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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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March 19, 2018 · 3:30 PM · SPHERE
Nooksack, WA
On March 19, 2018, at around 3:30pm I was standing at my kitchen sink, talking on the phone with my mom. I was looking out the window above the kitchen sink while talking on the phone when I noticed light colored, metallic-looking objects in the sky. Initially, I thought they were birds as it is very common to see seagulls, bald eagles, hawks, and other birds where we live. At first, I thought the objects were seagulls. Then I noticed they were moving unlike birds and also moving in and out of the clouds. We had somewhat unusual weather that day with dark clouds in the sky above us, but sun shining in from the west. The sun reflecting off the objects against the dark clouds is what made them noticeable, as they were so small, I probably could not have seen them under normal weather circumstances. The reflecting sun is also what led me to believe they were metallic. As I watched the objects, I observed them moving up and down in and out of the clouds, as well as side to side. At that point they clearly were not birds. I’ve never see birds fly so high up as to go in and out of clouds at the altitude these objects were flying at. They almost moved in a playful manner, seeming to chase each other in and out of the clouds. I believe there were at least two, maybe three, but because they were moving in and out of the clouds it is hard to say with certainly how many; there were at least two, though. The entire event lasted maybe a minute, if that. I said to my mom on the phone, “Oh my god, I think I’m seeing UFOs!” Then they were gone. They disappeared into the clouds and I haven’t seen them since. It should be noted that we live very near to the Canadian border and I saw these objects to the north, quite possibly over Canada. At the time of the event I had a hard time making sense of what I was seeing. I was watching these object, expecting them to act like birds but they didn’t. When I realized they couldn’t be birds, my brain was trying to make sense of what I was seeing, but couldn’t and it was difficult to process while it was happening. Nobody else was with me and, to my knowledge, nobody else saw what I saw. I am a married, stay-at-home mom to three little boys. I have an M.A. in History, a B.A. in Humanities, and worked as an archivist before our first son was born. I own a small cookie decorating business on the side.
March 17, 2018 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
St. George, ME
Looked like seven sisters cluster but brighter - with binoculars it was a spherical shaped structure with green and white lights. It did not appear solid, but rather open with lights, within and around the sphere. It moved very slowly from East of Orion's Belt, to the West horizontally on the plane as the evening progressed. Then it was gone. It did not go higher in the sky but stayed on the same plane some distance away. I saw a different UFO in the same place exactly 2 years and 2 days ago on March 19, 2016. That one hovered for about 25 minutes. This was clearly a different structure and very beautiful.
March 17, 2018 · 6:42 PM · SPHERE
Rowe, NM
On 17 March, 2018, I was taking sunset photos on top of Glorieta Mesa on State Hwy 34. I didn’t notice anything unusual until later that evening while I was viewing the photos. In one there is a glowing blue/green orb on the ground. Four minutes later the orb is rising up into the clouds.
March 16, 2018 · 8:34 PM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
Saw a fuzzy light blue orb darting through the sky at what seemed to be a high altitude, without a sound.
March 16, 2018 · 12:00 PM · SPHERE
Cedar Park, TX
On Friday March 16, 2018, I was walking my dog along the greenbelt on the northern side of Veterans Memorial Park in Cedar Park, Texas. The loop around the park is about 1 1/3 miles total. An aviation buff and lifelong sky watcher, I noticed a white/silver metallic sphere moving at a high rate of speed tracking roughly south to north at an estimated 10-15,000 above ground level. There was no exhaust or visible means of propulsion in a standard sense. While holding my dog’s leash I grabbed my mobile phone out of my pocket to attempt to record some video before the sphere would be lost in my line of sight over the tree line. The video is terrible since I was juggling the dog leash and fighting with the sun glare on my phone. There are only a few frames of the object. I have seen the same type of sphere moving at a fast speed a few years before, ironically, while walking my dog at the park. It is only because of the following activities that I was prompted to get this event documented. After losing sight of the object, I continued around the trail, wondering whether what I witnessed was advanced human technology, or something otherworldly. Minutes later, at approximately 12:07 while walking southbound on the western side of the greenbelt, I heard a low hum and looked left and up. At an altitude of approximately 10,000 feet, I saw what I’m convinced was an Air Force C-17 Globemaster, a huge four engine cargo jet. In nearly four years of living in Central Texas, I’ve never seen one before. It was tracking the same south to north direction of the flying metallic sphere, but approximately two miles east. I could only wonder if the C-17 was tracking the sphere, or it had released the sphere itself in some military test, or if seeing the two in the space of 7 minutes was coincidental. Two days later, on Sunday March 18, 2018, I was, again, walking my dog around the park. While walking northbound on the east side of the park, I began to hear a low rumble and recognized the sound of military helicopters. Only occasionally do you see any military choppers over Cedar Park, even given that the US Army Base Fort Hood is only 45 air miles away north northeast. I stopped and looked around for the choppers. This was 11:22 a.m. Central. What I believe were two Apache attack choppers were about one-half mile south from location, and traveling west at approximately 3,000 feet above ground level. They were flying close together with the lead chopper staggered to the left of the other. What happened next made my jaw dropped the lead chopper abruptly jerked the chopper right (north) over roughly the same track the metallic sphere had been flying two days earlier. The lead chopper’s move must have come to a surprise to the back chopper, because there was nearly a mid-air collision. The two choppers continued that course until I lost sight of them because of the tree line. Just as I was getting to my car to load my dog and head home, I heard another low hum at 11:32 a.m. Flying the same course west as the other two choppers was a lone Apache. And it made the same move (but smoother) of heading north along the track of the other choppers and the metallic sphere two days earlier. I have no idea as to what these events mean. I can only chalk them up to high strangeness at this time.
March 14, 2018 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Salt Lake City, UT
I had a feeling to go outside.. Not for any particular reason, but the energy in the air felt pressurized. I went outside and was taking an Instagram boomerang of the rain and I saw a bright blue orb come flying own the street. I felt it before I saw it and after it passed I realized I also had caught it on camera somehow. It was perfect timing as a boomerang video is only a 1.5 second series of pictures bounced back and forth. Lens flare from street lamp. PD
March 13, 2018 · 7:00 AM · SPHERE
Utica, NY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F77KcA4MKM Maybe a Second UFO In Chopper Crash Video LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd-x-zFpOqw Its Slowed down 36 Seconds In The Video Watch White Orb. We have watched both videos, and believe that the object behind the helicopter may be a bird, perhaps a seagull. We doubt that it is an alien spaceship. PD
March 11, 2018 · 4:00 PM · SPHERE
Newark, NJ
we got a picture for memories.
March 11, 2018 · 2:30 PM · SPHERE
Los Angeles, CA
Landing at LAX approaching from the west coming in from the Pacific Ocean. Coming down through patchy cloud-cover while descending towards LAX, and over the city itself, there was a shiny, reflective, chrome-like sphere visible in between the clouds. It was not concealed by cloud-cover, it was in the open air between the clouds. It had some sort of appendage hanging from the bottom of it that made me think that it looked like a woman's shiny bauble earring, almost. Cannot recall exactly what was appended underneath but the object had a main, large, spherical, shiny body and then a second component below it. It was not nylon or a tether hanging from it; I don't think it was a weather balloon. We flew by it so fast that I did not take a photo of it and it struck me as incredibly odd, and very dangerous, considering that it was directly in the flight path to LAX, and at the same altitude as the 777 that we were in.
March 11, 2018 · 10:40 AM · SPHERE
Waltham (west of), MA
Looked like a large circle with fast moving colors sitting completely still for more than an hour. Finally started moving slowly.
March 10, 2018 · 11:17 PM · SPHERE
Guayaquil (Ecuador), Ecuador
Sorry for my English. My brother and I were at the patio that night was full of star no clouds. Then out of nothing this yellow-orange orb at low altitude flyby from W to E at very High speed (never seen an aircraft at that speed) no sound no trail of any kind. After 1 or one and half minute two airplanes were flying at High altitude and from N to S the other from NE to SW. (( Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))
March 10, 2018 · 11:15 PM · SPHERE
San Antonio, TX
Bright orange sphere traveled from east to west approximately 300 ft off the ground. Object floated silently overhead at a constant rate of speed, maybe accelerating slightly. Considered it may be a drone, but it was extremely silent. Consulted a friend that is a drone enthusiast and they stated that "orange" is not a common color for drone illumination. They contacted other drone enthusiasts to see if any of them knew of/had an orange illuminated drone. No one had orange lights or knew of anyone with orange lights on their drones. I had seen the exact same object a year ago hovering over 410 and NW Military Hwy about 150-200 ft off the ground. There were 2 of them at that time, and both orange, but exactly the same as this recent sighting.
March 9, 2018 · 5:50 PM · SPHERE
Germantown, MD
At first I thought maybe it was light reflecting off a plane, I've seen that before. This was different. Even though it was extremely bright it was more than just a light. It had shape, I could see that it was spherical. Just as I thought, "Oh my God, that's a UFO not a plane" The light got brighter quickly then slowly faded out. It disappeared. I pulled over and stared at the spot for a minutes waiting for it to reappear.
March 8, 2018 · 6:50 PM · SPHERE
Gold Canyon, AZ
Thursday 8 March 2018 - Gold Canyon AZ - approx 6:50 pm. I was driving N on Mountainbrook Dr. into my subdivision. I noticed a bright orange glowing orb hovering over the houses. It was about at the same height as one of the small mountains in the background (the Superstitions). It was not moving at all & was low enough that this was easily discernable. I stopped my car and groped for my phone - i watched it as i exited the car, but by the time I got to the curb it had already begun ascending straight up into the air - then just disappeared. On this part i could be wrong but it almost appeared as if there were a closed net hanging from the orb. It disappeared before i could get a picture. I returned to the car and drove home - all the while keeping an eye on the sky. The western sky toward Phoenix was just turning dark. There was light cloud cover over the entire area
March 7, 2018 · 5:15 AM · SPHERE
Shrewsbury, MA
While lying in bed observing the early morning sky (I have a passion for watching the night sky, stars, aircraft flying to/from Logan Airport, occasional meteorite ) from my bedroom window ... I observed first a flying object approaching from the south west toward north east sky..my first thought was that it was the International Space Station ..then my thoughts were that it seemed to be smaller in shape and it had an orange glow but the speed of the object seemed to be the same as the Space Station...I could only view this object for mere seconds (perhaps 10-15 seconds) because of my window view. Then a minute or so later while still watching the sky, a second object appeared, travelling from the south west more to the direct east...this object was the same shape and color as the first object but seemed smaller perhaps higher in the atmosphere but travelling at the same speed as the first object.. as the object was about to enter the blind view from my win! dow, it made a rapid turn in the sky , flying back toward a western flight path.. this object then accelerated at a rapid speed and this object was immediately gone from view. That morning, I was anxious to check my computer for a notification from NASA on the schedule viewing of the International Space Station but there was no viewing for that date nor a time for that date in the area of my zip code.. There were no blinking lights on neither of these objects... They both were moving at a high rate of speed and obviously beyond the height of the Space Station..
March 7, 2018 · 4:45 AM · SPHERE
Issaquah, WA
It moved fast but not quite as fast as a shooting star. It also had no visible tracer or trail behind it. It lasted just a few seconds before it disappeared behind some mountains. Did anyone else see this??? Possible meteor? ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Hi Peter, The object was traveling slightly more in the south east direction. Hard to tell as I was rounding a curve on the freeway. This object seemed to be larger than the size of a star in the night sky, but much smaller than the size of the moon. The object was also about the altitude of a aircraft (or higher) as it flew out over the cascades and disappeared out of my sight. It didn't seem to be ascending or descending but more of a straight level path across the sky. It also had no fragments tailing behind. It was almost an orb type ball of light. It left no visible trailings or tracers behind it. It did not appear to be a fire ball, as to what most people report as meteors. It didn't seem to fizzle out or burn up. It simply just flew out of my view when it went past the foot hills. Seemed very odd and gave me an uneasy feeling, along with goosebumps. I hope this helps describe the event. I am happy to answer any other questions you may have. Thank you, ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM))
March 3, 2018 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Philadelphia, PA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 3, 2018 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Charlotte, NC
On Saturday night, around 7:15pm, I went out onto my back deck to grill out. As soon as I hit the deck, I immediatly saw a line of large round orange balls, heading from north to south towards our airport. They were in a straight line as far as I could see. From left to right the sky was full of them, I would say about 15 to 20 orbs, but each was staggered behind each other, all at the same altitude, approx 1,000 to 2,000 ft above my location, and approx 75 to 100 feet apart from each other. As soon as I saw them, I went back into the house and yelled for my wife to come out here, she came immediately and saw what I was seeing. As they flew by the last ones about 4 or 5 of them started to go dim and then they went totally dark, it was mind blowing, they had no sound and were very bright orange they had no red, green or white nautical (sic. navigation?) lights on them. About 5 or 6 minutes later, I called 911 and reported what we saw. We spoke via telephone with this witness, and he sounded to us to be quite sincere, and sober-minded. We suspect that he is a highly reliable witness. PD
March 3, 2018 · 3:09 PM · SPHERE
Issaquah, WA
We were driving down I-90 eastbound through Issaquah. We noticed many paragliders near the mountain so we were looking up. Then my mom pointed out a completely static sphere hovering above the trees. It was white. It was smaller than the paragliders and below them. I watched for about 30 seconds before I was able to get my phone out to record. It did not move at all. I'm sure the paragliders must have seen it, as it was just below them. We rounded the hill and could no longer see it. Video provided by witness shows a very small image of a light-colored object in the norther sky. We are unable to make a positive identification of the object. PD
March 3, 2018 · 2:14 PM · SPHERE
Lagrange, IN
Sitting at desk looking over photos from previous night's ISS pass over, witness heard what he thought to be a snow plow coming around the corner from the SE, but there was no snow on ground. Had to be jets based on the sounds. He grabbed his camera next to him and got to the door in seconds, the sound intensifying as two A-10s flew over the house headed NW followed by sounds fading fast. He ran out the door down the steps and half the driveway for a clear shot without trees blocking line of sight. He obtained one photo in with the wrong setting (nothing but white) changed settings to auto adjust then got a series of photos focusing on the A-10s using the viewfinder to watch them before they got too far for the camera to capture clearly. Then he watched for a few seconds by eye clearly seeing two planes but a third object ahead of them darker and smaller didn't seem to be a third plane. Trees and horizon blocked his sight as they flew over to the N. He went back inside and started looking to magnify the photos and noticed the dark object they were following in the photos was too blurry for him to really see any marking or even basic shape. He showed these photos to the family and they weren't too sure what the third object was either. For years the A-10s have had training flights right over their house at least once or twice a year. There has always seemed to be just two A-10s that he'd seen flying in formation using the farms and silos as targets, they usually branch out over both roads after crossing over his house. The sounds just seemed different this time to him. this time you can see in the photos they are both heading the same way after a dark object. One plane appears to be changing course to follow the object. [Photos submitted to MUFON].
March 3, 2018 · 2:05 PM · SPHERE
Phoenix, AZ
Just after enjoying the cake on my daughter's second birthday at my parents' home in the Arcadia area of Phoenix, I looked out the dining room window and said, "What's that?" My mother and I went outside to see several silvery-whitish orbs (definitely a metallic glint) in the sky above our home, not sure how high up, but perhaps a half mile? What was remarkable about them was that they were doing what was some kind of coordinated dance; two and three orbs would merge together into one orb, and then would separate again, and spin around each other gracefully. In some cases three orbs would form a triangle with three points, and then merge into one orb again, and then move back into a triangle formation. Other times two orbs would merge, separate, dance around each other, and then merge again. I have seen a number of UFOs in my life, but this was most remarkable, and clearly not of this world. Interestingly, my mother was not able to see them other than saying, "All I see are some glints of metal in the sky." She could not see the orbs merging together, separating, and dancing around each other, although her eye sight is fine. I attempted to film this display, but had a nearly impossible time getting my camera phone to focus on the objects, it seemed like they didn't want to be filmed! So was not able to capture much.
March 2, 2018 · 9:10 PM · SPHERE
Fort Worth, TX
Location: Fort Worth, TX, 76114 On Friday March 2, 2018 at 21:10, while standing in front of my house in Ft. Worth, Texas, I observed a bright blue sphere in the night sky. As I looked up at the brightly lit full moon, my eye was immediately drawn to the brilliant blue sphere. I immediately pulled out my phone and captured a picture, time stamps on phone show the first picture taken at 20:11. At one point I ran inside to retrieve my digital camera. I was inside for about 3 minutes. I rushed back outside to continue taking more pictures and video. I continued to observe the object for approximately 20 minutes. During this time, I observed the blue sphere moving around in the night sky (screen shot of pics on my phone shows various locations). My attention was still focused on the round blue object. I went inside and downloaded the images on to my computer to review. After spending time on my computer, I went out to the backyard to take one last look. To my surprise, the object was still visible in the night sky. I took another photo at 22:27 of the blue sphere. When I later viewed my pictures and video I saw other objects, what appears to be flying metallic objects. Even though I was standing in the middle of the street taking pictures, as far as I know none of my neighbors saw anything. We have looked at the still photos that have been forwarded to our Center by the witness. The small, blue-green object in those photos seems to us to be strongly reminiscent of lens flares, caused by pointing a camera at a bright source of light. However, if the witness did, in fact, see the object with her normal vision, the objects are not lens flares, which are caused by reflections off the surfaces of the lens elements in the objective lens of a camera. PD
March 2, 2018 · 5:00 PM · SPHERE
Chesapeake, VA
Flying orbs of light, darting about the sky. They were flying together at times. Some appeared before others. The seemed to gather together and fly off and disappear. Complete spheres of light.
February 25, 2018 · 9:00 AM · SPHERE
Lake Worth, FL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD