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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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November 7, 2016 · 5:50 PM · CHEVRON
Reseda, CA
I heard a loud rumbling sound like a rocket launch, but consistent and steady and much louder than an airplane or helicopter. I looked up in the sky and saw 5 or 6 pairs of red flashing lights in a chevron formation that seemed to be approx a quarter of a mile wide, moving slowly across the sky from north to south. As these lights passed overhead and to the south, the engine sound traveled with them. Very strange.
November 4, 2016 · 11:00 PM · CHEVRON
Rochelle, IL
Sitting in back yard facing north. Noticed something moving in north northeast sky at approximately 30 degrees above the horizon. Craft did not have any flashing lights. Perimeter of craft was luminous/glowing outlining shape of craft. Which looked a little like and airplane with tightly swept back wings. The inner portion of craft was clear like it could have been cloaked you could see clouds through it with only the perimeter lite up. It was traveling south very fast. Watched it until it went behind some trees and disappeared. Never came out from behind the trees. Craft did not make any noise. Could not tell the altitude or distance I was from the craft. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
November 4, 2016 · 2:17 AM · CHEVRON
Hollywood, CA
Massive ufo sighting- very clear (ufo account is reported with a 30yr personal past of knowledge of sky objects, drones, aircraft, military aircrafts, astronomy, and the like) after midnight location: downtown old Hollywood area near 101 fwy and franklin junction. i pulled my car into the 101 cafe on franklin blvd back parking lot which has a 30 degree and up view of a clear night sky with a west, north, and east. as i parked my car i quickly sighted a large blue white object in the nw sky about 35 degrees up from horizon through my wind shield. my iphone read 2:17am. instantly i jumped out to investigate and questioned to my partner what was in the sky. at the same time as i spoke this question, a female witness at her car behind us joined in with us to question the same object as she just had spotted it as well. nw west toward the Hollywood bowl in the Hollywood hills- Mullholand Drive region an object was gracefully flying over those hills which was a clear mile distance from us. the object was flat. it's underbelly was a soft, radiant, blue white light in a honey-comed patterned shape. very faint aura around the object. the object's speed! , resembled the grace of a blimp, very directional and straight, yet very gradual and slow in shift of direction overall through the experience. the object was heading east towards us and it's speed was cruising, causal, slow, yet the light detail resembled a superstructure in a blue-white, honey-combed pattern that was entirely luminous. no landing lights, no blinking lights, no conventional aircraft resemblance. this was a solid, luminous shape that did not pulsate or change intensity in lumination or brightness. it moved gracefully without abrupt turns. just smooth, clearly indicating behavior of a large craft, like a aircraft carrier or blimp would, and like these examples, one realized it gained distance in a short amount of time. we were now 3 witnesses trying to identify the craft. we quickly agreed the craft was not anything we were ever familiar with, as we all have much flying experience. Iam a drone owner as well, and this was not the behavior of a drone with zig! zag action or it's type of lights. about a minute of observat! ion, we agreed the craft with this behavior easily was in the measurement of 100ft across at least as it dwarfed the structures below on the hills at an 1500-2000ft elevation above the hills. slowly and gradually the craft turned easily north east gradually gaining altitude as it flew over the 101FWY Cahuenga Pass. About after another minute it was clear the craft was gracefully gaining extreme altitude, and due to elevation it's craft detail was getting smaller as it finally settled over the Hollywood sign mountain. The craft peaked about 5000ft above the mountain and paused it's NE direction. it hovered still perfectly without a bump for about another minute. Through this time again the craft was gaining more altitude. about another 30 seconds of this slow climb, the craft slowly flew southward to our direction. the honey-combed lit pattered was so tiny from it's height, yet still identifiable. it's movement and behavior resembled that of high space satellite. the craft eventually! was now spotted by two more witnesses as they were entering the cafe, as we were all in agreement of tracking the craft. The slow path and asension ended directly above us about 7000-8000ft as it hovered in place for another 5 minutes. as the craft paused, to our view it parked itself near two stars creating an even triangle constellation of sorts. these two stars' location are the first pair NE of the orion left shoulder. after this pause the craft gained an altitude in where it now resembled that of a tiny satellite, or the size of the neighboring stars, and like a slow satellite it traveled directly west over west hollywood as it's slow path was just north of the Orion constellation. the object was exactly star size as it faded westward gaining altitude, yet still identifiable well past west of Hollywood Blvd & Fairfax blvd. the entire event was about 27 minutes as it was slow and gradual as stated before. i then cell phoned west Hollywood sheriff to report the sighting! and the officer stated there were no reports of the event. i ! then con tacted the next major airport at Burbank which was about 12 miles away. by this hour the airport has stopped it's regular commercial airline service at 10pm that night. i got through to Burbank tower security who accepted my story and he then transferred me to the actual tower. a stand by night watch tech took my call. I asked if anyone was watching radar in the south direction of 2:17am. he stated he wasn't watching radar at that time. iIdescribed my sighting to him, he sounded interested, but after he claimed he still never had evidence on radar, nor looked, therefore he stated he had to go and hung up on me. this craft had no similarity to the usual police helicopters or commercial aircraft that we see by the dozens daily in the area with our 3 major commercial airports. We do have Edwards afb but it's a 2 hours drive north. but this was no stealth plane outline nor was it the dark large air force x-baloon triangle ship. we haven't had lighted blimps in years since Goodye! ar stopped that action, nor could a blimp fly that hight out of sight or hover in place. it was not a large manned drone, as it would have been way too small in dimension, also the guide lights on a drone were not the same. nor could a drone have scaled that altitude for that duration and without one single abrupt zig zag kind movement. our sighting was a big luminous craft, with smooth acceleration, ending in high altitude without a flinch. lots of citizens in L.A., please respond if there are any other eyewitnesses. sighting was 2:17 - 2:45am 11/4/2016
October 30, 2016 · 8:00 PM · CHEVRON
St. Thomas (Canada), ON · Canada
At approximately 20:00 on October 30, 2016, I was taking my dogs out in my yard for a bathroom break. It was a crisp, clear, starry night and as I am a nightly sky watcher, I turned my eyes upwards. I play little games with myself while I sky gaze such as finding and greeting constellations, planets and stars that I know and finding clusters of stars which may appear very faint (I live inside the city so there is light pollution) with my naked eye. It was this exact thing that drew my attention to what I saw next. As I was scanning the skies and engaging in my usual entertainment, I noticed above me a very faint, small cluster of what I thought at first were stars, but as I continued to look at them, I was confused to see them moving slowly in a straight line approximately North to South above me. My thought in that moment was, "Why are those stars moving?" and I actually did a kind of double-take because I thought my eyes were mistaking the movement. They were not. The object appeared like a very far away, faint, moving cluster of tiny white stars (no idea how many but a fair amount) and the only reason I could discern it's shape was not from any outline against the sky, but from the shape of this "star cluster" itself. It moved slowly (a little slower than an average plane) and was soundless. I cannot even begin to estimate either its distance or size but I had the very real impression it was both VERY LARGE and VERY FAR AWAY. The size dwarfed that of any planes that I see over my yard. There was also no discernable sound I could associate with it and it appeared silent to my ears. I watched it move Southward until my line of sight became obscured by the trees at my back fence, but I was able to keep my eyes on it for what seemed like quite awhile (mere seconds, but I was pretty focused on it and it seemed much longer). My dogs noticed nothing. Then I ran into the house super excited to tell my husband what I had seen and make a social media post about my excitement! I have seen many unexplained objects in the skies over the years that could not be explained away or mistaken for anything identifiable, but this was far different even than any of those!
October 21, 2016 · 11:22 PM · CHEVRON
Sterling Heights, MI
I was driving home from work on Friday, October 21, at 11:21 PM. I turned down the side-street to get to our driveway and saw a chevron/boat-shaped craft descending at an approximate 30 degree angle to below the nearby treeline. The craft was fairly small and had a stainless steel-like appearance. I could detect any sound and it could not have been more than 200 yards away, as the treeline is only a few streets over from us. I did not see any more of the craft once it was below the treeline.. Correct time is 2322 hrs.. The report was first posted with an incorrect time of 11:22 a.m., but we have changed that time, and have reposted. PD
October 15, 2016 · 3:30 PM · CHEVRON
Arvada, CO
Looked at through binoculars. Did not move in straight line. Shifted slowly in different directions. Metallic silver and red changes in color. Minimal clouds moving just above it. Mostly clear blue skies. Then suddenly disappeared. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 8, 2016 · 8:35 PM · CHEVRON
Warren, MI
Large wing craft, V shaped with the point as the front of the craft. Very dim lights on the leading edge of the wing. The body was dark grey to black in color. The craft was around 2 to 3 wing spans of a 747. Made no sound as it flew from north to south over Warren headed to Detroit. No visible engine exhaust as it flew by. Did not turn or slow down was traveling at approximately 200 to 300 mph. Was not a jet aircraft, had no beacons or landing lights.
October 8, 2016 · 8:00 PM · CHEVRON
Marietta, OH
I would like to report a strange group of lights that I saw on Oct. 8, 2016, between 8:00 and 9:00 PM in Marietta, Ohio. I was driving South on Pike St. (Route 7), when I saw a group of slow moving lights that were low and appeared to be moving North up the Ohio River. The lights were formed in a “V” pattern, much like a flock of birds or geese. They were amber in color. Each light had an individual “V” shape as well. I pulled my car over to watch and they kept moving up the Ohio River until I lost sight of them. I called my husband to tell him to go outdoors to see them, but he could not see any activity. We live approximately 3 miles from where I had seen the lights. I called the Reporting Center today, Nov. 1, 2016, with this information.
October 5, 2016 · 8:00 PM · CHEVRON
Destin, FL
Not really a "craft," but rather a chevron-shaped glowing vapor cloud about 10 moon widths from top to bottom, moving across about 70 degrees of the dark night sky in about 10 seconds before fading. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 1, 2016 · 10:20 PM · CHEVRON
North Mankato, MN
Watching the stars through binoculars. Black, silent chevron, triangle flew into my vision. It went north to south. The underside of it had 2 lights on either side and one at the head. The lights were not on or were very dark. Looked almost like the undercarriage of a stealth bomber. Was totally silent.
October 1, 2016 · 8:48 PM · CHEVRON
Bucksport, ME
At 20:48 hours on 10/01/2016 I was standing on my deck (Southern Exposure) overlooking Silver Lake. I witnessed a craft of unknown origin while waiting for my Daughter and Granddaughter. We were going to pick up my Wife from work in Brewer. I was looking to the east and was watching what I thought was an airplane in its flight path for Bangor International Airport, while I waited outside. It was not emitting any noise. At that point, I noticed the perspective of the lights had not changed; I stared a little closer studying them for any changes. It was hovering at approximately 300 to 500 feet (estimated) in altitude. It appeared to be static for approximately two minutes with three very bright and large lights, all side by side. I called to my daughter to come outside to make sure that I had seen what was going on in front of me. At that point in an arc the craft ascended slowly to the north and west and had changed configuration. The lights grew wider apart and then after the maneuver leveling off at what appeared angels 7 and proceeded in a north-northwesterly direction. Based on my intimate knowledge of the area I estimated the craft to be 5 miles away from the point where I was standing. These large bright lights reflected on the lake even though the object was not over the lake but in fact was a couple miles beyond it. Initially the lights were close together almost touching, and then spread apart, then returning together. In perspective the lights were two (side view) with one red light. We did not have a camera or cell phone handy to take pictures, but were mesmerized by the action(s) of this craft of unknown origin. It took approximately 60 seconds for the craft to traverse the distance behind the horizon. My daughter and I conquered that we had seen the same thing(s) and wrote down all of the information. We also drew diagrams of what we had seen. Diagram 1: green is tree line, yellow are lights. Diagram 2: green; trees, yellow are lights in progression from static at lowest position to uppermost leveling off.
September 25, 2016 · 12:30 PM · CHEVRON
Pittsburgh, PA
I was outside in my backyard feeding my infant i was facing south looking up at the clouds and also looking at a jet aircraft and all the sudden above the clouds which were at 25,000 feet after calling the pittsburgh weather service came from over head a triangle/chevron shape craft that was black and also had a red coloring on it flying what looked to be way faster than the jet craft just not stop in a straight line heading south. it was moving to fast for me to get my phone out i also had a child in my arms. the craft looked to be very large at the time i ran to the side of the yard and it was gone because of how fast it was traveling at the time.
September 20, 2016 · 6:00 PM · CHEVRON
St. Augustine, FL
Black craft was being followed by two jets that could be heard extremely loud moving north to south directly overhead and to the East of 95. Jets become visible and then the craft. The formation was exact with two Jets maybe a few yards apart close behind the craft at first. Then after all three objects came into sight the UFO speeded up quickly and disappeared (dematerialized)
September 20, 2016 · 10:50 AM · CHEVRON
Laurel, MD
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 20, 2016 · 6:10 AM · CHEVRON
Columbus, OH
I would like to be informed if anyone else reports this…
September 19, 2016 · 9:30 PM · CHEVRON
Loveland, CO
Standing in the driveway in loveland photographing approaching dia air traffic. I was in the middle of doing a multiple exposure and right in my camera view is a strange formation. i could not believe it. i screwed up the exposure and lost any possible image. i freaked out. i tried to go to video mode but i was in shock. it went from north to south. i was looking west towards the mountains. it was 60 deg above the horizon i think.
September 17, 2016 · 8:45 AM · CHEVRON
Orem, UT
Driving S on State street and looked E and noticed what looked to be a very low flying airliner, except that it completely stopped and appeared to hover over the NE corner of 800 N/State intersection. After passing it, I lost and failed to regain visual contact. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 16, 2016 · 8:30 PM · CHEVRON
Huntington Beach, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 31, 2016 · 12:00 PM · CHEVRON
Shoreview, MN
Startling bright objects (well over 50) high in a clear blue sky glided into circles and shapes –seeming to dance and perform. They appeared to stay even with my walking stride for about 2 blocks. I stopped to watch for a bit trying to figure out what they were. They slowly moved in front of me (they always stayed together in a large group) – I passed under a tree and they were gone. I stopped again and scanned the sky and there was nothing – not one. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 22, 2016 · 9:00 PM · CHEVRON
Southern Pines, NC
Around 9pm I went outside to smoke a cigarette and saw 2 UFOs. One was in the shape of a chevron that changed colors and one was a line of lights that was yellow. They were flying low, and I felt slightly sick and I don’t remember going inside my house but I woke up in my living on the couch to a horrible nightmare of being surrounded by something several hours later. I’ve never had an experience like it before or sense but I still have vivid nightmares of the same event. I don’t know what was real and my memory is spotty. And when I think about it still get physically ill.
August 13, 2016 · 4:00 AM · CHEVRON
Fort Collins, CO
I could not make out a body, only the lights but where the body should have been it seemed to refract (is that the right word?) light. The stars behind the object shifted a bit as if they were placed under water and then once it had passed returned to where they were. I have no evidence of anything, my phone was dead, and even if it weren't, the whole thing happened in a matter of seconds.
August 12, 2016 · 8:00 PM · CHEVRON
Fairfield, CA
V shaped aircraft off I-80. Extremely still and unmoving. Also very small looked like a smal drone but definitely visible were two white lights and a black disc underneath it with a ring of blue dim lights. Surprised with how still it was because I saw it about .25 mi away approaches it to get a good look and drove right past it
August 12, 2016 · 4:15 AM · CHEVRON
Deltona, FL
While out watching for meteors, around 4 am facing east, a faint grey/smoky chevron slowly and silently, tracked across the sky from east towest in a straight path. Holding my hand up at arm's length, the object was about the size of my thumb. There were no lights emanating from this object.
August 12, 2016 · 2:45 AM · CHEVRON
Tacoma, WA
While watching the night sky looking for shooting stars from the Perseid meteor shower, my wife and simultaneously observed 5 lights in a slight chevron formation moving quickly from NW to SE. The lights moved in exact unison like a single aircraft but the chevron was very large and there was no audible noise. We live in the flight path of both SEA-TAC airport and McChord Air Force Base so we see multiple aircraft every day and night flying overhead. This group of lights did not resemble any aircraft we have ever seen nor did it move at the speed of any aircraft we have seen in this area. The lights at no time left a streak and did not blink or twinkle at any time. They remained constant and solid until out of view. We cannot say whether it was a single aircraft with five lights or if the chevron was five separate objects moving in unison. However, the five lights never moved closer or further apart as they moved across the sky. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and we found him to be quite sober-minded. We suspect that he is a very good witness. PD