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June 10, 2016 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Lancaster, SC
I am 62 and my son is 28. I have always studied the sky with and without my telescope and I have never seen anything like this. In my opinion I would say these objects were not in earth's atmosphere. When I saw the first one I thought it might possibly be the space station, but when he showed me the second one, I knew that wasn't the case.
June 10, 2016 · 9:12 PM · UNKNOWN
Ormond Beach, FL
I was outside in my side yard looking West when from my left (South) I observed what appeared to be a fireball entering from high in the South. It traveled North North West. It was approximately 3 times brighter than Jupiter (which was up) and very bright white yellow orange and had a slight tail pointing South. I instantly thought fireball, but the object was slowing down, so I instantly thought this object was space junk. This object was "dropping" what appeared to be hot material that was same color as the object. The object continued to slow down and dripped the strange material two times on its trajectory before the object slowed to a complete static stop. I was baffled to say the least. As the object remained stationary, it dripped the bright material momentarily. The flight time from when I saw the object to when it came to a complete static stop was approximately 10 seconds - which is far too long of a time for any fireball or space junk, which I've witnessed countless times. I observed this object stationary for approximately 2 minutes in absolute amazement. I had my iPhone in my hand and shot one still photo of the object prior to it coming to a complete stop and I shot video as well. All you can see is a small dot due to iPhone camera not suited for shooting in dark. It also showed up on the video. While observing the object stationary for approximately 2 minutes I decided to take a chance a run in the house a grab a real camera, which only took about 2 minutes to retrieve, when I went back outside it was gone and I have no idea what happened to it. I've been a dedicated amateur astronomer for over 40 years and I know the sky well. Also visible were commercial jetliners in the sky in the same general area of the sky. This was neither a fireball or space junk - they don't slow down and come to a complete stop in the sk! y as this object did. It was not the Moon, which was up and in a different part of the sky. It was not Jupiter, which was up and in a different part of the sky. It was not Mars, which was up and in a different part of the sky. It was not a satellite. It was not the ISS. I'm hoping that others observed this object and will make reports.
June 10, 2016 · 4:35 AM · UNKNOWN
Seattle, WA
I'm in my apartment on 8th and Madison, facing west, when I noticed a bright white light moving fairly fast towards the water. It's late, and I've been studying for a test, so my initial thought was I saw the lights on a plane landing. Then I realized if it was a plane, it would have to be extremely close to appear to be moving as fast as it was. As I'm standing up to get a better look at it, I see an orange steak of like behind it. Next thought is the largest shooting star I've ever seen, and at nearly 5 in the morning. Next thought was make a firecracker set off from a building? Where I viewed it from, it appeared over the Rainer tower though, so I would have no idea where the firecracker would have been sent off from. I don't believe in UFO's, but this is the only place I could think of to turn to for an explanation. Hopefully, someone else saw it too, and could let me know.
June 4, 2016 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Joshua Tree, CA
I will attempt to be succinct in order to keep this report brief. Please call me for additional details. I am the Owner of UFO Sighting Tours in Sedona, AZ. I have completed 588 tours with the use of PVS 7, Gen. 3 Military Night Vision Goggles (NVGs). I was hired by the CITD conference to run their Night Vision Events at this year’s 2016 conference running June 2 thru 6, 2016. The previous 4 listed reports on this site from Joshua Tree, CA, were from attendees of the Saturday, June 4th event that I led. I know many additional people that were in attendance who may be contacted for reports/interviews and I may provide phone numbers. I am a trained observer and a past MUFON investigator. I was a past member of the Board for MUFON OC, CA. On June 4th well over 100 people were gathered at Orion’s point lookout, a location at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center. At approx. 10:00 or just prior, most of the attendees witnessed what I am about to describe. There were 18 pairs of NVGs provided, as well as many individuals privately owned goggles present. Yet the following were clearly visible with the naked unaided eye and were seen by most present without equipment. The following sightings lasted approx. 20 minutes total time. I was busy leading the group and instructing them on a PA system and did not note the time, but many of those present informed me after the fact. Videos of this event are surfacing and are being gathered. A professional documentary film crew was present on behalf of CITD and achieved footage of these sightings, but I have not seen it. I will provide it as soon as it is available. As I witnessed it: Approaching from the west and flying east across the valley in front of us, and coming low over a hill, were the following large colored lights flying extremely fast. First to appear was a blue light, then shortly thereafter a red or amber light, and then 2 bright green ones. After a brief pause of a few minutes came 2 more green ones followed by a single green one, again, flying over the hill at an extremely rapid speed. This second grouping then slowed way down and came together to form a distinct triangle formation and continued to fly across the valley maintaining this formation traveling all the way in a very slow even pace. Eventually this formation disappeared from vision right in front of us. I was not holding NVGs at the time, but those that were said this triangle formation was seen speeding up and shooting up off into space. Many said that somewhere in this mix was a purple light, but I did not see that. This was a total thus far of abou! t 7 clearly visible craft. People were yelling out, applauding and very excited during these events. After a about 5 minutes had passed, Jimmy Church, popular radio talk show host and his wife Rita approached me. A friend of theirs’s had called them on her cell and told them to come quick! I informed them they just missed some remarkable sightings. When suddenly in comes yet another large green light from over the same hill to the west. And shortly after even another green light. They witnessed these 2 green lights (naked eye) along with other objects that they saw using the NVGs over the next 10 mins. Soon after those 2 green ones, a very large amber light came right over us all and very quickly disappeared right above us. Including this amber one, the total crafts sighted in about 20 minutes was well over 10. All 10 major sightings were way, way, way too fast to be satellites, completely silent, went from hauling in to slowing down to a snail’s pace immediately, and then completely disappea! red before us. All of which are things military jets and satellites CAN NOT DO! We started viewing that night at 8:30 p.m. and didn’t stop till 11:30 p.m. and continued to have sightings on and off the whole while. I educate everyone on all the various type of planes, shooting stars, and all about satellites in order to be able to rule those out. Then and only then are we left with unknown or unidentified objects. All these sightings were clearly unidentified! Also in use were multiple high powered green lasers. I had brought eight 5-mile, two 10-mile, and one 100-mile visible length of beam lasers and they were distributed throughout the crowd and some people had brought their own. As these 10 total objects over about 20 minutes were witnessed many people were hitting them with the lasers. We use the lasers both for pointing out objects and for flashing at them to get possible UFOs to flash back. This has proven successful on most of my tours. As these 10 objects were hit by lasers, myself and others realized that while some may have been flashing back in response, that most likely our lasers were hitting actual metallic surfaces and reflecting off of the objects! Many of the people standing near me, including Jimmy Church, thought this is what we were actually seeing. This would also mean that these objects were extremely close. The response from the crowd had been overwhelming. Many people have expressed that this was a paradigm changing event for them. I’m spoiled. I get to see real sightings on all my tours. But this night, same as those, I loved providing that experience for others. I never get tired of people’s reactions. For me, it’s always confirmation that UFOs are real and seeing them is truly believing. We would like to convey our gratitude to Melinda Leslie, a UFO researcher, and one of the speakers at the Contact in the Desert 2016 Conference, for sharing the information in this report. PD
June 4, 2016 · 9:40 PM · UNKNOWN
Crooks, SD
Hovered due east of fireworks at about 1000-1500 ft above ground level. Thought it was a plane initially. But it did not move. Then thought it was a helicopter. But the lights were not standard navigation lights used on aircraft. Object hovered for a good 5 or 10 minutes, then slowly descended below tree line. Did not get photos. The area in question is just mainly farmland. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 4, 2016 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Boise, ID
Myself, and at least ten other witnesses, observed one large, amorphous-shaped, ufo and two smaller objects slowly rising into the evening sky. They were first seen rising over the top of the house myself and the other observers were gathered at. We were all positioned in the backyard, looking to the south. One person pointed them out, then everyone watched for what was ultimately about 20 minutes. The objects appeared to be completely black, though the large one had what looked to be lighting of some kind on one side, but it was difficult to say definitively, as they were quite a distance away when this was noticed by one observer. Nobody filmed them, though I don't know if it would have mattered anyway - on footage they would have just looked like black specs. The movements of the craft were strange. They didn't float away like a balloon, but rather they appeared to rise in a slow, deliberate manner, in a fixed direction to the south, with their distance increasing simultaneously with their height. There was no sound associated with the craft that we noticed. At first there were two smaller objects, one positioned somewhat close below, and the other just below the that. The third, lowest of the three, seemed to move off to the East, and was quickly lost sight of. The other two, however, remained in view of myself and the other witness for quite some time. The craft stayed the same distance from each other for the duration of their movements, and never seemed to deviate. Eventually the objects rose so high that it was not possible to see them anymore, and everyone went back to what they were doing. It was really bizarre, and I would love to know if anyone else saw them, because at one point they had to have been very close to the ground if they were continuously rising in the manner we first saw them.
June 3, 2016 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Norwalk, CA
9 orange lights in the sky heading NE in 2 groupings; 4 in the first, followed by 5. They first appeared travelling fairly low, horizontal to the ground. After two or three minutes the angle of flight grew steeper until they were heading almost straight up. Upon reaching a certain altitude they could no longer be seen. Within the 2 groupings smaller groups of twos and threes apparently synchronized their movements.
June 2, 2016 · 4:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Phoenix, AZ
object of unknown lit up the whole phoenix area for about 20 seconds.... Object reported by the news as a probable meteor. We agree. See photos of smoky trail left high in the sky above Arizona. PD
June 2, 2016 · 3:56 AM · UNKNOWN
Kingman, AZ
At first, I thought it was lighting but it lasted too long and there was no thunder afterwards. Plus, the others that saw it said something had crashed, but there was no sound. ((word deleted)) Object reported by the news as a probable meteor. We agree. See photos of smoky trail left high in the sky above Arizona. PD
June 2, 2016 · 3:55 AM · UNKNOWN
Phoenix, AZ
I live in south central Phoenix and was sitting in my house, watching a movie and I noticed a bright blue light coming from the north. It was white-blue and it swelled on and off twice for a little over one second. I thought it was storming due to the wet pavement, but then I noticed that the sprinklers were on and the sky is clear... What was that? Object reported by the news as a probable meteor. We agree. See photos of smoky trail left high in the sky above Arizona. PD
June 1, 2016 · 10:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Harrington, DE
On the morning of June 1, I went for one of my weekly walks on Wednesday, and when I got into town, I was going to buy water and turn around and head home. When I headed into the Harrington shopping center, I happened to glance up and see something odd. The object had pulsating blue, red, and yellow lights. It was tumbling upward. Not flying straight like an airplane or hovering like helicopter or drone. It was tumbling in a way I’d never seen anything move before. I took a picture and a close up of it looks almost like a drone, but a later screen grab from my video has it looking like an orb with a light flashing on the side. I don’t know what it is, and it really frightened me, so I wanted answers. I shared the video with friends and family. Some say it was a drone. The thing is, when I examined the video, there is a part where whatever it was “glitched” and it suddenly was somewhere else. I didn’t see this with my naked eye at the time, only upon viewing the video. I’ve never seen a drone move that fast. Unless there was a problem with my phone during filming. Anyway, this thing was tumbling and then it suddenly reversed until it was right over me. At that point, I stopped filming because I was startled. I live in a few miles an air base. That does nothing to answer my questions because as I said, it looked like NOTHING I’d ever seen before. Whether a civilian or military craft – and I see a lot of both on the regular. This thing was tumbling, doing summersaults to rise higher in the sky. I have simply never heard of any aircraft moving in that way to get from Point A to Point B and I just don’t know what to make of what I saw or filmed. Any help or answers would be appreciated. Thanks!
May 31, 2016 · 12:00 AM · UNKNOWN
North Berwick, ME
I WOKE UP OUT OF SLEEP TO HEAR THE TREE FROGS TALKING TO EACH OTHER THEN EVERYTHING WENT SILENT, SO I WAITED LAYING IN BED MAYBE FOR AN OWL NOTHING, ALL I HEARD WAS SILENCE THEN I SAW THE SOFTBALL SIZE LIGHT APPEAR IN THE WINDOW AT THE HEAD OF BED BOTH WINDOWS OPEN THE LIGHT FLASHED INTO THE ROOM THREE SEPERATE TIMES, I SAID WOW WHAT IS GOING ON CAN THIS BE REAL IS SOMEONE PLAYING A GAME ON US ARE WE IN DANGER I THOUGHT MAYBE A DRONE. BUT THE LIGHT MOVED THROUGHT THE TREES ONTO THE OTHERSIDE OF THE PROPERTY MAKING ITS WAY BACK THEN AS IT MOVED AGAIN TO THE TREE LINE I HAD NOTICED SMALLER LOOKING ORBS IN THE TREES JUST OUTSIDE THE BEDROOOM WINDOW TO MY LEFT IT'S THE CLOSET WINDOW TO ME, I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT THEN I WOULD NOTICE THE BRIGHT LIGHT AGAIN MOVING TO THE OTHERSIDE OF THE YARD, I LAID STILL TRYING TO WAKE MY HUSBAND UP BUT HE WAS OUT SO INSTEAD OF DISTRUBING HIM I CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE LIGHTS AND LISTENING, THEN I HEARD A ENGINE LIKE PLANE MOVING OVER THE HOUSE I THOUGHT THAT'S WEIRD WHY WOULD THAT PLANE BE SO LOW AND THEN THE DOG WOKE UP OUT OF THE SLEEPING AND STOOD WITH HIS NOSE UP IN THE AIR SNIFFING AND LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW THAT WAS OPEN TOWards the area of the white orbs in the tree line, then the lights disappeard, I believe i saw an owl fly in the middle of those white lights. I fell back to sleep shortly after with no interruptions only to hear a large bang in the kitchen minutes after waking my husband asking whats that and then i started to explain but he was half a sleep, so back to bed.
May 30, 2016 · 1:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Ely, MN
Sitting around a fire with my brother and one of my dad's old high school buddies, looking up at the stars and watching satellites, when a bright white object emerged in the sky traveling in a South to North direction. The object was brighter than all the other stars in the sky and moved in zig-zags, sometimes stopping briefly after maneuver. In approximately 45 seconds, perhaps less, the object had already cleared the horizon; much faster than any satellite. The object emitted white light and was considerably brighter than the brightest star. No discernible sound was heard. It appeared to be traveling at a high altitude. I am writing this months later, but I am curious to find out if anyone else in the region can corroborate this experience.
May 28, 2016 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Brooksville, FL
I was sitting in the back patio. The sky was clear. I noticed a set of bright, elongated lights moving from west to east over Ayers Rd for about a half mile, then slowly turned to the north. It did not seem to be that high, and was silent...no engine noise at all.
May 27, 2016 · 11:05 PM · UNKNOWN
Eastpointe, MI
My name is ((name deleted)), on the night of 5-27-16 from 11:05 to about 11:17 p.m., I witnessed a UFO. I was working at my facility when I decided to step out for a cigarette. Upon doing so, I noticed a blue light soaring through the sky. I thought nothing of it, until I noticed it had no other lights. Then the craft came to a dead stop. Once this happened I called my co-worker outside to see what I was seeing. The craft stopped south west of our location. I would say about a mile away from us, and hovered at about 2000 feet. The craft began to slowly move and 3 orbs of light came out of the bottom of the craft and shot back up into it. That seemed to start a sequence because the craft became a very bright red and began to descend in what seemed to be a smooth and straight line. The craft disappeared behind the treeline by Selfridge Air Force Base, Mi.
May 25, 2016 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Los Angeles (Del Mar Beach), CA
We suspect that the report is an attempt to hoax the reader. PD
May 24, 2016 · 11:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Wyoming, MN
Happened tonight at about 1100 to 1130. They stayed for a long time then very slowly started to move away. There was absolutely no sound. Two moved north west and the other two continue west. After a while of watching them, there was a big white flashing light with a big explosion. We all watched it happen it was so strange. After, we went upstairs to bed and our bedroom window faces west and something flashing white flew north east and close to the ground.
May 23, 2016 · 11:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Elliot Lake (Canada), ON · Canada
Event occurred on a camping trip on Elliot lake perhaps a kilometre out of town. At 23:30 we began to hear the electrical buzzing sononamous (sic. synonymous) with high voltage transformer. We both found it quite out of the ordinary, but dismissed it. I looked up at the stars and at first glance appeared to be a satellite flying past three points of light which looked like stars. The three apparent stars blinked out one after the other from left to right and the apparent satilite was left behind. The realization set in that the three 'stars' which blinked out were the ones in motion and what was thought to be a satellite remained, and was actually a star itself. About a minute later the electrical transformer buzz dissipated and we were again returned to the sounds of the wilderness. The buzzing returned about 45-60 minutes later and I kept my eyes on the sky but no odd signs were to be seen. We then began discussing the event and I advised him to let me know if he began to have nightmares in the coming weeks.
May 22, 2016 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Rosholt, WI
Fast moving blinking red light that just disappeared after a couple minutes.
May 19, 2016 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Yelm, WA
was out on back porch and the moon was bright and full. Saw this flickering light moving around the moon. cannot say the shape of it but the lights were changing colors. Yellow, red, blue. it moved quickly...jumping around left right up down...with no sound. I watched it for about 30 minutes and then went inside to get my camera. Came back out side and took some video. Went back inside and woke my husband up to look at it. Neither of use could figure out what it was. kept going outside every once in awhile and it was still there. My son came home from work about 2300 approx and he too came outside to watch it. After awhile we went inside. not sure how long it was there but we observed it for approx 3 hours.
May 19, 2016 · 1:13 PM · UNKNOWN
Shrewsbury, MA
The ufo went through a small clearing in the sky then proceeded behind a cloudy patch then through another clearing then off the screen. I will send you some video as soon as I can have the dashcam five minute video segment shortened. In summary I believe this is one sighting that is truly authentic. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded to us to be quite serious and sober-minded. PD
May 19, 2016 · 1:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Las Cruces, NM
At approximately 1:30 AM on May 19th, while headed eastbound on Desert Wind Way, I noticed an array of 6 rectangle lights (door like or window like in appearance) to the North east in the direction of the Jornada Testing Range. The lights where bright white lights that flashed from the center to the outside in a horizontal fashion. At first the lights seemed to be stadium lights out over the empty desert but after taking a second look I realized that I was looking at something much bigger. I estimate that the lights were over 2 miles away and must have been 1 mile across in size (horizontally). The lights flashed from the center to the left and then the center to the right and then all lights on. The lights would flash on and off and would last about 1 second to 2 seconds in the on position. The lights were stationary and no outline or shape was apparent when the lights were off. Had several vehicles following and we all pulled off to the side of the road. Two other drivers including myself saw the lights. We looked for any signs of a craft or additional lights but saw nothing. Approximately 15 minutes passed when we heard a rumbling sound and felt a tremor that lasted about 2 seconds.
May 16, 2016 · 3:34 PM · UNKNOWN
Noblesville, IN
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 15, 2016 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Robins, IA
Approximately 10:30 pm on our residential street, there was bright green red and white lights and a craft hovering above my brother's house (3 houses down). I was running him home after working on our house. The craft was about the size of a small suv but looked helicopter sized. It seen us and did quick sharp movements. We chased it to the east and it was GONE SO FAST!