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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 10, 2023 · 8:55 PM · UNKNOWN
Tehachapi, CA
At first, i thought the object was approaching, but as it moved SE, it seemed to take a path over the mountains south of Tehachapi. I could not determine the shape of the object, but as it turned toward the mountains, the orange light elongated as if a beam, and then seemed to reflect or emanate off the length of the object. I thought it might be a blimp, but my friend, who observed it alongside of me, thought that whatever it was emitted an orange-colored exhaust cloud ejected from the rear. I don't believe I ever saw a blimp over this area. As the object continued in the same direction, the light faded, becoming a faint point of light like an airplane, and then disappeared from view.
August 10, 2023 · 10:17 AM · UNKNOWN
Selfoss (near), SOUTHERN · Iceland
I was a passenger in a moving vehicle on a coastal road close to the town of Eyrarbakki on the southern coast of Iceland. The vehicle was moving at a speed of about 90 km/hour from east to west. I rolled down the window on the passenger side and looked inland towards Ingólfsfjall mountain, close to the town of Selfoss, about 10 km away towards north east. It was a cloudy day and there were scattered showers of rain around the mountain. The cloudy sky was featureless and light gray so that the object stood out against it. I took two pictures, two seconds apart. The object was small seen from such a distance and seemed to move fast from east to west. I used a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone to take both images. There was only one object that I could see and it was not until I looked at the images that I noticed the changing of shape or rotation of the object and the halo around it. It looked to be dark grey in color. I have a background in photography and always make sure my lens is clean. I know just as well that something on the lens would not show up sharp like this in the image. As the images are taken from a moving vehicle at such speed it is obvious that the foreground would be blurry from the motion. Only more distant objects would not be affected by this. The level of sharpness in the images is not optimal but it can be determined that the object is at least as far away as the mountain.
August 10, 2023 · 5:48 AM · UNKNOWN
Garden City, Sealand, FLINTSHI · United Kingdom
I was out with my dog, walked three doors down and was at the end of my street, Brookside/Farm Road Junction about to walk towards the river about 500 yards away as we always do. I looked to the sky to see what birds were about and noticed this bright light that looked like 2 tic tac shapes but they were also firmly stuck together, moving slowly but weirdly,I watched for about 30 seconds before I realised it wasn’t anything I recognised definitely not a plane or helicopter anyway, so I started filming it, it was hard to film slightly because it started moving faster and sideways and up and down. I tried to get the tree tops in to show how high it was and a few birds flew past while filming also, then it faded and disappeared, the video is just over a minute long. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
August 9, 2023 · 1:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Steilacoom, WA
I was looking up at the sky to the west about 1am aug 9 2023 and saw a quick 1 second white flash. If you were to hold a dime in outstretched in your fingers towards the sky thats how big it was, followed by am immediate bang right after. It didnt look to be caused by a meator as there was no shooting trail. So i decided to prop my phone up on hyperlapse pointing at that area of the sky. On hyperlapse 1 second in the video is equal to 15 seconds real time, so this 29 second video is actually just under 9 minutes real time. Upon watching the video playback at 14 seconds in something not in the sky caught my eye if you look mid center of the video u'll see something quickly flash. Zoom in and manually progress the video slowly from 13sec to 15sec and you see what is the puget sound something bright possibly hot or on fire appear above reflecting its glow off the water then submerg. The 1 second that it appears on video is actually 15 seconds real time that this object glided down into the water. The locatiin it went into water, I mapped the distance from me at about 3.3miles. Making whatever it was around the size of a semi with trailer. The only land near is Anderson Island home to the now abandoned prison. It was about 5 minutes after i saw the flash and bang before that object went in the water and a meteorite that size would of been visible whole way down and made a loud sound even from my viewpoint. Ive looked online and found nothing anywhere referencing this event ive also included a daytime photo next to the night shot of the object circled of the area it went down.
August 6, 2023 · 1:26 PM · UNKNOWN
IdentifiedCutler Bay, FL
I was driving EB on SW 184th Street approaching Old Cutler Road & saw a long chemtrail to my southeast (about 2:00 position) except unlike normal chemtrails it appeared to be launched surface-to-air like a rocket or a missile. There are no rocket launching facilities nearby, & Cape Canaveral is about 230 miles in the opposite direction. It seems to have been launched from Biscayne Bay. [NUFORC annotation: Contrail - Certain]
August 5, 2023 · 10:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalArlington, TX
Supplementing my first report to include a depiction of the object(s) i saw (see attached). Sat Aug 5, 2023 (night time/not certain what time it was though). Standing out on my back patio balcony (2nd floor apartment) I saw a string of lights which were standing vertical but at a slight tilted angle and moving from the sky toward the earth at a rapid speed. I couldn't tell if it was one object or many but i saw approx 5 - 6 lights. All appeared to be round in shape but the first light closest to the earths surface was a brilliant orangish or amber color and all subsequent orbs of light were whitish but they varied in intensity or hue from the one before it as did their size. It went from large (Amber color/closest to the earths surface) to the small closest to the sky. The object, whatever it was, fell from the sky like a firework but much faster and with zero noise or light trail/tracer. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
August 5, 2023 · 4:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Kooskia, ID
I'm a hobbiest photographer. I had my camera set up on a tri pod and was doing what is called photo bracketing. I took a series of 4 shots at different shutter speeds. The four photos were taken within seconds of each other. It wasnt until I got home and was processing the photos that I came across something odd in only one of the photos. At first it appeared that my camera lens was dirty, but when I zoomed in on the photo I found something very strange in the left hand side along with all the other clutter in the photo. Everyone who has seen the photo so far agree that its very strange. [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Possible]
August 5, 2023 · 11:33 AM · UNKNOWN
Roosevelt Lake, AZ
I was looking out the window of the plane while in decent to Phoeniz Az. I saw an object moving fast near the lake. The obect was moving in a straight line then made a 90 degree turn and disappeared into the mountain that surround the lake. I have never seen an object move in that way.
August 4, 2023 · 9:40 PM · UNKNOWN
Rocky River, OH
On Friday, August 4th, I saw a flashing light in the sky. The time was around 9:38pm and I took video at 9:44PM. For the first few minutes the light was stationary and was flashing a green and white color. Then it started to move. I was able to move forward, backwards, every which way, and then remain stationary. Unfortunately, likely due to it being so high up in the sky I was unable to make out what the shape of it was. Eventually a came inside and told my girlfriend. We then watched it outside of the window, and after a couple more minutes it sped off and we were unable to see it. I would also like to add that Wednesday night, just two days earlier, at around the same time, at 9:55PM, there was an object in the sky at almost the exact same time. But this one was slightly different in that we never saw it move, and the lights would flash between red and green, and then off. We have video of this as well. When we went back inside and looked out the window we took a video. The 21 second video is from Wednesday night when the light or object was stationary. The light you will see in the top left is a reflection from the window. The light was gone a short time later. The longer video is from tonight, Friday.
August 3, 2023 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Taylor, MI
these photos were taken within a span of 15 seconds. the first one was not what i thought i saw...it was a backwards hook the 2nd photo shows the moon, both are clear...and i'm not really sure what i saw. about 4 years ago i did report to the taylor police about a possible ufo sighting,..turns out another was reported in southfield mi same night.
August 3, 2023 · 4:17 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalThompson’s Station, TN
I was pressure washing my sidewalk, and I stopped to take a video of what I thought was a jet producing chemtrails to send to my cousin in Knoxville, TN. I have been seeing this a lot recently in Nashville. It was approximately at 30 degrees north. I took a compass out tonight to check the location. However, as I was about to send the video to my cousin this evening, I realized I took photographs rather than video. I had 2 photos in my camera roll. The first taken at 4:17pm, the second picture also states it was taken at 4:17pm. When viewing the first photo, I noticed a spec on my screen and thought it was dirt on the screen of my phone, but, it was not. As I zoomed in, I noticed a dark, oddly shaped object that was almost directly in line with the tip of the plane. I have no idea how far away this was, however I assume thousands of feet. There was also no helicopter activity at that time. I thought it could be a bird? However, would a bird be that high in the air? Would it have flown out of the frame in under a minute? I would definitely appreciate any clarity as to what this could be, as it could be something easily explainable. But, wanted to share this nonetheless. Additionally, as I was filling the information out below, it asked about electrical effects. Interestingly, while pressure washing the sidewalk, the motor kept dying as I was spraying. It did this approx 6 -7 times, and I wasn’t able to finish. The motor kept dying and I kept having to pull start, which also took several minutes and several pulls. But, the motor continued to shut down after about 4 - 5 minutes. [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Probable]
August 3, 2023 · 3:40 AM · UNKNOWN
burlington city, NJ
A cylindrical shape with blue and green light strobing at a high rate moved southbound following delaware river. A train delivering material to a plant next door was disconnecting from the delivery training so it made a big boom. Once the boom Was Heard the object accelerated a high rate of speed South.
August 2, 2023 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Venice, CA
On the evening on 8-2-23 as I took a typical fresh air break whenever, at approx. 20:20hrs & as I sat on a long bench facing N.E. in direction did the clairvoyant familiar 'ping!' of "hey?" presents itself to me yet again. I whip my head around to the left, which would be looking N.W. and instinctively upwards and there is a single odder than usual glowing spark. Odd why? It was effectively IMO 'zooming' into or 'looming' into view, latitude/longitude at that precise moment of looking up. It had trajectory it clearly was coming in from somewhere to somewhere. And wow! I did just see that, huh? I lingered my gaze upon it as it oh, so, very slooooooowly crept to stand still. Executing incredibly subtle movements and boy howdy. Have they got a speed control device on it or what? Wow...At an altitude, mostly overhead now. Made no sound. Huh... It remained static for the remainder of that fresh air break and I headed back inside the communal living area. Not so much stunned yet, perplexed. As that was an entirely new experience with UAPs for me... whatever it was?, odd best describes it. *Took a three hour nap and went outside upon waking to look at that point in the sky. Gone. Not a planet. Loomed large in presence that high in the nighttime sky. When it presented itself... Literally felt mass or 'vast oddness' from whatever it was/is/isn't - end
August 2, 2023 · 6:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Concord (near), CA
Was relatively low to the ground. No clouds were in sky. I stayed and watched it for a few minutes before it suddenly disappeared and it didn’t move at all. Though it was the shape of a large commercial airplane, it had no markings or windows.
August 2, 2023 · 4:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Long Beach, CA
Moved fast, not in a straight line. Was over my backyard for about 20 minutes before it started moving forward. Very very strange. I’m not sure if these pictures or videos uploaded correctly
August 2, 2023 · 1:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Surprise, AZ
I looked up and saw 4 lights turn on and it immediately went straight up in the sky. There was no sound! I’m very familiar with the military action near here and this was not them. It gave me goose bumps and was a very eery feeling.
August 1, 2023 · 9:04 PM · UNKNOWN
Harrisburg, NC
I began to see the object/light from about a mile away. It had the brightness of a 100-watt light bulb at 300 feet away. It passed overhead at a steady speed, in a straight line. No blinking, no sound. A single white light. I watched it until it went out of sight, maybe 2 miles east of my home. I was on the back deck tossing the ball to one of my dogs when the event occurred. There were a few light wispy clouds overhead. Several planes went by while I sat for 30 minutes, and they all went out of sight at moments because they were above the few clouds.
August 1, 2023 · 2:31 AM · UNKNOWN
IdentifiedAuburn Hills, MI
At work 08/01/23 at 2:31 AM, on break in the parking lot taking pictures of the Blue Moon and Captured 4 astonishing images above the moon that proved there are existence in the Universe! [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Certain]
July 31, 2023 · 11:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Oshkosh, WI
dark night sattelite?
July 30, 2023 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Missoula, MT
I was outside on my back deck when I looked up and saw a bright light moving extremely fast for an air craft, it was so bright I had to close my eyes and open them to see to light changing colors from red and white to blue and white, it was a beautiful color mix that almost looked like a military grade flare but without the fire and made no sound! , I went to bed last night thinking about what I saw and I knew I had to say something because I know for a fact that it wasn’t a satellite or a plane, if you saw this on the 30th of July 2023 we may have seen the same unidentified flying object
July 30, 2023 · 8:49 PM · UNKNOWN
Riviera Maya, QUINTANA · Mexico
A strange light was moving back and forth in the sky. I captured it moving on film. While not on film, it eventually went from bobbing to moving in a straight path overhead. As it passed I saw the UAP had three lights in front. The three lights were only visible when it was going forward. I couldn’t see the shape of the object just the lights.
July 30, 2023 · 2:35 PM · UNKNOWN
Spokane valley, WA
It was a saucer shaped thing in the sky with lights and it was flying super fast
July 30, 2023 · 9:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Dartford, KENT · United Kingdom
Just blue light flashing, couldn't see any trail.
July 29, 2023 · 11:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Riverview, FL
Walking my dog, an Panther Trace Park I looked up as I noticed a small black object in the clouds far away. Initially I began videoing, and when I came home, zoomed into the video not only did I see multiple, but I got a beautiful linear one second video of an object flying right underneath from the left side the screen all the way to the right side of the screen. I have the one second video as well as the nine screenshots I took, and you can see beautiful formation of it flying across. (Uploaded 1second video and was only able to upload an additional (3) or the (9) second clips of the image- see for yourself ! :)