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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, 2023 · 2:30 AM · SPHERE
Enigma, GA
At approximately 2:30 - 3:00 a.m. I noticed a faint light in the night sky in the north east. The light goes from being faint to about as bright as the bightest star in the sky in about 3 seconds. (Similar to if you turned a dimmer switch to the right). When it reaches ful brightness, it then slowly moves to the right (to the east) as if it's floating. It does this for about 4-5 seconds then dims until it's no longer visible. Roughly 3-5 minutes later, the light reappears the same way and in the same location it previously did. It will perform the same movement and disappear the same way as previously. Sometimes 2 lights appear instead of one. Sometimes the will move in the same direction in the same way. Sometimes they will appear and then go in opposite directions. I've been seeing this activity almost nightly for the past month when I originally noticed this.
August 12, 2023 · 2:23 AM · SPHERE
Enterprise, UT
See pictures. These are 20 second exposures. These were resized to attach I do have large jpeg files and Nikon RAW files as well
August 12, 2023 · 2:00 AM · SPHERE
Pavo, FL
Myself and six friends went out to a favorite stargazing spot at the top of the hill right up the road from where I grew up to watch the Perseid meteors. We arrived right before midnight and planned to stay through the peak of the shower at 3am, then go out to eat at Waffle House afterwards. Two of my friends brought up ufos and were telling stories they had read about, and one of them suddenly went, “Woah, there’s an orb right there!” And of course I thought he was just messing around, but we all looked where he pointed anyway and there was a luminous orange orb. This was at approximately 2am, possibly a few minutes after. It appeared to be hovering over the field across the road from us. In the middle of that field is a strip of trees, it appeared to be right above the trees. If it was as close as it looked, it would have to have been about the size of a small suv. We turned just in time to see it, see it turn white, and see it disappear. Just a few minutes later it reappeared, moved slowly and laterally back and forth, then quickly arced up and disappeared. About 20 minutes later it reappeared on the other side of the road (the side we were parked on) over the wood line farther away and at a higher altitude. It moved back and forth laterally, almost like it was scanning. It disappeared and reappeared several times continuing the scanning motion when it would reappear. At least once we all observed it rotate; it was as if on side was illuminated and one was not, but it didn’t produce a beam of light. We saw the object multiple times for approximately an hour. I packed up our belongings when it reappeared on our side of the road so that we could leave quickly if needed. By 3am we were thoroughly freaked out and decided to get out of there, so we don’t know how long the object actually stayed in the area. When I told my partner and a couple of other friends about the encounter, they asked if we had pictures or a video, and I realized none of us had even tried to take a picture. I had even had my big camera set up on a tripod to take long exposures of the meteors. I realized I hadn’t /wanted/ to take a picture of it. I texted the group of friends I had been with and asked how they felt about that. It is highly unusual behavior that we wouldn’t have at least tried. We had been taking photos all night. We’re a friend group that is always taking pictures of our get togethers. All but one of the others in our group said the thought hadn’t even crossed their minds, and that was extremely strange. One person responded that he hadn’t wanted to share it with us, but he had taken a picture, and as soon as he took it he felt a huge spike of anxiety and nausea, followed by extreme fatigue. As mentioned previously, we were supposed to have an early breakfast at Waffle House after the meteor shower, but the friend that took the picture was so fatigued on the drive back to town that it frightened his passengers and they decided to just go home. The picture isn’t very remarkable, but it is attached to this report.
August 12, 2023 · 1:10 AM · CHANGING
Groton, CT
Checked on flightaware and no registered craft nearby. There was a single object and it is an extremely bright golden light color. It seems to be moving but only slightly in a circular or side to side pattern. Cameras when zoomed in do not show the light only a dark circular or oblong shape. When the camera is at 1x zoom the picture shows the brightness but zooming in makes it hard to define shape. There were no sounds able to be heard and the object didn't seem to be very high up compared to a commercial plane. I was able to take a few pictures and each picture was maybe a few seconds or a minute apart yet the shape and aura look different in each one. I initially saw this object at 1:10am and it is now 1:41am and it is still there. I had my 2 sons come outside to verify what I was seeing and they are older so I respected of they would tell me I was seeming unstable but they saw exactly what I did and agreed that it was extremely out of the ordinary.
August 12, 2023 · 12:20 AM · OVAL
Minden, ON · Canada
We were watching the meteor shower. Objects stayed in same location. On the large object looked like a circular disc on top. The objects were on the horizon on the other side of the lake.
August 12, 2023 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Grand Chain, IL
On this night there was a haze in the sky with some moon. There were mostly orbs and one after the other for an hour before moving away. I have seen these for months now with other objects mixed in. This was a small portion of video of that night and went on continuously for an hour. They would come into view coming from the north and split off, some moving southeast and some going south. I think the haze in the air made them glow when they made there turn. They always seemed to making very big circles miles even. I have had trouble sending in reports. I think I have been trying to send to much video so I have kept it short this time. I have many hours of video. I do not live near a airport and they are not people flying drones and I know what a satellite looks like. If you need more call.
August 11, 2023 · 11:18 PM · UNKNOWN
Olney, IL
Was walking out back and as I was closing the door behind me, I noticed large oval shaped lights about 20 feet above the tree line, pretty low, shooting off south into the distance, extreme speeds, once it beamed it had a slight trail that disappeared in less than a second. It all happened extremely fast but it did accelerate for a millisecond and then just beamed away. Very bright haze covering the object, however this was all completely silent, after it was gone I heard a number of owl and coyote in the woods, I'm not sure if there's a correlation with the animal life but the timing was pretty strange.
August 11, 2023 · 11:15 PM · LIGHT
Toronto, ON · Canada
There was one light to the southeast, likely over lake ontario, around 11.15pm. Very windy night, cloud cover was passing over. Was at a high altitude but below cloud. I could see it pass through clouds. Light went from dim to very bright to nearly unseeable to bright again. It hovered but was moving around slowly in one area. A plane was approaching from the north, northeast, below clouds. The light slowly ascended as plane flew by. After plane had passed it dropped quickly. The light dimmed, or it moved into the clouds, and I could no longer see it.
August 11, 2023 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Covington, WA
The first night I just saw stars or what look like stars flying around and playing with each other all around the sky the second night they did the same thing only they would actually join with each other become brighter than separate and go their own ways they also joined to make a triangle in fluid all around the sky as a triangle with three points of light you can see them with the naked eye even though they have some type of cloaking device each one of them has a tiny faint Little Star looking like light inside of it with the right lighting conditions you can see them very good whether it's clear sky cloudy sky day or night they a cube shaped object the second night as they're flying around over my house they must have knew I was aware of them because they sent the black small cube down from the sky it flew about 20 ft in the air from the ground in about 25 ft in front of me it crossed over my backyard my neighbor's backyard up through the trees and back up into the sky to where I couldn't see it any longer because of its size each day I see more and more in the skies and the last two days I've noticed much bigger ones have showed up I've also video tape the sky's day and night and I have screenshot of what I have captured I have a very good screenshot of one of the crafts during the day which looks absolutely like nothing I've ever seen and I also have a lot of footage at night that shows the anomalies as well this has gone on day and night for 17 days now if you're able to come to my house I can show you easily if not I understand but at least go out and look up at the sky you will notice that if it's a clear blue sky and it's night time they will look like black little bubbles in the sky with a tiny faint star in the middle of it there's much more to say but not enough room here in this space for text
August 11, 2023 · 10:30 PM · OVAL
The Dalles, OR
It was moving from west to east. We were watching the meteor shower and this faint, light colored object just slid across the sky making no sound. It was about one inch across at arms length and traveled an arc of about 90 degrees in 10 seconds. It was really hard to see. My wife also saw it. I saw it as an oval with axis west to east. She saw it as two triangular wings going north and south. Not a bird. Absolutley no sound.
August 11, 2023 · 10:15 PM · FORMATION
Ellettsville, IN
We were driving home from Switchyard park in Bloomington on hwy 46 westbound through ellettsville. My wife, from the passenger seat said "what's that?".. I looked up and seen a short pattern of lights. Maybe 3 inches across if I was to hold out my hand and open my fingers to each side of the formation. The lights were moving East/South East at a steady rate of speed. The line was somewhat slanted in the sky, as far as their trailing pattern goes. They were not all in the same plane as each other, although travelling at the same heading. Somewhat straight line though. My first thought was Starlink, but it wasn't like any of the starlink formations that I've seen. I also checked a starlink tracking page (the same one this site provides), and it showed they were still way off the West coast. I began to attempt to pull over to take pictures or video. Once I got in the turning lane, to turn left into a parking lot, they appeared to fade behind some clouds. My best guess from my flying experience, was anywhere between 5000 to 10000 feet up maybe(?). 10-20 minutes later my brother was messaging me to tell me what he just seen.. Ends up getting seen it as well, although he described the lights as being green, and possibly lower elevation. He was located in Judah Indiana area, which would be the direction they were heading.
August 11, 2023 · 10:15 PM · CIRCLE
Oshkosh, WI
The 3 bright white circles were positioned dead center in west sky when I first saw through west facing kitchen window around 1015PM CDT on Aug 11, 2023. Constantly solid bright white. 3 circles moved super slowly right toward the north but still remained in western sky. Circles slowly drifting north stopped for a few moments as very stunning bright white swash, wider at top and tapering down at bottom looking almost like a tadpole, flew between top white circle and white circle on the left or north. The 3 circles, seemed interesting but unremarkable, but this swash felt to my eye and sensibility extremely energized. I am 81 years old. I neither believe in nor have I ever seen ghosts or UFOs. I am not attracted to sci fi and have never watched the series Star Wars because it would bore me. I report this only because of the swash which was quite spectacular and gave off an unmistakable energy when I saw it. I would have kept looking at it if had stayed in the field of the three circles but it appeared and left in about three blinks of my eyes. It was very beautiful. Wish I could see it again. If I do I'll let you know.
August 11, 2023 · 9:56 PM · UNKNOWN
At sea, CA, International Waters
On Aug. 11th, 2023, at approximately 9:55pm, my wife, daughter and myself were settling in for the night on our last night of our Carnival Panorama cruise. I stepped out on to our stateroom balcony to enjoy the last night's fresh air on the ocean before coming back in to Long Beach, CA to end our 7 day cruise to Mexico. I had been on the balcony for only about 2 minutes when I saw the first light. We were traveling north and were a few miles off the coast in deep water (approx. 12,000 ft according to the cruise TV channel). Our stateroom was on the land side of the Carnival Panorama ship. The light showed up about 3 fingers width above line of sight as we were stationed on the 6th deck of the ship. So the light was far above the horizon. It seemed too far away to see a definitive shape. Just lights is all we saw. The first light I saw started out dim, almost not visible to the naked eye. Then it got much brighter and bigger like it was coming towards us. Then, all of a sudden, that super bright light just disappeared faster than it came. But then, a few seconds later, the light showed up again acting as it did the first time I saw it. I was trying to debunk these lights as planes or possible ships. But the movement of these lights didn't fit with how planes act. I, at first, thought well we are a few miles off the coast, maybe it's a plane going in for a landing in Mexico, as we were still south of the border on Baja California Spur. I figured maybe the plane went in to a bank of clouds for a few seconds and reappeared. However, these lights were changing location each time from west and east and back again. Once, the lights showed up further west of original sighting then, much farther east of original sighting. Now, during the second sighting, another light appeared behind the first and acted the same way. Came in to being out of nowhere and got astonishingly bright with the other, then just disappeared. During the second sighting, I turned and opened the door to our stateroom from the balcony and told my wife that I may be seeing UFO's and asked her to come look. There was nothing for what seemed an eternity so I started feeling really dumb. But then, the lights showed up again, further to the east and my wife saw them this time. We watched as these lights went from dim to super bright and just disappear. This happened 3 more times after my wife had come out but one of the lights disappeared and only one was visible during the last 3 times. And each time, was in a different place in the sky and not as bright as the first 2 times. My daughter finally came out to see what was going on but they were gone by the time she showed up. This all happened in about a 4‐5 minute time frame. I tried to get pics and video but with light distortion from the ship, I can't see it on the video. I kept thinking that maybe it was planes but there were no clouds that could've blocked the lights and also they moved multiple directions in a very short time frame to be planes. I'm hoping others on the cruise with us saw them too.
August 11, 2023 · 9:48 PM · CHANGING
İzmir, İZMIR PR · Turkey
Strange objects , the blue one merged with the red object and they circled in the sky for an hour .
August 11, 2023 · 9:45 PM · OVAL
Probable conventionalDeadwood, SD
We witnessed a string of low flying bright white lights 15-18 of them at low altitudes for 10-12 seconds moving from the west to east direction at 9:45 pm on a clear flawless night. Once they were in front of us just above tree top angle approximately 12-15000’ they all vanished on after another. These were not Starlink satellites. They were to low and they vanished like some type of cloaking device was activated. If they were satellites we could have watched them travel to the eastern sky. We took pictures and a video of them but they did not record to the cell phone. No images appeared on the phone’s camera. No sound was heard. No other aircraft in the area. Crafts we’re heading in the direction of Ellsworth Airforce Base outside do Rapid City SD. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
August 11, 2023 · 9:45 PM · OVAL
Deadwood, SD
9:45 pm as we were sitting in the driveway, from the west came a string of oval shaped objects numbering 12-15 illuminating the sky and tree top’s approximately 1500’ above the trees, passed in front of us moving towards the east. We observed them for 12-15 seconds then they just dimmed and all vanished and was gone. Not Starlink satellites. Starlink is 340 miles up. Too low to be and Starlink! We would have been able to observe them traveling eastward out of sight. They just disappeared in front of us
August 11, 2023 · 9:20 PM · EGG
izmir, İZMIR PR · Turkey
Strange objects circled for an hour .
August 11, 2023 · 9:20 PM · EGG
izmir, İZMIR PR · Turkey
Bright objects flying in a circular motion occasionally changing directions in the sky
August 11, 2023 · 9:15 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedWhite Pigeon, MI
Could it have been drones…don’t know as it appeared to be fairly high altitude. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
August 11, 2023 · 9:06 PM · FIREBALL
Fayette, NY
We saw a red fireball moving slowly across the sky while driving north on 414. It was low and initially it thought it may have been a drone with a red light but after I pulled over to look closer it looked like it was on fire. I took one picture with my phone camera and another one with an actual camera (I'm on vacation here) before it was out of view/range to see or photograph. It lasted about 1 minute total.
August 11, 2023 · 8:45 PM · LIGHT
Morrison, IL
Saw flashing light in sky. Did not move and then shot upward. 2 dark planes with red flashing light flew on either side of this thing and then flew away. The flashing light then started traveling into the distance laterally not further into space. THEN looking back in the original direction my boyfriend and i see a line of Green lights hovering just above our tree line in our backyard. We are awestruck and just stare at it until it starts to move in the same direction the flashing light went until it disappeared from sight.
August 11, 2023 · 8:43 PM · LIGHT
Schaumburg, IL
My husband and I were sitting outside on the patio and I was noticing that there were a lot of clouds and not sure if we’d be able to see any of the proceeds meteor shower tonight. When something caught my eye and I looked up and there was a very bright light and I told my husband look and he turned to look and it grew very bright as it was slowly moving and then it faded away and it was gone 10/22 tops. I do not think it was a meteor because it was moving very slowly.
August 11, 2023 · 8:40 PM · CIRCLE
Powder Springs, GA
Silver cylindrical object with sequential orange lights. It was moving very slowly. It was reminiscent of a plane in its trajectory but was much more elongated and had a series of horizontal orange/red lights alternating with white lights. What really stood out is that it disappeared instantly.
August 11, 2023 · 8:38 PM · SPHERE
Tacoma, WA
This is now our fourth time seeing these orbs hovering, fading, multiplying and disappearing with no sound and so damn quickly northeast over the puget sound. They come around the time frame of 8:30-10pm at the same location. Have multiple videos.