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May 17, 2016 · 12:51 AM · LIGHT
Carrabassett Valley, ME
At 12:51 am, a series of bright, blinding lights erupted in the sky. These bright lights lasted for about 4-5 seconds and then mysteriously vanished into the dark. Thinking it was some strange form of lightning, we waited for the thunder to follow, but no noise was in pursuit. After that, we went inside and two of us, a male and a female ages 18, woke up several hours later with a series of scars on our lower backs that we had never seen before. Please call with any information regarding similar instances.
May 17, 2016 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Kingsville, TX
It was about 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in Kingsville, Texas. A storm clouds had just passed Kingsville...there was no rain but still enough sunlight. I looked up at the sky and noticed a bright light almost like a bright star! I wondered how could I see a star when the sky was completely covered with dark clouds! I looked around and also noticed another bright star around 1/2 mile from the first one. I asked myself if it was a drone or what could these two shining objects be? Where they under the clouds or above...it either case, the objects were like stars blinking on and off and not moving. After 5 minutes, I contacted the Kingsville Police Department to send an officer to see what I was seeing. The department was too busy to send someone. I kept looing at both stars and noticed that one star had completely disappeared. I kept looking at the other one left for about five minutes. It was not moving. I noticed that lighting was traveling from cloud to cloud on the west side, but I kept staring at the only star left. All of a sudden, the star turned bright "red" and traveled to the direction of the lighting. It moved so fast (without me hearing any sound) as a spacecraft as seem on television. These two objects were not from earth, in my opinion. These stars to me were attracted to the lighting and one of them headed in the direction of the lighting. I telephoned the Kingsville Naval Air Station this morning and spoke about what I saw. That individual said that is was only an electrical event and nothing else. I do not buy this theory! I am very skeptical about life beyond earth, but after seeing what I saw… I believe that there is life beyond earth! I am religious and spoke with some religious leaders about what I saw. They informed me that it was a sign from God to me to ask Him what He wanted from me? That what I see was only meant for me to see and no one else! I do believe in God, but cannot accept from these religious leaders what they told me. Since Tuesday, May 17, 20! 16, I will always believe that there are "beings" from space that are watching our earth. What I have said is the truth and I will not recant what I have just said!
May 15, 2016 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Carlinville, IL
The sight it was over was an area locals for years have reported similar lights, including reports of an airship and it's pilots landing in adjacent fields during the 1800's as reported by the local newspapers at the time.
May 14, 2016 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
Raleigh, NC
My husband and I were walking up our driveway around 8:45pm, extremely quiet night & the sky was still bright. We noticed a really bright stationary steady light (brighter than a planet) in the northeast sky. No other stars or planets were out. Just seemed out of place. It didn't move for about 10minutes (we were trying to figure if it was a planet or space station). Also, it was not where a planet would be (calibrated StarWalk to moon & nothing bright should be there). My husband was caught off guard & mentioned how it was changing colors. Then, it disappeared. We looked for it about 2-3 minutes and all of a sudden reappeared in same position (small light that got brighter and brighter until it was as bright as before..and there were no clouds to distort the view), stationary about 1 minute then IT STARTED MOVING northward (to the left) about the speed of a second hand on a watch. It moved, by perception, about 4 inches across sky then light just quickly phased out. As soon as it disappeared again My husband saw a pulsating LED light which flashed 3 times, then paused, and flashed 3 times again (about 3 flashes in 2 seconds) coming thru the trees from southeast toward the west. He mentioned there was a plane coming although there was no noise (we were still looking for the light in the sky). He thought it was a plane until it stopped on our side of the treeline. Brilliantly white bright light. Then I saw it. It followed right under the top tree line (about 50 ft up). When it got in front our trees but still in the branches, behind our house, then the lights started going south to north following our tree line (sometimes a little lower in the tree line and then sometimes a little higher but was never lower than about 50 feet) until it got to the top of our most northward tallest tree & then disappeared. Just 3 flashing-then-pause-then flashing little but amazingly bright LED-like white lights. I thought maybe a drone but there was absolutely no noise. Plus, as my husband pointed out, it was too close into the trees. Please give some rational explanation.
May 13, 2016 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Clive, UT
On Friday May 13th, 2015 I was headed from Salt Lake City, UT, to Wendover, Nevada, when at approximately 10:30 pm just passing the turn around Clive I noticed a bright light to my window as the passenger. I thought maybe it was one of those tall posts with the lights at the top only it was pretty big and super bright. The object then did like a fan out of I believe it was 5 lights at that point I thought maybe it was some military plans following each other then fan out to fly side by side but then the lights slowly died out one by one until it was just gone. I told my friend driving to look at the point the lights initially fanned out but the drive was a little windy and it took her a too long to feel in control enough to look over and by that time it was just gone(the one time I would have liked a witness.) I instantly realized it could not have been some type of tower with a light being as the mountains in that area are definitely not close to as high as the lights.
May 12, 2016 · 6:30 AM · LIGHT
Bloomington, IN
It was just as the sun was barely coming up for sunrise and I was looking west, when a cat suddenly snuck up on me... It Iiked to have given me a heart attack! But it looked up past me and meowed. Wondering why on Earth a cat would look in the sky, as because grandma still hadn't unlocked the door, I looked up at what he had meowed at. I looked up to find two craft at high altitude that looked just like a star... At first, I thought it was just me, but then I stood their and watched one of them stop completely, while the other one morphed into the other than split again and started doing a figure 8 pattern around the other just about that time my grandma opened the door and I just stopped thinking about it... Later though it started to raise suspicion and I just now got a chance to report it. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
May 11, 2016 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Grayland, WA
Approximately 10:00 pm in Grayland, WA. Traveling south from Westport along the coastline, I saw a bright Reddish/Orange light in the sky approximately 100 to 150 feet above my vehicle. It was moving at about the same speed that I was traveling and in the same direction. It moved west toward the beach from Highway 101 and back toward me several times as I made my way South for nearly 3 miles. I and the vehicle behind me pulled to the side of the highway at our first opportunity. The “Light” stopped for a brief moment (approximately 2 to 3 minutes) and stayed at the same altitude and distance from my location. It then slowly began to move south again gradually gaining speed. I followed it until it seemed to decrease in size until it disappeared and was gone. There were 5 of us that seen it.
May 11, 2016 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Raynham, MA
Three white lights in triangular formation floating in circular pattern
May 11, 2016 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT
Gatineau (Canada), QC · Canada
On May 11 it was around 9:05 pm - looking southwest direction. I usually see many airplanes at the same time in the sky but usually at a far distance from each other. Through one of my small windows saw what I thought was 2 airplanes - the usual flashing red light (on one side) and another color light. What caught my attention is that one flew directly into the other one and then started flying in circle - at quite a high speed. There was another airplane (real one) further so I was able to compare the speed of the two - the one that had almost hit the other one was going at a much faster speed and did an oval shape circle - which a plane could not do!! The whole thing lasted for a few minutes - and then both planes with the red light went out of my view. A while later I looked outside and was surprised to see fog (or so it seemed) going over the street light. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 11, 2016 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
soledad, CA
Two crafts that hovered and made quick up and down..side to side movements similar to a drone. They were very high as you can see planes passing by a lot lower than these UFOs. One was a lot closer than the other. I noticed them after I was flying my drone. The sky's were very clear.
May 11, 2016 · 7:40 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
A bright green light surrounded by red lights hovered over NW Tucson. We were watching it for several minutes. It did not move. Then it quickly dropped down and then moved back up. Some minutes later it dropped again and disappeared from our sight.
May 11, 2016 · 7:00 AM · LIGHT
Lee's Summit, MO
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 10, 2016 · 9:24 PM · LIGHT
Willows, CA
I was looking at the big dipper (N/Ne) and a light came into my vision from the west. It looked just like the ISS but a little dimmer. I watched it travel straight east until my view was blocked by trees in the distance. The even lasted approximately 20-30 seconds. I then went into the house to check the ISS sighting location for my town. The ISS is visible from my location at 3:39 a.m. tomorrow morning! This light was about 3/4 the illumination of the ISS. It also seemed to be in our atmosphere. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 10, 2016 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Myrtle Beach, SC
My wife and I seen lights over the ocean around 9pm from our balcony at a condo we rented. I set up my Nikon slr and took HD videos of the lights. I have them posted on my youtube channel. I was able to take one frame and lower the exposure to strip away the light. I have attached a video. I contacted Homeland security, police in Myrtle beach, the airport, coast guard, nearby military base and MUFON. No one returned calls or emails. There have been many many videos from people in Myrtle beach that are posted in you tube. Just about everyone there that I asked that live there know about these lights. What is unique about my videos is the frame I took and stripped away the light. Which is enclosed. You can find my videos on my youtube channel under the name spacebook. I do astrophotography.
May 10, 2016 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Santa Fe, NM
At least 4 lights flying in & out of the clouds in the baca street area. Their lights would get really bright & then dim, sometimes going out conpletely...then would reappear.
May 9, 2016 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Douglasville, GA
I was outside in my back yard around 8:00 pm. It was at dusk and the sun was almost fully set. I noticed a red light high up in the sky a ways from my home. It then moved towards the direction of my house. It seemed to float or hover a little then move slowly, then hover, then move again towards my house. The light I saw was red, and didn't flash. At first I thought it was a helicopter, but it made no noise and the light did not flash like a helicopter would. I did see the light slowly change from red to a blueish-green color and then back to red again. I then saw that a commercial jet was heading right for the light. The light hovered for a while until it almost looked as if the jet and the light were going to crash, and the light moved out of the way of the jet. The light then moved further away from my home until it lowered and went behind a line of trees and out of sight.
May 8, 2016 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Lawrenceville, GA
It hovered there for around five to ten minutes, then slowly lowered back to the tree line. You could see two separate dots, but really close together. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
May 8, 2016 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Midlothian, VA
At approximately 9:00 pm, or slightly after, my wife and I were leaving our daughter's house after a Mother's Day dinner. As I stepped into the driveway, I noticed what appeared to be an airplane moving about 30 degrees to our left. It was visible right beside the crescent moon. I didn't really pay much attention until I saw it suddenly come to a dead stop and hover for 2 or 3 seconds and begin to move back the way it had come. I called to my family and 6 adults all saw the object moving at seemingly random directions in the same area. Again it appeared about 30 to 45 degrees off the horizon of trees, and was near the location of the crescent moon. The event last for maybe two or 3 minutes before the object moved below the tree line and out of our sight. The object appeard to have 3 solid red lights, close together in a vertical triangular shape. It had a flashing white light very similar to an airplane marker light and that's why I didn't initially react to it. The object was about the size of a pencil eraser held at arm's length or maybe just a bit larger. It moved slowly traversing no more than about 10 degrees arc, primarily traversing from our right to left, back and forth, up and down. It was absolutely silent. Unfortunately, we had no frame of reference to guage its size or distance from us. I joked about a UFO but also suggested a drone closer to us as it seemed a more likely explanation. However, if it was a drone, I would have thought we would be able to hear it. None of us was remotely frightened but all were very curious.
May 8, 2016 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
New Orleans, LA
About 1 am this morning, several of us were chatting in our French Quarter courtyard when my wife pointed to the sky to ask what “that” was. We had turned all of the lights off 15 minutes earlier, so our eyes were accustomed to the dark and we were using my Google Sky app to point out the planets and constellations. It was a rare clear night (for us) and the stars and planets were particularly sharp. As I was pointing out Saturn (the brightest point in the sky at the time), my wife pointed out the objects moving in formation about 25 degrees east of Saturn. There were 7 or 8 points of light, maybe 1/3 the brightness of Saturn and a little smaller, moving slowly towards the North. 2 or 3 in the lead, 3 more fanned out behind and 2 more bringing up the rear. They would change positions but moved at the same rate of speed in tandem – very slowly – with an occasional stop to regroup before proceeding again. Far too high, close together and small for any ai! rport or military traffic, which don’t fly that trajectory anyway when approaching Armstrong Airport. The members of our party watched them, mostly in silence, for close to 15 minutes until they disappeared behind the buildings. We tried video-ing the lights, but the footage didn’t turn out. It was a pretty well-heeled and older group of us at the end of our party – a real estate agent, a general contractor, 2 lawyers, 2 musicians and (I believe) a retired judge.
May 7, 2016 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Urbana, MD
Two bright balls of white light attached by structural beam or wing. Appeared to be crashing or impacting to ground. Very high speed of travel. Power outage at intersection of 80 and 270. Possible hoax, we suspect. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information. PD
May 7, 2016 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Waupun, WI
They were a red orange color they were flying in several different ways first I saw them in kind of a square formation moving slowly north of waupun and then in a slanted line I was working so I did not see them for to long but I saw the 15min after the first sighting still out there
May 6, 2016 · 10:26 PM · LIGHT
Coeur d'Alene, ID
My wife and I took our sailboat to Beauty Bay in northeast Lake Coeur d' Alene, ID. We like this part of the lake because it is secluded and quiet this time of year, with buoys that we can tie up to. We arrived at about 8 pm and went to into the cabin to sleep at about 9 pm. No other boats were in the area and there is only 1 house on the bay. At 10:26 pm, I woke up to the boat rocking back and forth pretty intensely, like it would if caught in a storm. The water in this bay is still and calm, even in the busy part of the year, so I was concerned. Still in bed, I glanced around the cabin and saw white light coming in from the port side windows. The boat was still rocking hard, which then woke up my wife. She was scared, and I turned my attention to her. She said, "Oh my god, I think someone's on the boat, did you see that light?" I was looking at her, and away from the cabin entry door, which she said filled with light as though from flashlights from someone above us. She asked me to go check it out. By that point the boat stopped rocking, maybe 15 seconds after I woke up. I grabbed my phone, turned on its flash light, and tentatively opened the overhead sliding door. I looked around the cockpit of the boat, and saw nothing. The water at this point was perfectly calm and the area was awash in silence. Everything appeared normal and there was no sign of intruders. I turned to look at the bow of the boat and saw nothing. Up in the southeast sky (or maybe south west, I don't know which direction the boat was pointing at the time) I saw a bright white light that I at first thought was a helicopter. The light shined down toward my area, but was rotating in circles, as though looking for something. The craft was relatively low, just above the neighboring hills, possibly lower as it made its way over the bay. The craft made no sound. I assumed it was a helicopter and retreated back into the cabin. We woke up in the morning at 7:30 and talked about the night, trying to rationalize what happened. I can normally explain events with science or justify them with surroundings, but this time I had nothing. What rocked the boat in a calm, lonely bay? What filled the cabin with light? What was the silent craft pointing it's light down toward us? My wife called the local police, who said there were no helicopters, police nor medical, in the area. They also called Spokane, who also didn't have any activity in the area. The lady on the phone recommended we contact the UFO reporting center, which is something I never thought I'd need to do. I am 39 years old and own a marketing company. I'm college educated and have never touched drugs, nor do I drink alcohol. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESSES, FOLLOWING RADIO APPEARANCE ON JUNE 01, 2016.) Bright light and rocking boat on calm waters. ADDENDUM to original report by ((husband's name deleted)) and ((wife's name deleted)) There are a couple of pieces of additional information I feel we should mention. The boat rocked hard at an estimated 15 degree angle, back and forth port to starboard roughly every second for about 15 seconds. After the boat shook, my husband said the water remained glass-like and perfectly still. He was on deck just seconds after the boat became still, yet the water showed no turbulence or other signs of disturbance. After checking the boat for intruders and scanning the bay for other boats, ((husband)) noticed the light in the sky and watched until it faded away. He said it was about the altitude of the surrounding hills and smaller than the full moon but very bright. The light was likely in the southeast sky moving northwest. (Determined by the most likely positioning of the boat in the water.) The light didn't streak or shoot away, just faded. ((husband)) then came back into the cabin assuming it was a helicopter. I questioned why it wasn't making any noise and wondered where it went after he lost sight of it, but we didn't have an answer. After the incident occurred, we crawled under the covers, held each other, and both fell back to sleep very quickly. Morning came in a flash. The relief in knowing there wasn't anyone else on board our boat was comforting and the bizarre circumstances didn't begin to alarm us until we had time to ponder the events when we woke up. In addition, we were awakened by the chirping of at least a dozen birds the next morning. When I finally peeked out of the cabin door, I had to take a video because there were birds chirping and fighting and flying quickly all around the boat. That hadn't happened on other boat trips. After stopping the video, more birds tried landing on the metal railings on the boat and flew back quickly, seemingly unable or unwilling to land. Others were able to land on the canvas cover on the back of the boat, but fought for the area. The birds were not unique... Their behavior was. That's when we descended back into the cabin to discuss the possibilities and try to explain the strange night. We ruled out cars passing on a shore road, ruled out other boats, and ruled out someone getting on the boat. We even wondered if a car had fallen into the bay. There was no evidence of anything of the sort. Nothing explained the sudden rocking, the still water, the bright light filling the cabin, and the strange light in the sky. The fact remained that we were alone on the water in a deserted bay, so that's when I decided to call the local police and start asking questions to hopefully explain what happened. So far there has been no logical explanation of the events from that night. We will send photos of the bay that were taken in the evening, just a few hours prior to the event. The images show the surrounding hills and the smooth water of the quiet bay. ((END ADDENDUM, PREPARED BY WIFE)) We spoke via telephone with both the husband and wife, and they both sounded to us to be quite sober-minded people. We suspect that they are highly reliable, and capable, people. PD
May 6, 2016 · 10:26 PM · LIGHT
Coeur d'Alene, ID
My husband and I moored our sailboat at a buoy in Beauty Bay in north-east Lake Coeur d'Alene, ID, on May 6th, 2016. I awoke to a bright light coming in through the spaces around the cabin door (roof of the cabin) at 10:30 at night. At first, I thought someone had boarded our boat because it went from perfectly still to rocking intensely from side to side. This rocking only lasted about 5-10 seconds before it was still again. My husband was also awakened by this and, while he didn't see the light coming from the door, he saw it outside the window. I urged him to investigate and when he went up, hesitantly, he said he saw a bright light coming from the sky searching the area. When I asked him what was out there, he told me that there weren't any boats approaching or leaving the bay and that there were still no other boats in this tiny bay. He said all he could see was a helicopter searching the area. I thought this was bizarre since neither of us heard any noise as one might expect from a helicopter or airplane. When I asked him if it was shaped like a helicopter, he said all he could see was the light, not the body of the aircraft. He also said that the one bright light was moving in circles searching the area (not the aircraft, just the spotlight). I called the Coeur d' Alene police department and asked if there were helicopters in the area. The lady I spoke to looked and said that there weren't any police or medical helicopters in the area, but there was one medical helicopter at the south end of the lake. She also said that, being a medical emergency, even if it had gone through our area, which was unlikely, it wouldn't have hovered or searched with a light. She then contacted the Spokane police department to see if they had come into Kootenai County and they said their helicopters were in Medical Lake, WA, at that time last night. I'm logical and skeptical and search for scientific explanations. I am 35 years old and healthy and have never done drugs in my life. I have a Masters degree and work in the field of education. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESSES, FOLLOWING RADIO APPEARANCE ON JUNE 01, 2016.) Bright light and rocking boat on calm waters. ADDENDUM to original report by ((husband's name deleted)) and ((wife's name deleted)) There are a couple of pieces of additional information I feel we should mention. The boat rocked hard at an estimated 15 degree angle, back and forth port to starboard roughly every second for about 15 seconds. After the boat shook, my husband said the water remained glass-like and perfectly still. He was on deck just seconds after the boat became still, yet the water showed no turbulence or other signs of disturbance. After checking the boat for intruders and scanning the bay for other boats, ((husband)) noticed the light in the sky and watched until it faded away. He said it was about the altitude of the surrounding hills and smaller than the full moon but very bright. The light was likely in the southeast sky moving northwest. (Determined by the most likely positioning of the boat in the water.) The light didn't streak or shoot away, just faded. ((husband)) then came back into the cabin assuming it was a helicopter. I questioned why it wasn't making any noise and wondered where it went after he lost sight of it, but we didn't have an answer. After the incident occurred, we crawled under the covers, held each other, and both fell back to sleep very quickly. Morning came in a flash. The relief in knowing there wasn't anyone else on board our boat was comforting and the bizarre circumstances didn't begin to alarm us until we had time to ponder the events when we woke up. In addition, we were awakened by the chirping of at least a dozen birds the next morning. When I finally peeked out of the cabin door, I had to take a video because there were birds chirping and fighting and flying quickly all around the boat. That hadn't happened on other boat trips. After stopping the video, more birds tried landing on the metal railings on the boat and flew back quickly, seemingly unable or unwilling to land. Others were able to land on the canvas cover on the back of the boat, but fought for the area. The birds were not unique... Their behavior was. That's when we descended back into the cabin to discuss the possibilities and try to explain the strange night. We ruled out cars passing on a shore road, ruled out other boats, and ruled out someone getting on the boat. We even wondered if a car had fallen into the bay. There was no evidence of anything of the sort. Nothing explained the sudden rocking, the still water, the bright light filling the cabin, and the strange light in the sky. The fact remained that we were alone on the water in a deserted bay, so that's when I decided to call the local police and start asking questions to hopefully explain what happened. So far there has been no logical explanation of the events from that night. We will send photos of the bay that were taken in the evening, just a few hours prior to the event. The images show the surrounding hills and the smooth water of the quiet bay. ((END ADDENDUM)) We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she sounded to us to be quite eloquent, and quite sober-minded. We suspect that both she and her husband are reliable witnesses. PD
May 5, 2016 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
McComb, MS
I witnessed 3 lights connected to an object, in a straight line. The size was no more than a yard long. The object was about street light high. I was travelling south on I55 going through McComb, Ms, at about 10:20 pm. Near one of the freeway exits. I had my cruise control on and it went off on its own. I looked at my display an everything was ok, so I just put the control back on. Then I looked ahead and I saw a row of street lights and just to the side a light that did not fit the brightness and shape of street lights. The lights were bright white and as I got closer driving, it stood still in the air and it was about the middle of the road when I drove past it. I looked at it through my windshield, they were 3 circular lights in a single line connected like 3 tennis balls. On the same night, about 25 min later, I also saw another light near the Missisippi and Louisiana state line on the east side of I55. It was bright white light suspended in air higher that tree level. It was a sliver shape and not big.