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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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July 28, 2016 · 4:42 AM · SPHERE
oxnard, CA
I don't remember this night very much. but I got a memory popped up on my Google photos and this video came up. I know my friends and I were getting pizza after a long day of traveling from AZ to CA and had just got to Oxnard area. We were outside waiting for it to be done, and saw this white orb zooming through the sky with a short light tale behind it. My mom and I both went to record but only I got it on film. We eneded up losing it behind a tree. the time stamp and date were based off the time and date I saw on my video.
July 27, 2016 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Kingman, AZ
Two circular bright lights one behind the other tracking across the low horizon from west to north. Relatively slow moving but in total sync with each other. Disappeared behind some clouds but light could still be seen haloing the rims of the clouds. No noise was noted.
July 27, 2016 · 10:20 PM · SPHERE
Lincoln, CA
Around 10:20 Pm, I looked out my sons window and saw what I thought was an orange drone flying north. It isn't uncommon to see drones because Beale AFB is 10 miles north of my house. But something about this one was different. This one seemed to be higher up in the sky than normal. It wasn't flying in a straight line like every one I've seen. It seemed like it had short burst of speed and would veer to the west when it had a burst. I decided it was worth watching and so I went out front and watched it until it disappeared. This one ended up heading North West and ended up heading over the Sierra Nevada mountain range. There was two times I though I saw a faint blue orb flying next to it. It might of been a satalight but it never once dimmed like the ones I usually see. I saw the object for about 5 minutes. My dad was a pilot and I am obsessed with planes. (( We have changed the date. PD
July 27, 2016 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Modesto, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:36 PM · SPHERE
Mariposa County, CA
Space debris. PD
July 27, 2016 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Austin, TX
Object was witnessed by myself only as I was driving home. Location is east Austin. Duration was just a few seconds before it disappeared out of view. Object was a white light sphere. Very bright. Perhaps the size of a van or SUV. It was not strobing like other spheres I have encountered. Just a solid white orb traveling basically horizontal, maybe slightly angled downward. Flew from west to east. Was no more than an 8th of a mile away and perhaps 600 feet above ground level. What made this orb unique from all the other orbs I've witnessed (I've had more than a few UAP encounters) was that it had a fiery orange/red vapor trail behind it. This thing was moving very fast like I said it was only visible for a couple seconds, but I knew right away that it wasn't any conventional aircraft or pyrotechnics display... And it was totally silent as per usual. Source of report provides no contact information. PD
July 26, 2016 · 10:48 PM · SPHERE
Missoula, MT
The two of us were hot tubbing on the patio. We noticed a white light seamlessly gliding with no beacon light far in the distance, didn’t give it much notice. It then disappeared over the horizon. Next something extraordinary happened. Two lights at faster than normal speed appeared coming back from where the first light disappeared. One of the lights seemed to be chasing the other. The light giving chase was bigger and brighter, the other seemed dimmer with a reddish tint appeared to be fleeing then made a maneuver straight up the lights became faint and seemed to disappear into space. Roughly five minutes later in the same area where we saw the lights disappear there was a giant flash of white light. It moved very little with two duller flashes and then it was gone. I’m an avid star gazer blown away. Never have seen anything like this, and doubt I ever will again. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 26, 2016 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Rochester, NY
Saw one white glowing object sphere shaped. I was at the bottom of newport rd in Irondequoit, New york parked facing north at the irondequoit bay. To the west of me I noticed a glowing sphere about 500 feet above the tree lines. I told the other 3 people in my car ans they noticed it as well. They were all scared I got out of my car by myself and approached the object. It straded descending lower and lower as I approached it. It hovered at the same place barley moving for about 10 minutes. All of a sudden, it headed upwards and north at great speed for about a second then vanished. Went back to my car and it would not start battery charge was drained had to get my car jumped.
July 25, 2016 · 9:10 PM · SPHERE
Amesbury, MA
We had a group of between 8 to 12 steady (not blinking) lights (some red and some whitish-yellow like car lights) low in the sky in the north. They were moving slowly and not in any formation. They moved around, changed positions, and were erratic. Some further away came up to form a small group of lights. No sound could be heard. They came from the northeast towards us then took an abrupt turn and headed north. An airplane did fly by in a straight line west to east during the time and we could hear it as well as see its blinking lights.
July 25, 2016 · 7:14 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedRambervillers, Lorraine · France
Le 26 juillet 2016 vers 19h14 un témoin qui se trouve sur sa terrasse extérieure observe le déplacement rapide et silencieux d'un objet de forme sphérique entouré d'un anneau venant Nord-Nord-Est. L'objet reflète le soleil. Aucune trainée n'est remarquée. Le témoin est surpris car il ne reconnait pas un type d'aéronef connu (avion, ballon sonde…). Suite aux mesures prises in situ, à l'entretien avec le témoin, aux recherches effectuées notamment avec le replay de Flightradar et les archives météorologiques, on peut conclure qu’il s’agit d’une confusion avec un avion (voir le compte-rendu d'enquête). En effet, il y a concomitance (de l’ordre de la minute) d'un avion non remarqué par le témoin au moment de l'observation, suivant une trajectoire entrant en cohérence avec celle donnée par le témoin pour le PAN, mis à part un écart significatif de hauteur angulaire (avion 56°, PAN estimé à 32°) mais non rédhibitoire eu égard au fait que l'observation a eu lieu en plein ciel et sans repère. Un avion n’est pas obligatoirement accompagné d’une trainée. L’autre élément d’étrangeté portant sur l'aspect sphérique et « l'anneau » est compatible d’un effet d’éclairage miroir du soleil non homogène sur toute la longueur de la carlingue, et de la vision partielle des ailes du fait de la configuration géométrique (et d’un effet miroir moins favorable sur les ailes). Cette étrangeté a pu conduire aussi à une perception de grosseur accrue par rapport à ce qui est perçu usuellement par le témoin des avions de passage. En conséquence le GEIPAN classe en A : méprise avec un avion de ligne. [GEIPAN classification A — Avion de ligne]
July 24, 2016 · 12:00 PM · SPHERE
Irwin, PA
I took a picture of the sky above my pool. I did not notice anything until later that week reviewing my pictures I saw this. I felt I should pass on the pictures. ((NUFO
July 23, 2016 · 10:25 PM · SPHERE
Mexico, NY
WEATHER CONDITIONS: CLEAR NIGHT TIME SKIES TEMPERATURE: 73 DEGREES DEWPOINT: IN THE 50’s Orange/redish ball of light with bright yellow/white inner spot sighted due west approximately 1 mile away. Object viewed as repeatedly hovering then moving semi-erratically. First viewed from my home and again one block away on a street corner. Object continued to hover, moved slowly then appeared to have dimmed and disappeared shooting straight up into the sky. Distance of upward motion was short. Object made no sound. Total viewing time was approximately 10 minutes. NOTES: NOAA IR satellite data confirmed no clouds in the area during the above noted timeframe object was witnessed.
July 23, 2016 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
La Quinta, Indian Wells, Palm Desert, CA
We continued watching and they remained overhead and moving a little side to side, back and forth. At this point, it seemed they were moving away from the earth (vs. across the sky as before) because they started to fade. Watched for another five minutes and they continued to fade. They continued to shift around, moved back and forth and around each other as they left. Stopped watching as they became too difficult to see. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 23, 2016 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Brookings, SD
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 23, 2016 · 6:05 PM · SPHERE
Lake Charles, LA
I was sitting outside my home which faces SSE (170 degrees) and looked up and noticed a spherical object much like a planet at about 40 degrees in the sky (and at 160 degrees, which is further SE than my home sits) at an extremely high altitude. It was much larger than the planet Jupiter or Saturn. (Was very large with small binoculars.) I also noticed this object was higher than cirrus clouds/chem trails, and moving towards the Northwest as the clouds moved to the Southeast. There were no erratic movements (zig zag, etc) it just headed to the Northwest. Within 20 minutes, the clouds ended up blocking my entire view when it was at my 70 degree angle and directly South of my location. My wife and her sister also noticed this event. I will try and see if this object is still visible tomorrow and for the next few days. (Note: I'm a certified private pilot and took an astronomy class at LSU 25 years ago, and never saw anything like this)
July 20, 2016 · 8:52 PM · SPHERE
Daytona Beach, FL
My wife and I were at a hotel on the beach in Daytona Beach Florida on 7/20/16. The hotel is on SR A1A about 2.0 miles south of US 92. The time was 8:52 PM and it had just turned dark. We were sitting in the lawn area overlooking the ocean when we heard several people in a parking lot next to us to the south speaking loudly and pointing to a blinking object in the sky. The object was about ½ mile south of our position, at about a 30–45 degree angle from our position, hovering over the beach at maybe 500’ (?). From our position it looked small maybe about the size of a penny held at arm’s length. It looked like a sphere with a ring around it, kind of like the planet Saturn. It had a lot of lights on it many different colors. Very bright white/silver, green maybe others, not sure. The white/silver lights were constant and there were others blinking. There was a violet one on the bottom that blinked a lot slower than the others, maybe once every second. The others were faster. The object hovered for about a minute that we observed. It then slowly turned west then south arcing slightly as it did. It then headed south slowly then VERY quickly picked up speed and continued south down the beach until we lost sight of it. My wife noted there was a small plane approaching the object from the north and when the plane got really close, the object turned and quickly sped away. As my wife said, "It hauled butt." I had difficulty getting my phone camera to focus in the dark, but managed to snap one picture as soon as I saw it, then started video recording for 30 seconds or so. I turned off video so I could snap another picture. When I turned it off, the object had started its turn. I turned the video back on until I lost sight of it. We are not sure what this was. It was definitely not a plane or helicopter. It couldn’t have been a drone as the drone would have to have been a big one, at least 10-15 feet in diameter. No other logical explanation to what we saw.
July 18, 2016 · 1:20 AM · SPHERE
Maryville, IL
Let my dog out one last time before bed at 1:20 AM. Saw a singular large, bright orange sphere materialize over the cornfield behind my house and then speed off across the field where it seemed to disappear in mid air. It traveled south to north, I heard no noise coming from the object, saw no tail, and saw no other lights. My dog did not seem to react to this object.
July 17, 2016 · 8:06 PM · SPHERE
Trezevant, TN
Tonight, 07/17/16, at 8 PM, I walked out onto my porch and sat down on the steps. The sky was clear, and the only thing in the sky was an airplane with its small contrail about 45 degrees up (halfway), heading on down southwest, as is usual for planes bound for the Memphis airport. A couple minutes later I got up and walked a few steps in my back yard. For whatever reason I looked back up in the sky and to my amazement saw a glowing orb of light about halfway up more due west. That first plane was a bit more south of west when I saw it. This orb was a yellowish-white in color. Its size was that of somewhat larger than what the planet Venus looks like in the night sky when it is the closet. Also, I spotted another airplane a bit more north of west with its small contrail also headed in what I assumed was toward the Memphis airport direction. This plane seemed headed for this orb, and the orb seemed to move a little going toward the plane. In my line of sight, I ! was fearful they would collide. However, the plane never veered off course and went right on. So that tells me they were not near each other; it was just my viewing of it. The time was about 8:06 PM. I immediately ran into the house to get my binoculars (7X50). But when I returned nothing was in the sky. I am very familiar with those things that could make a similar flare of light, but those seem to last longer. This appeared in those seconds after I saw the first plane and disappeared when that second plane was on away in its path. Background on me is that I am a 58 year-old female with a BS degree, major in biology and minor in physics. I consider myself an amateur astronomer, having taken astronomy in college also. I have always had a fascination with the sky, solar system, the universe all my life. In fact, I remember asking “Santa Clause” as a 6 year-old for an astronomy book and knew what it was and could read it when I got it. I don’t know what that orb of light was,! but am reporting it in case others did see it also. It almost had a burning/seething quality to it, like what the sun would look like close up. Thanks for all your good work and love hearing you on Coast2CoastAM.
July 16, 2016 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
New York City, NY
((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Hello again, Mr. Davenport! The precise date was last Saturday, July 16 2016. I cannot be too precise about the time ... it was between 10:00PM and 11PM. For certain it was not after 11PM (I was on the balcony with my father during the sighting, then he left to watch the 11 local news). That Saturday, I helped my sister packing (she's moving to her new house), and I was very tired. I didn't come home from my sister before 9-9:30PM so the time I went out on the balcony must have been between 10:30PM and 11PM. I forgot to mention that the spheres were quite big (my father was able to see them, his vision isn't too good). Bigger than, let's say, the lights attached to the wings of an airplane. Their size, color and movement had caught my eye. Since that evening I searched the net to see if other people have had similar sightings (red spheres). I found a couple of video clips, with different dates and locations, only in them the spheres were blinking. I didn't know about this kind of spheres before I am familiar with the UFO phenomenon, actually, I had had another sighting many years ago, not in the States. Mr. Davenport, if you want the exact location/position of the sighting, I can give you my home address. With Google Earth you can access my street, which has at one end the highway wall (the sighting was above the wall, the spheres appeared from behind the wall, then disappeared only to reappear again, a couple of times). I hope this helps. Sincerely, ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM))
July 16, 2016 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Satellite Beach, FL
On July 16, 2016, I went to Satellite Beach with my family at the board walk we stop to take some family pictures, my camera caught a big round white sphere next to the sun, for an instance I thought it was the moon, but I turned my head and was able to see the moon clearly on the other side, then I took another picture of this strange body that looked like another planet, but bigger than the moon, I do have pictures of this sighting. Lens flares. PD
July 15, 2016 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
Oakland, NJ
I saw an orange light. high in the sky, it moved slowly acrossed the sky from wsw to ene it made no sound, it was bigger than any airplane light, and disappeared over the horizon of trees by my house
July 15, 2016 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Waves, NC
Saw a translucent sphere with what appeared to be a flame in the middle. It hovered over a house 100feet in front of me then flew off
July 15, 2016 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Denton, TX
10 solid, non-blinking orange lights moving from Southeast to Northwest in the night sky. Totally silent. An airplane moved from South to North at the same time that was much higher that made an obvious jet sound.
July 15, 2016 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Anderson, IN
While outside, I observed a very high flying craft above an aircraft which was in the area and well above the broken clouds. At 1st it was head NE from the SW. When I first observed it I assumed it was a satellite or the space station which I have watch in the past, until it made a hard left right turn, followed by a very fast u turn to the left. I can honestly say I've never seen anything move so quick and make turns like it was doing in my life! It ended up traveling west at a very very fast speed.