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December 15, 2023 · 4:11 AM · UNKNOWN
Parks, AZ
I captured this in Flagstaff AZ near the peaks at 8000' elevation while doing a time lapse to capture Geminid meteors. I was there from 4pm 12-14 until 8am the next morning 12 -15. My camera was set to capture a photo every second (25 second exposures.) I was in my van sleeping when this happened. I only saw what I captured today after going through the images. I have taken tens of thousands of images of the night sky the past 8 years and have never caught anything like this before. Nothing like this appeared in any of the hundreds of images that I took on this night nor has it appeared before or since. The camera was near my van, and my dog in the van would have started barking if anything came near the camera or my van, and I also would have heard something. I have no explanation of what this was. Strangely, I saw or heard no animals on this night, and also not another human soul was seen the entire night. It was oddly dead silent. I have come here hundreds of times the past 10 years, and this was the first time that I captured this.
December 14, 2023 · 11:12 PM · CIRCLE
Smiths Creek, MI
I took my dog out at about 11:11pm last night. When I looked up in the sky, I noticed something strange and ran to grab my phone to film it. I recorded 2-3 videos of the object and posted it on my facebook as well.
December 14, 2023 · 11:05 PM · FLASH
Batesville, IN
Clear sky, I was walking my dogs outside my lawn facing 300 see a (1)flash starting around 210 (30 angle going towards the horizon which was my tree line) thought it was a meteor at first but there was no trail. As I walk to the side of my house to get a clearer view of the sky (Orions belt left of the sky)facing 210 (60 angle) now I saw another seemingly instant (2)flash no trail white bright light curving almost like an S but more so elongated. The light disappeared I saw the beginning and the end. The end was about 75 angle. (3)Then it appeared back into the sky from my view left side of the orions belt starting below his legs curving around it and and up towards 80 angle then dissapearing also seeing the end. No trails for anything no means for propulsion seemingly appearing in one side of the sky out the other. Quiet night no noise. There was also a plane in the sky heading towards Cincinnati I believe and I heard a helicopter. Before I left to walk my dog I was in a call with my friend on my pc using discord. When I came back inside my pc was back in the Home Screen page wanting a password and disconnected from the call. And that wouldn’t have happened other than my computer losing power and coming back on. I have no screensaver settings or any previous electrical problems with my PC Could be coincidence but all that happening together seems odd this was an explanation for checked box for electrical/magnetic interferences.
December 14, 2023 · 10:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalBrownstown Charter Township, MI
I took my dog out to potty before bed. Very clear evening, I noticed right away a very bright what I thought was an aircraft. As looked closer I saw that the object/ light was not moving. I went into the house and got my iPhone and recorded it for about a minute and a half. I watched it for at least 10 minutes and it never moved. The object was pulsating and emitting quickly changing colored lights. I zoomed in and it appeared that the object was changing shape from round to multi lobed. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
December 14, 2023 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Fort Wayne, IN
Bright white light traveling faster than any aircraft seen. Travelled horizontally and at very high elevation. Suddenly appeared traveling and within 15 seconds disappeared.
December 14, 2023 · 7:50 PM · FIREBALL
Myrtle Beach, SC
Witnessed a mesmerizing celestial display tonight as unidentified objects adorned the sky. Initially, a singular amber-orange light gracefully danced, casting an ethereal glow. Its transient presence was followed by the emergence of two more enigmatic entities, creating an awe-inspiring cosmic ballet. Amidst this celestial spectacle, a green drone or helicopter traversed the firmament, momentarily converging with one of the luminous amber orbs, creating a momentary illusion of celestial convergence. This captivating cosmic performance unfolded across various sections of the night sky, enchanting the observer for a duration of approximately 5 minutes. In the middle of writing this i was able to get it on video not the best camera but it should help. The time was around 7:25pm till now, 7:48 PM. It's still on.
December 14, 2023 · 7:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Pawleys Island, SC
4-5 solid orange lights in a triangle shaped pattern observed during a training flight by PIC. The lights appeared to be situated on one airborne craft. The lights observed were not consistent with standard aircraft lighting, space dwelling objects (such as stars and systems), or normal weather phenomena. Observation aircraft altitude 2,500ft; observed unidentified object/aircraft altitude unknown, estimated to be between 4,000-5,000ft. Unidentified object/aircraft was approximately 3-4 NM offshore, and was only observed briefly before vanishing. No movement of the object was observed. No ADSB data received from the object. Sky was clear with no clouds or visible moisture present. Object was observed by airplane CFI during a training flight. The student on board was wearing a vision limiting device preventing them from seeing outside as a training measure. As a result, the student did not witness the unidentified object.
December 14, 2023 · 7:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Oxnard, CA
While sitting in my car and speaking with my neighbor, I was looking up toward him in a taller vehicle and saw a triangle shape appear above, over his car. Just south. My first thought was geese were flying over as they usually do. However, there wasn’t any sound and wings were not flapping and the formation too accurate. No sounds as some drones make. It only seemed visible as though light from the ground was reflecting from underneath it. It went past at a speed a little faster than birds fly. Unable to determine it’s altitude.
December 14, 2023 · 6:00 PM · SPHERE
Harleysville, PA
Driving home from work at 6:00 PM and saw this bright multicolored sphere flashing and moving away from me at a fairly low altitude. It made no noise at all. I pulled my car to the side of the road and shot a video with my phone until it disappeared behind the trees.
December 14, 2023 · 5:40 PM · LIGHT
Fingerville, SC
I was a passenger with my wife traveling by car to see "The Christmas House" in Inman, SC on Dec 14. I am a retired 29 year Navy vet with heavy aviation background. It was just before official twilight time. As we were heading North on Compton Bridge Rd I noticed off to my right at about 030, my 1330 o'clock relative position, a single light in the sky and roughly 15 degrees above the horizon. Being a licensed pilot and having spent much time flying and in and around airplanes and airports I thought it was just a aircraft landing light and likely heading to either GSP or GMU airports near Greenville, SC. I didn't give it much thought but glanced at it every 20-30 seconds expecting it to likely cross my path overhead. It didn't seem to be changing position or getting any closer after a few minutes so I started to think that it might be further away than I had thought it to be and coming straight at me. I started to watch it for longer periods of time to try and determine a relative motion. I also noticed that the "landing" light appeared to be larger than a normal general aviation aircraft landing light would look like at night from 10-15 miles out. I looked away for a couple of seconds to say something to my wife. As I returned to watching the "aircraft" the light went out within a few seconds after. No filament fade out, it just instantaneously vanished. It was then that I noticed no strobe or position lighting remaining at all. This was a totally clear night. All aircraft have to have their lights on especially at night and no pilot would ever purposefully turn off all of their lights in the air! I must have uttered a comment to my self. The wife asked me what's wrong and I said that the "aircraft" I was just watching vanished. Even though there was a small amount of background twilight left I could not discern any solid shape where the light had been. I kept looking but no movement, shape or lights ever reappeared. I'll have to chalk this one up as my second UFO observation, my first being around 1975 with 3 of my friends. That one made the local newspaper. We were interviewed about it.
December 14, 2023 · 4:38 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedSmiths Station, AL
Looked like twin jets or two fireballs next to each other, continued til out of sight over the horizon. Heading east and continued seeming to go down but went out of sight. [NUFORC annotation: Contrail - Certain]
December 14, 2023 · 7:41 AM · TRIANGLE
IdentifiedChicago, IL
I saw a line cloud descending from space looked like it was falling really fast it was silent [NUFORC annotation: Contrail - Certain]
December 14, 2023 · 4:18 AM · LIGHT
Almont, MI
Lights in the eastern clear cloudless sky would appear brightly and then move left and right and then disappear. They would then appear again a few minutes after disappearing and move around again and then dissappear. This happened many times over again. The pictures show a triangle formation that they formed before moving and then disappearing. The video shows how bright they are compared to the house lights on the horizon.
December 13, 2023 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Greensboro, NC
Around 7AM on Dec 13th, I was on the front porch of my home and saw an extremely intense light above the tree line on the hole of the golf course that my house is situated on. The trees are roughly 500-750 ft from my front porch viewpoint. It was hovering left and right with periods of standstill. It was difficult for me to gauge the elevation of the object but it appeared lower than a plane in the sky at the time. Also of note is that there were no visible stars in that field of view, or in my periphery. The only stars faintly visible were directly above my head. With regard to directional positioning, it was just a tad west of the rising sun, but not by much, and was lower than the sun in my field of vision. It caught my eye as it was so intensely bright. It was very mesmerizing. And as it got my attention, I noticed it was periodically emitting a blue light, almost like a beam but more of a tentacle appearance than a typical “linear” laser we think of. The object was relatively stable and hard to get an idea of the exact shape because the light was so bright. However, it looked almost like a pyramid in nature. But would hover around in a small vicinity without much perceived pattern, at least to my eye. I wanted to get a picture but my phone was dead. As I was in awe, a member of the household was leaving for work and saw the same thing. She agreed it was strange but had to leave for work. The object was gone when I came back outside with a family member’s charged phone, within 2 mins of me going inside to retrieve the phone. I probably would have dismissed this or even forgotten about the morning event but late that evening around midnight, I was called outside by a family member who claimed they saw an “orb.” Remembering the event from 18 hrs ago, I came outside and saw the same thing I did in the morning along with lots of animal sounds, like they were disturbed. This time, it was much closer to my house - it was basically above my yard and hovering around the ¾ acre that we live on from above. This time, the pyramid structure was a bit more defined and the light was more of a gold color than the intense bright light I saw in the same morning. It would stay in one place for a few minutes and then hover around aimlessly. In addition to blue lights, this one also emitted red and green lights, both in a tentacle fashion. The majority of the mass of the object would appear in a more rounded muted orange color when the projections were not coming from it. There were moments when it appeared to be transitioning between the two states (pyramid/tentacle structure and orb structure). It also seemed to have a noticeable blackness around it, almost like a cloud when I the pyramid form. About 30 minutes later, 2 family members are watching this with me and another identical object appears on the other side of the house. It seemed to be the same type of object. These things hovered around for about 3 hrs and slowly moved from above our yard to the west. I still had a visual on one from my window when I came to bed and got a video of it jetting away. After many many tries of trying to focus I finally did, right in time for it to be caught ZOOMING away!!! I was in total disbelief but this is the best evidence I have. From what I can see in the video, it moved away so fast that it left a blur with the video recording at 60fps. It went from basically standstill to these speeds. Of note, a family member has claimed he has seen similar things and many orbs on this property but I gave it no attention due to “stigma.” I now believe every word he has said. Now this is speculation but it felt like these things knew they were being watched, there was even a moment when it was behind trees when I was trying to record it and it seemed to move to areas that had optimal tree cover. Since I couldn't get a good in-focus picture, I sketched what I saw to the best of my ability. (the pyramid form) and the video shows the orb form zooming away. The 2 most anomalous things I recall - 1) the speed of which this thing took off from a complete standstill 2) I lost sight one of the objects when viewing it from my room window only to find it, and when I did, this time it appeared to be casting a straight blue beam down to the ground. I did not have view of the ground beneath however the beam was linear this time, casting much further from the object than the wavy lights in the picture. It also appeared to be in orb form during this behavior. The "tentacle" lights only appeared when it was in pyramid form.
December 13, 2023 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Identified[Aero Tvf] De Erevan (Am.Er) Vers Orly, Autre · France
Le soir du 13 décembre 2023, durant un vol TVF reliant Erevan (Arménie) à Paris (France), un pilote de ligne et son collègue ont observé, à travers les vitres du cockpit, des phénomènes lumineux étranges dans le ciel. L'observation a commencé aux alentours de 19h00 UTC, au-dessus de l'extrémité occidentale du lac Balaton en Hongrie, et s'est poursuivie jusqu'au début de la descente vers Paris, vers 20h40 UTC. Seul un des deux pilotes a témoigné de l'événement. Le phénomène aérien non identifié (PAN) était constamment visible à proximité de l'étoile Altaïr, au nord-ouest (azimut de 310°). L'observation a eu lieu au-dessus de plusieurs pays européens, notamment la Hongrie, l'Autriche, l'Allemagne, la Suisse et la France. Le PAN est décrit comme étant composé de lumières sphériques de couleur blanche, apparaissant et disparaissant avec des variations d'intensité. Parfois, ces lumières clignotaient. Elles pouvaient rester fixes ou se déplacer de manière rectiligne. L'observation a duré environ 1h40, bien que le PAN ne soit pas constamment visible. En fin d'observation, les lumières sont devenues rouges, possiblement en raison de la densité atmosphérique. De nombreuses vidéos ont été prises tout au long de l'observation, totalisant plus de 4 minutes d'enregistrement. Deux hypothèses sont envisagées ( voir le compte rendu d'enquête) : l’observation d’un exercice militaire aérien ou de flashs satellitaires (reflets du Soleil). Bien que des manœuvres militaires aient eu lieu au sud-ouest de l’Angleterre pendant la période de l’observation, cette hypothèse est écartée pour les raisons suivantes : - le PAN reste fixe par rapport à l’étoile Altaïr pendant toute la durée de l’observation, et sa hauteur angulaire diminue progressivement au même rythme que celle d’Altaïr, en raison de la rotation de la Terre. - le fait que le PAN demeure toujours près de l’horizon, alors que l’avion a parcouru une grande distance durant l’observation, indique que le PAN est très éloigné. De plus, lors de la descente sur Paris, les témoins ont noté que la couleur du PAN virait au rouge, vraisemblablement en raison de la densité atmosphérique (absorption de la partie bleue du spectre lumineux). Ces éléments suggèrent que le PAN se trouve bien au-dessus de l’atmosphère terrestre. La seconde hypothèse, celle de flashs satellitaires, est retenue. L’observation correspond parfaitement à d’autres cas signalés par des pilotes au GEIPAN, expliqués comme des « Starlink cluster flares » (groupes de flashs de satellites Starlink en orbite opérationnelle). Une vérification avec l’outil Stellarium confirme que la position du PAN par rapport au Soleil est favorable à ce type d’observation (environ à 45° au-dessus du Soleil et à moins de 10° au-dessus de l’horizon), conformément aux descriptions et comme illustré dans l'article Web starlink-satellites-flaring-in-cassiopeia. Ce cas, de faible étrangeté mais de bonne consistance (plusieurs témoins, témoignage unique mais très complet et détaillé, vidéos du PAN), est donc identifié comme une observation de « Starlink cluster flares ». La position du Soleil par rapport à certains satellites favorise une réflexion spéculaire épisodique sur les structures des satellites, ce qui a été perçu par l’équipage de ce vol. Le cas est classé A : observation de flashs de satellites Starlink en orbite opérationnelle. Cette observation présente de très grandes similarités avec d’autres cas enquêtés par le GEIPAN et publiés sur le site du GEIPAN. [AERO AFR] de ABIDJAN (CI.AB) vers PARIS (95) 08.04.2023. [AERO TVF] de AMMAN (JO.AM) vers ORLY (94) 31.01.2023. [AERO AFR] de KINSHASA (CD.KN) vers PARIS (75) 10.04.2023. Ces quatre cas servent d’appui à une note technique d’enquête et d'une publication dans la section Actualité. [GEIPAN classification A — Flashs Starlink]
December 13, 2023 · 6:20 PM · LIGHT
Alfreton, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I looked up and saw 3 dim lights moving slowly from west to east. They looked to be at very high altitude, possibly in orbit. They appeared to jump across the sky but followed a straight line across the sky. I suspect these may be starlink assets. But then a much brighter light yellow light appeard. This light appeared traveling much faster than the other 3 on a north south trajectory, slowed to a stop, and disappeared at the line of wher the first 3 lights had been. The first 3 dim lights were still moving away to the east. A few seconds later, another light appeared, moving in fast from the south. This light was brighter than the first 3, but less bright than the yellow one. This light was dim white, and again appeared moving fast. It instantly slowed to around the speed of the first 3 lights. It went past the line of the first 3 lights, but turned, and slowly curved around to come back to the line of the first 3. It the turned to follow the path of the first 3 lights (the first 3 were now almost out of sight and eventually faded out of view around The Pleiades), this 5th light then also disappeared on the line of the first 3.
December 13, 2023 · 3:34 PM · DISK
Benson, NC
My daughter who is 30 and myself. I am 51. We were riding in the car together and out of our windshield ahead of us we saw this object in the sky that at first I thought was a weather balloon and as I looked at it. I said to my daughter. What is that and she said mom? I was just thinking the same thing and we watched it. It never moved it was big. It was the shape of the planet Saturn. It was mirrored or silver. And it was extremely bright and all of a sudden. It just disappeared. We pulled into a neighborhood after it disappeared to see if we could spot it again and it was just gone.I still don't know. What it is we saw but it was a unidentified flying object! We searched the sky after pulling into the neighborhood and saw 2 planes off in the distance. Not near where the sighting was and they looked nothing like what we saw and there was nothing else in the sky. It was a blue sky and whatever we saw was gone. There was nothing!
December 12, 2023 · 11:22 PM · SPHERE
Austin, TX
I was on an electric scooter home and noticed three lights against the backdrop of the clouds. They were white faint orbs and whizzing back and forth in a triangular formation. What I mean is if each orb was A, B, and C, it looked as if A would whizz to position B, B would whizz to position C, and C would whizz to position A. This continued for 2-3 rounds before disappearing. I saw it for a 45 seconds in complete disbelief. Once they disappeared I parked my scooter and went inside my apartment building. This was about 20 minutes ago and I am only now processing the event. I fully believe this could be a UFO.
December 12, 2023 · 8:15 PM · UNKNOWN
West Harrison, IN
Approximate Coordinates: 39°13'N 84°51'W Approximate Time: 20:15-20:25 (UTC-5:00) EST Direction of Travel: Northeasterly to Southeasterly Approximate Length of Sighting: 12 seconds Viewers: Myself and my wife once I got her attention towards it Facing the eastern sky from my driveway as we were getting out of our vehicle coming home from dinner when I noticed a fast moving "glittering" trail of red/white/blue moving from Beta Tauri in the Taurus constellation towards the Orion constellation between Alnitak & Mintaka of Orion's belt and down towards the horizon. In front of the moving "glittering" trail was something that was not possible to make out. The trail extended out in the sky about what would be a 9in. or 22.86cm length if holding a ruler at arm's length towards the sky, and followed whatever object was moving through the sky. This object and trail moved past the horizon. I wish I had the time to have pulled out my Galaxy S23 Ultra to try and capture pictures/video of this event but it went too fast and I was too excited to see something new in the sky. I could not find any satellite or Starlink trackers that would show any potential sightings at that time as they only provide me with the upcoming sightings. This did not resemble any meteor we have ever seen before but it was beautiful and fascinating. Anybody able to help determine if what we saw was something prosaic? I would love to know what it might have been and if we can track it to see it again.
December 12, 2023 · 5:06 PM · SPHERE
Ocala, FL
I was driving home from work and saw what looked light an extremely bright star in the sky. However, it was only 5pm and still bright outside. I noticed it move slightly and began to take pictures. My live picture was setting was on for the first image and I was able to break it down into multiple frames when I got home. I was able to take 3 pictures total before it quickly disappeared. I've never seen anything like it. When I went through the frame-by-frame, there are a few frames where the orb splits into two. I have included the three original images, as well as a screenshot I took of the zoomed in frame-by-frame shot of the split. I watched a report from earlier today in Melbourne FL, and its behavior and appearance looked similar, but closer in terms of distance.
December 12, 2023 · 5:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Greenville, MS
Two red blinking lights that moved down. The lights were stationary and definitely not a plane or helicopter.
December 12, 2023 · 5:30 AM · CIRCLE
TATAMY Borough, PA
I brought the dog outside this morning and looking to the southeast around 5:30am, I saw a flash of light that looked like a lightning bolt in a perfectly clear sky. But a well-defined flash of light - a zig zag pattern about 6 inches relative to extending your fingers apart to the sky. After the flash, a bright white, round light traversed the sky heading northwest in a straight line but at different speeds at times. After it passed directly overhead, I saw another dimmer white object moving perpendicular to the first object heading south-southwest. Much fainter than the first, blurry-like. This one moved at a consistent pace. After they were out of view, I went inside and immediately checked online to see if the first object was the International Space Station, but I do not think it was visible this morning in my location. I am just an educator who always looks up at the sky, with or without a telescope. My love for astronomy came after taking an astronomy course in college. And this experience is the first time I have felt compelled to report what I saw.
December 11, 2023 · 10:36 PM · SPHERE
Alexandria, VA
I saw one fast light fly over my house a half an hour later got video of a light in my woods scanning the forest
December 11, 2023 · 9:50 PM · CIRCLE
Bassett, VA
I went outside to smoke after dinner at my girlfriend’s house, I lit my cigarette then looked up to the sky NW area and noticed an object sliding across the sky, stopping then going again several times. It was white and grey with the naked eye, I was able to get video of it and pictures from the video. I just reported one I seen on the 7th but this one was completely different than that one.