Analytical Notes      NMS Sightings from NUFORC & MUFON
                                 AUGUST, 2023, rel


MADAR UFO Officer: Jeremy Haslam
Terms: NMS means "Non MADAR Sightings" where MADAR was not tripped, but the quality of the nearby sighting strongly suggests that MADAR records be checked for curious spikes in data. Although some MUFON entries have been listed, it is the job of each MUFON state group under Project MATCH  to provide MUFON listings of potential sightings of interest. Note: NOL means node was not online at the time of the incident.

Jeremy Haslam
MADAR UFO Officer



Fran Ridge
MADAR Operations Director
These are my findings:
 

Occurred: 2023-08-02 01:32:00 Local, Location: Trinity, TX, USA, Location details: On my backyard away from light contamination. Shape: Sphere, Duration: Till lost sight of it, No of observers: 2
round object with a yellow light going by (no sound, no flashing lights) too low and fast to be a plane.  
This object was clearly round, emitting a yellow light but not to yellow flying too low and fast to be a plane. No sound and no flashing lights. Moving straight in a odd way. It was clearly not a plane. We were 2 people watching and we are not crazy. Is not the first time we see this.

Occurred: 2023-08-02 05:30:00 Local, Location: Palm Springs, FL, USA, Shape: Egg, Duration: 1.5-2 seconds
No of observers: 1
A bright white egg or circular object, about the size of a car, less than 1000 ft, shot across the sky, stopped, jumped to hyperspace. I was running around 5:30am. Mostly clear skies, and low light pollution (street lamps etc). The moon was behind me entirely. I looked up and to my left when a movement caught my eye. I saw a bright white object, somewhat egg shaped. It was anywhere from a few hundred to a thousand feet in the air. It looked to be roughly the size of a car. It was gliding very quickly through the air in a slight arc, faster than any plane or other aeronautical craft known to me, spanning at what an arm’s length would be one to two feet, but in the sky was a large distance. It only lasted about 1.5-2 seconds. It looked like it was lit from within, and although the white light was pure and bright, and seemed to be moving in a circular motion, the object did not give off brightness around it, only a faint glow. The object was not falling, like a meteor crashing through the atmosphere; there was no tail, debris, or sound. It was moving smoothly and independently. It was being guided. It suddenly stopped, flashed a bright blue light on one side, and taking a sharp right, it basically jumped into hyperspace. It blipped and was gone. But I could see the direction it had moved in, after making that perfect angle and change in direction. It happened very fast, but I have never seen anything so clearly in my entire life. I was looking directly at it; it was not from my peripheral vision, I saw it from the moment it appeared in the sky, to the moment it jumped.

Occurred: 2023-08-03 18:30:00 Local, Location: Mill Creek (Newport), NC, USA, Location details: In between trees right below the treetops over a driveway, Shape: Rectangle, Duration: Several minutes, No of observers: 1. I saw a large black rectangular object hovering in one spot for a few minutes and I saw it fly off into the woods. I was in Mill Creek, NC, not far from the fire station and I stopped in the road because I was about to take a left turn onto a long driveway. As I turned my head to look towards the driveway I was shocked to see a very large and thick rectangular object hovering directly over the driveway in-between the trees on either side of the path. The object was a solid black color but had pairs of small round lights on its top both red and blue. The lights had a very soft appearance that grabbed my attention, especially the light blue light. They appeared grouped together side by side on each side of the top of the craft. The back bottom area had larger white lights. The top of the object had a sharp angular structure that lended itself to one end of a parallelogram. It just hovered there for what felt like a few minutes. What kills me is that I had forgotten to charge my phone at work that day and it had 1% AND had flown into the floorboard as I was driving before I arrived in Mill Creek. I was shocked, in disbelief and I just kept saying, "What the #@$# is that!?" to myself audibly. I stayed stopped in the middle of the road and stared at it. Then it very effortlessly just began to glide through the air down the driveway, through the side yard, back yard and over the trees of the woods in the back, until it disappeared just above the treeline. There was no sound. No motion such as propellers. And it was like a giant brick just hovering in the air, black and with slanted upper walls. It fascinated me that a shape like that could even fly at all. Sitting there watching it, I was quite anxious as to what might happen next, but it just went away. If it were to have arrived in that location from the direction it was headed, it would have come from over Newport River. I have never been one to believe in aliens but this experience has completely changed what I believe is possible. I recently had another experience in the same area and my daughter saw it too. It was a different experience and I will report it here.

Occurred: 2023-08-04 19:45:00 Local, Location: Hesperia, CA, USA, Location details: Above my house Ranchero rd and 7th st, Shape: Sphere, Duration: 4-5 minutes, No of observers: 1. It hovered over my house about 50 yds or so away. I was in my front yard and it slowly hovered over my neighbors house. It stopped for a few above our street. I ran in my house for my phone and it was gone when i got back.

Occurred: 2023-08-15 03:00:00 Local, Location: Saint George, UT, USA, Location details: 100 feet above the Big 5 Sporting Goods, Shape: Oval, Duration: 1 minute, No of observers: 1, Characteristics: Lights on object.
Large craft, roughly the size of an SUV. No wings or propellers. While making deliveries on River Road, I saw what I thought was a drone in the sky. It was large, roughly the size of an SUV, and hovering between 70 to 120 feet in the sky over a department store. I pulled over to watch it, but didn't think to take pictures because it had red flashing indicator lights on it, which I took to mean it was following FAA regulations. It began to suddenly drift toward the east hill, moving at maybe 30mph. I began driving again but couldn't find it on the other side. It didn't make any sound, and the more I thought of it in retrospect, it bothered me how big it was. I've never seen a drone that large, and though it was dark, I made out no wings or hoops that might have held propellers. It was shaped like an oval, but it had sharp edges along the front and back, almost like a car. In addition to the red light that seemed to flash every few seconds, there was a white indicator light as well, but I don't recall the frequency with which it flashed. I called the police station later that morning and they didn't cite any other reports. I know it wasn't a plane or a helicopter. And I'm yet to see a drone that's more than 15 feet long.

Occurred: 2023-08-16 00:00:00 Local, Location: Moab, UT, USA, Location details: Moab Utah parallel to Hwy 191 North to South, Shape: Chevron, Duration: 4 seconds, No of observers: 2. Triangle shape, multiple points of light high rate of speed. Viewed twice, once north to south, then south to north. Myself and one other, watching the night sky, saw a triangle object with multiple points of illumination travel above the rim in a path parallel with the horizon at a high rate of speed silently. Although we had differing perceptions on distance between us and the object, I would have to guess it was within 3 miles, if not 1 mile from our location. Other party said it was closer. The rim view allowed judgement for distance traveled which I would guess to be about 3-5 miles. It covered this space in the span of about 4 seconds. After getting first sight on the object I was quickly shocked and surprised, stood up and pointed and followed with my finger tracing it along the horizon, saying holy @&$? Look at that. My knees buckled a bit and, partner said I see it I see it, and it was gone. The object seemed to travel in a way like it was tied to a string from the front and pulled along. Effortlessly and without resistance. Around second 4, the whole shape flickered dimly and was out of sight. We sat and talked about it discussing exactly what each of us saw and how it was nothing like we had seen in the night sky before. It made us both feel uneasy for some reason. We continued to look in the direction of the object as we sat and talked about it more, and about 5-10 minutes later it came back from the direction we saw it originally, this time about 1.5 speed. Lost sight of it when it passed behind a tree in the foreground. Did not see it come out the other side. Dogs started barking, car alarm in a parking lot between us and the object started chirping. At this point the one I was with wanted to go inside. I sat staring for a minute, listening, and I suppose thankfully, nothing more happened. Very unusual, very real.

Occurred: 2023-08-18 00:30:00 Local, Location: El Paso, TX, USA, Location details: A block away from my home, Shape: Oval, Duration: 8 seconds, No of observers: 2, Characteristics: Lights on object
Returning home after work when very low oval and orange craft flew over my car - It seemed to have smaller lights on the edge, try to stop to get video but it disappeared very fast. No sound. If you contact me by any chance please do so in Spanish.

Occurred: 2023-08-23 04:53:00 Local, Location: Portland, OR, USA, Location details: A storage lot for cars. Just west of 82nd ave., Shape: Orb, Duration: 23 minutes, No of observers: 1, Characteristics: Lights on object. I am a security guard. Was on patrol and observed lights in the sky to the northeast. Saw stationary lights in the sky northeast of me. At first I thought they were the lights of a cell phone tower. But I know the area well and there was no tower in that direction. Observed lights for about 23 minutes. Lights remained stationary for a long time. Then they shifted very quickly to the right. And again remained stationary. I was able to take pictures with my cell phone, but It’s an old flip phone and doesn’t have a great camera. At the end of the sighting the lights moved away to the north out of view. This movement was extremely fast. Almost in an instant. That the thing that astounded me about this sighting. Is how it remained stationary for so long. Then in an instant it moved. First to another position in the sky. And then out of sight. Is speed was incredible. For the entire encounter the lights were silent. I worked in the airlines for over 20 years. I’ve worked security for 3 years. I’ve never seen anything like it. From experience, I know this was not plane, helicopter, and it moved too fast to be a drone. I’m stumped. *Pic

Occurred: 2023-08-23 20:45:00 Local, Location: Rochelle, IL, USA, Location details: my backyard, Shape: Triangle, Duration: 10 minutes, No of observers: 2
Saw craft overhead red lights changing from 2 to 3 triangles together - I was on my backyard deck with my dog just as a clear night settled in. I noticed a triangled red light set just above the horizon from the east...as I watched it, it began to rise in the sky (or had been moving straight at me) and began flying at me at a quick speed. As it started to fly directly over there were at first 2 triangles, red in color, then it looked like there were 3 red triangles flying side by side overhead. As I was watching there were 2 triangles flying directly back east a bit more to the north. I was a bit shaken because I had never seen anything like these things before. I ran in to get my phone to get pics if it came back and accidentally (or my phone had)woke my husband. He eventually came out as another set of red-lighted triangles (2) flew overhead from the east but he said it was a plane. It didn't look like any plane I have ever seen or ever flew that low east to west over our home. They were huge. And we live northwest of a small airport and Interstate 88. As that one disappeared, I saw one more set maybe a mile south of us fly west. Was there noise? I couldn't say for sure because of the noisy interstate but there was no normal hum of an engine had any other plane flew over to the airport nor was there a jet engine sound as I would suspect of a plane that large (if it was one). Very strange, and may have not been anything BUT it was unlike anything I have ever seen in 66 years on earth. Lasted about 5-8 min maybe and to be honest it could have been closer to 9 PM.

Occurred: 2023-08-25 21:45:00 Local, Location: Gray, TN, USA, Location details: Over the Tri-Cities Airport
Shape: Orb, Duration: 2 or 3 minutes, No of observers: 2, Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby. Saw fast-moving, pulsing white-pink light over airport and Air Force base. Erratic speed & direction, vanished behind distant hill.

Occurred: 2023-08-26 17:30:00 Local, Location: Atlanta, GA, USA, Location details: From 23 floor balcony at vireo apartments. Balcony faces south/south east, Shape: Disk, Duration: ~5-10 minutes, No of observers: 1
From my balcony at vireo apt, I could see a disk shaped gray thing on one of the cell tower looking things to the SE. Between 4:45 and 6pm. From my balcony at vireo apt, I could see a disk shaped gray thing on one of the cell tower looking things (there are two red/white ones, and one gray one) to the SE. At first it didn’t move. Then when I looked again it seemed to of shifted to the left slightly. Both times it looked like a spacecraft but like it was attached to the cell tower so I thought it was part of it/I hadn’t noticed it before. When I looked again a little while later, it was gone! Maybe it’s nothing but it was so oddly shaped that I wanted to report it to see if anyone else saw it

Occurred: 2023-08-26 21:56:00 Local, Location: San Antonio, TX, USA, Location details: NE Loop 410 and San Pedro, Shape: Cube, Duration: I minute, No of observers: 3, Explanation: Rocket – Certain, Bright square with orb in center. About 9:50 my daughter and I stepped outside. We were hanging out at our balcony when we spot in the sky a light coming towards us, as we continue to watch we see that is a square light with an orb in the center that is much brighter. And what seemed like clouds moving with it, the sky was completely free of all cloud cover. We continue to observe this light a few seconds longer as it shifts and disappears. The glow from it was so bright it was its own light (not what looked like exterior lights of a craft) although the craft had disappeared you could still see the square of light fade after. We have 2 videos and still frame images zoomed.

Occurred: 2023-08-27 22:00:00 Local, Location: Byesville, OH, USA, Location details: Over my house and around it, Shape: Oval, Duration: 15 minutes, No of observers: 2, Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail, Possible abduction, Marks found on body afterwards, Animals reacted.
Ship went over house low have picture of entire ship - The ship up front had windows from bottom to top . Front had most lights on. There had to be 30 levels of windows on it. Was so close saw small stream of smoke from it and low hum. Have great picture of this . It has lights all around it you can tell it is oval round shape. I see this craft every night it usually looks like a very bright star and will go out and move closer to my house. I am scared and would appreciate a call back 740 XXX-XXXX .also had vision of being on the craft and they put something in both ears and saw its face for about 5 seconds. Also been followed by it. Seen this for 2 years and every night since. Thank You *(??suspect)

Occurred: 2023-08-29 19:46:00 Local, Location: Ashtabula, OH, USA, Location details: Flying j parking lot off route 90, Shape: Cylinder, Duration: 90 seconds, No of observers: 2. Just cruising along after work and spotted a white cylinder or tictac shape something sitting still in the sky. Pulled off at flying j to point it out to my buddy, get out in the parking lot and pointed at it.. my buddy see’s it too and then it started to move about 60 seconds later like it knew we saw it. From standing still to moving at a fair pace across the sky instantly, no chem trail and not sure about sound bc the truck is loud idling