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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.
11,675 entries
August 20, 2016 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Monroe, NC
One sphere-shaped light fading in and out, before disappearing into some clouds. Seen while I was driving. Made no noise.
August 20, 2016 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
West Pawlet, VT
first a white cross-shaped object came by, hovered and moved slowly behind trees and was gone. see photo. it had spheres on the end of each of the 4 legs. one sphere was lit with a red light. a few minutes later a red orb came to the same area, hovered and then disappeared. it had a ring of white lights around it. see photo. in the 4 second video you will hear crickets, but the other sound is from the craft.
August 20, 2016 · 8:45 PM · SPHERE
South Amboy, NJ
There were 8 objects that appeared from behind trees on the horizon. Their color fluctuated from orange to red and pulsated. They appeared two at a time and flew quickly at first, then slowed. They would dip and climb until they disappeared.
August 19, 2016 · 8:49 PM · SPHERE
Knoxville, TN
I was exiting a restaurant with a friend on Gay Street on 8/19/16 at 8:49 pm in Knoxville TN. As soon as we stepped out onto the street, I looked North (with my I-Phone 6 in hand) and I was overwhelmed by the sight of a very strange cloud formation. It had three plumes jetting out of it and there was a ceiling of another cloud above it. It was so surreal and I said to my friend, “I’ve never seen anything like that before in my life!” At that moment, I had a strange feeling that gave me a sense of it being “other worldly” and it gave me an odd looming feeling. (It should be noted that I was and still am, completely sober.) Anyhow, I started taking photos of this strange cloud and realized that I had it set on “square” photo and then I switched it to “regular” photo after a few shots (just to explain the difference in layout). My friend was ready to go and stroll Gay Street, so I turned around on my heels and hopped in the street (as I often do) to take more photos of Gay Street looking South towards the Tennessee Theatre and the river. So I snap, snap, snap, etc. and then hop back on the sidewalk and take a couple more shots after that. During my photo blitz, I was more focused on looking through my phone-camera than I was on looking at the sky, so I didn’t pick up the details that I had shot until I got home (about an hour and a half later). As I flipped through the evening’s shots, I could clearly see something in the sky of one of the shots and when zooming in, I discovered that I had photographed a Fleet of bright green UFO’s! Of course, I then took a much closer look at the photos before and after this particular shot and discovered that I had tracked this Fleet coming out of the clouds (near a mountain which is lined with radio towers) and seconds later, they were on the opposite side of the sky over the Tennessee River. In the next to the last shot, you can see two domed lights on top of the mountain (across the river). NOTE: There are no lights on top of this mountain and the lights are not seen before or after the incident. Then in the last shot, you will notice the same two dome lights lifting off into the sky and there is also an orb-type UFO faintly seen in this shot as well. The last shot was taken out of series at 9:14 pm. (I think I just happened to catch them again while they were “taking off”). None of my photos before or after this series of Gay Street shots, show anything in the sky, nor specs on the lens, etc. I still have all these photos on my phone and I am happy to show anybody who would like to see the original shots so you can verify the time, date and that I have not retouched these in any way. I have only emailed them to myself and saved them to my desktop to put a slide show together which I shared on my FaceBook page. I should also mention that I have had Close Encounters (of several kinds) numerous times throughout my life. However, this is the first time that I have ever managed to take photographs of the visitors. Not that it means much to those who don’t know me but I’m a very logical person, a respected professional in my industry (fine art painting) and a “normal” 49 year old mother. I hope these photos help open some minds on the topic. Also to note: In one of the photos, the glowing green orb heads towards me and is photographed from about 10 feet from me near the sidewalk. Also, when I zoomed in on these photos, each of the anomalies appear to have a 6 pointed star-like glow and each have a hue of violet/rose colored aura around them.
August 19, 2016 · 6:56 PM · SPHERE
Kokomo, IN
This was a group or fleet of orange glowing orbs. I live just outside my hometown Kokomo and Russiaville, Indiana. I was on my way into work driving from 26 to Dixon road heading north towards Mikes Pizza and the Speedway. At first I only saw a couple and thought it wasn't anything special because I always am searching the skies and usually find nothing. There were a few ahead of the rest and at first I thought it was a few of planes, but they had no sound and glides like dancing orange balls. 2 leading and 1 dancing around them. Have you ever watched how ash off of a campfire floats away off the amber? This is how the entire group was moving but one of them seemed to enjoy moving back and forth up and down dancing with the rest in this same motion. As I passed Center round heading towards alto the orbs had fallen down a lot to a point where I could see very clear it wasn't any plane or flares. I called my wife in excitement telling her I had just seen 3 orbs dancing in the sky heading from the west to the east, as if they were coming from Russiaville area. As I quickly approached Alto road I was still looking around to keep my eyes on them. This is when I noticed the massive group of about 7-8 more. They were not in any particular order or formation. I quickly told my wife I would call her back because I had to get some kind of proof of what I was seeing. I pulled over and got the best video recording of it on my phone. Had I seen the entire group earlier I would have pulled off the road much earlier when I was closer to them to get a better recording. They glided in the sky farther away and extremely quick as if they were just passing by and on a mission. It was truly magnificent to see. In the short video clip, 975 o! f excitement I called them crafts but they weren't. They were orange red -ish orbs and seemed very peacefully in the air. This is the second event in Kokomo I have experienced but first time ever getting something caught on camera. In 2008 and 2013 we had similar glowing orbs flying in the sky as well. When I was underneath them, they seemed to act alive and not like a vehicle of some sort. My thoughts would be the orbs were entities themselves passing by or through our deminsion or realm. They glided up and down and moved left to right in a clean soundless dancing motion. This is why I did not think they were flares or Chinese candles. They moved too quickly and decisively in an intelligent manor.
August 19, 2016 · 3:35 PM · SPHERE
Corinna, ME
On the way home from a trip around Central/Western Maine, I was driving North on Route 7 from Newport to Corinna, I noticed a silver object in the sky, tracking from East to West, about 10 miles away across the horizon. The weather was sunny and clear and the object seemed to reflect the sun. I watched the object for a few seconds and the best way I could describe it was it "faded away" in the direction it was headed. I didn't see it again after that. I also noticed multiple jet trails in the sky before and after the incident but didn't notice one coming from the object.
August 18, 2016 · 10:10 PM · SPHERE
St. Marys, GA
This occasion was now with the date listed. Same occupancies one week earlier at same location but more northerly. One single light appears at a very high rate of speed. Easily mistaken for a fast moving shooting star however this light rapidly changes directions in a zig-zag pattern, then rises in altitude and shoots away upwards. Incredible unexplainable speeds of departure and zig-zags. Kings Bays Military Base is less than a half mile away, and this light is easily up there in terms of altitude, light satellites orbiting that you can routinely see.
August 18, 2016 · 8:23 PM · SPHERE
Long Beach, CA
An avid sky-watcher and amateur astronomer, I've seen meteors, fireballs, comets, and satellites, as well as things that are frequently reported as UFOs, such as aircraft, birds, bugs, and advertising lights. I spend a lot of time sky-watching, and hadn't seen anything unusual in over a year, until last night. At 8:23PM, I noticed a bright glowing orange light a few degrees east of due north and about 20 degrees above the horizon. At first I thought it was a plane, because it seemed to be near Long Beach International Airport, but the color wasn't typical of aircraft lights. Through my binoculars, it looked slightly vertically elongated, as opposed to round. I noticed no other lights on it. I also couldn't bring it into focus and the upper portion was fuzzier than the bottom portion. It slowly moved upwards and then slightly eastward, and then it moved slightly erratically and quickly faded out without a trace. Having read numerous reports about the propensity of orange orbs to travel in groups, I watched for more, but no more appeared. Then, at about 8:45 PM, I was looking towards the SSE at a light that was probably a high altitude jet, and in the same general area a bright blue light appeared about 20 degrees above the horizon. It was about as bright as Venus when it's at its brightest. Then less than two seconds later it disappeared without a trace.
August 17, 2016 · 1:30 AM · SPHERE
Clarksburg/Bridgeport, WV
Turning onto the off ramp from 79 S to us 50, about half a mile before the turn off, a red sphere dropped out of the sky about 100 ft. from the bridge. It hovered for a split seconds, and took off strait as and arrow, becoming invisible in a matter of seconds. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 16, 2016 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Amarillo, TX
I was sitting on my front porch, as I was home alone at the time. I look up from my cellphone at just the right time to see something very bright, but far away, and extremely fast. The object looked spherical and bright green in color. It looked very small considering how far into the sky it seemed to be. It had a white circle in the middle of the bigger green coloring. It took about three seconds for the craft to shoot all the way from the left, to the right side of the sky right in front of me. It was far, far too fast to be anything built by modern humans. It would be impossible, not to mention deadly, for a commercial aircraft or other human-developed device. I would really like to know what it is I saw. This is my first UFO encounter. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 16, 2016 · 7:12 AM · SPHERE
Manchester (UK/England) · United Kingdom
At that moment I spotted what I can only describe as a orange orb object hurtling across the sky, it appeared to have a glow about it. It was travelling at quite a pace, before it disappeared from view, as there was a building preventing me from following it with my eyes. I expected it to reappear once it had passed the building, but it did not. It was a surreal moment. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
August 16, 2016 · 5:30 AM · SPHERE
Providence, RI
At 5:30 AM this morning, I was in my garden with my dog, when I looked up to see a bright red orb moving at great speed. It came to a quick stop, hovered and stayed in the same spot. It looked to be maybe a mile away but was very distinct in shape and no gas trail or anything surrounding it or following it when it moved. I was unsure what I was witnessing, so I shouted out to my wife to come outside. We then saw the orb move in a straight line to the left,it was moving not as fast as when it first came into view,it then moved quickly to the right,then changed from a bright red glow to a bright white glow then back to red. It then moved left again,and then right,it continued moving right, hovered and then continued as it went out of view. I know some very smart women, and my wife is right up with the best of them. She is a professional lady who has been in high position within her company for several years. When she told me that she had never seen anything move like that in her life, I knew I wasn't crazy! I myself have never seen anything move as fast,and then stop so quickly in my life. It made no noise whatsoever,but the thing that amazed me is the immediate stopping and acceleration it did. From a stand still, just hovering, to zipping across in one direction then stopping like it hit a wall, then zipping back in the other direction, multiple times, is impossible to believe. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be quite eloquent and sober-minded. We suspect he is an excellent witness. We have requested that his wife submit a second report, as well. PD
August 16, 2016 · 5:30 AM · SPHERE
Providence, RI
Around 5:30 this morning, my husband was out in the back yard with our dog, when he began to shout for me to come outside quickly. I worried something was wrong, so I immediately ran outside, as he pointed to the sky. About a mile away I saw a very prominent red circle or orb like craft. There could have been a haze around it but unsure if it was my eyes or not. The orb was definitive and red though. I observed it and watched it in the sky as it was hovering. Then, it very quickly zinged to the right and stopped again. It turned from red to white, then back to red. What I couldn't believe was the way it flew to the side and stopped immediately, not a gradual stop or eased stop, but a full on stop, like it hit a barrier and how fast it was moving. It hovered a minute, then zinged left stopped, and it appeared to gain some elevation as it slowly proceeded to fly to the right and out of view for a few seconds, when I caught a glimpse of it through the houses. I then observed it zing up into the sky so fast, I couldn't believe it, and it was gone. I am a well educated professional and I am telling you there is nothing I have ever seen or heard of that: 1. Is as precise in stopping as that craft was, it defied physics; 2. Could move that fast, and still maintain such control; and 3. Could maneuver so quietly, no visible propellers or exterior engines were visible and without any vapor trail or exhaust. It was scary and intriguing at the same time. I have no doubt what I saw was not from here.
August 15, 2016 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Batavia, IL
When exiting the I88 tollway while westbound at Orchard Road, to my left I saw a sphere that looked like a wet garbage hovering... When I could finally stop my car on the side of the road to take a picture, it was gone… Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 15, 2016 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Camp Geiger, NH
During the school of infantry we weren’t allowed to use tobacco. During a field operation we racked out in an open field, I stayed up while we were supposed to go to sleep so I could put a chew in my lip. Everyone was sleeping at this point as we had a long day of training, as I was enjoying my dip, I saw a silent red globe at low altitude moving across the sky, and following right behind it was two fighter jets most likely f16s. I was the only one awake at the time which is aggravating because I have never seen anything like it even 6 years later in all my time in the marine corps.
August 14, 2016 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE
Seymour, CT
Witness elects to remain semi-anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 14, 2016 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE
Seymour, CT
New pertinent information related to this sighting. Direction of travel was E.S.E.compass heading is approximately 120 degrees. Object flew in a straight line as far as I could see. If it maintained this course it would eventually end up in the close vicinity of Montauk Point, the site of the decommissioned Montauk Air Force base. (( Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))
August 14, 2016 · 5:00 PM · SPHERE
Nantucket, MA
Was lying on my back on a bench at the Oldest House, looking at the clear, blue sky through polarized sun glasses, seeing 4-5 jets/planes passing high overhead on a roughly southwest-to-northeast flight path. They were well lit by the late afternoon sun, and appeared white against the blue sky. After the planes had passed, I noticed a round object, about 1/4 the apparent size of the planes, with variable brightness and with color flickering from bright orange, to white, traveling at what appeared to be a similar height, speed and trajectory. I thought it might be a rotating, non-uniform metallic balloon intermittently reflecting the sunlight, but the velocity appeared to be similar to the jets and it seemed to be traveling horizontally, not vertically. Ground wind speed at that time was roughly 17 mph from the SW. Gradually the distance became too great and it faded into the northeast horizon, as the jets had, after about 3 min.
August 14, 2016 · 4:30 PM · SPHERE
Saratoga, WY
We got startled and turned on the headlights, and it dissipated ((sic. disappeared?)) over a small hill. We decided we would get out of there quickly, after this happened. On our way back to town we decided to go to place that over looked town. From this spot you could see all of town. All of a sudden, we seen one bright sun colored looking light that split into two difftent orbs. We turned around and sped toward town to get a better look. When we topped the hill, you could see town again, and it dissipred going down the hill.... Then they were both gone. Possible hoax report, we suspect. Time intended by witness may be 4:30 p.m., and we have changed the time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides not contact information, so we cannot confirm details about the alleged sighting. PD
August 14, 2016 · 1:57 AM · SPHERE
Vancouver, WA
I was doing a late night stroll on 8/14/16. I noticed off to my left an orange/red ball of light in the sky. It was well above the tree and house lines on the opposite side of the street and there was nothing to obstruct my view. It was 1:56am and I was looking in southern direction. Towards Portland, Oregon, from Vancouver, Washington. Right away, I noticed something different about the light. It was it's glow. It was like a light orange at the center and grew a bit darker moving from center to outer edges. Where it was more of a redish color. There was also a blinking, or some kind of flashing. It was rhythmic in sequence, but it was of the same color as the orb. The light did not illuminate any distinguishable features. The light was large. Imagine holding a match head at arms length, that's about how big it looked to me. I would roughly estimate it being 5 to 10 miles away. It was moving in a flat, arc like pattern. From the west to east, then finally heading south. After it was heading what looked like south, for about 3 seconds. It grew dim real fast then blinked out of existence. For a moment, I thought it might be a plane. Because of its flight pattern and the fact that the Portland airport lies just south west from where I saw it. Yet, there were no other light markers on it. No green and white flashing lights. No landing/takeoff lights or the tall tale pattern of said lights. This glowin, orange ball had no defining mark or any light source. At 1:57 I texted my friend to see if he was awake....nope. At 1:59 it re appeared. This time I had phone in hand and got some video. During it's second run. The light just appeared out of nowhere. It moved from east to west. Then quickly back in the easterly direction. Where it stopped in mid flight and mid air. It danced around a bit. It popped up, then down, then it jutted to the west and slowly moved back to its original spot. At this time, it looked as though it was moving south again. Because after a couple of seconds it dimmed in brightness rather fast, then blinked 2 or 3 times like before and gone! There was no chance of it being a helicopter. Like the plane, there were no external light markers. It moved to fast and too random for it to be a helicopter. Not to mention the whole orange glow as well as it appearing out of nowhere. I have also given thought to its departures. With the whole light dimming, then blinking out. No plane or helicopter could move so fast that you would loose sight of it. Especially one as bright as the ball I witnessed. It would take minutes for it to gradually fade from sgh. This ball went from a big, bright, glowing orb to nothing in 3 seconds.....two times did this. Unfortunately, like all lowlight/nighttime video, it came out not showing much. You can see what looks like a star, a white dwarf. The camera could not pick up its orange glow and without it, it was considerably smaller. Yet, it was much larger and brighter than the North Star. But the camera was having a hard time focusing on it. Something else I noticed, it was the difference in shape between what I saw with the naked eye and what the camera was able to detect. With the naked eye, the object (or shape of the glow if you will) was not necessarily round. It was more cylindrical, a shape more like a soda can. There was no source to the glow, nor did that glow cast anylight upon itself. That being said, any defining details like silhouette, shadows, outlines, etc; were not present. I have no explanation for the shape it had with what I just said. It just had one. Now, looking through the eye of a camera, you see a perfectly round object. It was bright white in color. Not pure white, but a few shades off. It also flickered like a star. I can't be sure what was causing the flicker. Sometimes it looked like something on the object was pulsating. Sometimes it looked like it could be distortion caused by heat or gasses in the atmosphere. I have described this sighting the best I could. I have mulled over it for a bit , let it sink into my brain, chewed on it for a while and analyzed it from every angle. I tend to believe nothing of what I hear and only half of what I see. I have tried to debunk the video the best I could. I have ruled out helicopters and any fixed wing aircraft. A drone of sorts is possible, but unlikely. I hope this information is helpful. Because I'm only a skeptic when it comes to finding the truth.
August 13, 2016 · 11:33 PM · SPHERE
Fargo, ND
46°50'23.5"N 96°50'20.3"W 46.839858, -96.838962 Looking towards Directions 46°50'21.9"N 96°50'13.2"W 46.839410, -96.836999 At approximately 23:33 August 14, 2016, while on a walk near 28th st Fargo, ND. I looked up and seen a very bright object. It was too bright for a plane and it was not blinking. It moved North West and seemed to be positioned over the red river south east of me. I grabbed my phone and tried to take a video but could not get a very good resolution. It was somewhat flat on the bottom mixed with a sphere look. The entire object seemed to be a bright glow. As it slowed down I started seeing green, yellow, blue and red colors flashing a few times below. After that it moved south east very slowly and stopped again. I only seen a few colors on the bottom. After sitting for a few minutes, it started to move slow going south east again. It seemed to gain elevation as the complete opposite as it had done while getting closer to its destination. There was no noise and when looking at the video I took it seemed to be approximately the same size of the moon in the camera however it was only 1/8 size in real life. The object started to dim as it gained altitude and distance away from me. I do have the videos and one picture. This has been more than a dozen sightings in my life both in the US and Australia. The first being in summer of 2008 three blocks west of red river in Grand Forks, ND, on the north side of the city. Triangle craft flew over our house. No sound, tree top height, it had three white glowing domes on bottom of craft located in each edge of the triangle. A red light started to appear and lines going towards the red light located in the exact center. It then started accelerating very quickly and with the speed and no noise we came to a conclusion that it is using anti-gravity or magnetic propulsion. As we watched it go directly south we noticed the curvature of the earth. It continued going straight instead of increasing altitude with the earth. Two witnesses for several events.
August 13, 2016 · 5:15 AM · SPHERE
Raleigh, NC
At about 5:15 am on 8/13/2016, just before the sunrise, about 300 meters in the air above highway 40 an object cross the sky at the speed of a rocket. My first thought was to be afraid fearing that it was a missel of some kind however certain things happen in the course of 30 seconds that were beyond human capabilities in my opinion. This option let behind it a trial of what appeared to be smoke similar to what a jet does as it crosses the sky only this option was moving so fast it appeared to be opening the earth around it. When it reached what seemed to be its peak it exploded into thin air. It look like I had just seen a black circler option open the walls of earth n disappear. I had to share this with someone because the trail of smoke remained in the air for a few seconds after the object exploded into thin air. I'm a truck driver I see things shoot a cross the air all the time but I've never seen anything like this before in my life it seem impossible what I witnessed.
August 12, 2016 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Charlevoix, MI
I was leaving work at 11:00 p.m. on August 12th, 2016. I was walking across the road headed towards my car when, I heard a loud military chopper flying low over our small town. I looked up to see what it was doing and noticed 3 orange orbs floating in front of it at the same altitude. Looked like they were being escorted west, towards Lake Michigan.
August 12, 2016 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
Portland, Oregon. Friday August 12th, 2016, at 10:30 pm, I had just gotten home from work. My wife and I went out into the back yard to preview the Perseid meteor shower, when I noticed a bright satellite. I mentioned to her that it was in a polar orbit because it was traversing the sky from north to south. However, after a short time its speed began to slow, and its direction shifted to a easterly direction, finally stopping altogether. It now appeared as a bright star straight overhead. It is still there an hour later.