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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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July 4, 2016 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Lake Charles, LA
We were watching fireworks and observing drones flying around. As we were watching a particular drone we seen a red dim sphere shaped object fly over the drone and passed it. It was much bigger in size and faster than the drone. The best way to describe it would be, a huge orange - red dim orb.
July 4, 2016 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
South Elgin, IL
My family witnessed about 20 or more orange lights in the sky.... not too high up. They looked like they were hovering bot not moving too much if at all. My wife and I agreed that the only explanation would be helicopters. I have a cell phone picture.
July 4, 2016 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Indianapolis, IN
Responding to a YouTube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcMKJbbkgok I posted the following comment: July 4th 2016 - We saw them in Indianapolis, Indiana. I believe they are military drones that detect radiation emitted from possible nuclear devices or dirty bombs all around the country. Apparently people see them in every major population center around the USA. I say, "Good job military, I appreciate the protection. Thanks for keeping us safe!" They seemed to be on patrol. We would see them in one area of the sky, then they would move off and disappear and reappear somewhere else. Very impressive. I can't rule out the possibility that they could be UFOs, but with the threat of terrorism on a holiday like the 4th of July, it's just my sense that they were "ours". Obviously must be a secret military program. In the check boxes below, nothing applied. The object(s) themselves glowed orangish red. They seemed to be basketball or beach ball sized. We doubt that the lights were drones. PD
July 4, 2016 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
El Mirage, AZ
Assuming that the sighting was at night, we have amended the time above. PD
July 4, 2016 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Viera, FL
At dusk on the evening of July 4, I was in my driveway looking south-southeast. At about 40 degrees from the horizon, a small red 00 or strobing lights or lights of any other color. The "orb" then disappeared, fading rapidly and not just blinking off. I assumed it had passed into a cloud. It was still light enough to see a cloudy area of sky behind it, but it was much further to the south. If there were clouds between the object and my position, I reasoned that they would be very thin since I could not make out an actual cloud bank. I waited for several minutes expecting the light to emerge from any cloud or haze and it did not. It had been traveling toward the lighter area of sky in the west and had it continued in that direction , I would have seen it clearly and timely. I hesitated to submit this report as I thought it through for a couple of days. Since it clearly did not have any of the other required navigation lighting, and am assuming it was an anomalous flying object and so others may have noticed it as well.
July 4, 2016 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Viera, FL
At dusk on the evening of July 4, I was in my driveway, looking south-southeast. At about 40 degrees from the horizon, I noticed a small red light, which was rather intense. It appeared to be moving slowly to the northwest at about 1000' or so about a mile away. I stopped to watch it because its intensity sparked my curiosity. I often see planes as we have a few airports and flight paths in the area. Small planes often follow the coastline but this was moving inland. At first I figured it was a fireworks rocket, but it had no arcing trajectory. As it continued in a straight line, it immediately lost intensity and grew or expanded into an "orb". As the intensity dropped, it developed a soft orange glowing center. I saw no other lights of any color and no strobe lights. The "orb" then disappeared, fading rapidly and not just blinking off. I assumed it had passed into a cloud. It was still light enough to see a cloudy area of sky behind it, but it was much further to the south. If there were clouds between the object and my position, I reasoned that they would be very thin since I could not make out an actual cloud bank. I waited for several minutes expecting the light to emerge from any cloud or haze and it did not. It had been traveling toward the lighter area of sky in the west, and had it continued in that direction, I would have seen it clearly and timely. I hesitated to submit this report as I thought it through for a couple of days. Since it clearly did not have any of the other required navigation lighting, and am assuming it was an anomalous flying object and so others may have noticed it as well.
July 4, 2016 · 12:00 PM · SPHERE
Putnam, CT
You can see the lights while it was rotating I would say 15,000 feet up in the air. I tried to get the camera quickly once i came back out it disappeared
July 3, 2016 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Castle Rock, CO
Total of three objects seen individually coming from the same location (South/Southwest of my location) travelling in a north and slightly easterly direction. They came in about 1 minute apart travelling in the same direction with a slightly different flight path, speed and altitude – no anomalous flight characteristics. Each was an orb with a strong red light on the perimeter with an amber orange center. The third object stopped illuminating red/amber lights just overhead and was a dull grey round object that then began to illuminate a small red light that then began to circle the object in a rotating fashion. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 3, 2016 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Matteson, IL
I just saw 9 ufo's about half hour ago. I was taking my dogs for a walk. When we were out in front of the house, I looked up and saw two round orange lights up in the sky. They were moving from east to west silently. Suddenly there were four orange glowing lights above me. I called brian and two dissappeared. Finally the other two dissappeared. Five minutes later two more appeared east and moved towards the west. It was over the house and a third orange round light appeared. Two more appeared then no more. They very bright, orange, much bigger than stars. The sky was cloudy tonight. And completely silent. I don't drink, or do drugs. WHAT DID WE SEE? I have a video.
July 3, 2016 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
West Warwick, RI
Looking South, wife and myself spotted fast moving White Orb flying horizontally in Southern sky direction heading west to east. Suddenly and abruptly it turned left 90 degrees and headed north toward Providence/North Providence. I lost sight of it due to the trees. It was not an aircraft, nor was it fireworks. Friends further away said they saw 4 orbs a little before 10:00 PM.
July 3, 2016 · 9:45 PM · SPHERE
Madison, WI
The sighting took place at approximately 9:45pm on July 3, 2016 in Madison Wisconsin. I have never seen a UFO before but I sighted this one because I was looking for early firework displays. Also, the night was particularly dark and visibility was crystal clear. I could see several bright stars and at least two planets. While outside, I was enjoying constellations that I don’t normally see because the night sky was so dark that night. I saw what I thought was a planet until I noticed that it was moving. It was an orange orb which was slowly moving across the sky. I don’t believe it was a paper lantern that someone let go to celebrate the holiday because it was a perfect circle with a steady orange glow. It stayed at the same altitude and speed as it flew over my head. There was no sound. Since I was hoping to record a fireworks display, I had my camera ready to use. I was able to film the orb from when I first notice it moving until it began quickly accelerating straight up until it went out of site. There were no flashing lights, so it was not an airplane. Unfortunately, the recording showed no details and would not make good evidence. I need to get a better camera for next time. There will be a next time. Thanks for reading this account.
July 3, 2016 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Wingdale, NY
I went to see my aunt in NY for dinner and fireworks on July 3rd, 2016. After we ate and lit some fireworks we decided to go to the back of the house and watch the neighbor's light show towards the Northeast. As that wound down I just had that urge to look up towards the Eastern sky and I noticed a dim "star" start moving North within the triangular star formation I was using for reference. I then noticed another dim object moving South from the same area. I then got my daughter and my cousin to hone in on these dim, high altitude objects moving counter to each other. I finally got my aunt to see the last 1 or 2 objects. Usually, satellites move at a steady pace across the sky. Not back and forth in a "confined" area. And not 4 or 5 of them in the same area. Similar to a siting I made from my New Milford, CT, home early 2016, facing West (toward NY) at 3:30am. I could not sleep that night. Was stargazing to the West then suddenly the "bright star" shot up and out and dimmed accordingly as if leaving Earth orbit at high speed. I can't explain these sitings.
July 3, 2016 · 1:45 AM · SPHERE
Santa Fe, NM
This is getting a little crazy already. Since I saw my first ufo a few months ago I've been seen them on a regular basis still in search of answer or explanations with no luck . I'll start by saying I've spent on average 2 hours a night out side looking at the sky and just in the past two nights 7/2/16 and tonight 7/4/16 @ 12-1:45am I saw 3 separate crafrs. Starting with last night.looking toward a mountain range I enjoy looking at where I have seen weird things so I regularly look in the direction to see if I can get any luck on top of this range is a fairly dim red light(due to distance) that goes on and off as a plane warning to let a plane know there is a huge mountain right there well. I'll get to the point I was looking that way and I see what I thought was the red light at first but it was alot brighter and bigger didn't think much of it I thought maybe it was just a clearer night well I look about a mile to the left and sure enough the one I see is! there still dim and remember I look at these mountains every single night and have never seen this light so I look back at the other object and it's blinking but getting brighter then dim then completely fade away for 10-30 seconds at a time then it would reappear in another spot although still close to the first spot and blink then it would even stay lit for 10-30 seconds I called my roommate outside he is not a ufo believer but he knows I have no reason to play games or lie about something like this . And he sees the plane warning light and says that's just a tower to warn planes in case it's dark I said not that. And I pointed and he was in complete disbelief he couldn't even imagine what could hover, blink turn off get brighter and dimmer and even move spots we walked about a 1/4 miles down the road from our home to get a better look we stayed looking for 30 minutes when all of a sudden. A very bright light seemed to be following us getting brighter to the point we co! uldn't even look the the direction anymore it was blinding we ! got frea ked out and ran all the way home. And we finally looked back and everything was gone and did not come back . Earlier my roommate and I went for a walk to a bridge close to home where it's super dark at night and I told him I bet we see something he said no way. About 15 minutes of looking we see a ball of what looks to be glowing smoke hovering very low to earth it looked to be far away but close to the ground as it floated along it literally passed my neighbors house it was so much closer than we thought and it went in front of the house passed the house and kept going we attempted to fallow it but it picked up speed and was to quick for us to fallow we watched for a few minutes untill it disappeared though it never change shape never got bigger or smaller and never got lighter or darker so it couldn't have been actual smoke this was tonight well we finally went inside to watch some TV and wash clothes as I got done hand washing my work clothes due to delicate material th! at will get ruined if put in a machine .I went outside to ring the items out when I noticed two very distant stars that looked super close together so I took out my phone and used the app space junk to identify the stars as I was doing it . I see a flash what seems to the down the road and I look up this object was also very very low to the ground maybe only a few hundred feet it was a green orb biggest I've ever seen. I fallowed it from where I saw the flash and fallowed it as it flew right over my head at a very very high rate of speed and continued looking at the object untill it faded into the night sky this was one single orb I got a good look at it considering the whole event took 10 seconds or less . I want to say I have much better things to do with my time than write this and make things up this is not a hoax I don't need any attention I am just sharing my experience. Call me lucky or cursed but lately I have seen many unexplained phenomenon in the sky I live in a! mountain area with no light I've tried over and over to take ! pictures with my phone with no luck I am going to invest in a very nice camera I know I'll see more soon . I'd really like to know why I'm seeing so many ufo if they are aliens do they want me to see them its overwhelming so many shapes sizes colors orbs blinking blood crafts it goes on . If anyone can contact me with similar experiences I'd love to chat this isn't a joke this isn't a prank or a hoax I am saying this because last time I saw something very strange . It said possible hoax I honestly felt offended made me not want to post but I'll give it another chance. Thanks
July 2, 2016 · 11:45 PM · SPHERE
Friendswood, TX
I looked in the sky and noticed a light, it was solid red for 3 seconds and then flashed green. It was very high up and not moving at all. It was staying in one spot for 4 minutes and then it suddenly started moving very fast. It didn't dart off it was just going very fast then started to sway left to right and finally started moving so fast we couldn't see it anymore.
July 2, 2016 · 9:24 AM · SPHERE
Medford, NJ
Appearing almost due north, it at first seemed to be a bright star or planet but when it moved away was apparently a plane, but it moved from northwest to west and stopped, hovering in the west, opposite where the moon should be at 288 degrees east (so it wasn't the moon). It grew larger and brighter until it seemed as if it might come almost directly towards us and was visibly a sphere of some sort, and then, when we looked down to take a picture, vanished without warning. The sky was empty except for a few planes much farther away.
July 1, 2016 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Lees Summit, MO
Well.. then a few weeks later in Joplin, MO, we were sitting in the drive way, looking at the stars..when all of a sudden a glowing orb came from nowhere, at a medium speed, circled close to us, the went back straight into space. 2 seconds behind it was another one that got even closer, then followed the same path as the other one, straight out into space.. It did not make a sound but it must have been going fast to shine so bright and then with in seconds be out of our field of vision and back out into space. I am certain that what ever these glowing orbs were, they were noticing us because they came straight out of the sky towards us then circled back into space. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
July 1, 2016 · 11:00 AM · SPHERE
In-flight sighting, AR
The sighting occurred on a flight from Indianapolis Indiana to Austin Texas. I’m not sure of the actual flight path but the sighting occurred at approximately the halfway point. This could possibly put the jet somewhere over Arkansas, but this is just a guess. Visibility was pretty clear, I could see the ground with ease. I can only guess that we were around 35,000 at 500mph. I had a window seat on the left side of the aircraft, I looked out the window and saw a round or pretty close to round dark metallic object. I didn’t notice any windows or lights. The object appeared to just be sitting there and if it was moving, I couldn’t tell. It was approximately 70 yards below at an angle of approximately 215 degrees. The closest thing I can describe the size as would be the top of a round water tower. I was quite shocked as my brain tried to make sense of it. I wondered how the pilots could not have seen it. Perhaps the pilots were distracted and the aircraft was on autopilot. I have no idea if anyone else on the plane saw it. It was in view and gone very fast. Imagine passing a parked car at 500mph.
July 1, 2016 · 1:30 AM · SPHERE
Sheboygan, WI
Large bright green sphere speeds down instantly thought meteorite until it stopped for about 2 seconds and changed course east towards the lake parallel to the earth at an insane speed. Apparent magnitude was about the size of a full moon
June 30, 2016 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Pacifica, CA
I took out the telescope and when focused, discovered it was moving very slowly. It took about a minute to move across the lens frame. I kept moving the telescope to keep it in sight. It travelled very slowly in a southern path along the pacific coast. It had to be at a very high orbit to move that slowly. We watched it until dark, when it disappeared by getting smaller, presumably by gaining altitude. The lights were not visible to the naked eye, because the object was too high. The focused image in our small telescope appeared with the distinguished bright lights in an arc along the top, and dim along the bottom. The image in the center changed form, but generally resembled a T. The base of the T pointed in different directions, from straight down to about 4 o'clock. The lights did not move at all, the sphere did not appear to rotate. It was a perfect sphere shape, there were more details on the surface that were changing or indistinguishable, not drawn here. I wish we had a camera telescope. This was truly the most amazing thing we have seen.
June 29, 2016 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
Bloomfield, NJ
I saw at first one at a time, then occasionally a few closer together, orange spheres that were very bright and only semi-flickering moving slowly across the night sky from west to east, towards New York City. They moved from different heights but approximately all the same speed. However, they seemed to originate at a low point and progress upward and then level out a bit in the sky as they moved across. I watch the stars in the night sky daily and have never seen anything even close to like this before. I feared they were some type of missile with all the terrorism lately. The most recent New York report (I believe it was 6/22) sounded a lot like what I saw. They appeared silent.
June 29, 2016 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
New Bedford, MA
Began to get this electrical feeling to look up, as i usually see them often. This was the first time in about a year, since which is odd to me. At about 45000 feet, I observed multiple orbs flying, very steadily fast. No sound, no other lights, naked eye
June 29, 2016 · 5:00 PM · SPHERE
Long Beach, CA
It was approx. 6:30 pm and we were sitting on our patio when we both spotted 2 shiny orbs traveling together, then three, four and then six all appeared to be pulsing a white light, they would cluster together closely, then a couple started moving away. They seemed to get brighter and then fade, then brighter again, one moved away from the group but was still visible. We watched them as they moved in different directions and at one point two of them seemed like they " merged ", but then separated again. After observing this for about 30 mins, they all just simply VANISHED all at the same time, as if someone turned off a switch.........they were there and then they were gone instantly.
June 29, 2016 · 10:10 AM · SPHERE
Waterloo, IA
First assumption was a drone. Then a floating candle. Immediately said a orb, then the light hoover still once I tried to film. Then drifted above clouds and disappeared.
June 28, 2016 · 8:45 PM · SPHERE
Roanoke, VA
Look like a star while it was still light out. Continued to watch it and it disappeared with what looked like smoke in its place.