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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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August 12, 2020 · 12:30 AM · OTHER
Conway, SC
Only entering this because I mentioned it to my wife a couple of days after it happened, and she thought it was odd as well...I initially just chalked it up to military aircraft. Time is approximate, give or take 30 minutes...Sorry. I'm a night owl, so I went out to stand in my garage/driveway to observe the street. I'm a retired state law enforcement lieutenant - so I try to be cognizant of my neighborhood and surroundings, especially since there have been thefts in the neighborhood in the past. I also like to watch the sky (we're on one of the approaching routes to Myrtle Beach Int'l Airport - and, occasionally military planes fly overhead or do touch-and-goes at the airport between the commercial flights). At this hour, I don't expect anything from MB Int Airport, but the stars were out, and I enjoy the panoramic view of the sky this flat land affords me compared to the mountainous/hilly northeast I'm from. I've stared at the stars before, and while star-gazing, I've noticed some slow-moving trajectories across the sky. I realize these are satellites in orbit. I've also twice witnessed the ISS cross the sky above my house (it was reported that it would be flying overhead beforehand by a local weatherman, so my wife and I would go outside to watch it). The slow-deliberate pace of these satellites as they look like stars, but move across the night sky faster, as the the real stars seem to stay in place always enthralled me. Incident: On the above (approximate) date and time, I was again looking into the sky at the stars when I noticed a flashing white light pulsing about every second or so. It was already just south of my home when I first noticed it. It was moving in a north/northeast to a south/southwest direction. I thought it was peculiar because it seemed so high up, like a satellite would appear/similar to a star in the sky. This one was different since the light flashed every second or so, actually flashing like a sparkle in the sky. At first, I thought it was just an airliner (even though I've seen airliners and their lights, and can still make out the red and green lights airliners have even at their cruising high-altitudes). This light seemed higher, the white flashing light seemed very strong, and it was only the one brightly flashing white light, with nothing else. I was thinking that was odd (because the light was flashing so brightly with no other lights) and then I noticed another flashing light coming behind the first. The second flashing light was travelling in the exact same path as the first, only quite a distance behind. I watched the two of them travel in a perfect straight-line/flight path directly behind one another, keeping the somewhat-large distance between them as they continued south-southwest. As I scanned the sky to look for more, I noticed two more bright, flashing lights coming from the north/northeast. They, too, were acting in the same manner as the first two, and following exactly the same straight line across the sky, all while keeping the same distance between themselves and the first two lights/ships. At one point, all four were still in my view, perfectly spaced apart, as they headed downrange to the south/southwest. I did take notice of how how straight their flight-path was, and how perfectly distanced each one was behind the other. Unfortunately, I did not have my phone/camera with me when I stepped outside and witnessed this.
August 11, 2020 · 11:00 PM · OTHER
Charlotte, NC
So as were walking the star with flashing lights kept following us back-and-forth when we will stop it will stop to we were walking back-and-forth for about 30 minutes every time we stop it will stop as well. I called down my boyfriend and say hey come downstairs there’s something very unusual happening. As he starts coming downstairs there was about three other neighbors that came downstairs as well for a split second in our face It was like a shooting star put in front of us it wasn’t even in the sky. It almost felt like it face scanned us. So as of now there’s six of us outside we keep walking back-and-forth and it just keeps following us I understand about the earths orbit and how rotating end it was very unusual that when we stop the stars like thing stopped as well when we kept walking and follow back-and-forth back-and-forth it was so crazy so unusual I’ve never witnessed something like that before. It’s crazy that all six of us saw the same thing and because it was so dark outside it was very hard to record it this is not normal and I know it was something out of this planet. It’s crazy that all six of us was walking as a group together and it followed us a shooting star went right in front of us for a split second it’s crazy that all of us saw it.
August 9, 2020 · 5:27 PM · OTHER
Norfolk, MA
I was in my pool, looking up and heard an airplane above. I looked and saw a small personal plane flying over head, to the left of the plane I saw an object that I initially thought was a hawk. I have chickens so I was wary of having hawks overhead so I watched it to see if it would come down from where it was. It was very high up in the air, it had what I could imagine was a wing span. I was waiting for it to circle the air the way hawks do and it didn't, it just hovered, then it moved slowly. I figured it was a hawk surfing the wind. But it still didn't behave like a hawk. So I thought maybe it was a vulture or an eagle. I came to the conclusion that it was a type of eagle or vulture. I kept staring at it, it must have been about 1 minute by this point. The airplaine was out of sight. Then all of a sudden, it changed direction and shape and what looked like a bird then looked like a dark ball or sphere/disc with a slight shine to the top of it and it seeme! d like it was rotating while it quickly descended downward at an angle of about 45 degrees with a purpose, no wavering it was a clean line,toward the direction where the plane was headed although the plane was not on a descent. the object had no wings at this point. I wondered if it was a drone? I looked up drones with retractable wings but couldn't really find any. I also looked up drones that look like birds and couldn't find a match. I know drones have lights, but this thing didnt have any. So strange.
August 8, 2020 · 10:25 PM · OTHER
Dayton, NV
I am a retiree from Baltimore,Maryland who now resides in Dayton, Nevada. I am a former Certified Wastewater Treatment Operator. I have a Bachelors of Science Degree in Physical Geography/Cartography from James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. On the night of August 8, 2020 I decided to sleep on my back deck (for the first time ever) to look at the stars and perhaps the Milky Way if visible. I had just entered my sleeping bag when I noticed what I thought was possibly a satellite moving across the sky. It looked like the size of a planet, larger than a star. Then I noticed another moving "star" directly behind the first moving object. It was not as brilliant but was in a direct line behind the first---at quite a distance away. I waited to see if it would overtake the leading object, but it never varied in distance. Both "stars" moved without sound and at a very slow, deliberate pace, almost like a zeppelin. They moved t! oo slow to be a airplane. As it moved forward, North by Northeast, the front "star" seemed to fade as if going into a cloud or haze. However, neither of these conditions were evident. Meanwhile the trailing "star" seemed to fade as well but took on a red dim glow. It did not flash,blink or strobe. (The front "star" never change color). At one point both "stars" nearly disappeared only to momentarily become brilliant and then again fade. All this while, they maintained the same exact distance in an exact straight line. I looked to see if any surrounding stars were blocked out to reveal a shape between the two "stars". I noted no shape what so ever. However, if this was some sort of "airship", it would have been huge in length. I gazed at the "stars" until they left my range of view. No change in direction or sudden velocity variances. Just a slow and deliberate cruise. It was also very high in ! altitude. That is why I initially believed it to be a satelli! te.
August 8, 2020 · 10:19 PM · OTHER
Westfield, NJ
After hearing a loud similar to a train combine with a plane passing overhead, I looked up and saw a bean shape flat object about 30 ft wide, black and a green light on the edge.
August 8, 2020 · 10:15 PM · OTHER
Plainview, NY
I was sitting out side with 5 other people. One person jumps up and screams” is that a UFO” everyone hops up and sees the same thing. The aircraft passed in about 10 seconds. A military jet was chasing after the aircraft. The UFO was 10x bigger than the military craft. about a minute later two military choppers were going full speed over the house. About another minute passes and there’s another chopper. Everyone saw the same thing. We all saw a figure 8 glowing green speeding past us.
August 8, 2020 · 10:15 PM · OTHER
New York, NY
We were on a rooftop viewing the Persiuds when the glowing green ufo passed directly overhead at a low altitude, followed by what sounded like a military aircraft. The green lights were revolving in a figure eight as the craft moved quickly From east to west towards Manhattan. The military Aircraft that appeared to follow it was very loud.
August 8, 2020 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Flushing, NY
Object flying straight path north west 3 orbs blue green in color with a center object making a roaring noise moving at a high rate of speed @1000 FEET HIGH ? NO BODY OR SHAPE RECONIZABLE WITNESSED BY 4 PEOPLE WERE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT AN HOUR AFTER IT PASSED !
August 8, 2020 · 7:50 PM · OTHER
Broomfield, CO
I'm an amateur astronomer and I was setting up my gear just before sundown. When I glanced up at a plane that was leaving DIA, I noticed something else (naked eye) just north of the plane at a slightly higher altitude (~20k feet). It looked like a shiny disk and was moving slowly due north. I grabbed binoculars to get a closer look and I was able to see the object very clearly. It wasn't a disk but rather toroid in shape and metallic silver. It was tumbling as it moved north. In diameter I would say it was approximately 100-200 feet. The best description I can give would be a 100 foot diameter silver wedding ring being tossed in slow motion. I grabbed my partner and gave her another pair of binos. We just watched it for about 15 minutes until it was too far away to see with much clarity. Because of its silver coloration I thought it might be a mylar research balloon of some kind, but I can't find any reference to such a thing online. It had no visible lights of propulsion. ((BEGIN ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Hello, I submitted a report last week regarding a sighting I experienced in Broomfield, CO on August 9th. I posted the wrong date for the sighting as it actually occurred on Saturday August 8th. I'd just like to make the change in case anyone else witnessed the event on the same day. Thanks, ((END ADDENDUM))
August 8, 2020 · 8:00 AM · OTHER
Ketchum, ID
WHAT IS IT? These photos were taken on Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at approx. 0800. An Idaho family was camping 36.6 miles NW of Ketchum ID. ((In the Sawtooth National Recreation Area at Prairie Creek (East side) located on forest rd 178 off Hwy 75. (coordinates 43.816739, -114.594202) adjacent to 3 large peaks in the East, Easley Peak, Silver Peak, and Boulder Peak elev 11,458 ft(The Boulder Mountains)) We camped on Thurs, Fri, Sat, and Sun. Saturday was the only day this object was observed in the sky for approx. 2 hrs. Unfortunately, none of us saw it leave, but it was gone after about 2 hours. We had clear skies all 4 days. We noticed the object was not moving. We observed an airplane going overhead slightly to the north of the object, but definitely thousands of feet lower in the atmosphere. The object was in the North East sky and witnessed by five people. We captured these photographs after looking through binoculars and realizing there was something “black” at the top of the white dot.
August 8, 2020 · 12:00 AM · OTHER
Verona, PA
It was roughly 3 PM in the afternoon. Sky condition bright blue intermittent clouds. In my backyard hot tub while cloud gazing I noticed a pyramid shaped object rotating in the sky moving east. At first I thought It was possibly a drone after realizing it wasn’t I paid attention to the shape of the object. It appeared to be Pyramid shaped and rotating. The sun would catch the reflection and then it would spin and become dull and then it would reflect the sun again. Like a rotating top. It did not appear to be large that’s why I thought at first it was possibly a drone of some type. However I realized it wasn’t close to me so it couldn’t possibly have been a drone and been that visible. It flew east into a cloud and was gone. It was silver metallic colored. The whole of the siding didn’t last more than 30 seconds.
August 7, 2020 · 4:02 AM · OTHER
Jerome, ID
I was leaving my home around early 4 am and spotting a slow moving but very obvious diagnol line, it was too slow to be any notable aircraft and was too faint to get a picture of, but it was a white potentially saucer like instance that i tried to trail for a moment only for it to dissapear once i cleared the other houses in my area.
August 6, 2020 · 11:30 PM · OTHER
Tacoma, WA
I saw a huge craft off of I-5. At first I thought it was a plane but realized it was too big and it was hovering. I saw something fall out of the bottom of it that had lights also. I was driving and couldn’t pull over and take video. I was shocked at what I was seeing and am totally convinced that there is no way I could have been the only witness.
August 6, 2020 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Janesville, WI
Small black dot, VERY HIGH ALTITUDE, hovering and no movement, may have been rolling, hard to see
August 6, 2020 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Sunset, UT
I live in the flight patterns of Hill AFB and SLC Intl Airport. I was sitting on my front patio looking at the flights heading for SLC when I saw an object flying north east towards the Wahsach mountains. The I took a picture with my phone then got my binoculars and was able to see it appeared to be metallic (silver) shaped like a pill with a dark band around the forward end. I estimate the altitude at about 1500-2000 ft traveling at about 50-60 knots. I thought it was a mylar balloon, if it was going with the wind I would expect it to tumble. This pill was flying straight and true. Unfortunately the phone pic a white blur.
August 4, 2020 · 11:00 AM · OTHER
Norfolk, VA
My husband was the first to spot it while he was resting on a chaise after some yardwork. Initially he thought it might be “floaters” in his eye, but then he was able to repeatedly see it even after looking away. He called for me to come out and see. The object appeared as a star that was visible almost straight overhead, and about at 1:00 to the west. It was 11:00AM on the morning of August 4, 2020. We continued to observe it for at least an hour with initially our naked eye and then with two different pairs of binoculars. It appeared to be reflecting the sun in a clear blue sky, not emitting its own source of light. With the naked eye it appeared as a star. With binoculars it took on an oblong shape, according to my husband. To me, it was oblong , but I could also see some angles and an obvious red color at one end of the structure. Once I told my husband that I clearly saw the red spot, he was able to also make it out to a degree ,though not as clear to him as it was to me. I almost think I was seeing an airplane like shape, with the red area being on the upper left, but being unable to keep the binoculars steady enough for long enough, I can’t be certain. It was pretty much stationary for the entire time. It may have meandered slightly as we had trouble finding it with our naked eye at one point, but when we finally did pick it out again, we were viewing it at a slightly different spot in our yard. Upon viewing it with the binoculars from this spot, the red area was more beneath the white star. We called our neighbor over and he also observed it with his naked eye and then his own binoculars.
August 4, 2020 · 12:23 AM · OTHER
Cloverdale, CA
UFO sighting over Cloverdale California Tuesday August 4th 12:23am. History of observer: • 56 years of age male, Senior Optical Engineer • Designer of high resolution astronomical imaging systems • Amateur astronomer and Astrophotographer for 41 years. Planetary observation session was interrupted by an object that was not easy to dismiss as an aircraft, satellite, meteor or man-made space debris. Observed was a -5 magnitude star-like object traveling from SE to NW at a speed slightly faster than the a typical fly over of the International Space Station. First spotted SE of the Sturgeon full moon passing and travel NW exactly between the moon and Saturn. It rose higher into the sky traveling at a constant velocity to an altitude of 38º to 42º above the "due south" horizon before its startling disappearance. What was unusual about this object: • Just before it disappeared from the sky it rapidly accelerated for 500 to 600 milliseconds. • The rate of its extinguishing light after the rapid acceleration was startling. Not at all like a typical satellite darkening into the earth's shadow or tumbling in sunlight. • Sighting occurred just after midnight and a satellite could not have been illumined by the sun. • Color was white to slightly yellow and had a slight haze surrounding its star-like appearance. • Westerly orbiting satellites are very unusual. • To verify it was not local aircraft out of Santa Rosa or San Francisco a flight tracker app was checked within seconds of the sighting. No aircraft were in the air between SFO and the Oregon border. He notified his sister with a text to verify time, location and document the event. This was only the second object the observer could not identify over his observing history.
August 3, 2020 · 9:35 PM · OTHER
Kittery, ME
I was sitting on my front porch when I noticed what I initially thought was a particularly bright star. Realized it was moving and my next thought was satellite. It was moving slowly in a linear fashion so that made sense and I thought hey that's pretty cool. It then appear to shift slightly one way then back the other before continuing in its linear direction. Thought my eyes were okaying a trick on me so I concentrated on it intently for a few minutes and it was definitely making slight harsh zags to the left and right occasionally. My guess is whatever it was was at cruising height for aircraft so my, admittedly uneducated assumption was the zig zag pattern had to be pretty significant to observe from my distance. I only saw one these objects in the 5 minutes I was observing it. I observed it as being well above the tree-line against a mostly clear sky. The view from my porch faces east about a mile from the ocean.
August 3, 2020 · 4:00 PM · OTHER
Stafford, VA
My daughter and I were videoing crazy clouds in a storm that was rolling in and caught something we cannot identify. I have the full video and possibly other videos from my cell phone, if needed. this video is me recording from my daughter's phone. It's the only way we knew how to zoom in and show how fast it really was. It looked like possibly 3-4 different objects. One flew behind the cloud and the others in front. Please let us know what this could be. This form wouldn't let me upload the videos. Occured about 4PM on 8/3/2020.
August 1, 2020 · 2:00 PM · OTHER
Newberg, OR
Driving home, my daughter and I witness a very strange form trying to replicate a cloud in an almost triangular shape but with a tail pointing down to earth. The shape changed color for a florescent yellowish green to fluorescent red, then back to yellow. It was stationary and looked like it even had the clouds stopped from moving. the tail grew, and as we reached our destination we got out of the car and watched it change to almost camouflage it's color to look like a cloud only a little darker. the tail began to retract, the form slowly began to dissipate but not like the clouds. the wisps were nothing like the clouds around it. I have video footage of it as it was like nothing I have ever seen before. I did in 2000 ish see another sighting but NOTHING like this.. The colors of what it was stood out like a storm in a clear sky with a few cirrus clouds.
July 30, 2020 · 12:25 PM · OTHER
Santa Barbara, CA
I pulled over while driving because I saw this, it was not moving at all, just hovering absolutely stationary @ about 500'. I got a picture, then I had to move on due to traffic. I would estimate the space it took up to be about the size of a typical UPS box truck. It was a deep black color with a white aura around it and there was a faint white object positioned about 11 o'clock from it. No lights seen. Absolutely no movement at all. I send this now because I realized the object I saw looks just like the "gimbal" object sighting the military released, (both images attached)... and, I just learned of the existence your site and wanted to contribute.
July 29, 2020 · 8:21 PM · OTHER
New York City (Manhattan), NY
Tonight over Hells Kitchen in Manhattan at 820pm we saw two black crafts, that looked like they could be oval shaped, but changed to what looked like “S” or figure “8” shape from where we were standing. The crafts had no visible lights or propulsion system or condensation trials. These crafts were flying together and appeared to be flipping, they were flying too high and too far to be drones. The crafts continued to fly together, almost playfully and flew into the distance out of sight where they diverged, one craft flew North and the other North West over Manhattan.
July 28, 2020 · 7:50 PM · OTHER
Lynn, MA
On the coast (directly on the beach) just north of Boston, a large object was observed hovering over the water just north of Nahant, and flying up the coast slowly. The object appeared to be made out of two discs/saucers that were attached to one another. The two discs were overlapping with one another slightly, and looked almost as if they were on a different “level” from one another. It looked like a big figure eight, with the two circles of the 8 slightly overlapped where connected in the middle. Like a Venn diagram, but the overlap was only slight. The entire object was rotating in several ways, horizontally and vertically, almost spherically rotating. Each disc had lights completely around the edge of it. The rotations made the lights appear to flash each time it rotated, but I don’t think it was actually flashing. It was hovering and moving away quite slowly, heading north up the coast away from Boston as it continued to rotate. It was about the same height as the planes that fly low here are (very close to Boston’s Logan airport). It was about the same size too. It was low, and very large. It was dark in color, probably black. Observed for about 2 minutes. For background, the observer is a 33 year old woman with a masters in sociology who works as a global marketing consultant.
July 27, 2020 · 4:49 AM · OTHER
Mableton, GA
I woke to use the restroom, looked out the window and saw bright light in sky. Every time I took a picture it changed shape