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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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September 6, 2016 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedNimes, Languedoc Roussillon · France
Le 06 septembre vers 20h45, le témoin aperçoit avec son amie, alors qu’ils sont sur leur terrasse, un point lumineux particulièrement visible dans le ciel. Intrigué il réalise une vidéo de 9mn saisissant une grande partie de la scène. Déjà la veille ils avaient eu l’occasion de voir ce même point dans le même secteur du ciel, soit vers l’ouest. Ils observent le phénomène à deux autres reprises, à des heures légèrement différentes : les 07 septembre vers 20 :30 et le 08 septembre vers 20 :15. Les observations sont faites le soir au coucher du Soleil et pour chaque jour et à chaque heure, le logiciel de planétarium Stellarium pointe Vénus dans le secteur de visibilité des témoins. La récurrence du phénomène, son mouvement, le visionnage du film, indiquent une méprise avec un astre et plus exactement une planète : Vénus. La vidéo confirme bien la présence de Vénus particulièrement brillante le 06 septembre au soir. Cela est dû d’une part à la netteté du ciel ce soir-là et à la magnitude de Vénus. L’étrangeté résiduelle est donc faible. Le Geipan classe le cas en A : méprises multiples avec Vénus. [GEIPAN classification A — Vénus]
September 6, 2016 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
La Canada, CA
A bright red light hovering not moving at first and then it shot quickly north and then it reappeared on the same area and went up and then dropped dramatically down.
September 6, 2016 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Harrison, AR
Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
September 5, 2016 · 7:55 PM · LIGHT
Rose City, MI
Two blueish white lights seen in the day light, traveling fast, high, and silent, north east, in parallel formation. Both objects appeared to be identical, besides the one on the right, was larger than the one on the left. The speed they were traveling seemed faster than what any aircraft is capable of, but slower than a shooting star. A small tail behind was noticed, but no trail or remnants of any exhaust or vapors were visible. This sighting was witnessed by myself and my girlfriend approximately a few minutes before eight PM, well before sunset. Not sure if this could have been some type of rocket or flare, however, I have never seen anything like it.
September 5, 2016 · 10:00 AM · LIGHT
Webster, NY
We turned away to continue yard work and looked back a few minuets later; it had disappeared.
September 5, 2016 · 5:20 AM · LIGHT
Jamaica Beach, TX
Multiple lights in a cross shape. Flashing in an alternating pattern for about 90 seconds until vanishing completely
September 5, 2016 · 4:45 AM · LIGHT
Hillsdale (Canada), ON · Canada
Had to retrieve an object from my car and noticed the light in the southeast sky over Lake Simcoe. It was flashing green/red/gold in no concerning pattern. It would rise then go left and right. There was only one. When I tried to video it, the camera would not pick it up, but the camera picked up stars near the object. It suddenly rose to a high height and then just disappeared. I'm a firefighter and my spouse is la stay at home mom.
September 4, 2016 · 7:45 AM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalVincennes, Ile-de-France · France
Le 04 septembre 2016 à 07h45, un témoin depuis sa cuisine située au 7ème étage est étonnée de constater les apparitions et disparitions d'un PAN très lumineux dans le ciel nuageux. L'objet reste immobile durant les 45 secondes d'observation totale. Un seul témoignage est recueilli. D’étrangeté et de consistance faibles (témoin unique, observation courte), ce cas s’avère être une méprise probable avec le Soleil (voir le compte rendu d'enquête). Bien qu’une couverture nuageuse très importante soit présente au moment de l’observation, les images satellites montrent la présence de trouées dans la direction d’observation, ce qui est cohérent avec les apparitions du PAN et ses disparitions progressives. De plus, la direction d’observation ainsi que la description du PAN sont fortement cohérentes avec celles du Soleil. Une incertitude concernant la hauteur du PAN empêche de conclure parfaitement à la méprise. Le cas est classé B, méprise probable avec le Soleil. [GEIPAN classification B — Soleil]
September 4, 2016 · 3:40 AM · LIGHT
Northbrook, IL
On September 4th at approximately 3:40am I was driving east on Illinois 68 (Dundee Rd). I was just west of and approaching the local post office (60062) and approximately 0.5 miles west of Illinois 43 (Waukegan Rd.} I noted, and was literally startled/frightened as a bright white light appeared from behind on the driver’s side of the car {north}. The light appeared to be traveling east with a slight northern pitch. It seemed to be coming from a higher altitude to a lower altitude with I would say a 5-degree angle with a slight arc rather than straight line of descent as it came into and disappeared from my view over the tree tops of the Somme Prairie Nature Preserve. The sighting lasted 2-3 seconds at most. I heard no sound, an am unable to accurately describe the distance the light was from myself or the speed it was traveling. The object had no aura and left no trail nor had a trail of light such that a rocket would have. I am male, age 49, and a Registered Nurse. I was returning home from a friends on this early morning.
September 4, 2016 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Donora, PA
Went out to take the dog out, looked up and seen a white fireball type going across the sky in a downward position, almost looked like a comet, but it was too close, went south to north direction. It went behind buildings and I couldn't see it anymore
September 3, 2016 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Hurley, MO
Saw hovering lights of undefined shape flashing from red to green, yellow and blue in the western sky about 1:00 position
September 3, 2016 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Smithfield, RI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 3, 2016 · 8:46 PM · LIGHT
Parksville/Nanaimo (Canada), BC · Canada
This is a report of what I just witnessed at 8:46pm PDT, and again at 9:06pm PDT, on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, while watching two cruise ships on a web cam. While watching a cruise ship go past a web cam, situated at Columbia Beach, Parksville, BC, Canada; I saw, at first one, and then at least two more, lights flying across the sky from right to left, which would be roughly east to west. The camera faces more or less north. Here is a link to the camera: http://www.bigwavedave.ca/webcams.php?cam=2 The first cruise ship was the 'Nieuw Amsterdam' at 8:46pm. (Yes that's how they spell it) Moments after the last light went to the west, it appeared as though several (Perhaps 3) dimmer lights went from west to east, or left to right, directly over the ship. I hope to include a file (PeterD.zip) with representative photos of the day and night view from this camera, as well as the paths that the lights took. As the second cruise ship, the 'Coral Princess' passed, at 9:06pm, a similar display occurred, but with only one light. It also passed in both directions. As you will see from the edited photos (Sorry no actual shots of the lights), the lights did not stay illuminated across the entire field of the camera. It appeared as though they were only interested in /illuminated when close to, the cruise ships. As this camera switches from normal colour to low light when darkness falls, the actual brightness of the objects/lights is impossible to gauge. All I can say, is that I thought I had seen a meteor at first. But after the entire display, I can't imagine how that many meteors traveling in both directions could have occurred in such quick succession. This report is true and factual to the best of my ability to recall. ((name deleted)) in Nanaimo.
September 3, 2016 · 8:35 PM · LIGHT
Greenwood Lake, NJ
We had a fire on the beach of Greenwood Lake on the border of New York State and New Jersey. We saw three bright blue lights flying in formation resembling a triangle with one light trailing behind the group. The three lights that were in formation realigned themselves as a straight line with one light circling another. The trailing light took off in a different direction then later continued to follow the other three lights. The lights were moving at a high rate of speed and traveling at an altitude greater than 5000 feet (estimate).
September 3, 2016 · 8:27 PM · LIGHT
Reno, NV
I had just finished setting up my 8 inch Celestron telescope and assembling my other night viewing equipment. Celestron Skymaster binoculars and my 10x50 Nikon binoculars.,chairs and multiple wireless devices. I usually allow 30 to 45 minutes for my eyes to adjust to the dark however this event took me bu surprise. As I settled into my seat and started scanning the evening skies out of the dark 3 brilliant glowing white lights suddenly appeared. No slow build in intensity they just appeared. The 3 lights were in the shape of a perfect triangle. One on the top and two forming the bottom line of the triangle. My first thought was how interesting it is that 3 satellites suddenly appeared. I picked up my Nikon binoculars and focused on all 3. As I watched all 3 moved in a uniform pattern and never moved from the triangle shape they appeared in. My best guess is they appeared approximately 25 degrees above the skyline and close to 38 degrees north north east. As the triangle moved to the east the light intensity was consistent and brilliant. I continued to observe the 3 uniform lights for approximately 10 more seconds. By this time the lights rapidly faded to black at around 58 degrees north east. And as quickly as they appeared it's like someone hit the light switch. All 3 disappeared. Mr. Davenport, I perform this ritual nightly and have done so for at least 15 years. I know what satellites look like...I understand the way they move through the night skies and slowly faded out of view as the sun reflection passes. I'm not saying this was a UFO but I am saying I've never seen 3 satellites fly in formation and disappear all at once. Very bizarre event over the Northern skies of Reno NV. Take care sir!
September 3, 2016 · 8:25 PM · LIGHT
Sellersville, PA
Sept 3, 2016 at 8:15 PM. Objects were round, twice the size of a star, bright orangey color, there were about 15-20 of these things just gliding across the sky in multiple clusters and then would disappear.
September 3, 2016 · 6:00 AM · LIGHT
Hanceville, AL
I think I witnessed a UFO this morning in Hanceville, Al. I'm not from this area but I'm here working. I travel SR-31 south every morning on my to work, usually around (5am) so it's always dark. This morning I glanced up to see the stars and I noticed something strange or unusual to me. At first I thought it might have been an airplane or helicopter but it was moving too slow and it lacked the flashing red strobe light. This object was a bright ball of light with a faint red/orange tint to it. Like I said I was traveling south on 31 and the object was moving East to West slowly, just above the mountain there. I watched it for about 10 seconds or so and the sky is wide open there with great visibility, so there was literally nothing that it could disappear behind, and it just vanished right in front of my eyes. Like I said, I'm not sure what it was but I wanted to share my experience and see is anyone else has had similar experiences. I'd like to stay anonymo! us due to my job and political status.
September 3, 2016 · 5:15 AM · LIGHT
Madison, WI
Light in the Southeastern sky. Rapidly fluctuated between white blue purple, basically flashing very rapidly. Used binoculars to get a better look but was very difficult to keep in frame due to how far away and small it was. Kinda looked like a star would but the rapid flashing was very strange.
September 3, 2016 · 1:08 AM · LIGHT
North Las Vegas, NV
I was out working out in the backyard of my home at around 1am while listening to Coast to Coast am. My backyard faces north, the house faces south. I had a clear view of the northern sky, Nellis AFB is to my north east at about less than 7 miles from my home. I have seen many terrestrial and known objects in the skies: satellites, fireballs, shooting stars and even unique aircraft like the stealth bomber, all within the city limits. Tonight, I saw something that was very unconventional to the aforementioned objects. The object was simply two lights, one bright light and another less bright light at around the 11 o'clock mark above the brighter light. The object just appeared out of nowhere towards the north and not anywhere near the AFB, I would say the AFB is more north easterly while this object was straight north. The distance between the 2 lights was greater than the distance of an airplane's wingspan, that is what caught my eye. As I saw the object, the lights seemed to hoover and then eventually glide in perfect unison at an angle, the reason I think I was seeing it at an angle, is because I was assuming I was looking at a solid object but looking it at while it was making some sort of turn. The object glided and it seemed to move east at first and then eventually turned north and disappeared, the disappearance was odd because it seemed like it disappeared into some sort of haze or fog, but there were no clouds that night. It might have disappeared behind the mountain, but that does not explain how both lights just vanished, as if flying into a cloud, which I have seen aircraft do flying behind mountains and clouds. This was definitely the closest thing to a UFO I have seen. I did take a video of the even, but the image is too dark to see anything.
September 3, 2016 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Mount royal, NJ
Driving from Jackson on 195 all the way to exit 35 on 295 I saw three bright lights that made a diamond shape. They stayed constant and in form. I new right away they were not stars.
September 2, 2016 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Dedham, MA
On September 2nd my fiancé and I were driving south on Providence Highway in Dedham, MA when we saw four lights in the sky in a perfect straight line, equal distance from each other. They didn't appear to be moving and we got it on video. I have definitely seen interesting lights in the sky in this area several times before so I did not think much of it... The following evening I was with my fiancé and a friend. We were driving on I-95 south in Dedham (a mile or so from the lights the night before) when we saw the same 4 lights in the sky. This time the light furthest to the right was brighter than the rest. We decided to stay on the highway to continue watching these lights. At one point we were heading directly underneath the brightest light. When we got real close I observed a diamond shaped craft with four big lights on the bottom in a diamond pattern. In between those lights were a bunch of smaller white lights. When we were directly under it my fiancé's phone screen froze and gray lines showed up across the screen. Then my car radio went static. There had to be other witnesses, everyone driving on the highway was slowing down to stare at these lights. Once we were no longer directly underneath the ufo we witnessed 2 military aircraft show up out of nowhere and begin flying toward the lights. One got close to the brightes! t one and quickly changed direction and flew away. We started having trouble seeing the lights for a few minutes due to trees and stuff but by the time we got a decent view again the 2 aircraft were flying next to each other in the opposite direction of the lights..I got a good look and it was definitely a military aircraft...they flew away until we could not see them anymore. The lights remained unmoving for another hour or so and we went home. I looked for the lights again last night and didn't see them. I'd look again tonight but there's a storm and it's super cloudy. I will continue to keep an eye out and report if I see these lights again. Thanks for your time reading this.
September 2, 2016 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Nashport, OH
I am an amateur pilot, I am 67 years old my wife is 66 years old a retired school teacher. We are always looking up at aircraft. The thing that struck us funny was there were no blinking red or green lights, nor white lights. They were steady bright orange lights. The other thing that was strange was, there was no sound. It was perfectly quiet. Small aircraft flying over I always hear the engines running and jet aircraft I just about always hear the jet engines, unless they are flying at extremely high altitudes. These craft were moving at a very steady pace, that of a small Cessna 172 if it was flying about 1500 feet above the ground. There should have been sound. Not being any sound flying the speed they appeared to be going, they could have been going at mach speed with no sonic boom. It was very strange
September 2, 2016 · 8:27 PM · LIGHT
Erie, CO
My husband and I stepped out on the back deck to look at the stars, and I noticed an area of the sky to the SSW, about 2/3 the way to zenith, where something wasn't quite right. Almost like there should be a satellite there - was something moving? That's when my eyes zeroed in on a point of light, like a star, moving very slowly among the stars. It moved in a mostly straight line almost like a satellite, but much slower - maybe a third the speed. It may have meandered a bit, but that was hard to say as it was moving so slowly. It grew dimmer over the course of 2 or 3 minutes, at which time we lost sight of it, it having moved no more than 10 degrees during that time. I couldn't find anything on heavensabove that would indicate it was a known satellite. My impression was that it was of an aircraft of some sort, flying at a very, very high altitude.
September 2, 2016 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Green Bay, WI
At dusk we saw a bright star just south of directly overhead. Was brighter than any other star or planet seen in night sky. As we were watching it, the object became two stars right next to each other and a bit dimmer. Then it split into three stars all lined up in a row right next to each other and dimmer still. Then all dimmed out and were gone.