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October 30, 2023 · 6:51 PM · LIGHT
Bosque Farms, NM
On October 30, 2023 at 6:51 PM, I arrived home and as I got out of my car I noticed a strange light in the sky above my house towards the west. It was rapidly getting dark and this steady glowing light that was slowly moving to the southeast was obscured by a kind of fog even though it was a completely clear night. There was no sound at all emanating from this object, there were no other lights and no blinking lights like a plane. I got my wife from the house, I took 1 picture and thought I started a video but actually didn’t. Ugg. We watched it drift over us and towards the southeast and it was hard to tell how high it was with this weird fog around it, 2000 to 5000 ft high maybe. At one point a jet flew between us and this object and the contrast of a completely in focus commercial jet and this weird silent foggy light. Right at the end as it was about to go out of sight we both witnessed a 360 degree, what I would call a pressure wave, emanate outward from this object and a fast pace and dissolve. That pressure wave was the absolute most unreal thing I have ever seen. It then continued out of site to the southeast over the Manzano mountains. This was no balloon, it's not the moon I can prove that, it's no air vehicle that I have ever seen. I'm 68. And I did not really believe. That has absolutely changed. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Possible]
October 30, 2023 · 6:45 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalAlbuquerque, NM
Was watering plants in back yard saw light above/south in the sky moving east from the west. Did not look like any plane or military aircraft. Had no noise. Called a friend outside to take a look at it with me. He did not know what it was. I went inside and grabbed my bird watching binoculars and looked at it some more. It had no shape just a round light but on the back of it there was a stick like protrusion at a 45 degree angel. It looked like a folded up umbrella or a parachute that failed to inflate. The protrusion seemed very rigid and did not change shape. It was headed SE over KAFB or four hills and I saw it emit a spray in a round shape like a smoke ring. In a slightly down ward angle. The spray/emission was much bigger then the light that produced it. I then proceeded to access my roof (took one min)to get a better view and it was gone. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
October 30, 2023 · 2:45 PM · CIRCLE
Riverton, WY
White circle with green light flying downward then horizontal and quickly beamed out of site.
October 30, 2023 · 2:43 PM · SPHERE
Veneta, OR
I was standing in front of my house looking up through the oak trees that line the street. I was looking up through the branches on a sunny day with the sun being blocked out by the branches. I was watching pollen, bugs, spider webs, and other Earthly objects moving through the trees. I noticed a white orb moving in a llinear line going from south to north but changing path from flying straith to erratic to stoping and changing directions and moving in ways that none of the other objects I had been watching for ten minutes by the trees was. This ggot my attention so I began to watch just this object (it was near the sun so it was hard to observe without the the tree obscuring the sun. The object stopped as if it new I could see it and I was trying to ascertain the distance to the object (former military with the Cav scouts so I am good at ffiguring out how far away something is) the object imploded on itself and disappeared right before my eyes. The object never mad a sound or left any sort of contrail. The object was moving behind everything else that I was watching.
October 30, 2023 · 1:57 PM · CHANGING
Whittier, CA
It was like looking at the night sky but in the day time. From about 30 to 40 objects as if they were forming patterns in the sky. Then I took out my phone and filmed for about a minute and 15 seconds. Incredible.....
October 30, 2023 · 7:55 AM · CHANGING
Burlington, NC
This morning at 7:55 AM I was walking my dog and looked up into the sky and saw the moon. I was standing on Spring Street at the corner of Fourth Street at that time. To the lower right of the moon there was an odd shaped flying object in the sky that was clearly visible and not a plane. It was whitish-silver in color, it had the appearance of a solid object that resembled a rounded edged double decker bus. At one point it briefly changed shape into a flatter version within a gray cloud of dust then returned to the rounded double decker bus shape and the gray cloud of dust disappeared as quickly as it appeared. The object flew in a northern direction for approximately 5 minutes as I walked along the street with my dog and then it disappeared from view when the bright sunlight struck the object as I reached the corner of Spring and E. Morehead Streets. When it was visible it was extremely high in the sky and there was no exhaust trail.
October 29, 2023 · 8:12 PM · CHANGING
Egan, LA
This is not a hoax!! I would never report something fake!!!! I was sitting in my SUV at 8:12 pm on Oct 29, 2023. I noticed this light in the sky and it was moving. It was circular and moving around. I thought oh its probably a satellite. So, I used my iphone 14 pro max and zoomed in 15x and took some rather unusual photo’s. Some were taken with flash off and some with it on. I noticed when the flash was on and I was snapping pics the object got closer to me. It looks like an Alien being born. Not sure about the mans face but, that was taken at one point aiming right at the object. I put a few pics on a UFO facebook group and people were making fun of them. I took them down. I did not alter these photos at all. I would take a lie detector test to prove it. I am baffled as to what this is and what this means. Any thoughts??? I actually got scared and ran inside the house. I watched and took pics from 8:12pm to 10:55pm.
October 29, 2023 · 8:09 PM · FORMATION
Holden, UT
I do not know how many objects it was. There appeared to be about six lights in a row that were connected to each other by lighted straight lines. It disappeared instantly after about five seconds of noticing it. I wondered if it was a reflection, but it was dark, the moon had not risen above the horizon, and there were few vehicles around me. I was traveling at about 8:00 p.m. northbound on Interstate 15 just north of Holden, Utah, Millard County. I can submit a drawing if desired. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
October 29, 2023 · 5:13 PM · SPHERE
Elk Grove, CA
We saw one orb appear at what seems a very high altitude followed by another orb appear in the blue of the sky. There were no flashing lights however the color changed from white to pinkish red then slowly moved until out of sight.
October 29, 2023 · 4:55 PM
Probable conventionalFontainebleau, Ile-de-France · France
Le 29 octobre 2023, à 16h55, le témoin à son domicile, à Fontainebleau (77), observe un « ballet de quatre points lumineux » ressemblant à quatre étoiles blanches et lumineuses en mouvement. Cette observation dure environ trois minutes, durant lesquelles les points lumineux évoluent de manière erratique, sans logique apparente. Au terme de ces trois minutes, les lumières disparaissent soudainement en un instant. En complément de son témoignage, le témoin fournit une photo reconstituée, prise depuis le lieu de l'observation, sur laquelle il a reproduit les PAN observés. L'absence de témoins supplémentaires, comme de photo ou de vidéo des PANs rend la consistance* du cas moyenne. *selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d’informations considérées comme fiables et objectivées, recueillies pour un témoignage. L’enquête à distance complétée par un entretien téléphonique avec le témoin a permis d'explorer plusieurs hypothèses, dont une seule a été retenue : un vol d’oiseaux de type aigrettes ( voir le compte rendu d'enquête). Bien que difficile à démontrer de manière formelle, cette hypothèse offre une explication plausible pour la majorité des caractéristiques observées des PANs : - La couleur et la trajectoire apparente erratique des oiseaux peuvent correspondre à la description de « quatre grosses étoiles mouvantes » donnée par le témoin. - Les conditions d'éclairage particulières de la soirée peuvent également expliquer cette observation : le temps était nuageux avec des percées lumineuses. Le témoin précise que le phénomène se produisait au sein de l'une de ces percées. Les oiseaux blancs, éclairés par les rayons du Soleil, auraient pu apparaître de manière saisissante en contraste avec le ciel gris et sombre en arrière-plan.. - La disparition soudaine du phénomène peut être attribuée au passage des oiseaux dans une zone d'ombre, entraînant une perte de visibilité en raison de la distance.stance. -Enfin, dans la direction indiquée par le témoin, se trouvent deux zones humides abritant des colonies d'échassiers, telles que les aigrettes. Le GEIPAN classe ce cas en catégorie B : probable vol d’aigrettes dans un rayon lumineux entre deux nuages. [GEIPAN classification B — Oiseau]
October 29, 2023 · 11:45 AM · SPHERE
Bayport, NY
My son witnessed a black sphere or orb flying in a solid path over trees over our yard. It is a windy day and it was not a balloon swaying in breeze. It kept a direct path and speed without deviation. Seems to have a faint white sphere around object and put out a pulse shockwave around it twice in sequence as it traveled . Object flashed a sort of shockwave sphere around it not into the entire sky.
October 29, 2023 · 5:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Cowes, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
In the early morning of Sunday 29 October 2023 at a mid-point of 05:30 for 4 minutes (between 05:25 earliest to 05:35 latest), an unusual large triangular aircraft (Vulcan bomber sized but just a triangle - no fuselage or front cockpit) was seen clearly by two observers as it passed over West Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK. It was on a flight path from the south south-west (e.g.direction of Brighstone, IOW) going over West Cowes IOW where the High Street meets Birmingham Road and went away toward the north north-east (e.g. over The Solent sea channel and toward Netley, Southampton). Only the lights were seen when it first appeared but the whole solid triangle shape emerged as it approached us and passed overhead. Elevation when the lights alone were first seen in the clear, dark sky was ca. 36 degrees according to my inclinometer (below Venus and the Moon), which puts it at about 1,200 feet altitude, then it overpassed us and the solid grey triangle shape showed against the night sky and could be seen clearly. It had non-conventional (illegal by CAA standards for port and starboard illumination?) navigation lights: green constant strip-lights along both wingtips and a powerful red lamp in the central underbelly which occasionally blinked but not in a set pattern. No white navigation lights were seen. The green strip lights seemed inset into and along the front wingtip surface because I could see the grey horizontal top and bottom metal surface lines of the wing sandwiching above and below the green light layer. It flew unusually slowly, coasting as it came toward us in a straight line and the engine sounded so muted that nighttime background noise of street lights and very distant traffic hummed louder, so it was hard to pick its sound out of the background. It looked too large and heavy (60 tons plus?) to stay in the air at apparently near to stalling speed and in the absence of any powerful jet engine roar. The wingspan appeared to be about 160 feet. The triangular fuselage was dull grey but I could see some striations (not perfect linear marks) running from the back to front of the triangle underneath. This aircraft was headed in the direction of, but not going to land at, Southampton Airport as I contacted them and they said local bye-laws for operation do not allow them to receive aircraft before 06:30. I assume this was a new type of US military stealth aircraft but it was not a Northrop B2 Spirit as that design is smaller, lighter and has an incomplete triangle shape (gap at the rear). The Raider was announced recently but it looked even larger than that and the navigation lights on the craft we watched are in different positions to the more conventional lights on a Raider. Also, the rear side of the triangle we watched was almost filled in, not quite a straight edge but close, whereas the two known aircraft which I mentioned have an open gap or zig-zag rear. I tried to photograph it but my phone does not have a night setting so it came out dark. My daughter tried to take a film in the dark (attached - she sent it to me the next day, so that may change the nighttime film's timestamp to daytime?) as it began to go out of sight over the roof line of our house but all she recorded was the big red central lamp. The triangle did not contrast enough to show in the darkness on the film. I have no idea if this was an unannounced human-made stealth aircraft (is the TR3-B real?) or if it could possibly have been something more exotic and not man-made. Has anyone else reported seeing this please?
October 29, 2023 · 4:17 AM · CIRCLE
Waldorf, MD
At 4:16AM in the morning of October 29th, 2023, I decided to take photos of the full moon + clouds. I took the photos and noticed, what appeared to be a star to me, a singular, bright light, maintaining one spot for over 5 minutes. I went inside to show the photos to my family, talked for about 5-7 minutes then brought my nephew outside to see the moon/clouds. I pointed out the “star” to my nephew, and not soon after, we both notice it quickly drop down from the sky, at least 200 feet, then go straight back up, above the clouds. I looked at my photos and noticed the object was hanging directly below cloud cover, right on the edge of the cloud. I know it wasn’t a plane, it maintained the same space for an extended period of time and the speed it accelerated to as it dropped would be unmaintainable for an aircraft (possible a missile could maneuver like this, but it couldn’t sit stationary). The object was in the western sky, situated to the bottom left of the moon.
October 29, 2023 · 1:22 AM · SPHERE
Marshville, NC
Object moved slowly to the north east direction. Object made no sound had no trail and promptly disappeared before my eyes. Extremely bright, the size was slightly smaller than a basket ball appeared to be perhaps a mile overhead. I am prior army and have never seen anything like it. Was not a typical meteor or fireball as some might try to say it was.
October 28, 2023 · 9:28 PM · CHANGING
IdentifiedToronto, ON · Canada
Waiting for a bus. Spotted UFO immediately hovering over vicinity of St. Clair Reservoir Park. Took six pics on iPhone 6s. Distracted enough to not think of taking a video. After about a minute or two, two groups of young men came along sidewalk and gathered to wait for the bus. We talked briefly and no one could come up with an idea of what it could be. The head and tail were changing colour from blue to green. The head at times looked like a v-shaped jet plane and then would morph and go out of focus to more of a blob shape. Sometimes the head was a bright white colour and then it would change to the same colour as the tail. The tail was moving somewhat and had separate lights within it. Advised by admin. of UFO UpDates to report it. Update from witness: This has been explained as a kite with leds. [NUFORC annotation: Kite - Certain]
October 28, 2023 · 9:23 PM · UNKNOWN
Brooklyn, NY
I have video and pictures but what I saw with the naked eye is something I never saw before.
October 28, 2023 · 6:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Long Beach, CA
5 objects total, 3 went into a triangle and all faded. Not helicopter, drone or plane as this was above LGB flight path.
October 28, 2023 · 6:40 PM · CIRCLE
manchester, NJ
Left my house and noticed Venus or whatever in the sky and stopped to admire what I thought was also Mars and got in my car. Realized that the orange thing was too big to be mars and kept staring as I was leaving neighborhood, which is when it started blinking briefly. I stopped my car at the exit of the neighborhood and noticed it was dark in the middle, as opposed to a solid orange circle. The orange ring did a loop and slowly moved southeast before disappearing. Forgive me if this is too hard to believe but even the deer were fixated on the orange ring.
October 28, 2023 · 5:27 PM · OTHER
lurigancho chosica, LIMA · Peru
I saw a giant long rectangular ship, formed as if they were joined segments, emitting a wave and turning off our cell phones, we lost track of time because it was day and when we started walking it was night, what surprised me was that it used an effect strange from a well-known movie, it became invisible like the predator movie and made a sound and became invisible from the ends inwards
October 28, 2023 · 4:27 PM · OTHER
Christchurch, CANTERBU · New Zealand
At first I thought it may have been a bird behind a tiny cloud but then it changed direction at speed and move way too fast and was way too high. It went left then right and veered slightly. It then just disappeared completely in a blue sky. I watched for any more sighting and nothing. it was in the South. I'm not entirely sure what I saw but thought it best to report anyway. [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Possible]
October 28, 2023 · 6:24 AM · SPHERE
Santa Clarita, CA
I was on my Tablet watching YouTube, when I went to open my window for som fresh air. I stopped to watch an airliner passing by since my home is under the traffic lane of an airport, so I like to plane watch frequently. I noticed what I originally thought to be another airliner, so I turned my attention to it. That was when I realized it did not have any navigational lights. I am familiar with what satellites look like and it did not match up. To add to that, there was a second orb which orbited around it as it moved across the sky. They made no noise, whereas I could clearly hear the airliner. Both of them were moving across the horizon at what I believe must have been supersonic speed. The entire sighting lasted approximately 2 minutes. During that time, crickets which were making noise outside had stopped entirely. Everything was dead quiet, I could hear my circulation.
October 28, 2023 · 5:10 AM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalSandpoint, ID
From 1978 to this day, I believe I saw 3 UFOs (Unknown Flying Objects). One when I was an ATC (Air Traffic controller) in the Air Force, another one when I was a Flight Attendant and another one as a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI ) pilot. Those UFOs had different shapes such as diamond shape and croissant shape. Last night, I woke up at 5am. I saw a bright light in the sky from my bed. I leave by the Lake Pend’Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho. I walked to the balcony. First I thought it was the position on the planet Venus at that time (5:10am). Considering the rotation of the Earth, that “thing” was not moving. Then I began to take pictures with my cell phone. And this is what is appearing (see pictures)! I leave the analysis and conclusion to the experts. But please let me know the verdict! [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
October 27, 2023 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Davis and Woodland (beetween; closer to Davis), CA
There were two yellow lights, it seemed like the bigger brighter one was still, but the smaller one was seemed to be moving. The bigger one was moving with the smaller one, as if they were connected on one craft, but it only seemed like the smaller one was moving up and down. Another light appeared above the bigger one. It was the smallest, it too was yellow. It seemed like, as we were driving the lights were moving across the sky, only the smaller two were going up and down. When we were getting close to Davis, the lights seemed brighter and bigger too sort of a bright reflection on them. And then they disappeared behind the trees, even when we looked at the direction they were, we couldn't see them.
October 27, 2023 · 8:37 PM · SPHERE
Bear, DE
I was out walking my dog standing in the dog park at 8:37 pm when I looked up towards northeast sky and saw three very bright objects hovering about 100 feet above one of the objects had a bright light coming from it for about a minute or so these three objects were stationary no sound no exhaust I took a pic with my phone I could not get a video because I had my dog in a leash pulling but I did get one good picture now after a minutes or so the objects moved silently northwest with no sound nothing omitting from the objects at first they were just moving along slowly if you look at the pic on of the objects had a light coming from it as if it was looking for something the objects were there on second and gone the next just gone all of em it was amazing I can not believe what I saw when I got home I was looking at the pic and if you look closely at the pic between 2 of the objects you can see a different object that I did not see with a naked eye this was a incredible experience they were not airplanes or drones or helicopters I am 100 percent sure of what I saw