 · 10:15 PM · FIREBALL
Sedro Woolley, WA
My boyfriend was yelling at me from the backyard. He ran into the house, and said come and look at the light in the sky. I followed him out to the front yard. Then we walked into the street, and i saw a bright red orange fireball. At first, I thought it was a meteor, but it had no tail. It was the brightest object in the sky. It was a constant red orange color. It didn't pulsate. Best way I could describe it is, a cross between an orb, and the color of a fireball. I have never seen anything like it before. It was traveling from the south to the north. It turned heading slightly northeast before fading, and appeared to reassemble a star. Then got bright, before fading away again. Another bright red orange object appeared in the south before the other one disappeared. It was traveling north, but took a different path, more northwest. There was an airplane in the sky with flashing lights. Traveling from east to west. It is impossible for me to guess how far away, or how big it was. The second ball of light faded, and got bright again. Then disappeared behind the mountain to the north of us. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) The event happened on June 7, 2014. Sorry about that. I wrote my birthday for some strange reason. ((END ADDENDUM)) Date is flawed. PD
June 7, 2014 · 10:15 PM · FIREBALL
Sedro Woolley, WA
I was sitting on the back porch and notice an object that was orange in color, looked like a fireball, moving from the south to the north. I yelled to my girlfriend to come look. I went into the house and had her go out front with me to see this light. We were there and watched it go out of sight, then another came into view travelling from the south to north. The second one was following a different path, and like the first vanished from sight behind the mountain to our north. There was no sound generated from these two objects. There was only one aircraft in the vicinity with blinking red and white lights. This aircraft was travelling from the east to the west. I want to add that I do NOT believe in these things, however, I thought I should report it. We see many aircraft and I work on an airport and see many different aircraft. In my years, I have never seen anything like these two objects. Adding these lights were constant and not flashing. Towards the end of the visual on both objects, the light seemed to fade, then get bright again, and then fade away. It almost looked as if it were a meteor coming into our atmosphere, but was in our atmosphere. Anyways, I thought I would report on this sighting.
June 7, 2014 · 10:03 PM · FIREBALL
Mansfield, MA
At outdoor Dave Matthews concert, admiring a satellite passing by, when a fireball with a bright red flaming tail passed through the sky and behind the trees. Many witnesses were pointing at it and screaming excitedly. Shortly thereafter from behind us another similar object, red and yellowish, which seemed to be headed straight towards us but suddenly disappeared. It was behind the crowd's view this time, so less witnesses saw this one. Then right after that another much smaller red object seemed to fall straight down in the same area where the first fireball was seen.
June 7, 2014 · 10:03 PM · FIREBALL
Arlington, MA
Turned off 95 N on to 2 E and immediately saw a large blue fireball very low in sky change shape and disappear in leftward motion
June 7, 2014 · 12:05 PM · FIREBALL
Esterhazy (Canada), SK · Canada
4 fire bright fireballs floating up and disappear, then 1 more slow one. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 6, 2014 · 1:50 AM · FIREBALL
Peterborough (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Went into the country side at 01:50 am near Yaxley Perterborough looking at stars .... saw the space station go over our heads...then looked at the other direction towards where mars was in the night sky and saw a star brighter than any other move over the night sky and it seemed to wobble left to right constantly while changing direction..... Never going to forget that.
June 5, 2014 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Aurora, CO
5 bright lights were seen heading west all within a few minutes of each other. Images would not show up on camera for some reason. Thought they were meteors, but no news on them, and have never seen planes go that way. A second telephoned report from other witnesses in Aurora, CO, was received on the morning of Friday, June 6th. It appears that both groups witnessed the same cluster of objects. We are awaiting those other reports from the second set of witnesses, as we post the database on June 6th, 2014. PD
June 5, 2014 · 9:00 AM · FIREBALL
Lutz, FL
Husband and I saw first 3 what looked like red fire balls move from west to east. 2 were together then the 3rd one came up real quick as to catch us with the other 2. Then shortly after those 3 another one, then 2 more. No noise, but they looked like actual fire balls moving across the sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. Date was corrected on February 9, 2015. PD
June 5, 2014 · 5:38 AM · FIREBALL
St. Petersburg, FL
Erratic movements. Never in the same place. Then stopped and very rapidly disappeared.
June 4, 2014 · 11:55 PM · FIREBALL
Millboro, VA
At approximately 11:55 pm on June 4th, 2014, I went outside for some air and was almost immediately stunned to see, at extremely close range (between 50 to not more than 65 yards away, and close to the ground approximately 12-15 ft.), a strange object. This object had a "roiling" surface, with the appearance of an orange fireball. It was circular in shape, and looked as if molten metal was dripping off of its sides. This was quite dramatic, shocking to be candid. It was stationary, there was no noise whatsoever, the weather was calm, clear and warm, with no observable winds - and this object seemed to have a very deliberate purpose. Now, this is just a strong mental impression I had, that was formed immediately, on the spot, in my head; as it was such a strong impression, it struck me as odd, alarming, and frighteningly real. Frankly, I was too stunned to run inside to look for a camera, and stood outside staring at it for approximately 5 minutes, as I just could not believe my eyes yet at the same time I knew it was true - a very odd sensation. I had the strong impression that its purpose was quite deliberate, yet I have absolutely no idea what gave me that impression - the best I can describe is to say that it seemed to be very deliberate and bold in both its presence and appearance, above and beyon! d the shock value. Strange. Once I was satisfied that I was NOT sleepwalking (something I have never done), not out of my mind or perhaps seeing things (so to speak), I ran inside to wake my wife to get her to see it as well. By this time it was right at midnight, almost exactly. Normally she awakes quickly, but this night it was very hard to rouse her, taking a good 2 minutes to get her to awake and finally stumble out of bed. I rushed her outside to show her what I was seeing, and we arrived in time to see it for perhaps 5 more seconds, and then it suddenly shrank in size very quickly & dramatically while at the same time appearing to travel directly away from us at an extremely rapid pace - literally disappearing from our sight almost instantly. It looked as if it disappeared into a slight cloud of smoke, though there was no real smoke present afterwards. Odd, I know, I just cannot explain it any better, and am trying to give all details, as each of these impressions were so strong. Within roughly 15-20 minutes, 3 helicopters appeared along the mountain ridges where we live, and they maintained their presence non-stop over the next 3 days straight (though obviously in rotation for refueling, etc.) - since then, we see these choppers only from time to time, but in the same areas. That night of our sighting, all we could see were the nav lights of the choppers, but during the days these helicopters looked like black unmarked units. After the first night, there were never more than 2 helicopters in sight at any one time, and usually only one, though we could always hear at least one additional helicopter(s) over on the other side of the mountain ridge, which runs anywhere from less than one-half mile to perhaps 3/4 of a mile away from our house, and is easily visible in any weather. Our background is I am in my 60's, my wife in her 50's, we are professional and educated people. I suppose for the sake of fairness I must also say that I have personally had a strong interest in UFO's for decades, and have spoken with many of the "names" in the "industry" - many of whom I consider to be either quacks or having a personal agenda, unfortunately. For many years we (my wife and I, and on occasion also a long-term friend we have known for the better part of 30 years) have studied the skies at night, and particularly in our area, we see strange things in the skies almost nightly - but they are usually at significant distances and high elevations. However, I have studied this for enough years to have some ability to identify things like space debris, stars, rockets, "shooting stars", planets, and their various behaviors, etc. Some satellites and especially space debris (that loves to tumble and give the uninitiated incorrect impressions) can make you think you are seeing something else, so it takes a brutally honest mind, keen eyes, and long periods of time getting familiar with how to study and evaluate various objects in the night sky, especially before attempting to label something as potentially being "not from this Earth". What we saw on the night of June 4th 2014 was not from this Earth, IMO. I am familiar with most types of aircraft, both military and civilian, here in the USA and across most of Europe, and this round fireball has no peer in my personal experience. I have waited these past months looking for other similar reports from my area, and across the state, before finally deciding to report this experience tonight. I tried calling but because my home phone blocks outgoing Caller ID, your phone number will not take any such calls, completely negating the possibility of spoken communications. Rather disappointing after seeing you on TV a couple of years ago, the episode about you being a one-man operation, showing inside your office, showing you personally taking calls, etc. This I find to be a real issue, as I had wanted to speak in further detail about this, due to aspects I will not put in writing. Despite that, I sincerely thank you for your efforts, and want to wish you all the best with hopes that you will continue. We seem to be in a decent sized "flap" over much of 2014 here in Virginia, judging by talking to others and the reports here. Perhaps I will attempt to call you via y cell phone after the holidays so that we may have a conversation, if that is possible. Meanwhile, my wife & I wish you a great New Year.
June 4, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Cherry Hill, NJ
It was heading west, slowly moving orange fireball. It blinked as if it were a candle but was slow moving. Not fast like a meteor. And it was clear skies.
June 3, 2014 · 11:30 PM · FIREBALL
Long Valley, NJ
On June 3rd, 2014, around 11:30 at night, my mom and I looked out the window, just out of curiosity to look at the stars and to our amazement we saw a bright orange orb West of us glowing above the tree line. It was unlike anything we had ever seen before. It was bright orange and extremely big. We then proceeded to go outside to watch it. We looked at it for a good 5-10 minutes and then went inside. About a half hour later it was absolutely no where to be found. We kept looking outside to see if we could find it, and it completely disappeared leaving us extremely confused. We are HUGE believers of ufos and believe that is what we saw that night. We wanted to report this to you so that more people can be aware of the alien phenomenon going on around the globe. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS/FIRST REPORT VIA E-MAIL)) Hello. My name is ((name deleted)). I live in Northwest New Jersey. On June 3rd, 2014, around 11:30 at night, my mom and I looked out the window just out of curiosity to look at the stars, and to our amazement we saw a bright orange orb West of us, glowing above the tree line. It was unlike anything we had ever seen before. It was bright orange and extremely big. We then proceeded to go outside to watch it. We looked at it for a good 5-10 minutes and then went inside. About a half hour later it was absolutely no where to be found. We kept looking outside to see if we could find it, and it completely disappeared leaving us extremely confused. We are HUGE believers of ufos and believe that is what we saw that night. We wanted to report this to you so that more people can be aware of the alien phenomenon going on around the globe. Thank you for your time! ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM))
June 3, 2014 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Battle Creek, MI
We were heading down M-66 North and I could see in the distance a weird fireball in the sky. When we approached the ball it was hovering above the cemetery (before White Rabbit Rd) about 70 feet in the air. We pulled in to watch, the ball hovered and turned orange and red. It then started to ascend in the sky higher still changing colors and finally disappeared after about ten minutes. It was way above the tree lines when it disappeared about 200 feet or more up. There were other people in the cemetery that night but none of them seemed to notice what was above them? My sons were with me ages 12 and 14 and verify the same thing!
June 2, 2014 · 11:07 PM · FIREBALL
Chicago, IL
IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS HIGHER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER STARS. IT KEPT MOVING AT A HIGH SPEED, HEADING NORTHWEST I CAN TELL IT WAS AND ORB LOOKING SPACESHIP I CAN SEE IT WAS SO HIGH UP THAT NO NORMAL PLANE CAN REACH IT, AND IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I SEEN UFO IN THE SKY…
June 2, 2014 · 10:25 PM · FIREBALL
North Liberty, IA
I saw what appeared to be a medium sized red/orange glowing ball shape moving low and silently in the sky, moving east over North Liberty, Iowa. It was moving relatively slowly as well. I witnessed this outside of my home window, while watching tv. The object stayed in sight, for about a minute before it disappeared behind a tree line. The object didn't have any flashing lights, that would indicate it as being a commercial or military flight. I also reported the sighting to a local news station, but I haven't heard back from them. After the sighting
June 1, 2014 · 10:25 PM · FIREBALL
Waterbury, CT
Was watching TV with the lights off when I could see a bright reddish/orange light through the blinds at 10:25PM. I looked out the window and saw what looked like a flaming fireball drifting across the sky. Not a orb or a lantern. It had no solid shape as far as I could tell. I watched it drift sideways and it vanished. While I'm standing at the window texting my friends about this freaky thing I saw, it came again at 10:45PM. Exactly the same type of object moving exactly the same way along the same path until it vanished in exactly the same area as the first one. I stood there for another hour and saw nothing but planes high in the sky circling the area that I saw this. They left no trail and didn't move up or down, just sideways.
June 1, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Dunchurch (Canada), ON · Canada
As soon as it hit the tree line it shoot up a distance on angle. Then shoot across the horizan till I could see it no more. This has been the third encounter in 20 years. At the same house. (( Date is flawed. We have assigned a date and time.
June 1, 2014 · 8:45 PM · FIREBALL
Gilbert, AZ
On June 1, 2014, I was leaving my job near the southwest side of Gilbert, Arizona, heading toward the southeast side. I was on the telephone and was looking for traffic behind me in the side mirror of my vehicle and noticed a red light that looked as if it could have been from a hot air balloon (which are popular around these parts) to the north. After staring for some time I realized there wasn't a hot air balloon. The craft appeared like a triangle with a round top and looked to have flames coming off it. But, after watching a few moments, the craft looked to be moving upward and so were the flames. I told the person on the phone what I was seeing in detail as I continued to look back and forth at the object as I proceeded to drive eastward down the road. As I continued on looking back and forth at the object (unable to stop due to traffic around me), it continued upward until it looked like a small dot next to the moon. I did not see it go through the atmosphere. It moved at a slower pace until it got further upward. I believe this to be a UFO because this is not my first visual encounter.