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Sightings
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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March 31, 2016 · 10:05 PM · FIREBALL
Shasta Lake, CA
At 22:05 on March 31, 2016, I was driving SW on Ashby Rd in Shasta Lake City, CA. I looked to the eastern sky and saw a bright red light, traveling west, larger than any aircraft light I had seen before. All of a sudden a second one appeared following behind the first. At that time I pulled to the shoulder of the road so that I wouldn't lose sight of them. A few seconds later the third one appeared following behind the other two. I continued to watch as one by one each of them disappeared as they reached the very exact spot I counted approx. ten seconds between each light disappearing. The bright red lights bring fireball to mind, however, they didn't move exceptionally fast, except in appearing and disappearing
March 30, 2016 · 12:00 AM · FIREBALL
Winston-Salem, NC
My room mate recorded it on his phone.. which doesn't do it justice... no sound.. nothing else around it.. no tail... this is now the 2nd weird sighting in my back yard. The 1st was about 4 months ago when what looked like a star appeared. . then it got very very bright and big and went out…
March 29, 2016 · 6:40 AM · FIREBALL
Boca Raton, FL
It seemed to burn off, as it got more East.
March 28, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Rochester, IL
It started with one light, redish/orangish/white hovering over the horizon while me and my friend were parked on my road, facing east. I live on the east outskirts of Rochester. It was staying in the same area but floating, dipping, and swooping around. You could tell it was far away. I pointed it out to ((friend's name deleted)) and she saw it too, and it proceeded to swoop around and dip up and down erratically. We both saw it moving. I was really excited and made her drive closer to where it was. We drove closer, heading east until we weren't really in Rochester any longer, more Buckhart area. I lost view of the light on the way. When our view became clear again, we parked facing the side of the sky we saw it in, the south east whole sector of the sky. I couldn't find it and then I noticed it in a different part of the sky, much higher. We watched this light dance around for awhile. It moved in ways impossible to any technology we have. ((friend's name deleted)) saw it too. We were watching the one light fly erratically. Both of us keep thinking we glimpse other similar lights moving but aren't sure. The one light is flying over the horizon at a steady speed in one direction, then it slowly fades away and seems to dissappear. Another (or the same) light pops up much higher in a totally different direction in the sky. Then we both saw the second one. Same color of light, same behavior. I was ecstatic. At this point it was clear that these could not be planes or helicopters. And then they kept appearing--they just kept popping up. These different lights, all the same color, all differing moment to moment in brightness and dimness, sometimes becoming so dim as to be invisible. They all flew the same style--drunk alien, but never in sync; they would swoop, reverse directions in an instant, dip up and down. There were no formations to be seen or apparent organization. Sometimes the speed of their movement was shocking, given how far away they were they had to be covering huge distances in an instant. Some would move in a general direction, but erratically. At one point I could have sworn a fighter jet was pursuing one of them, but I couldn't be sure and ((friend's name deleted)) didn't notice it. I tried to keep count and I got to 8 before I couldn't count them due to the number and the extreme dimness of some of them. I kept trying to explain it to ((friend's name deleted)), but I don't think she will ever understand how much of a big deal this kind of shit is to me. The sky was alive with dancing spaceships. We were there for maybe two hours. I could not stop watching, it was like being in a trance. So I was watching the dance of the spaceships when I noticed a light in the sky coming from behind us (high, moving from NW to SE toward the spaceships. It was different-- bigger, and blinking one light and one color in steady pulses, and moving at a steady speed and direction. I assumed it's a plane but I watched it because something seemed odd about it. It's not like a light ON it is blinking, it's like the entire vessel is blinking. And the color is like an old yellow light, like the color cast by old light bulbs. I notice in between the blinks it appears to glow a very dull red. It changes directions and comes in towards the ships. I watch a spaceship closest to the incoming big yellow light and the strangest thing happens, the spaceship seems to become aware of the new interloper, and it swept towards it and back in a few motions, and then IT STARTED BLINKING BACK AT THE SHIP. And both blinked differently, like they were shaking hands or trading information of some kind, with different rythyms and frequency and color. This was the first time we saw any of the fireballs blink. They blinked a bright white. Then the big yellow ship came in closer to the other ships and slowed down to a stop were it hovered and bobbed. As it did this, two more spaceships swooped in close to it and began their own unique blinking response. So clearly it was another UFO, but different from the rest. After it delivered it's message or whatever it flew away (SE to NE and seemed to go higher than any plane ever could) where it seemed to become a still star. At this point, I couldn't take it and I called my dad to make him come outside the house and try to see what I was seeing. This was also a really strange aspect. Once my dad came outside, the brightest of the spaceships all started blinking red and white, like airplanes. They also chose a general direction and stuck with! it, though their speed fluctuated. It was funny because they all blinked with no rhythm or steady pulse to them. Long story short, all he sees is airplanes of course. He goes back in and I get off the phone with him and the ships go back to normal and start moving more. At several points, I made reference points by holding up my thumb or my phone still under the light in the sky, this was an easy way to see that they were moving relative to the motionless point. I can't explain what I saw, but we saw it and it was amazing. A two hour dance that started with one little light. GROUND SIGHTING, AS WE LEAVE: [A NOTE: we did not see any ship approach the ground or come close to landing] Right before we leave a big solid white orb light maybe a hundred yards behind us floods us with light. I sa,y "What the fuck was that?" because it disappeared quickly and Kaitie said a car. But the light hadn't come from the road. It was directly behind us, close to a house on the other side of the road. Then we were getting ready to pull out, and it floated out from behind the house. My first impression was it was just someone with a light, but it was much too bright. And it floated. It glided. It came out from behind the house and started coming towards us. We're talking the brightest white light you've ever seen, on the other side of the road not 70 yards away. Then it's gone. Two seconds of darkness ... and then it comes back on-- except it's glowing blood red now, and more dim because of the duller color of the red. There was no indication of anything producing the light. I was a little scared and we drove away, leaving the red light back there. That is the end of this report, but I feel the need to mention what happened the next night from my bedroom window. Kaitie was there again: Over the cornfield in front of my house around 11 PM two lights hovering over the ground appeared and acted erratically. One was bright and white, much similar to what we saw so close to us on the ground. The other one was orange, and very odd at first appearance. It looked to be a bright orange ball constructed of paper with a fire blazing inside of it. It acted the most erratic in flight before both became almost entirely still. They stayed until day started to come, and as the light of day grew, they receded into the distance until they were tiny pinpricks, and then nothing. I have no pictures but if they come again I plan to walk up to them and try and take a picture/just get closer. We spoke with the source of the report, and despite his assurance that the report is accurate, we question whether it is a serious report. The source of the report describes himself as a "writer," and when pressed on the type of writing he does, he admitted that he is a writer of fiction. PD
March 28, 2016 · 4:25 AM · FIREBALL
Lakside, MT
Two large orange orbs appeared outside of my window at 4:25 in the morning. I assumed it might be a car because the lights appeared on the rural road above my house. However, the two lights were facing directly into my window therefore ruling out that possibility. I got up and looked out the window and just as I did so the lights began go back and forth, "scanning" the woods behind my house. This lasted for no more than 30 seconds. The lights then went a little ways down the road before blasting away and disappearing completely. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 27, 2016 · 8:45 PM · FIREBALL
Bakersfield, CA
It looks like a Fire Ballon, there were 3 , no sound. What can it be?
March 26, 2016 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Sequim, WA
Weather conditions were light breeze and moderate rain. Both fireballs disappeared without apparent dissipation or movement.
March 26, 2016 · 8:15 PM · FIREBALL
Pembroke Pines, FL
Fireball came from the South just west of US 27 over the Everglades moving N/NW slowly. Looked like a large balloon on fire from a distance, and then kept traveling instead of coming down. I recorded it on my cell phone, but only a moving white dot appeared on the camera.
March 23, 2016 · 9:10 PM · FIREBALL
Jacksonville, FL
Saw a glowing fireball headed NNW at approximate 300 mph. 2 fighter jets followed. Moved like it was gliding and had no definite shape.
March 22, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Kelso, WA
Witness provides no information. PD
March 21, 2016 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Des Plaines, IL
I went outside around 9:30pm to put some tools back in the garage and looked up towards the east to admire the full moon. I then noticed 2 fireballs in the sky that were yellow in color and glowing brightly. No flashing lights were observed and they were silent. They appeared to be as high as an airplane would be, and were moving towards O'Hare Airport but then changed direction. One went straight up into the sky and disappeared and the other went off to the west and disappeared. I again turned to the east to look at the moon when I saw 3 more fireballs just like the first two. I ran inside to get my son and wife and when I returned outside, two of the objects were still observable. They continued west towards my house then turned north. One disappeared and the light faded while the other continued north then turned to the southwest, where we watched it turn into a circle with no light that seemed to drop in altitude in the western sky until we could no longer see it. Definitely not airplanes or helicopters. Witness elects to remain semi-anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
March 21, 2016 · 12:00 AM · FIREBALL
Wylie and Rowlett, TX
At first, I thought that they were helicopters in the distance. Then they would get brighter and dimmer. Change colors and flash from white to redish. A few of them seemed you look like fire balls and others more like strobbing lights. Also, at times they seemed to be chasing each other. They would move fast and slow, up and down, side to side and in circles. Entirely to fast to be anything know to the average civilian. I also have about 10 minutes of recording in 3 different areas, 4 miles apart.
March 20, 2016 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
West Grove, PA
Orange reddish circular object in southeastern sky around 8 pm, was moving east to west, very heavy cloud cover, could here jet flying over could not see its lights though, this object faded out to a white dot then disappeared, strange.
March 20, 2016 · 12:00 AM · FIREBALL
Santa Cruz, CA
I pulled over and they began flying straight up at the sky. Theyd get pretty high up, then suddenly disappear. As we watched more would come up. Some would go up, then down, then up, again, before disappearing, but they all disappeared at the same point in the sky. It was a little overcast. Then I saw one part of the sky light up but only once and for a secomd.
March 18, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Barefoot Bay, FL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
March 18, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Eau Gallie, FL
I was on my way home (skateboarding) and on the way home a red glowing fireball caught my eye. It glowed almost white hot, coming down from the sky at max falling velocity (very fast). It was about 5 to 7 miles north-west of Eau Gallie High School (my location when i saw it).
March 18, 2016 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Port St. Lucie, FL
4 circular objects resembling fire moving slowly just over main road. Then in a split second all four traveled higher to the sky. One seemed to have a dripping motion. Almost as if I were dripping lava. In less than 5 minutes, they were too far up to be visible. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 18, 2016 · 7:20 PM · FIREBALL
Orleans (Canada), ON · Canada
At approximately 19:20 on Friday, March 18, 2016, I was travelling West down RR128 when I spotted a bright light in the sky to my left (11:00 position), the yellow fireball was there for about 30 seconds to a minute then just disappeared.
March 17, 2016 · 9:25 PM · FIREBALL
Chula Vista, CA
My wife, daughter, and I were driving, when I look up in the night sky and I noticed what appeared to be meteor with a firey tail. What was strange about this sight was that it wasn't falling at a extreme speed. It seemed to moving west towards the ocean. At first, I thought it was plane that was on fire because I noticed it had two red blinking lights. As we stopped at an intersection waiting for the light to turn green, we continued to watch the firey ball. Then the blinking red lights separated from the firey balls and it came clear that the red lights were from a helicopter following the ball of flames. The ball of flames then vanished upwards leaving the helicopter. We arrived home, which was just around the corner from the intersection where we first saw the object. I Immefiately stepped out of my car and looked up into the sky and noticed that there were many helicopters flyer overhead in what it appeared to looking for the firey ball. I noticed a neighbor walking and asked if she noticed the object and she replied that she had been watching it since arriving home from work for over an hour.
March 17, 2016 · 7:28 PM · FIREBALL
Zephyrhills, FL
Then 5 or so seconds later another showed up. After that the first one that was sighted it started to blink like the star was switching itself on and off. Then both danced and disappeared
March 16, 2016 · 9:15 PM · FIREBALL
Kernersville, NC
Coming home from dinner, I spotted 3 orangish red glowing lights in the sky .. There were 3 of them and they seemed to be almost in a line up and down, but as we kept driving the one on the bottom started to space itself away from the other 2 .. We travel this rd a lot and I've never seen anything like this before.. My kids were also in the car and saw it.. As I dropped my son off and came back down the same road, they were gone!
March 16, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Ormond Beach, FL
While in the pool we observed a fireball, travelling low, so low we could see sparks flying off of it. It moved relatively slowly through the sky, travelling west to east. White, yellow, blue and red.
March 15, 2016 · 7:28 PM · FIREBALL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
We just finished eating some tacos and walked out of the restaurant. I looked up at the sky and saw what looked like a fireball shooting straight down in the distance. This ball did not disappear and left a trail as it continued to shoot downward and disagreed behind some thick dark clouds.
March 11, 2016 · 8:00 AM · FIREBALL
Irmo, SC
I was on the phone talking with my sister in law. I told her the discription of what I was seeing before my eyes. I observed them float across the highway and vanished above the trees on the other side of the highway. I was amazed .