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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 4, 2014 · 11:03 PM · SPHERE
Union, OH
Each one continued to travel in a straight line, then disappeared, each one, right after the other, at the same point in the sky. After the five in a line disappeared another appeared on the horizon. All orbs were moving from the north-western part of the sky. Again, another orb appeared. There were nine total. Each one proceeded to the same point in the sky and then suddenly winked out and were gone. They were not planes and they made absolutely no noise at all.
July 4, 2014 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Mobile, AL
First of let it be known, we live near a coast guard base and a large airport and see all types of aircraft, helicopters you name it this wasn't anything like we have ever seen before! After fireworks died down, on the Fourth of July, I saw a bright red sphere in the sky moving closer it made no noise and we thought at first it was a very large flare. I saw it at first and as it started moving closer with no noise it caught my husbands attention. We followed it and my husband shown a flashlight at it. When he did the sphere made a weird whistle noise then turned and sped up. Fireworks don't hover and them speed up.
July 4, 2014 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
La Mirada, CA
On 4th of July, 2014, we were driving through La Mirada, CA, between 10:30 & 11:00 PM and on the enter section of La Mirada Blvd and Rosecrans I notice a Police officer pointing his exterior spot light directly up into the sky as we drove closer to the enter section I looked up and there it was red and yellow glowing Sphere above us I'm guessing around a 1000 ft above us, my wife was driving and our niece was in the back seat I told her to look up and she also saw the Sphere, my wife couldn't see it cause she was driving but noticed the officer shinning his light upward. I only looked up because of the expression of the officer's face in disbelief as too what he was seeing. That's what caught my attention. we did not pull over but I stuck my head out the window and saw that the Sphere began to go straight up and disappeared
July 4, 2014 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Tinley Park, IL
We (my husband and I) were laying outside watching the sky. We saw two circular shaped objects following each other coming from the south-east moving north-west. They glowing red, with no other visible lights and not flashing. There was no sound. Then they just disappeared. The time is approximate, we were not looking at our watches, we were watching the sky.
July 4, 2014 · 10:51 PM · SPHERE
Tarrytown, NY
UFO Sighting: Tarrytown, July 4, 2014. On the evening of July 4, 2014, I was watching the fireworks display over the Hudson River from a friend’s balcony in Tarrytown, just north of the Tappan Zee Bridge. The river was to my left, and the town was to my right. There were many fireworks displays up and down the river and many planes over the river, both large commercial jets at higher altitudes as well as many small private planes at lower altitudes. There were 8 people in our group, including small kids, and as many as 100 people lining the streets near the building where I was watching from. The Tarrytown Fire Department had many members present. At 10:51 pm, as there was a pause in the show in preparation for the “Grand Finale,” I happened to glance at the sky to my right, away from the river. I saw a bright blue light streaking across the sky at low altitude, perhaps a few hundred feet up. It seemed destined to streak into the river until it skidded to a halt and jumped back away from the river, taking a stationary position near the shoreline. The movement of the object instantly struck me as bizarre, as it covered an incredible amount of distance in a few seconds and made a sharp 180 degree move. It also seemed to disappear for a few instants, or “skip” as it moved into position. I took out my cell phone and took one photo and a 1 minute 47 second video. Even though the fireworks finale was going on behind me I couldn’t take my eyes off the object. It was an extremely bright blue light, it appeared to be round or orb shaped, and perhaps 5 to 10 feet in diameter, though the exact size was hard to tell. When the fi! reworks display ended the object instantly vanished. A few others in my party saw the object after it moved into its stationary position, but nobody saw it move into position but me. It was unclear to all of us what it might be. I do not know if anyone on the ground saw it although I am pretty sure I saw members of the Tarrytown Fire Department pointing at the object.
July 4, 2014 · 10:45 PM · SPHERE
Garden Grove, CA
Watching fireworks on the 4th of july. eight orbs (orange bright circles) appeared one at a time over the top of the house in front of me from a southern direction to a northern direction. They would appear one at a time go across four houses then go diagonally up into the ski in to the same spot and disappear as if it was a doorway then the next one would appear a minute later and slowly do the same thing (no sound notied) this happened 8 times while my daughter and i watched.
July 4, 2014 · 10:45 PM · SPHERE
Chillicothe, OH
We were returning from Forth of July Fireworks when we spotted two orbs in the sky, southwest of our position. The orbs were slightly different in color, one more yellow, the other more orange. They circled around one another for several minutes, sometimes changing directions and becoming dimmer as time went on until they faded from view. They were in the sky too long to be part of any fireworks, moved too erratically for planes or iridium flares. The dimming of the lights gave the impression that they were moving away from us.
July 4, 2014 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Eldersburg, MD
20 minutes after they were done, saw 5 round orange orbs floating horizontally across the sky heading in an eastward position.
July 4, 2014 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Ridgway, PA
Observed a similar orb as on 6/28/14, this time traveling from west to south from the west end of Ridgway, Pa. Orb moved smoothly at quick but not fast pace for a couple minutes. Orb was orange in color, the same as the one seen by me a few days earlier. As orb passed through neighborhood 4th of July celebrations, fireworks went off in the sky from a house down the street. Right after this happened, the orb changed color from orange to dark red. At this time, also saw a tiny white orb accompanying it, but not attached. Tiny white orb was flying erratically and close to main (orange to dark red) orb. Lost sight after a tree blocked our view.
July 4, 2014 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Loon Lake, WA
At approximately 1030 local PDT at least 5 orange objects were observed from the western shore of Loon Lake, Washington 99148. The first appeared in the south eastern sky. It appeared to be traveling northwest, and then turned to the north, and then appeared to have stopped. It then traveled northeast and appeared to climb and disappeared. The second and third objects appeared from the east, heading west. Both turned north and appeared to head northeast toward Deer lake. Two of these objects appeared to be passing in front of Loon lake mountain, just east of Loon lake. Both appeared to have landed just east of the lake approximately where Meyers farm is located. All of this occurred while the fireworks display was in progress at Loon lake. Perhaps these were some kind of drone observing the display. This was observed by 4 adults.
July 4, 2014 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Bay Shore, NY
Bright orange ball traveling west to east, not a plane or firework. Very distinct orange orb with a halo glow.
July 4, 2014 · 10:29 PM · SPHERE
Louisville, KY
I was outside watching the fireworks on the 4th, and I looked up at the sky to my right to see a extremely bright red light. The light was so bright that it surrounded the entire craft. I was not able to see any shape of the craft because the light was so bright so I am going to say it was a sphere. It did not flash, it was a static light. The craft was relatively high up in the sky, but still below the cloud line. It flew straight across from the right all the way past our front yard and off to the left. Because of the height I did not hear any sound, but I still found that a bit odd because other craft around that altitude usually make some sort of noise. The craft would pivot slightly to the left and right. Sort of like a boat in rough seas. Do not mistake this for the normal "zipping across the sky" this looked more like wind was effecting it because it was moving at a relatively slow speed. There were no other lights other than the red. No white lights, no strobes, etc... Having said that, I have to take an educated approach to this sighting. Even though I might belive in something like this, there is always a possibility that there is a simple explination to this. I thought to myself, well the slow speed and subtle pivoting, and bright red light... it could have been a helicopter. But not a commercial one because of the bright red light, so then maybe a military helicopter. But the fact that the light was so bright and no other strobing lights were on it, and there was no sound I am having a hard time accepting my own answer to this. I have seen other military helicopters in the area and they are extremely loud. And just to rule it out, it was moving way too fast to be a hot air balloon. We live near a small airfield (Bowman Field) and I see aircraft all the time, and am quite familiar with the lights on crafts. I look in the sky several times a day waiting to find something, and sure enough I did! This is honestly the first time I have been unable to explain this sighting and it is all I have been able to think about for days now. I have seen everything from military helicopters, small planes, news helicopters, drones (about once a month) and now this. I have a very short video that I took of it, though my phone was low battery and shut off shortly after i started to record so I was unable to take any still images. (go figure, just my luck).
July 4, 2014 · 10:23 PM · SPHERE
Bellingham, WA
Orange "fireball" hovered in sky above fireworks for a few minutes before disappearing.
July 4, 2014 · 10:17 PM · SPHERE
Crown City, OH
While trying to watch local fireworks from our hilltop property, we noticed two objects flying from northeast to southwest. One object disappeared, shortly after the other object disappeared. This happened several more times, with the objects disappearing in approximately the same place. They appeared to fly into a small, light cloud, but never reappeared. It was a pretty clear night and we could see the moon and stars clearly. One of objects seemed to burst, with a bright flash of light and sparks above the clouds. They were not evenly spaced, but we're taking the same flight path. They were most definitely not fireworks or planes. They were reddish orange in color.
July 4, 2014 · 10:16 PM · SPHERE
Half Moon Bay, CA
My name is ((deleted)). I live in half moon bay ca. As me and my friend sat outside and witnessed what look like as star hover close and low to the ground we realized it was not an airplane helicopter fireworks or Flare gun. It looking like a circular round orb hovering. A minute later 2 of them reappeared and moved slowly in formation . I sent two videos. Contact me at ((deleted)) or call at 415 ((deleted))
July 4, 2014 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Anderson, SC
Standing on the 7th floor balcony, myself and three others watched a red orange ball coming towards us at a good click. It would change direction instantaneously. There was no sound associated with the craft at all. After 2-3 mins, it disappeared. Very disturbing to myself and the others. I tried to get video of it but my cellphone struggled to located the object due to the night lights of the city.
July 4, 2014 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Supulpa, OK
Saw 3 Red/orange orbs hovering in a triangle shape together. Each one left the group and disappeared seaperately. They disappeared in the same spot. No trees or clouds blocking. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2014 · 10:05 PM · SPHERE
Upper Arlington, OH
Watching fireworks, which had just begun. In the Eastern sky, about halfway in between horizon and zenith, an unusual red light showing small diameter. Light was unblinking, steady, very dark, rich, ruby red, different from any aircraft light I've ever seen. Had irregularly flashing green light which seemed towards the backside of the object, at about the 10 or 11 o'clock position. Mostly stationary and noiseless, although the fireworks were loud, yet nothing heard during short lulls. It seemed to drift slowly towards the South and towards the horizon, although total distance was only a few degrees. Motion only noticed over time, it was too slow to actually see it moving. On a clock face, motion was in the 4 o'clock direction. Faded slightly during sighting. I kept watching it, then the fireworks, sad I didn't have binoculars. Fireworks finale began and I watched that. When that was over, I looked again and the object was completely gone.
July 4, 2014 · 10:05 PM · SPHERE
Surfside, SC
Multiple orange/red spheres over ocean. Seemed to fly to one spot in sky and then fade out.
July 4, 2014 · 10:05 PM · SPHERE
Pennsburg, PA
Description of UFO Event Approximately 2 Miles South Of Pennsburg, Pa. 07/04/2014 22:05 pm EDT 7 Witnesses – All Mature Adults (19 to 62 years old) Observing point was from rear of house along Kings Road about 2 miles south of Pennsburg adjacent to route PA 663 which would be to your left from rear of house. Back of home faces due Northeast towards a tall tree forested area. Western side of Green Lane Reservoir lies on the other side (north) of this tall tree forested area. Site map layout can be e-mailed. Event began around 10:05 PM EDT. Skies were dark and clear, highly transparent - many stars visible. All local area fireworks shows had concluded about 20 minutes prior. No activity at all. We were all cleaning and packing up from family holiday get together. I am a college graduate and IT Professional and have been an amateur astronomer for over 50 years. Very familiar with night sky, celestial objects, stars, planets, constellations, cardinal directions, etc. Never saw anything like this phenomenon before. The others, with various educated backgrounds in nursing, health care, accounting and plumbing concurred. I was admiring the stars and the clear dark skies to the North, when I caught a glimpse of a brightly lit orange colored orb like object rising up through the tall trees in the sky but from behind the tall tree line to the far rear of the property. I pointed it out to everyone else present at the time. This orange colored orb like object then rose up to about 10 degrees above this rear tall tree line and then followed it straight like an arrow due East. I would estimate the apparent visual magnitude of this object to be -3 to -5. Similar in range to the planet Jupiter or Venus at maximum brightness. But, clearly orange and orb like not like a white or blue white pin point star or planet I am familiar with. Some minor light pulsations were noted as it traversed along its path. Absolutely no sounds were heard. No red or green aircraft marker lights or aircraft landing lights on the object. No other discernable features. No smoke or contrails either. Traversed its path North to East covering about 90 degrees of sky in about 20-30 seconds. Hard to tell in darkness, but estimated the altitude of the object to be less than 10,000 feet, somewhere in range of between 1000 and 5000 feet. We were all very puzzled and awestruck by this object. Then, shockingly, 3 (three) more identical objects rose up and followed in succession along the exact same flight path North to East. Exact same characteristics. Color, brightness, some pulsation, no sounds, no marker lights, no smoke or contrails etc. These subsequent trailing orange colored orb objects appeared to follow each other along same path in about 20 second intervals from the first one across the northeast sky like a string of bright orange beads. The new ones would appear and follow while the previous ones were disappearing into the eastern horizon. All 7 witnesses experienced this spectacle. We managed to get a snapshot through one of our smart phones of the last of the objects. Different resolutions could be provided via e-mail. Other points of note. 1. Definitely not meteors – seen them, know them, no arcing, trails or contrails evident. And, much too large and orb like given proximity. 2. The Planets Mars & Saturn were clearly identifiable and visible on the opposite side of the sky along the ecliptic (South-Southwest) from this event. Mars in Virgo near Spica and Saturn near center of Libra. Half moon also in Leo. 3. Two separate commercial aircraft with flashing marker lights were observed traveling East to West much higher in the sky (30,000+ feet) near the zenith during the course of the event as it was unfolding. Presumably these were aircraft out of the New York Area going cross country. 4. Can probably rule out prankster candle balloons or gas lit bags because the objects did not deviate at all along the flight path – there was no undulating or sine wave motions. And, much too bright for just a meager internal light source. 5. The fight path of the objects took them right near the star Deneb in the rising constellation of Cygnus in the Northeast sky.
July 4, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Seattle, WA
On the 4th of July, I walked to Lakeview Blvd E on Capitol Hill to watch the fireworks that would be going on at Gas Works Park that night. I got there a little before 10pm. There were several planes flying around and most of them had red and white lights. I saw 3 small red orbs slowing moving from the west to the east. They were flying over the Fremont bridge and Aurora bridge. They were flying in a triangular formation. They rounded Queen Anne Hill and started flying south. It was partly cloudy that night. They flew under a dark cloud. Then the first one disappeared into the cloud and then the second and then the third. It was before the fireworks started and I hadn’t been drinking or using drugs.
July 4, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Everett, WA
We were on the deck of our apartment building that faces east I first seen 3 orange lights flyig in a triangle. I knew what they were my sister has seen them on the east coast I was flipping excited finally I had seen them. Called for my boyfriend he watched the first 3 go over clear as day then a fourth came trailing behind going slower I think.shortly after all 4 were visible the first 3 disappeared. We joked their on a field trip to observe our bizarre rituals lol boyfiend went out to the front of our building to see if they went over. As I watched the last one go to where the others disappeared and im not even kinding it just blinked once then it was gone. Best 4th ever. Wish there would be a legit reason for them though.
July 4, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Brookport, IL
After the towns fire works my wife and friends where waiting for the croud to clear and my friend noticed a red ball in the distance traveling from the east to south west. It was moving slow and seemed to stay still for about 30 sec then moved again in the same direction and then just went out! And then we noticed another one from the same direction moving more west and like the first one just went out. After that my wife and I went to a gas station and on our way back home we seen another one this was much lower than the other 2 and was above our town I was on a bridge and was driving so I couldn't keep an eye on it. It was also moving east to west. This all occured in about 30 mins of each other. I've never seen anything like this all 3 where a reddish color and did not flash or flicker and no sound! Thank you!
July 4, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Frankfort, KY
Small round orange object appeared to hover to the west of Rt. 127 on the north side of Frankfort. We stopped our car to get a better look and within about 30 seconds, it began moving south with no apparent sound. We got back in the car to follow it. Within a few seconds, it was gone. It seemed to disappear on us. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD