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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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October 3, 2017 · 7:10 PM · OTHER
Seattle, WA
On the date of October 3rd, 201,7 at 19:10 (dusk) while working in my back yard I had just dumped some brush down our back hill and was planning to end, due to the vanishing light. As I was returning into the yard, because of the slope, my face was pointing at an upward angle and I saw an object that looked like a small black mound (upon reflection it seemed like a small black cloud) about 12 feet long. At first, I thought a bunch of balloons because of its silence. Then I thought a drone because of it’s speed. But I realized that it was too dense to be a drone(unless a drone can fly with a blanket over it) and it was too consistent in shape for balloons tied together. This was at (according to a later compass reading) NNW 290 degrees, 20 feet above the trees across the street, and about 250 feet away. It proceeded in a horizontal line. After staring at it for 10 seconds I ran into the house to get the binoculars as for some reason even though that close it didn’t seem distinct. As I came back out of the house (I later timed it) 62 seconds later and ran into the street it took a few moments to locate. It was now I estimate over Lowman Beach, about 2-3 blocks away. It was much smaller due to distance away and I could not bring it into focus. There was little to no wind yet this thing may have been moving 15-20mph. No one else was at home and I didn’t call neighbors as I just wanted to get binoculars and get a good look myself first.
October 2, 2017 · 5:00 PM · OTHER
San Francisco, CA
Silver flying object on port side of aircraft at approximately 25,000 feet. Size was approximately 60 feet long. No wings. Traveled in the same direction as the commercial aircraft for approximately 8-10 minutes then made a sudden change in direction at 45 degrees aft and was out of view within 2 seconds. Incredible rate of acceleration. Looked like a pill shape. The reflection of the sun made it difficult to observe fine details in the body but it did not have traditional aircraft wings keeping it aloft. Saw it heading west while I was on board the aircraft as we were descending into San Francisco. Probably around Modesto.
September 30, 2017 · 2:07 PM · OTHER
Whitby (Canada), ON · Canada
Following on Saturday , September 30 ,2017 While at home in Oshawa ,Ontario I came to the sliding door then opened it looking west stepping onto the deck Right away I see something very strange moving across the sky directly ahead Directly west I see coming from the north at about less than a mile away heading south A spinning, flashing white translucent object at a low altitude maybe 500 feet or less ? After some seconds looked down on my deck table and then grab my camera It moved fast as I started to take stills shots and then it headed directly west @ 2:07 pm That's when I lost sight of it over neighbor's roof tops I must have had only a thirty second window to film it besides wonder ? Happy that I did capture on film Again another one witnessed during the day When reviewing the images I'm really amazed of picture number 20 Looks like some type / form of 'craft ' The bigger question would be to whom it belongs to ? Is it ours or unknown visitors ? Again will send you two of the best pictures along with enhancements Also note pictures were taken with a zoom
September 29, 2017 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Twin Falls, ID
I began recording the object at 22:15 Pm. The object moved rapidly from its Northern position, to a position to the south. The craft hovered in place for about 3 to four seconds, before rapidly returning to its previous location to the north. Once again the craft stopped for roughly 2 seconds, it emitted green and blue lights. A purple flash was visible each time the craft rapidly changed position (Possibly Plasma) Could not be ruled out as a light source since we only witnessed it when the craft would move. The object than rapidly shot to the south. In the video, you can see it disappear behind my chimney, and then reappear it rapidly moved to the south and stopped again. The craft than began lowering towards the ground. I lost visual from behind my home, so I ran through my home into the drive way to see if i could capture it again. The yellow lights are nothing but street and porch lights, but for a brief period, the craft is seen once again at a different altitude heading back to the North, once again emitting what looks to me like bursts of Plasma. It disappeared, Failed to capture anymore footage.
September 28, 2017 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Harshaw, WI
To best describe it,it was like an oblong diamond) glide by approx. say 50' to 100' above tree lines. The object glided very fast from west to east, it lasted for only a few seconds. The object was way faster than any plane. It was low,and I never heard a sound. It was the weirdest thing I have ever seen in my life. The night sky was very dark in the background.
September 28, 2017 · 1:00 PM · OTHER
Lancaster, CA
As it moved towards me, I realized it was a really big drone and instead of it flying horizontally, with 4 legs, like a turtle, it was vertical, like a turtle walking upright. I said again, do you see that drone right there? One friend stood up and I stood up and walked outside. Just then the object went straight up, extremely fast, and disappeared. Nothing in the sky was obstructing my view.
September 27, 2017 · 11:00 PM · OTHER
Green Valley, AZ
Object viewed while driving, was able to keep object in sight as I returned home and summoned a family member, and also a neighbor to observe. Object was triangular shaped with rounded edges instead of points. bottom of bi-cornered side had lights changing and in a chasing pattern. Object seemed to hover for 10 minutes, then moved towards east, returned and then disapeared.
September 26, 2017 · 2:00 AM · OTHER
Sausalito, CA
Standing on the back deck facing west, I first saw a star that seemed alternately yellow and red. I thought it was a plane. Then I saw a plane fly past it, so it did not seem to be a plane itself. Then I saw a continual succession of what looked like falling stars. I thought that must be the answer, but as it continued, I realized it was very improbable. Another thing I saw was streams of red light that were looping around. I then thought it might be a a controlled toy drone which I've seen around here. But again the length of time it went on made that not seem likely and I couldn't explain the intermittenti ovals of small red lights as a drone. Then I saw several different phenomena: plumes of red and yellow lights that looked like flares or fireworks; red lights in an oval shape appearing and disappearing. The usual Sausalito fog seemed to part and a red whirlwind shape appeared. This happened several times. All of these phenomena continued for at least twenty minutes. I went inside and the time was 2:15 a.m. I wanted to stay and continue watching, but there was no sign of it abating and I went to bed. The 20 minute time frame is approximate. I was so transfixed, I don't really know how long I observed it. It could have been as long as an hour. I should have taken photos, but I thought I wouldn't be able to get a good shot. I am not a "believer" in extraterrestrial life, but what I saw was an something in the sky that I certainly couldn't identify or explain. The only ordinary explanation I could come up with was a fireworks display, but fireworks over the hills of Sausalito at two in the morning seems pretty far-fetched.
September 25, 2017 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Washington, PA
They are still with me.....My family was coming back from Pittsburgh to Ohio and my kids and my friends son saw it exactly the same time with my own 2 kids in the back seat and shouted at my wife in the passenger seat that the moon was moving by flashing out and reappearing in different places. My wife then screams and shouts at me to stop and pull over I said impossible until it flashed in the front of my windshield and flashed and reappeared in different places in front and close as it appears to look like the moon but there is a weird light behind it that shows a shape of it's appearance...it looks exactly like the moon as it's shine and no one has spoke about it like no one had seen it except us....now I can see theses UFO flying shapes everywhere there to fast for my phone to capture and there in a formation that changes but there linked together they show me they link in any formation horizontal vertical ways but they show me in full view but there tra! nsparent white and each one is round and extremely fast and close range with no wind behind them no sound they won't let you picture them and there pointing to the east always going east except for the moon jumping around for me to especially see to have me witness it then it was gone we moved back to Florida and now I have weird emotions that have me go out side and witness them I had a friend also witness this he is a veteran and I was emotionally drawn outside and we witness it together now I ignore my emotion's I feel like it saying go east and worse my friend also said the sky of stars was in a triangle pointing to the east as the UFO's kept flying in that direction... I'm 49 years old wife is 37 son 10 daughter 8 young friends son 6 my friend is 40
September 25, 2017 · 7:27 PM · OTHER
Lancaster, KY
At 19:26 on 9-25-2017, I observed a white cloud-like object about 10 degrees to the right of the waxing crescent moon. At 10 degrees to the right of that object was a plane with a contrail. I was in Lancaster, Kentucky at that time. I called my brother in neighboring Lincoln County and asked him to go out to observe the object. He was about 3 miles south of my location. While on the phone the object became very bright. This was caused by the angle from the sun. I have seen this occur when planes fly toward the western horizon after sunset. The object and the plane were moving east to west. They appeared to move about the same speed. However, the plane did not reflect any sunlight. My brother did not see the object brighten. It lasted a few seconds. Finally he was able to get outside and find the object with binoculars. His description is as follows: The object appeared to have a large, low dome above an undefined structure below. The "dome" reflected a yellow glow from the setting sun. I followed the object with binoculars for a minute or so until it just vanished from view. I'm not sure if the object just ceased reflecting sunlight, or if it moved off at a very high rate of speed. Total time of my observation was about two minutes. Finally, I tracked the object from the Lancaster location until it became a pale white dot on the western horizon and vanished. My observation was naked eye and lasted about 5 minutes. It did not appear to be a plane. Hopefully someone else saw it and can identify it. My brother and I are amateur astronomers and have been for 45 years. It was not a plane. We are very familiar with the night sky. We are located in Central Kentucky and we observe many flights of aircraft daily.
September 24, 2017 · 2:00 AM · OTHER
Cleveland, OH
I looked out my window at 2:00am witnessing a bright light in the sky between an opening through the leaves of a large tree in my backyard. The light was larger than any star in the sky. It was larger than any visible planet. As I watched it, I noticed it was moving. With the help of the leaves, I could tell the pace of the movement more easily, because it disappeared behind the leaves. It moved faster than stars in the sky, but much slower than airplanes, satellites, etc. So, I grabbed my good camera and tripod and ran to my back porch. I found openings between leaves and branches by standing, kneeling and in between then adjusted my tripod, zoomed in 30x, and began snapping pictures. It seemed to first be moving upwards in the sky. So I would have to adjust my tripod higher up. Then it started on a slow path downward on what I believe was about a 150-160 degree angle. Eventually it seemed to stop and go straight downward, at a 90 degree angle, for the remainder of the sighting. I ended up having my tripod go from all the way down, to all the way up, then all the way down again. I almost felt like the object wanted to observe something on the ground, maybe the nearby airport, or maybe the NASA Glenn Research Center, within 5-7 miles south of the objects. It moved slowly enough for most to not think twice when seeing it, maybe thinking it is just a large bright star. Although it was definitely larger and closer than even the largest star that can ever be observed in the sky, from the ground that is. I have been studying UFOs and E.T.s for a year now, since my first sighting. So I definitely noticed that I was seeing something different here. I see things all of the time but this is by far one of the coolest sightings I have had. I focused on this object that usually remained red and blue in the pictures pulsating fast in a pattern of red, white, blue. What I found very strange, were these smaller copper/silver colored objects that appeared only in the photos near the main object. I did not see these objects myself at all, but they were obviously there. Then I noticed another object very similar to the main one I was already snapping photos of. This one however, seemed to be blinking fast between the main colors of orange/red, white and yellow rather than red, white and blue. The last photo attached is of the orange object. I observed these objects between 2-3am. I do not know of a man made or known space object that moves the speed and direction that it did and looks like the pictures I have attached. The whole time I felt that I was witnessing something really special.
September 23, 2017 · 10:58 PM · OTHER
Los Angeles, CA
I was walking back home with my Grandma when I thought I saw a helicopter because it was so bright. I called it that, but I noticed it was going too slow to be a helicopter and too fast for a plane, additionally it was giving off a light that was large. The longer my grandma and I stared, the weirder it looked. It looked like a bright red dot with large crescent-shaped light blue tails that looked like a meteorite entering the atmosphere, but the tails were so far apart and were moving so slow I debunked it as that. I took my phone out and tried to get a photo, but it came looking blurry, I took a video and can see it somewhat better, but it soon disappears as if into thin air after a few seconds of taping. I stood there looking for it with my grandma for awhile and we tried to look for it. In the end, it had to be something akin to UFOs. Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB. PD
September 23, 2017 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Yonkers, NY
Approximately five minutes went by and I looked up again. That is when I saw a green light. It was the size of a dot and only slightly larger than the bright star I was looking at just a few minutes before. It appeared to be very high in altitude in the night sky. It was to the left of the bright star that was slightly north of the other stars in the sky. This green dot was flashing. The green color was as vivid in color as a traffic light. The flash was one flash per second. Again, this was directly over where I was sitting. I went inside to call my neighbor in order to get a second witness, but she was not home. I came back outside thinking the object had gone away, but it was still there. It then moved to the right slightly blocking the bright star. The green flashing dot all of a sudden changed to a red flashing dot. Same tempo of flashes and red color as vivid as a stop light. For approximately one minute it flashed red and then slowly drifted east all the while flashing. It moved east until the tall oak trees in my yard blocked my vision of the object in the sky.
September 23, 2017 · 10:53 AM · OTHER
Temecula, CA
My friend and I saw a red light with light blue wings coming from the top and bottom. Like a bow and arrow with out the arrow. It moved slowly and when it disappeared the wings went first then the red light shined bright then went out. I recorded it on my phone but went back to look and said the videos were unavailable.
September 23, 2017 · 1:45 AM · OTHER
Smithtown, NY
Saw a silver color plane flying in the sky with shape like almost a eagle (two triangles on the side and pointy front) and round belly (disc) or base. It could camouflage, i believe.
September 21, 2017 · 8:15 PM · OTHER
Hudsonville, MI
Not sure....still a little shaken
September 21, 2017 · 6:05 PM · OTHER
Farmingville, NY
At approximately 1805 hours, while driving north on Nicolls Rd at Portion Rd in Farmingville, NY, I witnessed a blimp, shaped dark colored stationary object in the sky underneath the cloud cover about 10 miles from my location in a northwest direction for approximately 4 minutes before I lost it behind some trees.
September 20, 2017 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Chadbourn, NC
Traveling on Braswell Road at 10:30ish ((p.m.)), it was very dark, over treetops seen lime green rectangular shape flash then flash again in sequence very quickly. Lost sight due to trees for a second continued looking and the lights were gone. I can not come up with an explanation of what I seen. I will never forget.
September 18, 2017 · 8:38 PM · OTHER
Hartman, AR
Heard distant almost sub-audible rumbling sound similar to a train or heavy traffic from very far away minus any horns or engine noise, could actually feel very slightly in feet from ground. Assumed was I-40 traffic about 5 miles north, which is possible under right conditions. Two objects seen due north barely above tree tops with steady white lights on each end and flashing light in center, one behind other, on steady southwesterly course towards possibly Ft. Chaffee near Ft. Smith. Seemed to pass just west of school at very low height barely above major power line before losing sight. Extremely quiet and barely audible considering proximity. Normal helicopters way noisier. I´m guessing military yet still think against regs to fly so low over populated space?
September 17, 2017 · 1:00 AM · OTHER
Earleville, MD
I was at my friends trailer in the back of Glen 3. We were hanging out, when at about 1 in the morning a strange formation of lights came out of the sky shined down like a lazer light show, lighting up about a acre of land all around us in BLUE SQUARES... Looked like it scanned the area and disappeared as fast as it happened. 4 of us experience this. Now on Sunday night at about 7/8 at night we were taking with other friends who live near the entrance to the Glen. They jumped up out of their skin telling us they saw a bunch of like lazer Lights Zoom across the sky pass over their heads and it looked like they landed where we were. We have no explanation about what happened and I was wondering if anybody would know something about this or saw something in the Cecil County Maryland area.
September 15, 2017 · 2:00 AM · OTHER
Lake Pend Oreille (north end), ID
My husband and I have not been able to find a report from anyone else that is similar to what we experienced. I'm posting in the hopes that someone will come forward. I don't have an exact date, by it was fall of 2017. We we're driving home to Montana in the wee hours of the morning (2 am) and were on the north bank of Lake Pend d'Orielle between Sandpoint and Trestle Creek, closer to the latter. We enjoy rockhounding and there is supposedly a popular site just off the highway through there, and even though it was 2am we decided to try and find this spot. We've hounded/navigated with flashlights many times and we were armed. We find what we thought was the correct pull off, get our gear together, and start hiking, despite heavy rain. Foolish, yes, but that's besides the point. The country is very steep, with lots of rock ledges and outcroppings, and pretty thick with vegetation, so the going is slow and careful. We had been hiking for about 15 minutes and had a view of the Lake and our truck in the turnoff below us when we see an officer pull in and light up our vehicle. We had been keeping our lights aimed low and pointed away from the road and lake so as not to alarm people down below. Anyway, the officer was at our vehicle for about 10 minutes while we stood in the dark watching, curious. He leaves, turns around and does another drive by several times, even turning on his spotlight at one point. At this point, I assume he is concerned that we are broke down and out walking in rain in a pretty isolated area. Curiously, he never lights up or seems to search the other side of the road, only the side we were on. My husband and I are reluctant to come down considering the effort it required to get as far as we had but we're discussing it when the officer apparently satisfied we aren't in the area, fails to come past again. We turn on our flashlights and briefly shine them down towards the empty highway and lake, looking at the terrain we had scrambled up. Now, this next part happens so fast, a couple seconds at the most and probably less then even one second, that it is only from discussing and writing down the event a few days later that I am able to provide as many details as I am now. We switch our lights to red light mode (less visible) at more or less the same time and haven't even finished turning back towards the mountain when we hear a projectile of some sort come from all the way across the lake, pass just over and between our heads, then up the side of the mountain and gone. This projectile was moving much faster than we thought possible. We are both experienced firearm users and this was not a bullet. It was larger, faster, and there was no sound of a weapon being fired. At all. Nor was there an echo of any sort, which given the location there should have been. Even our voices echoed. The only sound we heard was the air around it moving as the object came across the lake and over the mountain. It was about as loud! as you'd hear if a hard flung ball or rock barely missed your head as it went by but different in pitch. There was no light. Additionally, had it been anything man made or nature caused coming at us like that, there is no way it wouldn't have smacked into the cliff directly behind us or into any of the trees or rocks above us. It was only a couple feet above our heads and the terrain was very steep and very thick in addition to it's speed. Its just not possible. We actually heard/sensed it maneuver, with intent, through the canyon and then the trees as it went. My husband actually dropped to the ground in self preservation, while I, trying to process what that could have been but knowing it wasn't anything I'd had experience with, stood there in shock. His flashlight had turned off completely and mine had changed to strobe mode which I had trouble turning off. We crouched there for a couple minutes not saying much except what the hell just happened before deciding to abandon ship (pun intended) and get off that mountain. We knew we h! ad to tu rn our lights back on in order to do so safely despite our fear. Being him, he all the sudden says "screw it!", turns his light on the brightest setting it has (way bright too) and starts heading down with a purpose and in quick fashion. I followed using my light sparingly but not in red mode. We make it down in one piece and get on our way. When we got in the truck we checked the time and got mad chills- it was still only 2am give or take a few minutes. Two days later we decided to write down everything about it that we could, plausible or not, and compare. There were no discrepancies. In fact, the similarities on some things are eerie. Such as we both felt rather then saw that the mass of the object was about the size of a basketball but much more streamlined. It had energy within it, for lack of better words. It had intelligence. We both felt that it could have taken our heads off if that was its intent, but had instead given us a warning. There are other things but you get the jist. The phones we had at the time began to malfunction and glitch out and had to be replaced soon after, same as the flashlights we carried that night. Being Christian's and not into such things as UFO's, the paranormal, or supernatural, we are hesitant to put such a label on what happened. But that's our story, make of it what you will. Date of sighting is approximate. PD
September 13, 2017 · 2:00 PM · OTHER
Charlestown, RI
While enjoying a brief stay at East Beach in Charlestown, RI, and lying on my back looking up at the clear blue sky, I spotted what looked like an airliner or B-52 shaped plane with fuselage, two wings, and four jet pods (2 on each wing). I didn't notice the 'plane' approach but only noticed it as it materialized over head. I would guess the altitude to be 15k feet up. The craft caught my attention by virtue of 'bright lights' attached to the ends of the four 'jet pods'...the fuselage and wings had a translucent texture about it. It seemed, some how, 'fake' to me. The four bright, silvery lights at the ends of the pods changed as I observed it (I had binoculars with me, having viewed an old B-17, B-24, and a spitfire of WWII vintage earlier pass over the shoreline next to me, in prep for a local airshow over Labor Day weekend.). Through the binoculars I had a good close up view of the 'plane.' It's speed was slow for a jet, in my opinion. As I looked at it close up, the far left 'light' went out and was replaced by the same type light at the end of the tail section. Now, there were 3 wing lights and one tail light. All were very bright and prominent. As I continued to watch, the craft just faded out..it became dimmer and then just gone. No sound was heard. About 3 minutes later as I continued my sky search another similar 'plane' appeared in the same general area but higher in elevation. It, too, had the same lights but only two that I saw..one on each side of respective wing pods. It was also translucent in substance as was the first. It also faded quickly as if de-materializing as I watched. The first craft sighting was in view for about 10 seconds but the second craft for only 5 seconds. Both were going in the same Westward direction. It was the lights on these 'planes' and their translucence that I deemed very odd and not normal. I thought about the sun's reflective aspect on metal as an explanation but dismissed the idea as there was no consistency to it and the craft continued straight and not deviating. Another mystery, but possibly UFOs that can mimic our air craft and go unnoticed by the public. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Hi Peter..I'll try to answer some questions...the object's lights were brilliant even in the bright sunlight...brilliant and silver-white...that's what really caught my attention initially. The lights changing position suddenly was also odd to me. Math is my worst subject, so as far as degrees traveled in those 10 seconds, I would guess, maybe, five or so...it was not moving very fast. I see many airliners coming and going from Greene Airport, in Warwick, RI, heading SW, the usual course. This craft was a steady due West. I was not clear about the Air Show, Peter. The low flying WWII planes that passed in front of me along the shoreline earlier could have been a prep for an upcoming show at Quonset Pt. airport in North Kingstown, an old US Navy airport, now home to some vintage planes, or from a show over Labor Day weekend, but I'll have to call Quonset to find out for sure. C-130s fly out of there daily on routine practice flights for the Air National Guard who use that airport. The size of the 'plane' relative to the size of the bright sun was consistent with a 707 or similar, though the craft reminded me more of the B-52 with more swept back wings There were two 'jet pods' per wing. The report you forwarded to me makes me think of a sighting I had earlier this summer while aboard the Block Island ferry heading to Block Island, RI (also known as New Shoreham, about 12 miles off of Pt. Judith harbor). That morning this past June while the boat was half way out I noticed an egg shaped 'thing' drifting about 500 ft above the water. It seemed fluid and changed shape, but not dramatically. I was about a quarter mile from it, observing it behind the boat. I dismissed the para sail idea as no boats were anywhere near it. It was white-grey and translucent..like a blob, or parachute folding and unfolding. I had no idea what it could be but no one else near me said anything (most people don't notice these things). I said nothing, but wished I'd had my camera with me. I watched it until it just seemed to disappear. I saw no 'spikes' on it but it was egg shaped but fluid. It was windy but the wind didn't seem to shift it...it just hung there in one space just above the ocean. I didn't report it since i thought there was some good explanation, but I perhaps should have. This occurred on a bright sunny morning about 11:30. I will continue to be observant and questioning about these things, even if no else is. Thanks, Peter, ((name deleted)), South Kingstown, RI
September 12, 2017 · 4:00 AM · OTHER
Jeffersonville, IN
I would like to know if anyone else seen these strange craft in Jeffersonville, IN, on Sept 22, 2017, around 4-5am
September 10, 2017 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Birmingham, AL
Object moving East to West silently approx 75 degrees above horizon. Apparent size that of a penney held at arms length. Object was moving above or through broken clouds which may have contributed to a bit of transluscence. Color of object was indistinct but seemed to have a brown overtone with some other hints of yellow pale orange that seemed to partially frame a rectangular subshape-curved on the front, squaarish in the rear. Perhaps oval overall, hard to say. Object went across about a third of the sky in 2 seconds before disappearing behind trees. I am a regular observer of the night sky, having a telescope for many years. Never saw an object like this, ever. Perhaps could have been much higher if perhaps it was a bollide or some object in the upper atmosphere- it would have to have been moving extremely fast. Did not really look like any shooting star I've ever seen, and I have seen many. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded to us to be quite sober-minded. We suspect that he is an exceptionally capable, and reliable, witness. PD