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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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October 20, 2023 · 7:52 PM · SPHERE
Northglenn, CO
The two orbs were seen to the north. Two people saw this, one went to pull out a phone to use a planet finding app. By the time the app was ready the orbs were gone. All five people are looking to the sky now and one says “are those birds”? We all looked to the west and could see a chevron shaped objet with 3-4 lights on each side traveling southbound. It was a few thousand feet away; I have seen planes fly as close as this was and their was no sounds and it had a consistent speed that was slower than propeller aircraft and faster than geese. We all watched it go out of sight behind the trees.
October 20, 2023 · 6:21 PM · UNKNOWN
Brentford, LONDON B · United Kingdom
I noticed what I thought at first was two escaped balloons, but as it got closer it looked like two balls attached and rotating round (almost like bicycle pedals). I took a video and the people I showed it to suggested it might be a drone, but having finally looked up different types of drones, here don't seem to be any like this. The video won't upload so I've attached a screen shot from it [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
October 20, 2023 · 2:30 PM · CIGAR
Chubbuck, ID
As we were driving, I noticed a bright object hovering above a mountain. It wasn’t moving and it was very bright. After telling some people about it, I found out the same object was photographed in Soda Springs two days earlier. We compared photos, and they seem to be the same thing.
October 20, 2023 · 2:00 PM · OTHER
Probable conventionalMarquette, MI
Was taking pictures of Lake Superior and later when I was looking at the pictures this red thing was in the photo. It was in only one photo, my wife and I never saw it in real life. It would have been very easy to spot with sunshine and 0 obstructions. I took several photos quickly and this was in only one. If you have any idea what it is please tell me, thank you. [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Probable]
October 20, 2023 · 6:45 AM · LIGHT
Tulsa, OK
I enjoy coffee every morning while watching the sky. I look for different celestial objects and the international space station. I even have an app that helps me understand what I am seeing. On the morning of October 20th at approximately 6:45am I was stargazing and enjoying the view of Jupiter. Suddenly 3 lights appeared in the western sky between Jupiter and the horizon from my vantage point on my front porch. The 3 lights were moving North in a triangle formation for about 1 minute. I tried to grab my phone to record, but when I looked back up 2 of the lights had disappeared and then the 3rd light disappeared. The lights did not fade or leave a trail. It’s as if the lights were snuffed out.
October 20, 2023 · 5:42 AM · CHANGING
Easton, MD
Long string of bright yellow light with dispersed dots of white light and one red light on left end of string as it moved across the sky from southwest to northeast. Yellow string moved as a broad front, not in a linear fashion (similar to a starlink as I understand it), along the axis of advance. Absolutely silent as it moved. Altitude estimated at 2000 to 3000 feet. Shape of the line appeared to change, as can be seen in the two pictures attached. Multiple images of the yellow line in the pictures are due to camera shake during pro-longed exposure. Unfortunately, the entire line of light is not in the pictures due to haste in grabbing the camera and taking the pictures.
October 20, 2023 · 4:15 AM · CIRCLE
TX
Object is hovering and moving circular and zig zag pattern. It's a bright white light with a rainbow aura. Object came from the west. It was moving east but has been hovering for 1 hour.
October 20, 2023 · 3:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Palm City, FL
Dark black triangle, large, silent, three red lights, one on each corner, fast… very fast, completely silent
October 20, 2023 · 3:24 AM · TRIANGLE
Spokane Valley, WA
I was working night shift on break at work in the Spokane Valley when I looked up and was gazing at the stars. When I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye, I then honed in on a triangle shaped group of 3 lights that were very dim, no brighter than the background stars, that was definitely closer then the stars, moving rapidly while rotating slowly. No flashing lights or sound was emitted.
October 19, 2023 · 10:20 PM · CHANGING
Two Harbors, MN
I glanced to the the sky and witnessed a white glowing orb with a soft blue hue. There was a black line dividing the orb, making it look like a hamburger. I looked away. But then, my daughter asked me "do you see that?" So, I glanced up to the sky again and watched an object pulsate in a wave like pattern down towards Earth. It had beautiful white lights that would appear and then disappear as it was moving along it's path. It was absolutely beautiful. My attention suddenly shifted as I (we) watched a dark black triangle move across the sky. It had a few of the beautiful sparkling white lights, but they disappeared as it turned into a deep and dark black color. It got very close to us as we stood there watching it fly by. My daughter said it was the size of a commercial air plane, but what I saw was much smaller. The only reason I could see it at all was because of it's deep, rich black color. It was absolutely silent as it passed us by, us, which was odd and absolutely amazing! In total, my experience lasted approximately 5-10 seconds. But, it felt much longer, like slow motion took over from start to finish. I told my daughter that I felt like I was hypnotized as we were walking back to the house. Overall, I'm happy I got to experience this life changing event, I will never forget it! Ever.
October 19, 2023 · 10:15 PM · CHANGING
Two Harbors, MN
At the end of our street I noticed an oval shape surrounded by a faint wavering light. It was directly above us, moving like a floating feather, or like a snake. We watched it come down and circle around, becoming a very large black V with no lights. I honestly don’t know how I was able to see it with no lights on or around it, I can’t explain anything about it.
October 19, 2023 · 8:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Portland, OR
My girlfriend picked me up to go to the store. As soon as we started heading south we noticed 3 very bright lights in the sky, flashing colors not typical of aircraft, satellites, planets or stars. I immediately had a gut feeling I knew what it was. Upon driving to the store to get a better view, I noticed they changed positions slightly. Once at the door I was able to locate them again and finally snap a picture with my phone that has 100x zoom. As you can see, the light pattern is not typical of anything usual. I proceeded to try and take video, but my camera can't take video at that zoom level. We went into the store and came out. They were all gone.
October 19, 2023 · 8:08 PM
IdentifiedMagnien, Bourgogne · France
L'unique témoin de ce cas d'observation se trouve le soir du 19 octobre 2023 derrière sa maison afin de rentrer ses poules lorsqu'il observe à 20h08 des objets ronds brillants se déplaçant dans le ciel en tous sens. Il interrompt son observation et, une fois revenu quelques instants plus tard, il constate la présence de trois lumières au sol, côte à côte et, un peu plus à droite, plus près, de ce qui s'apparente à une silhouette lumineuse, immobile. Le témoin constate ensuite que cette silhouette disparaît et que les trois lumières «passent au-dessus » de lui avant de disparaître également. Deux photographies des deux derniers PANs ont été faites par le témoin. Par ailleurs, d'autres photographies prises plus tard en 2023 et fin 2024 ont été fournies ultérieurement à l'enquêteur sur lesquelles un ou plusieurs de ces PANs sont également visibles. Aucun autre témoignage n'a été recueilli au GEIPAN (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). La consistance* du cas est bonne. Bien que l'observation n'ait qu'un seul témoin, plusieurs photographies des PANs ont été faites et ont pu être exploitées pour l'enquête. *Selon les critères du GEIPAN, la consistance est la quantité d'informations considérées comme fiables et objectivées, recueillies pour un témoignage. Les premiers PANs observés peuvent être des satellites, bien que le manque de données consolidées ne permette pas d'être plus formel. Concernant les trois lumières alignées composant le PAN 1, nous avons pu déterminer avec certitude grâce à une analyse géographique et photographique qu'il s'agissait des lumières d'éoliennes situées à une quinzaine de kilomètres de distance du témoin. La persistance de ces lumières au même endroit et dans le temps sur des photographies prises à des moments différents, ainsi que leur apparence (couleur, clignotement) sont des éléments qui plaident également en faveur de l'hypothèse. Enfin, en ce qui concerne le dernier phénomène au sol observé par le témoin et photographié systématiquement, qui s'apparente à une «silhouette » (PAN 2), bien que nous n'ayons pas pu déterminer sa nature exacte, tout indique qu'il s'agit probablement d'un objet lumineux (dont la nature reste à définir) ou une personne (utilisant une torche ?), n'ayant aucun lien avec un objet aérospatial. Il a été impossible lors de l'enquête de caractériser de manière sûre ce phénomène. Le GEIPAN classifie ces observations multiples comme suit : - Observation des premiers PANs se déplaçant en tous sens (PANs non photographiés) : «C », l'absence de données ne permet pas de confirmer ou d'infirmer l'hypothèse de satellites. - Observation des trois PANs alignés au sol (PAN 1 photographié): «A » , observation de lumières d'éoliennes. - Observation du phénomène au sol, en forme de silhouette lumineuse (PAN 2 photographié) : «C », bien que certains éléments fassent penser à un probable objet éclairé situé au sol, il a été impossible de correctement caractériser ce phénomène. [GEIPAN classification A — Lumière (sol)]
October 19, 2023 · 8:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Wittmann, AZ
Went out as usual to look for satellites and shooting stars. looked to the NW direction and saw a skinny horizontal rectangle flash at me twice with a very bright white light. The light was perfectly contained within this rectangle. There was no glow around it or leakage of the light. I thought it might have been a blimp about to light up a sign but there was nothing more. No planes in the sky, no noise.
October 19, 2023 · 7:44 PM · LIGHT
Spokane, WA
At approx 19:44hrs I had stepped outside the storage facility I have storage at for some fresh air and not doing anything specific and flash! stutter...stutter...stutter...flash! fade to black, yet there's like this dark very dark blue-ish/brown coloured cloud barely barely visible IMO that its hiding and dancing around in, the flash deformed or morphed? into a spark! now & I can barely see the spark! now, flash! (like seeing fluffy broken cloud cover and this object is 'presenting' itself as, for whatever reason) is done and that spark! is now fading, fading fading as it 'flits!' here, 'flits!' there. Like a peek-a-boo! game, from up high. *Points upwards. Not too high an altitude, not typical high altitude trucking along craft(s) or objects IMO. Maybe 10,000 to 15,000ft. in altitude. Until not viewable from my line of sight looking to the S-SW at the storage facility... outta nowhere blamo! that odd cloud like formation (mostly coloured dark brown, dark blue against mostly black/dark sky) dwindled and faded away as well. Something was either up there and BIG maybe supporting those craft/spark! objects? In closing, for whatever its worth. The immediate (1st) and only impressions I took in on the cloudlike formation *see artistic representation here . The 'light' or craft direction of travel depicted in drawing would go clockwise. Meaning. At top of drawing follow 'light' object clockwise until it is barely visible on far, upper left of artistic representation... make sense?
October 19, 2023 · 7:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Alexandria, VA
October 19, 2023, 7pm. While driving home in the evening I saw an orange glowing object flying low. I initially thought it was a drone on fire. I parked in my driveway to get out and get a better look. I saw multiple silent orange objects flying northwards in a staggered line, possibly about a dozen. A neighbor walking his dog stopped to watch and my wife came out to look. I went back indoors and didn’t have a good count of the total number of objects. Videos attached from iPhone 15 Pro. Living near DC, I can only assume the objects might be military?
October 19, 2023 · 5:15 PM · DISK
Mesquite, NV
Looking out the back window of the house a white circular object rose into view. 1st-second, I thought someone released a balloon that was reflecting the late day sun. That thought was immediately dismissed, it was not drifting or wavering in the air. 2nd-second, I thought it must be a drone. That was also immediately dismissed, it was rising straight up very fast and I thought; “can a drone rise that fast”? I said to my wife; “what is that”? I got up and quickly went to the back window…it was already getting to the height of my 10ft tall patio awning. I had to bend over to keep it in view as it rose so fast. At that point I thought; “what the heck, this is fast” and it was above the awning out of sight. I felt it sped up as it rose. I immediately opened the sliding door and went out and scanned the skies. It was gone. Being aware of drone battery life, I stood for a long time scanning the area to be sure nothing was returning to the town area. Nothing came into view. Here is some reference information. I am very familiar with aircraft in the sky, have built WWII model airplanes growing up, built and fired model rockets (kits and home-made designs) growing up, worked for Northrop Grumman, sky watch and own a telescope spotting scope and binoculars. I grew up in Torrance California and saw many Vandenberg Missiles diffuse in the evening sky growing up. I dismiss everything I normally see. This “item” was baffling. The speed in rising didn’t look normal for anything citizen owned. It went very straight…straight up. The “item” looked round but like a dime turned maybe to a 45 degree angle although the size was smaller. It was not solid white (like a blinding bulb) but more like setting sun reflecting on something but not yellow or orange…so maybe it’s own light. It did not leave a trail (smoke). The base of the Virgin Mountains is about 10 miles away to the south (in the background) but I couldn’t pick up on any depth/distance for the “items” size, sorry. I do believe, looking at the area now, it came from the desert out toward the base of the mountains or Virgin River basin area. As far as altitude, southbound airliners over those mountains (again dismissed) must be at 25-30k feet (guessing). The partial moon visible above my awning was higher in the sky than that. The “item went out of view above all of that before I could get past the awning. It was all over in 10 seconds and is the first thing that’s left me baffled over the years.
October 19, 2023 · 2:10 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalGermantown, MD
I was taking pictures of chemtrails when I noticed an object in one of my pictures. The object has black in the middle, triangle and circle shaped. Zoomed in looks like a panda. Pictures were taken back to back. A plane can be seen with object. [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Probable]
October 19, 2023 · 2:10 PM · OTHER
Seguin, TX
Metallic object with two metallic round ends with a thin metallic body was observed. The object in question was metallic in my opinion since I feel that it's reflection camouflaged with the sky. There was no clouds at the time and the figure moved slowly from right to left as I drove towards it, and disappeared almost immediately after approximately 4 seconds.
October 19, 2023 · 5:51 AM · LIGHT
Clarksburg, MO
October 19,2023 05:51 Clear sky, many stars visible. Stepped off my front porch and looked upwards, facing south-by-southwest, when I saw an object, star-like in appearance, flying in a tight circle around the star Aldebaran of the Taurus constellation. I only witnessed this strange behavior for a second or two before the object suddenly stopped and took off in a straight line to the left, passing through the center of the Orion constellation and continuing on until it was out of sight. It took 45-60 seconds to cross the sky, moving at what seemed a slower pace than when it was circling the star.
October 19, 2023 · 4:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Monterey, CA
Since around 10:00PM 20231018 I have been hearing a type of craft outside of my home in seaside California consistently. I first looked at the weather because when the craft gets loud it sounds like thunder but some times with my high pitched frequencies. It’s has been sunny all week and continues to be sunny last night and today. Then I attempted to record the sound although difficult to fully pickup from the inside of my home. I explored the possibility that it could be a military craft, but the sound which can sound anything like passing cars on a highway, to an airplane flying over head, to full blown thunder has lasted over 7 hours so far staying in the same location. I am not entirely sure what it is but I could not help but to feel anxious as I’ve never experienced sounds like this coming from what seems to be nowhere. I have not been able to sleep more than 3-4 hours tonight because of these sounds and I think an investigation is definitely worth while.
October 19, 2023 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Las Vegas (in flight), NV
While operating a B777 from HNL-DEN at 37,000’ both the Captain and I witnessed what appeared to be stars moving at a very high altitude and distance. We were approximately 50 miles SW of Las Vegas at about 0300 local time. The lights appeared to be SE of our position. All three lights were observed to be moving independently in some type of pattern. The lights were the approximate size and brightness of the stars in the background and were steady with no flashing that we typically observe on aircraft. They would each move relatively quickly in one direction for about one minute and then reverse course and move in another direction. We observed this phenomenon for about one hour. We questioned Los Angeles Center about high altitude military activity but they were not aware of any. After about one hour two of the lights continued northbound until they were out of sight. The third light remained for about 20 more minutes before heading southwest bound and disappearing. Over the course of the hour we travelled approximately 500 nautical miles but the lights never appeared to get any closer to us.
October 18, 2023 · 10:44 PM · LIGHT
Indian Harbour Beach, FL
Looking East, South East, from a half mile in from the ocean, I saw two blinking lights, varying in intensity and with an irregular, non rhythm/mechanical blinking pattern. Each one alternated when it was blinking. This lasted a few minutes then it was gone, but there was no directional change.
October 18, 2023 · 10:35 PM · CHANGING
Portland, OR
In sky above me in SE portland oregon. I first noticed bright light in sky hovering at 10:35pm and when I zoomed in saw it changing shape and size. A streak went across sky from one end of horizon to another. From north to south. A friend an hour away in newburg about same time saw bright light across sky too. I have video and pictures of everything but the streak