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January 9, 2015 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Diamond Bar, CA
((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Hi Peter, So here goes. My wife and I were sitting in our backyard in the Jacuzzi (as we do every night) watching the planes come in to land at LAX. Have lived here for 18 years and sit outside at night often. Well, she was talking to me and I was staring up at the sky cause I saw a bright light that didn't look familiar and it was moving slow, going away from us, stopping on a dime and then slowly coming back. Its flight pattern was irregular. I thought perhaps it was a helicopter (I am a helicopter pilot) doing a circular holding pattern over a traffic accident as sometime they do. The only thing that didn't make sense was how bright it was and not being able to see any flashing lights...at least not yet. And then of course how it was moving. It was southeast of our house and proceeded to move all over the sky. Not super-fast, but faster than anything else at that altitude which is what also made it stand out. So I jumped out of the Jacuzzi (we had been watching it for about 2 minutes by then) and I ran in and grabbed my phone. At one point it looked like it turned (without moving in the sky) and we saw red blinking or flashing lights for about 5 seconds. It moved all over the sky in a random fashion. It was not a helicopter or plane. I went on a site and tracked the aircraft in the areas at around 6:45-6:55 pm and did not see any helicopters. Of course with all UFO video, sometimes it is hard to see what is going on. I backed out on one of the videos so you could see the palm trees in my back yard as a reference for how it was moving. There are street lights in the picture, but I think you will get a good picture from the video. It went beyond the horizon of our backyard and that's when we lost it. Could it have been a drone? Sure, but since I don't know what drones with lights look like and have never in all the time I have lived here seen what I saw last night, I decided to report it to you guys based on the recommendation of a friend that is familiar with ya and after he had seen the videos. They are on my facebook. ((address deleted)) There are two of them. ((name deleted)) Glad I could help in any way. Not saying it was extraterrestrial, just that I have never seen anything like that. You will see a jet coming into land at LAX and I wondered if they saw it. We have requested more information, and a copy of the photo, from the witness. PD
January 8, 2015 · 5:00 PM · OTHER
Ft. Myers, FL
I was taking a picture of a blimp over the jet blue stadium in Lee County, Florida. I didn't see the object in the photo, until I decided to enlarge the photo and noticed the object hovering over it, hidden in the cloud above the blimp. The object resembles a ball connected to a worm like hook. Dark and unable tell what it is. The sky was clear and blue with some clouds. I have the photos. We have requested the witness to submit one of the photos to NUFORC, so we can inspect it. PD
January 8, 2015 · 7:20 AM · OTHER
Sonora, CA
My Grandson and I saw two bright star looking things in the eastern sky this morning while the sun came up. We watched and they were moving slowly away from each other. In the north and south direction. Then suddenly there was a third bright star that was positioned in between these two other stars. This third one went shooting down towards the earth, looking like a small ball of fire, and then disappeared in the sky.
January 7, 2015 · 1:31 PM · OTHER
San Pedro, CA
Hello - I copied and pasted the series of facebook postings I wrote after I saw this. Hopefully, you will be able to follow. Looking at the clouds about 20 minutes ago 1:31 PM 1-7-15 and saw what looked like a light in the sky. The clouds were bright, but the light looked like something reflecting the sun. So of course I tried to zoom in. and I did. See the next picture. What is this? At first it was not moving, then it was. now I cannot see it. I saw a tiny point of light in the sky above the clouds, and zoomed in like when I take pictures of the moon. 120 times. Then, I opened the picture in paint and zoomed in to see it better. No photoshop. I wish I knew what is was. It was still then moving to the left, and after a few minutes I could not see it anymore. You can't see it in the cloud picture, too far, but look at the middle of the picture, move to the right to the denser piece of cloud, it was right above that when I first saw it. Hi, can you look again at the pictures of the thing in the sky? I am asking for everyone to repost it- someone out there may know what it is. These are high clouds, a few planes flew by while I was watching the bright object--they were much lower and way faster. This viewing lasted a few minutes, not seconds.
January 6, 2015 · 7:50 AM · OTHER
Homer, AK
8 year old daughter spotted a light in the sky while waiting for school bus and alerted me. We observed a faintly illuminated object of undeterminable size, floating or hovering overhead and slightly to the south. We both agreed it was ‘pretzel’ shaped with a single amber light at or near the bottom center. A green laser beam was seen scanning through trees and over buildings in the nearby vicinity. Center of laser arc was definitely the floating object and nothing ground based. No sound was detected from the object. Object disappeared while I went to find more witnesses and the school bus approached. Skies were clear, winds calm, suburban area at beginning of morning rush hour. Stars visible, full moon had just set.
January 6, 2015 · 6:55 AM · OTHER
Arcadia, CA
I checked YouTube and other websites and nobody posted anything. They were there and traveling fast. They weren't jets, there wasn't a white smoke line being left behind like jets leave. Weird but true.. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 3, 2015 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
San Rafael, CA
On the evening of Jan. 3, 2015, my friend and I were driving to a neighborhood store and we saw a large “V” shaped pattern moving very fast in a straight line with no erratic movements. It seemed to be high in the sky but large at the same time. It was red, then as it turned green it suddenly just vanished. It was a clear night with no clouds in the sky. It was approx. 6 to 6:15 I believe, and had just gotten dark. We are located in San Rafael, Ca. It was not anything explainable. We both said, wow? What was that? When we got to the store, a man was standing on the sidewalk waiting for his pizza looking up at the sky. We asked him, did you see that and he said he did, but could not explain it. I would say the time duration was 6-7 seconds.
January 1, 2015 · 10:15 PM · OTHER
Hyderabad (India) · India
I begin in the Name of ALLAH, the All-Beneficent Lord of Graceful Mercy. Peace be upon you; Approximately around the 1st of January 2015, around 22:00 PM, this happened: - I was sitting in my flat in my apartment in New Malakpet, Hyderabad, India; it was winter (maybe it was towards the end of December or in that time-span; take time-span as 20th of December 2014 to 10th of January 2015). I was doing my school homework, my mother was lying on my bed, so she asked me to close the window; due to cold air. So, I got up and went to the window... I saw a golden-brown star-like-figure over 200-300 feet (maybe 600) in front of me. At first, it looked like this ((link deleted)) It slowly moved west and now, I saw that it was a black object inside a golden-blackish sphere-shaped force field, the force field then slowly opened, and LO! It was a tetrahedral (somewhat) polished black aircraft or UFO, its base was flat while it had a somewhat pyramidal body. I had not seen such a thing in my entire life; nowhere! Not in movies, TV, the internet or real life! Obviously, I immediately ran to the other flat and called everyone, but, suddenly, my brother said (when he saw it) 'it is just an airplane, you are hallucinating', but my mother saw it too, somewhat... I swear by the All-Maker, it was real, I saw it, it was not just any airplane, it had shape-shifted into looking like an airplane! This is a photo which looks 30% close to what I saw: - https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ShpUoYFNmQAocTYorBvM2nB1dUU9XlKlsn0QHnEo2Ou-Dix458FBp4U64z7WqVHgmbVvs6nA5Cv7Pi7ADy13FcUhXiQ3ttRG87T5I5ymDLqewXLYqHbbLJANE3d5yptcKnkXB9sNr_b0=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.soulask.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-Belgian-UFO-wave-from-001.jpg The next day, I felt unusual... I suddenly found it hard to talk: Maybe, I became an abductee... from then on my trouble in speaking and sudden unwillingness towards social activities has been increasing bit by bit... O GOD, help me and have Mercy, Amen. I rest my case. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
January 1, 2015 · 9:25 PM · OTHER
Washington, D.C., DC
2 glowing orange crafts, in the shape of very large hang-gliders, passed across the sky. First starting closer and larger and then disappeared after sheer distance away from me and clouds in the sky. About a one minute delay in-between second sighting. Second sighting took a slightly different path but ultimately also disappeared because of distance.
January 1, 2015 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
East Stroudsburg, PA
It looked like a plane but it change it shape and lts color became pitch black but the lights were still there when it came out of the woods it was big still changing shape, then it went up the road it did a zigzag and it took off fast.there were to white lights behind it which follow it. No sounds were heard. Note, when I try to walk my dog about an hour before this happen, she did not move at all. She was looking at that part of the woods. So I went back inside with her. There are new homes being built their.
December 31, 2014 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Garden City, UT
The first sighting I had was on Dec 31, between 22:00 and 23:00. I came out of my shop that sits on a hill above Bear Lake, turned out the lights and locked the door, and turned around towards the lake, and seen something hovering over the water and it seems like it was maybe a couple hundred yards away. I knew it was out of place, it was below the east shore mountain line. I didn’t think to take a picture. I hurried to my truck and got in started it, all the while watching the whitish amber colored object, then it changed shape and headed off to the east really fast.
December 30, 2014 · 11:40 AM · OTHER
St. George, UT
I was leaving my apartment with my 2 kids when I noticed a donut shaped object over Lins Market on Dixie Dr and Sunset. I thought it to be some donut shaped balloon due to it not having any sound, or even a drone, however as I stared further it was moving oddly, like an object underwater. It was rotating and spinning and swaying. As it spun in all different directions (you couldn't tell what side was up or down) I could see the sun reflect off of its metallic exterior. It looked to be the size of a hotel spa (maybe slightly bigger). It moved slowly and just like a object would underwater and as it moved it went just behind family dollar and started to head to the sky until it was out of sight. I took 3 pictures with my phone before it was totally gone, however, they didn't show up which I found strange. What was most interesting to me was the way it was moving, the elements such as the wind didn't seem to affect it as it would with something like a balloon or even a drone. The best visual I can give is a giant, seeming to be float underwater, washer flipping and turn in all sorts of directions. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 29, 2014 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Wilmington, CA
Fireball seen heading west towards Pacific ocean from Hollywood,while moving into new apt myself and crew saw a large fireball along with several small children while visiting the ice cream truck parked in front of apt building.
December 28, 2014 · 1:00 PM · OTHER
Menifee, CA
Observed a craft hovering in a wheat field during work. The craft was not making any noise and was rotation in the whole time. The craft appeared to be larger than my vehicle, a Toyota fj cruiser. We started to approach the craft when it appeared to come down, but quickly went up when we got closer. The craft then went straight up and we lost site of it. A few photos were taken with cell phone, not great.
December 28, 2014 · 11:55 AM · OTHER
Colleyville, TX
My husband and I stepped outside to enjoy the warmth of the sun, after cloudy days. Over 22 years living approximately 5 miles west of DFW airport we see aircraft regularly and have watched weather balloons and large hawks. As we were looking over our roof in the northern blue sky, we saw what appeared to be a whitish silver weather balloon circling twice, rising, and rapidly moving due south. It was approximately 45,000 feet up. There was a passenger jet, approximately 35,000 ft, moving southwest and another at approximately 25,000 moving due south. The object was moving at a much greater speed than either aircraft. As it was directly above us it began to look more like a hawk or smaller aircraft shape and would glow in the sunshine. It just disappeared in the sunlight the further south it went while the jets were still overhead. This took place in approximately 30 to 45 seconds.
December 25, 2014 · 9:30 PM · OTHER
Centereach/Bohemia, NY
I WAS DRIVING HOME ON NICHOLS ROAD AT APROX 9:30 PM. WHEN I SAW 2 BRIGHT ORANGE LIGHTS TO THE LEFT OF MY WINDSHIELD. THEY APPEARED TO BE ON FIRE AND I THOUGHT AT FIRST I WAS WITNESSING A TRADGEDY. UNTIL THEY KEPT FLYING. THEY WERE A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE MY CAR MOVING EAST. THERE WERE TWO OF THEM AT FIRST AND THEN A THIRD APPEARED ABOUT TWO TO THREE HUNDRED FEET BEHIND AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE OTHER TWO. TRAILING BEHIND. THE OBJECT LOOKED LIKE A BULLET WITH SOME SORT OF EXHAUST IN THE BACK, ALMOST LIKE A ROCKET. IT WAS DEFINITELY BRIGHT ORANGE AND LOOKED ON FIRE.
December 25, 2014 · 9:01 PM · OTHER
Fairfield, CA
Sighted a bright orange pyramid-shaped object descending through the atmosphere. I thought, at first, it might be a small plane on fire. But then, it leveled off and kept heading SE. Two witnesses: one a real estate agent, the other a commercial advertising producer. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 25, 2014 · 8:14 PM · OTHER
Baytown, TX
4 large orange lights. it tilted and i saw the others on the other side. 2 police officers were next door and heard me yelling look look. their view wasn't as goid as mine but they saw them/it too. i have a terrrrible video of the smaller trailing orange ball. afterwards there was 4 normal meaning us/usa aircrafts checking out the area
December 22, 2014 · 8:27 PM · OTHER
Chicago, IL
Flash of short white light over Chicago similar to lightning, followed by a bigger bright blue flash.
December 21, 2014 · 3:00 AM · OTHER
Peoria, AZ
Early on the morning of December 21, 2014, I had noticed a bright flickering amber-colored light in the north horizon. I watched it fly south, toward my direction, in a non-linear fashion until it was practically right overhead, still slightly to the North. The single light dimmed temporarily before flaring up and breaking up into 3-5 different pieces that all went separate directions at different speeds. When the original light broke up, it brightened immensely and seemed to fall apart, with the separate pieces having tails similar to a small fireball. Some stayed illuminated, some dimmed to faint red dots barely discernable from the night stars. After about 15-20 seconds, all of the lights had dimmed to blinking red dots flying in separate directions. About 2 minutes after this event occurred, another amber-colored light appeared on the Northern horizon, in the same exact area and followed the same general path in the sky. The flickering amber light flew to the same general area that I had seen the previous one in, and broke apart in the same manner as the first, dispersing fireball-like lights in separate directions that all eventually turned into blinking red lights. The lights changed direction and speed, but never fast enough to seem like a shooting star or something falling into our atmosphere. I was compelled enough to call the local Non-Emergency line to report this incident, and they actually dispatched two units to my house fairly quickly, within 10 minutes of my call. I was surprised to say the least. By the time they had shown up, the lights were gone and I was left defending my sobriety and right state of mind. After a few minutes describing what I had seen, the police jovially dismissed me by stating, "Sadly enough, I don't have the Magic School Bus, and I can't fly up there and investigate what you saw." I actually appreciated his humor and thanked him for his time.
December 20, 2014 · 8:40 PM · OTHER
Menasha, WI
Looked like a helicopter, but made no noise. Hovered above neighboring houses and rotated Twice. Its shape reminded me of polygon, that geometric Pokémon. Was mostly gray and Black, four solid white lights were placed at the corners of craft. I followed briefly With my car and took some video. Unfortunately ducked into trees the second I started Filming. Was headed from Appleton road towards 5th Street. Hopefully I'm not the only one Who saw this last night.
December 19, 2014 · 6:15 PM · OTHER
Bullhead City, AZ
Large square with rows of lights different colors flying slowly over the mountain in front of the safeway just off silver creek road
December 18, 2014 · 6:10 PM · OTHER
Vandalia, OH
Multicolored lights were seen flash into the just south of the Dayton International Airport. The cluster of beams center of origination moved north toward the airport. The lights suddenly went dark after 10 seconds. All the street lights, stop lights, and all lights to the nearby warehouse to the west and car dealerships to the east also went dark at that same time. The light flutter back on after a few seconds. After returning home, 3 jets were seen flying very low heading east along route 40 toward the last area the lights were spotted.
December 18, 2014 · 8:03 AM · OTHER
Allentown, PA
This morning, I was driving to work in Allentown, PA, and I saw what looked like white Christmas lights (a series of white bulbs spaced fairly far enough apart that I could see them separately from a distance) flying in a few strands. They looked to be in an arrowhead formation like birds would fly in. If I had to guess, there were probably about 30 "bulbs" total. I could not see an airplane in front of it, although the location it was seen is fairly close to an airport. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD