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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.
9,368 entries
September 28, 2015 · 10:08 PM · FIREBALL
Dousman, WI
Seen white/yellow bright light in sky hovering. As I was driving south on Hwy 67. Hard to see shape, was a bright glare. Not a plane or helicopter. As I got closer, light just went out, like someone turned off a switch... Seen this around same time, a week before.. Pretty sure it wasn't one of those candle lanterns either because it wasn't moving what so ever.
September 28, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Warner Springs, CA
I am responding to a witness’s previous report of the same object seen in southern California. I was attempting to view the “remnants” of a lunar eclipse from the previous weekend, but missed the event, as I am in the mountains, and had to climb upon a high ridge to see the rising moon. This was the largest, brightest, meteor I’ve ever seen, and it appeared to travel in slow-motion compared to other meteors I’ve witnessed in the past. I counted the duration of the event as 10 seconds. For me, the meteor traveled from south to north, almost “into the harvest moon,” before disintegrating. It had a short, bright red tail and very large, brilliant white, spherical head. When I tried to find info on this meteor using the internet today, the previous account was the only record available. I wish to substantiate it with my report. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 28, 2015 · 7:55 PM · FIREBALL
Palm Desert, CA
As I was driving home heading south on my street Preston Trail in Palm Desert, CA, the moon was very bright and large to my left. A very bright slow moving "fireball" appeared from the west heading east. It appeared to be a comet but moved very slow relative to shooting stars and other comets I have seen. There did not appear to be a long tail but a very bright almost luminescent vapor trail and their appeared to be a splotch of bright red trailing it. As it got closer to the very bright full moon off to my left it disappeared like it had "burned out." It didn't appear to be a craft or conventional UFO. The slow speed and lack of a tail differentiated it from other comets I have seen or would expect to see. I tried to contact local Palm Desert news stations to inquire if there were additional sightings but I was unable to get a live person. I thought I would give this a shot in hopes of clarifying whether or not anyone else saw it or reported it.
September 28, 2015 · 3:00 AM · FIREBALL
Spokane, WA
While driving south on Wall Street towards downtown Spokane, I saw green ball of light starting about 45 degrees up from the horizon, zooming down to horizon in less than 2 seconds and disappeared. I would call it a "fireball" because it was much bigger than a star or the meteors I've seen. We suspect a meteor. PD
September 27, 2015 · 10:17 PM · FIREBALL
Lery (Canada), QC · Canada
See a strange objet when me and 4 of my family was outside of our home to seeing the lunar eclipse. The object crossing the sky over our heads at the time when moon are all black during the eclipse. Moving from South-West to North-Est at the speed of about 500 km/h like a plane maybe. Color was orange to yellow and make irregular flashing. He disappear at the horizon we can see.
September 27, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Pittsburgh, PA
Viewed from south hills. 1 fireball came in from east. Made sharp turn north. No sound. There was a plane in the western sky that looked normal, this was different. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 27, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Maple Ridge (Canada), BC · Canada
While watching the eclipse the fireball appeared coming in from the north east as in the path of a plane that is normally seen from our yard. Except that it was a very big bright orange light. No sound. It came closer and closer and then changed direction to the east away from us and then the light flickered a bit and got smaller and then bigger a few times before going out completely. I could still see it as a tiny black dot and followed it until it went down behind some trees.
September 27, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Rochester, NY
I was standing in my yard and as I looked to the sky I saw an bright orange orbs hoovering and suddenly began zipping around the sky with ease and precision, I ran back into my house frantically trying to explain the situation to my brother, who took his time getting outside, but sure enough the orb was still out there. By time I thought to turn on my camera phone, I was only able to capture about ten seconds of footage before the Orb shot out of the atmosphere. As me and my brother starred at each other speechless, no more than ten seconds after the solo Orb took off, four of the exact same orbs slowly rose up from the tree line, in a semi V formation, and seconds after slowly rising all orbs simultaneously began again, effortlessly zipping through the night sky both side to side and up and down. As the multiple Orb feat was so astounding, when I attempted to capcapture more footage with my cellphone, I unfortunately forgot to press the record button,due to over excitement. Therefore, the initial single orb sighting is all I was able to capture.
September 26, 2015 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Springfield, MA
On September 26, 2015, in the evening it was a litte after 11:00 p.m. I was walking my dog,and something caught my attention, in the sky when I saw a yellowish light flickering,and moving forward and then uppered then it dimmed, about 1 or 2 minutes had pass, when I 3 yellowish lights practly following each other and in the same time one after the other foward and then uppered until they disappear.I'm constantly looking at my sky because of the stars and things happen that sometimes make you wonder.I believe that this planet can't be the only one with life. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 26, 2015 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Coon Rapids, MN
It was 11pm. A friend I've known for about 15 years and I were out in his driveway talking. Once before I saw something strange in the sky in our town. Looking up I noticed a "fireball" flying over the tree above us. Seemed to have some aura coming off of it. It was reddish/orange. Directly overhead it was clearest. That was when I immediately though "fireball". As it got further away it took on more of a disc shape and became a darker red. Minutes later another flew over from the same direction. Exactly the same. Then two more maybe 10 minutes later. A few minutes later another two. Another 10 minutes or so came another two. Showing up as two they were never side by side, always one before the other flying on the same flight path. The last two came one by one again like the first two (not paired) minutes between them. All in all it lasted from 11pm-11:45pm (central). All I had with me was my cell phone but I shot three videos in the highest quality I could. You can see a perfect disc shape as it got further away. Zoomed way out in one of the videos to show houses for a little perspective. As an avid sky watcher I always have my eyes peeled!
September 26, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Royal Oak, MI
My wife and I were out in our back yard and my wife said to me, while pointing up what is that. I looked up to see what was a fiery almost plasma like orange orb of light traveling in a straight line from East to West for about fifteen to twenty seconds. It was completely silent. We lost it in the trees west of us and by the time we ran out in the front yard we saw it for a brief period. It appeared to be about twice the size of Venus and I estimate two to three thousand feet above us. I had no real point of reference to judge its distance from us. Me and my husband were in our backyard having a fire and I looked up and saw a fairly large flying object with what looked like orange fire coming from the front and back of the orb shaped object. It did not make any noise at all. We followed it to the front of the yard and saw it for a couple more seconds and then it disappeared. I have never seen anything like this ever.
September 26, 2015 · 8:15 PM · FIREBALL
Woodbridge, NJ
Between approximately 8-8:30 p.m. EST Saturday September 26th 2015 while outside with my two daughters roasting marshmallows my oldest daughter was sitting on her tree swing and asked me “what the heck is that in the sky Dad?” I turned towards her and looked up and there was this fiery orb like object hovering in the sky. It did not appear to move but at times appeared to be spinning and swaying left to right and maintained a reddish/orange color but mostly a deep red. I ran inside to get my camera and as I came out it seemed to be descending very slowly as I ran to the front of the house it was gone. This all lasted approximately 2-3 minutes from the time of the sighting. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 26, 2015 · 7:40 PM · FIREBALL
Great Falls, MT
I was sitting out on our patio with my wife. We live 6 miles south of town and night viewing is very good. We were chatting and something caught the peripheral vision in the upper corner of my left eye. I looked up just in time to see a green glowing ball descending very rapidly. I saw it for perhaps 1-2 seconds and then it disappeared down into the valley behind our house. I then looked up into the sky and saw what appeared to be the remnants of a smoke trail high overhead. The moon was a super moon so the trail was easy to see. It appeared to line up with the path I think the object took. However, there were a lot of jet contrails in the sky that night. My wife and I had been talking about that, and thought maybe the bright moon was just showing them more easily than normal. So I can’t be certain that what I saw was the trail. Perspective was tricky, and I found myself wondering if it was actually several miles away and larger than I initially thought. It is impossible to say. But I have never seen anything like this before. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 23, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Everett, WA
Around 800pm, four of us noticed three fireballs in the sky towards the south. They flickered and moved back and forth throughout the skies, it slowly changed to four fireballs from three. They stayed in the sky over the south for a few hours, they continuously moved back and fourth but mostly they just hovered in the sky. At this point two of my neighbor's came outside and witnessed the lights as well. Once ten o'clock rolled around, the fireballs slowly, one by one, started to flicker and disappear. Once the last two were almost gone suddenly multiple man made aircrafts were seen flying in the area with lights, shining them through the clouds in the same spots the fireballs were hovering at. Since then the birds in the vicinity of where the lights were, have been acting very strange. They seem as though they are spooked, they seemed almost nervous. They were obviously looking for what we had seen, the lights are usually there every night at the same time they've even been seen during the day.
September 22, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Canton, MI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 22, 2015 · 1:30 AM · FIREBALL
Orlando, FL
I had been visiting with a friend who was staying at hotel very close to Sea World in Orlando. We had been hanging out by the hotel pool. My friend took my wife to show her where the restrooms were. They weren't gone 2 minutes when I looked up at the sky and saw what appeared to be a ball of plasma or fire, yellow-orange in color. The object seemed to materialize, travel a short distance and then de-materialize 3-4 seconds later. It appeared to be approximately 1000 ft. high and about 500ft. In front of me to the North above FL-528 (Beachline). It was moving to slow and low to be a meteor. Estimated size approximately 15-20 ft. In diameter. Behind the object there seemed to be a disturbance in the atmosphere maybe 30 ft. long, and appeared to have a heat shimmer effect. I don't believe it was ball lighting because there were no storms in the area and even humidity was relatively low for Orlando, this time of year. An interesting couple of notes to this sighting. This 'ball of plasma?' appeared at the exact moment in which I thought of a UFO sighting witnessed by a friend of mine that occurred in a neighborhood less than 2 miles from this one. Also, there is a major defense/aerospace contractor located less than 2 miles from my sighting. I will send an image which I pulled off the internet that very closely represents the object that I witnessed.
September 21, 2015 · 8:10 PM · FIREBALL
Olney, IL
As I stepped out for a cigarette, I noticed a curiously bright "fireball" like object ascending vertically in the air about 300 yards away. The "fireball" then smoothly changed its trajectory into more of a horizontal course. This struck me as particularly odd because of the light intensity, (vibrant, bright, and pulsing red/orange/yellow light) the trajectory, (flawlessly executed and smooth) and location (it ascended from a woodsy cornfield area). There was no police and/or medical unit activity reported during that time. It was absolutely beautiful, but very odd at the same time. There wasn't any sign of smoke, burning debris, or exhaust. The object didn't emit a sound and was completely silent.
September 21, 2015 · 12:30 AM · FIREBALL
Salem, OR
I was sitting outside on my back porch. I caught a light out of the corner of my eye. It was huge. I thought it was a shooting star. But it was huge, and got closer to earth than anything I've seen before of that nature. And it wasn't as fast like I have seen them before. It was bright pale yellow at first then turned a light blue as it got closer to the ground, it had a smoke trail behind it. I thought it would have burned up but it didn't and I could continue to see it until it was out of sight and behind the trees in my line of vision. I've never seen anything like it. I'm actually scared right now. It lit up the sky and I thought I was going to feel it hit. But I felt nothing. I'm shaking right now. I've never seen anything like it before.
September 19, 2015 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Falun · Sweden
Hi! I live in a town called Falun in Sweden. Starting on the 19th September 2015, at around 23:00. My wife and I saw what we described as a flashing ball in the sky, around 5 to 6 miles away. We had seen the same object in February 2015, also, but didn't report it, as we were unsure, but this this we managed to get a closer and much clearer clip of it. It appears to be flashing and changing colour moving very slowly to the right. I thought it might be a star but all of the stars I could see were of normal colour. The colour ranged from yellow, blue, green and red. Please look at the video I will send and let me know what you think.
September 19, 2015 · 8:15 PM · FIREBALL
Edison, NJ
6 red fireballs flying close, with no sound.
September 19, 2015 · 7:30 PM · FIREBALL
Gilbert, AZ
SAW FOUR DIFFERENT COMET-LIKE OBJECTS IN THE EASTERN SKY. YOU COULD SEE THE "FRAGMENTS" FALLING OFF OF IT. THE OBJECTS WOULD CHANGE DIRECTIONS. EVENTUALLY THEY ALL FIZZLED OUT. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 18, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Killingly, CT
Was going to bed and saw it out my window, it hovered and flew away. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 18, 2015 · 6:30 AM · FIREBALL
Munfordville/Glendale (between), KY
As I entered the construction zone I was taken by surprise, when, at sunset, in my rear view mirror, a fireball just seemed to appear, falling very slow down through a cloud, then continuing to fall. There seemed to be a orb, just to the left of it. There was a almost blinding light in my rear view mirror so bright that I had to look away, I was frightened at what I was seeing, and still I was not thinking UFO. As I exited the construction zone, just above the treeline on the southbound side was a saucer, 50 to 60 feet in diameter, rotating clockwise with multicolored lights. Amazing!
September 17, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Homosassa, FL
There were 3 fireball looking object in sky flying westward. There were 3 in a row then we spotted another in totally different area of sky. We saw minimum of 4, but went back inside, so not sure how many total.