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November 13, 2020 · 5:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Goldsboro, NC
Three Shiny Objects in the Evening Sky On the evening of November 13, 2020, I was standing on my front porch facing the direction of south. The time was 5:30 pm, and the sun was beginning to set. There were a few scattered clouds in the sky, but nothing to obscure my vision. I noticed a bright light in the sky, traveling from the south to the north in a liner direction. When the bright light approached the cloud, an orange color surrounded the moving object. This object was quiet and no contrail was discovered. The orange glow lasted for a brief time (approx. five seconds or so). After seeing this questionable object in the evening sky, I wanted to verify the identity of this object. I returned to the house and located a spare riflescope that placed on a shelf in my bedroom closet. I returned to the front porch to observe this object to closer examine it with the aid of a multi power riflescope ( this scope has the power to multiply the image of a target from three times to nine times the size seen with the naked eye). I used the highest degree of magnification to identify the object in question. While looking thru the scope, all I could identify was a small shiny object; I could not discern any features with this rifle scope. I have used this same optical device to identify the ISS; I have seen the shape and colors of the ISS. After trying to identify the object in question, I discovered two similar objects accompanying the object I was examining. All three objects were traveling in a triangular fashion. The objects appeared to resemble a formation that traveled the same direction and kept the same speed between them. I aimed the spare riflescope at each of the objects, but I was unable to discern any details of each object. I continued to observe the three objects until the trees concealed them. I observed them for approximately 40 seconds. I live near Seymour Johnson AFB in eastern North Carolina, and we have F-15E fighter jets and KC-46 refueling aircraft. The military aircraft produce a loud exhaust emitted from the jet engines, and they can be heard from several miles away. I have seen the fighter jets engaged in full afterburner at night; they do not stay in full afterburner for extended periods because the afterburners will quickly consume hundreds of pounds of fuel in a very short period. The objects in question were not commercial aircraft either; I have used lower powered binoculars to identify jet powered passenger aircraft flying at their regular altitudes (they produce a contrail from the hot exhaust cooling in the extreme cold high altitudes they cruise at). I could not identify these objects. They were shiny. They flew in an orderly fashion. They were quiet. I could not identify them as conventional jet powered aircraft. They emitted no contrails. They were too high in altitude to clearly identify them (although I can identify any civilian/military aircraft with assisted optics: spare rifle scope or binoculars). The objects traveled in a steady and smooth path; no deviations. What did I witness? I do not know. There were three shiny objects that traveled across the evening sky. I have witnessed satellites, the ISS, shooting stars, military fighter jets engaged in afterburner at higher altitudes engaged with other fighter jets, and dirigibles. Dirigibles do not move across the horizon at the altitude and speed I witnessed. I noticed the first object projected an orange glow (that encompassed the entire object) when approaching a nearby cloud, but the orange glow ended shortly. The object never traveled below the cloud. The orange cloud may have been an image produced by the reflection of the setting sun. Whatever they were, I haven’t a clue. I could not positively identify them with my spare riflescope. There were three, and they traveled in a triangle formation. No other aircraft were available in the area. I have never experienced an event like this. Three shiny objects traveling south to north in a triangular formation that traveled in a steady course with no deviation. Thank you for reading my personal testimony.
November 12, 2020 · 11:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Los Angeles, CA
I had gone into my bathroom to take a shower and looked out the window to the southwest. I saw this unusually long cloud that had a separation about 2/3 of the way up and many broken clouds below. It looked like a missile launch. As I watched it grew longer as it slowly moved across the sky without changing shape or breaking up. I thought it may be a missile launch as I can and have watched them go off from Vandenburg AFB. So, I checked the missile launch schedule and there was nothing scheduled today. An Atlas 5 is due to go off from Cape Canaveral on the 13th and there is a Chinese Long March that has yet to be scheduled and a Falcon 9 to go up on the 14th-15th from Kennedy Space Center. The clouds appear to possibly be a Vega from French Guiana but there is nothing from there scheduled until 16th-17th. An Electron is due to go up on the 15th-16th from New Zealand. I began to wonder if it is from an unscheduled launch.
November 11, 2020 · 3:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Roseburg, OR
Truly deafening ship heard overhead.
November 11, 2020 · 1:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Moundsville, WV
The night of the above date my father and I were spending the night at Moundsville St Penn in West Virginia. I have been there before overnight, my life is very active with outside the norm . Upon inspection of the cell block I noticed on the second tier movement ( there is no electricity so it’s headlamps only ) I noticed AN EBE - standing still against a cell door. It was making a weird clicking noise . My father mentioned his head was vibrating ( had us a combat veteran and basically deaf ) . My head was vibrating also . It was making clicking noises with its fingers . I have lots of details and photos but I’ve been ridiculed. Mufon only took me half seriously. I witnessed a solid object that night communicating and running
November 9, 2020 · 7:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Kelly Crossroads, PA
I am sharing this because of the Covington, PA reported UFO incident dated 10/1/2020. Covington is roughly 2 hours or so North of Kelly Crossroads. I am admittedly and unapologetically a UFO skywatcher, it's not my fault I watch the sky more than the average person who is oblivious to it. I watch the sky a lot but to actually slow stop my vehicle in a 45-50 MPH zone oblivious to traffic is a different story. It was about 7:00 PM, weather was calm and the sky was not particularly clear that night. So as soon as I came into the clearing after the KC intersection, on my right there was what seemed to be some type of larger drone or possibly even a life flight helicopter. It was blinking green and white lights in a similar manner as they do, but I began to raise an eyebrow when I noticed that the lights were not moving like a helicopter or drone should. They remained stationary. Like it was just hovering directly over these people's houses, we're talking maybe 7! 5-100 ft tops. When stopped my vehicle, I did notice that there was someone else standing beside their vehicle there who was watching the same thing above their house as I was... so this was where my reasoning stemmed when I didn't report it before reading the Covington individual's account. I brushed it off because I'd figured it was just something logical since someone else was seeing it too and if it was important I would hear about it since it's a small town. However, as I drove further and further toward Kuhns sawmill I could still see the thing in my rear view every so often because it would do a weird "strobing" thing you'd expect from a strobe light. Extremely bright and white in color. I was about 2 or 3 miles away by the last time I could see it and its brightness hadn't changed in intensity from when I was right next to it- so to speak. What they seen up in Covington is pretty much what I seen in a rural area roughly two hours south from their location.! So I had to at least report it because even if it can be expl! ained, t hen these people are owed an explanation for why someone is basically invading their homes
November 8, 2020 · 9:48 PM · UNKNOWN
Creede, CO
On Sunday night while elk hunting near Creede my group witnessed a large object hovering to our east over Bristol Head. The object had multicolor light emanating from it and was extremely large and bright. It moved west across the ridge from us covering approximately a 10 mile flight in under 10 seconds. As it got closer to our camp we could make out a throbbing hum coming from it. It moved back east and at one point a red glare light up the valley. As it approached Creede it made a W type movement and disappeared down out of sight. 7 hunters watched this happen and 2 of our cell phones were doing video but the object wouldn't show on the screen. Although the audio of us describing it is clear. One photo did show it clearly.
November 8, 2020 · 6:05 PM · UNKNOWN
Kalamazoo, MI
1. I turned south on Sprinkle road at E. H Ave. While driving south of E. H Ave. I noticed several aircraft, ( more than 3 less than 10) 5-8? These aircraft had orange/yellow “landing lights?” Oriented East to West or Southeast to Northwest. The aircraft were spaced and sequenced uniformly some distance apart but uniform in appearance. 2. My original thought was that Chicago MDW or ORD was backed up with arrivals and something out of the ordinary was happening with air traffic flows. This was definitely not a normal aircraft operation for this area. A scene to expect on a busy arrival time into a major airport but usually would not expect such traffic on a Sunday evening/night in the AZO area. 3. As I drove South on Sprinkle Rd, the aircraft seemed lower and closer than first perceived. Too low to be traveling to MDW/ORD/GRR, and maybe too high and too many to be landing at AZO. Again, not a normal aircraft operation. 4. As I was driving south on Sprinkle I could not discern if the aircraft were actually moving. I was moving and had no stable reference to tell if the aircrafts were actually traveling, but I did assume so. 5. The orange/yellow “landing lights” were dominant. I believe I saw strobe/blinking white lights but was unsure if I saw green or red nav lights. The orange/yellow “landing lights” were about the same color as the street lamps, which seem a bit off knowing that most aircraft have a more white/yellow appearance. The weather was clear VFR, scattering of light etc would not be a factor in my opinion. 6. I was curious and this was strange enough that I decided to turn around to get a better view and understand what kind of aircraft they were. I turned right (West) on E. Main St. and then turned around, Turned left (North/Northwest) again on Sprinkle. 7. Traveling North on Sprinkle Rd, I did not see the original 5-8 aircraft again, assuming that they moved out of line of sight. I did see one aircraft of the same type description to the East of me and above me, as I traveled North. I would estimate between 5-7 miles away? Not exactly sure. However my view was hindered and I lost sight of the aircraft. 8. I decided to make a U-turn on Sprinkle Rd. There was no other vehicle traffic at that moment. I turned around to head South again on Sprinkle Rd. I quickly acquired the aircraft to the east visually, and I pulled off to the right on the shoulder. Facing South on Sprinkle Rd. I had my headlights on and turned my emergency flashers on as there was now a line of Southbound vehicle traffic. 9. I rolled down my driver-side window to listen for helicopter blades or maybe UAV blades/ noise. The aircraft did not appear to be moving at any significant rate across the ground. The Southbound vehicle traffic obscured sounds. I did not hear or perceive any aircraft noise. I observed the aircraft for perhaps 1-2 mins. 10. After 1-2 mins the aircraft lights were turned off and completely disappeared. I did not see the aircraft turn away, there were no position lights, I did not see or hear any aircraft. 11. I waited and observed the area of the sky for a couple more minutes, thinking that the aircraft may turn its lights back on. 12. As I was watching the area, I noticed a small black motion blur quite close just to the east of and across Sprinkle Rd. Perhaps 50-100 yards east of Sprinkle Rd. There was a tree line. At first I thought it was just a misperception, but as I kept looking in that direction, I noticed a parachute . 13. This observation was at my 9 oclock, position or nearly 90 degrees from my driver-side window. 14. The parachute was not a steerable type, It was a round ‘drifter’ type. It also appeared to be too small to support a human jump. Something that supported a small payload. I did not see the payload 15. At that time I was confused and scared. Seeing a small parachute falling when and where it did, just did not compute for me. I had no idea what it was carrying etc. 16. I decided to quickly get the heck out of there and continued to drive South on Sprinkle with no further observations of aircraft or other aircraft or anomalies. Although a strange encounter, It is very likely that this was some sort of explainable event. Perhaps the military or National Guard etc, were performing maneuvers? I find it likely that the aircraft were perhaps helicopters. I do know that these aircraft were not like any police or search helicopters with search lights, I have witnessed those aircraft before and this bears no resemblance. I just want to put this event on record to perhaps be investigated and explained. I am a professional pilot with vast experience in aviation. I have no agenda, I am by nature a skeptic, and if I were to guess this is an explainable event but thought it out of the ordinary. But, by definition, it was a Un-identified Flying Objects event for me. Thank-you for reading and taking this report into account.
November 6, 2020 · 9:10 PM · UNKNOWN
Manchester, NH
On 11/5/2020 at appx 21:10 I was traveling on I293 South in Manchester, NH. I'm a registered nurse and I work as an evening supervisor at a nursing home, I was on my way home from leaving my shift slightly early that evening to catch the US election on the news. I began to take Exit 2 for Brown Avenue. As I was changing into the off ramp, I noticed a light ahead. Not from a plane, which are very common in the area as the airport is appx 2 miles from that specific location. Instead, this light was emanating from within a cloud and was green in color, and the area it covered appeared larger than a regular airplane which I observe on a regular basis. It appeared that the light was either square or triangular in shape vs. round or elongated. It was in the eastward direction, at a decent height but low enough in the sky to be noticeable within my windshield view. And without a sound or other event, the light zoomed off in such a fast speed that I can only describ! e it by saying that if I had looked away or blinked at that moment, I would have missed it entirely and thought the light had just vanished. It had accelerated off into the eastward direction. This all occurred within the time it took for me to signal off of the exit and was gone before I came to a stop at the light at the end of the ramp, appx 3-4 seconds, as the light did not stay after I had witnessed it in the sky. I am not aware of any other witnesses to this event, I do not remember any other vehicles at the off ramp at that time, as I was the first vehicle at the red light.
November 5, 2020 · 6:30 PM · UNKNOWN
kinston, NC
looking east,i saw a very light orange in color light,moving very fast heading south to north,there were other planes in the sky,this light was moving much faster,but what seemed so strange about this is it had an enormous rainbow shaped arc like a contrail,somebody else had to have seen this
November 5, 2020 · 6:27 PM · UNKNOWN
New Haven, CT
While unloading groceries from my trunk I looked up and noticed that something was cutting through the clouds at a rather fast pace. The object was completely silent and appeared to be moving at a speed greater than what a traditional aircraft would. I was unable to see the craft but the clouds were being cut, forming a boomerang shape at the front of where the craft had to be. Once the craft cut through, it left a clear gap where it had gone through. The craft did not have lights consistent with a traditional aircraft - no flashing lights or bright lights whatsoever but it did assist to have a faint red tint as it cut through the clouds; certainly not bright enough to be from a plane. Also, unlike a plane, the craft was no longer visible after cutting through the clouds. I would have expected to see it once it moved out of the clouds and into the clear sky but I didn't.
November 4, 2020 · 9:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Lewiston, NY
At around 915 p.m., I was outside because it was an unexpectedly beautiful night, with a sudden warm up after severe cold. I saw an object moving left to right, seemingly in a straight line moving diagonally away from me. A couple of minutes later, I realized the object had stopped, just stopped. I continued to watch it, thinking maybe its just moving away from me, but it stayed in one place for about 10 minutes. I got my binoculars, and took a look, and the object, which seemed from a distance to be LED bright, and with multiple lights, turned out to be a moving snake line, like an electrical impulse kind of thing you would see on a computer screensaver. A snake like line just kept moving randomly but in a contained space. I saw no distinguishing shape. I thought maybe it was some kind of refracted light from the binocular lens, so I checked out other stars, but they were not moving, and had no such squiggly lines or brightness. Then I noticed that there were a couple more really bright lights, and looked closer with the binoculars, noting that there were three such lights, each with these electrical impulse type snake movements like a line chasing its tail kind of thing. I realized that together, the 3 lights formed a very large triangle, although I saw no shape between them, and they did not move. This was over the Niagara River in Lewiston, New York, which borders with Canada, and because of the distance (the lights were not close), I couldn’t determine if they were over the river or over Canada. I noted there were several more, but due to trees and such could not determine any more which might be in formation. They disappeared shortly after, just faded away like they were never there. I looked online and something similar was captured on video along Lake Erie, New York, except those could be seen with the naked eye. I attach the link because it accurately showed the kind of spasmic shifting of this weird bright snake rope kind of movement, which was recorded in 2018. https://www.texasufosightings.com/buzz/strange-squiggly-lines-seen-with-naked-eye-over-new-york-see-photos I am located in Lewiston, NY, roughly 100 miles from the original sighting, and less than 5 miles from the Niagara Falls Air Force Base, on Lake Ontario.
November 4, 2020 · 6:47 PM · UNKNOWN
Howell, MI
At approximately 6:47 p..m. On November 4, 2020 in an attempt to capture a picture of the night sky. After noting two bright stars one orange and one white. The orange one was in the bottom left position while the white was top right. As I was snapping the photo. What I can only describe as an Aliens finger ( White at the base, grey I’m the middle. Almost tentacle like fat at the base and extremely narrow at the top) appeared in front of my lens. Stealing the focus of my camera and cause the stars in the first photo to be very dull but still readable as Orange on the Bottom and white on top. It curled down as the camera snapped the picture and what’s caught is a triangular white blur. Which to me was the knuckle of the finger that’s been curled to where the tip touches the palm. After looking down and seeing what I thought I’d imagined was actually in the photo I set off to the house frightened. I recounted this to my brother who I’d been on the phone with the whole time. After getting some courage I opened the back door to look at the night sky again to find that the two objects were gone. I shut the door and exclaimed to my brother that the stars I’d seen and photographed were gone. He wanted proof so I opened the door to take another photo and they were back! But not in the same order this time the orange was at the top and white at the bottom. I snapped the picture and once again exclaimed to my brother what had happened. After hearing this excitement my Father in law came out of the house into the garage and asked what was going on. I explained we went out and as you can see in the third photo the objects were gone again and the sky was black. Donandrew@live.com
November 2, 2020 · 8:40 PM · UNKNOWN
Rural Retreat, VA
I live in Rural Retreat, VA. I have been seeing a light I first thought was a plane, for it has occasional quick blink of red light. It does not move though. On the compass on my phone, it is at 210 degrees, ssw. My husband has been watching it also. Then noticed another light, blinking once, red, every little bit. Perhaps 10 seconds apart. It is at 120 degrees eew. We have been watching for about 15 minutes. Sometimes it seems like it would move a bit to the left of right, then maintain that position, or go back to first one. They look a lot like stars, but for the red blinking lights. The red lights seem to be on the south (L) side of the the light. The lights are brighter than the few stars I can see. They are also lower a little in the sky. I We opened a window to see if we could hear anything, like noise from a plane, But there was no sounds but for distant traffic on I-81, which is usual for us.
November 2, 2020 · 6:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Kanapali Beach/ Maui, HI
Sighting took place on Monday 11/2/20 on the island of Maui. It was my last night there and I was swimming while watching the sunset on Kanapali beach right next to Black Rock. Looking west across the ocean towards the setting sun, the island of Lanai is directly across the water. There were some clouds sort of sitting there right at Lanai’s peak but the rest of the sky was totally clear minus some very light stratus clouds. For the last roughly 20 minutes of the sunset, before the sun crossed the horizon line, the sun itself was blocked from my point of view. by the island of lanai, leaving a beautiful palate of colors in the sky. It was during this time, after the sun had passed behind Lanai but before completely setting that I had my sighting. Looking out at sky above and around Lanai (from the water right next to Black Rock on Kanapali Beach), just to the right of the island, I saw some solid, completely motionless object. It’s hard to estimate altitude and distance but I would say it was roughly a 30 degree angle from my vantage point and roughly about as high up as Lanai if not slightly lower and if I pointed one hand directly to the north edge of Lanai and my other hand directly at the object they would be roughly 2 feet apart (hope that makes sense) Whatever was in the sky was glowing and resembled the sun reflecting off a big sheet of gold or copper in the sky, but the sun was setting behind it, so I don’t see how from my POV it could have been any kind of reflection. It’s also hard to estimate the shape of the object, although it kind of looked like a soda can or something (the light coming off of it and distance made it really hard to judge the shape, just what comes to mind). I observed it sitting completely still for et least 45 seconds and then it just dissapeared or phased out. It didn’t shoot off, it was just there one second and then gone the next, leaving nothing but clear sky behind. ***foot note. I have no idea if this is relevant or not but a few nights before I went to the top of Haleakala by myself at about 1 am and spent about 3 hours up there totally alone without seeing another person or car the whole time. It was an almost full moon so there weren’t a lot of stars but I thought I would try at least what I remembered to be the basics of Steven Greere’s CE-5 protocols. Meditated on and off for a good hour, tried to put a lot of intention into it and aside from a couple shooting stars, didn’t see anything. On the night of my sighting, as the sun was setting and I started to see some stars I toyed with the idea again, but only tried to put my “intention” out for about 60 seconds or so... didn’t even really mediate, but about 10 minutes later is when I had my sighting. This probably had nothing to do with it, but thought it was worth mentioning
October 29, 2020 · 7:15 AM · UNKNOWN
Thibodaux, LA
While unloading fuel I saw this object either giving of light or reflecting light moving slowly across the sky.
October 28, 2020 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Heber, AZ
I was truck driving 20 miles north of Heber, AZ. I noticed what looked like a plane in the night sky. I quickly realized that a plane does not travel as fast as what I saw. It was approximately 20 miles away moving from east to west, at about 15 thousand feet. It had an amber light at the front and rear of the craft, no other lights. It moved at what looked like 3 times faster than an F-15 fighter jet. I observed this object for approximately 15 seconds before it dissapeared.
October 27, 2020 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Salem, OR
Aircraft (to the South-West) at High Altitude, in Southern Sky, slowly moving Northbound. Silent --No Sound/Noise. Extreme, Very Bright, High-Intensity White light(s). Extreme Bright Lights, Way out of the Ordinary. (Many times brighter than Moon, Planets, Star, or any ordinary Commercial Aircraft). Multiple lights formed a short vertical line (length or aircraft?) for 30 min. or more. I have never seen anything so incredibly Intense, like it before (especially from so great a distance/altitude). Aircraft changed direction/Altitude? causing White line of Lights to merge into a single bright Spot (approx. 5 min). Then Aircraft turned to the South (180 degrees), causing bright White light to disappear. Bright white light was replaced with Flashing Red/Green Marker lights of an Aircraft. Aircraft went south for 10 min. then turned 180 Degrees and headed North again. Bright white Spot light re-appeared again, but not as intense (approx. 10 min.). Then, Turned South Again, showing Red/Green Marker Lights. Aircraft continued Traveling further South, disappearing into Southern Sky.
October 26, 2020 · 7:12 PM · UNKNOWN
Morehead City, NC
At approximately 7:12 pm tonight I walked out onto my second floor porch to get some air and saw something I've never seen in my 58 years. My porch faces south. Suddenly, coming from the east, I saw, out of the corner of my eye, a bright yellowish/white small light at about a 40% elevation. But the speed!!! As it went, it seemed to be getting further away slightly and on a very slightly downward trajectory. There seemed to be a few much smaller lights close behind it. Sparks? It made no noise that I could hear. It was visible for 3 seconds but went more than halfway (maybe even 70%) across my field of vision in that time. I literally had to keep moving my head around to the right to keep my eye on it. I know I'm not explaining the speed well but suffice it to say I have never seen anything move like that. No "shooting star". No airplane. Nothing. I was just standing there with my mouth hanging open. At that point I lost sight of it. I waited a few ! minutes to see if there would be more but there weren't. I'm a 58 year old, retired medical assistant. I was the only one present. I just wanted to report this in case others do also.
October 24, 2020 · 8:03 PM · UNKNOWN
Yukon, OK
Looked like a string of white light diamond shaped objects heading due south. Brightness tapered out approaching moon in sky.
October 24, 2020 · 7:25 PM · UNKNOWN
Jackson, MI
The five of us were by a bonfire. It just had turned dark outside. We saw a long line moving from the northwest to the southeast. It first looked like a contrail from a plane to me but it was moving at a good pace. We saw flickering within the line. It is impossible to say how big it was but it was above the clouds so it makes me think that it was massive in length.
October 24, 2020 · 10:25 AM · UNKNOWN
Eagle, ID
Looked like a bright green flare falling. Disappeared over highway 55.
October 21, 2020 · 9:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Milroy, PA
Was taking out the trash looked up to the east and saw a glowing orange like planet looking thing but moving in a circle them took a picture it look like maybe cigar shaped not sure wife took some video of it it just seemed to hover then move in a circle now and than than was covered by clouds a few then came back and still did it for a few then disappeared
October 21, 2020 · 4:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Sparta, TN
At first it looks like a star but once you look more closely you can tell it is at about airplane level when I recorded it and enlarged the video, you can clearly see this thing spinning really fast. Looks like a ball of energy. But has black circles on it
October 16, 2020 · 12:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Oak Lawn, IL
I looked out the window and seen bright red flashing lights in the sky moving at a very fast pace, I knew it wasn't an airplane or anything that I have ever seen before. As I got closer to the window it just disappeared from the sky like poof, gone! It was closer to the ground, it was not very high up in the sky either.