ANALYTICAL NOTES      NMS Sightings from NUFORC & MUFON
                                          JANUARY, 2024


 
It is my job each month to select potential sightings of interest from the NUFORC printout (National UFO Reporting Center). The number varies from 30-50 each month. This NMS list is then submitted to the MADAR Operations Officer, Fran Ridge. Although some MUFON entries might have been listed, it is the job of each MUFON state group under Project MATCH  to provide MUFON listings of potential sightings of interest. Non MADAR Sightings (NMS) are entries where MADAR was NOT tripped, but the quality of the nearby sighting suggests that MADAR records be checked for significant spikes in the data.

Jeremy Haslam
MADAR UFO Officer
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Once I get the NMS list from the MADAR UFO Officer I go over each case narrative and select incidents that I feel a scientist or serious researcher would consider as good supporting, documented evidence of some type of advanced aerial vehicle. Using an FI-5 Procedure Guide or Case Evaluation Worksheet I obtain the latitude and longitude of the sighting and generate a registration dot on the MADAR Map to see where the nearest MADAR site is in relation to it. Based on the quality of the sighting and the location I then check the data logged on that MADAR site. This NMS shows the status of each case. If I missed something in this draft pleased send me a private email at
franridge42@gmail.com  
IDFE - Insufficient Data For Evaluation
NOL - means the MADAR site was Not On Line at the time of the incident.

Fran Ridge
Director and MADAR Operations Officer


Occurred: 2024-01-01 00:30 Local - Approximate
Location: DeWitt, MI, USA. It was right after midnight on new years, I had stayed up for the sake of the holiday. I hadn’t had anything to drink as I had just stayed home. I had heard what were fireworks going off so I looked outside to see if they were close enough. Very initially as my experience started, my head goes to this being one of the fireworks. But then this thing was just going perfectly horizontal. And was way too perfectly circular to be a firework. It wasn’t fast but wasn’t terribly slow either, just very steady and perfectly horizontal. [Too brief and time only approximate]

Occurred: 2024-01-01 02:40 Local Location: Ann Arbor, MI. A bright orange light hoovered motionless shining in my window. I was awake looking at my cell phone when suddenly I noticed a bright orange light shining in the window at the foot of my bed. I put my cell phone down so I could better discern what I was seeing. With no other light on in my room, I could see that the orange light was not moving and bright enough to light the wall above my head. I got out of bed and walked to the window which overlooks into the back yards of the neighbor's houses to the west. At first it was difficult to discern the orb's distance. Clearly it was not moving but was hoovering about 12 feet above the ground. I parted the curtains and as I did the orb slowly began moving south between the houses. As it disappeared behind the house nearest to me, I looked for the light's reflection on the wall of the adjacent house, but I could see none. I looked for other evidence of the orange light above the roofs but could see none. I though the orb could have been a drone someone got for Christmas, but it made no noise. [Not a good candidate for our purpose here]

Occurred: 2024-01-03 02:30 Local. Location: Marysville, WA. Large object 200 yards away hovering above the trees. driving interstate 5 marysville wa this object had a lot of ultra white bridgt lights covering the whole craft in the front i seen s large pillers grayisg black coller creating a point this craft was not moving it was really clost to the trees there were about 8-10 trees under it i passed it up turned around a 1/4 mile away went back it wad gone i turned back around heading back south spotted what i think was this object way off in the distance this was brighter than a plane it turned west very fast faster than any airplane i have seem in the same area i see planes all the time this was not a plane. [Yeah, right]

Occurred: 2024-01-03 14:00 Local. Location: Covington, OH. Spotted an object in the sky during afternoon walk, Bright silver elongated body with a blue mirrored dome on the bottom it. I was taking my daily afternoon walk on January 3, 2024 at approximately 2 p.m.. When I had walked about 1/8th of a mile from my house, I noticed an object in the sky and at first I thought it was a plane or helicopter. I thought it looked like it was too close to the ground for a commercial jet. I noticed it did not have any wings and was elongated, bright shiny silver, with a knob like structure on the top of the body at the front of the craft, with what appeared to be a large blue mirrored dome on the bottom of the craft, that was slightly bigger than the body of the craft. It appeared to be about the size of a mid-size airplane minus the wings and tail fin, there were no windows that I could see. I watched it and noticed it was not moving, but hovering without making any noise. When I got to my turn-around point on the road, I crossed it quickly (3 to 4 seconds), and when I turned to look at the object again, it had vanished. I stood there looking all around to see if it had traveled higher, or if it had moved off in any other direction, and I saw nothing. The day was mostly clear, and partly sunny, and the area of the sky I saw the object in was void of clouds. As I continued my walk, I made it a point to keep looking around the sky to see if I would see the object again, and I did not. [No spikes found on active node 253, 54 miles to the south. Ohio team might want to pursue this one.]

Occurred: 2024-01-04 20:45 Local - Approximate. Location: Gainesville, FL.  East North East 1000 ft in are approximately 400-500 miles an hour. Craft approximately size of medium ship. Spotted while star gazing. Craft was moving in a North East direction. Appeared to have a glass cockpit between green and white light in front of red light. No sound. Lights where steady not flashing. *Pic [Not a compelling report of a UAP]

Occurred: 2024-01-05 05:20 Local. Loudon, NH. Red orb behind trees in SW sky. Moved erratically, not in a steady trajectory. I was awake and went to check the temp in the sunroom and look at the sky. I noticed a red orb behind tall trees moving slowly, erracticaly, steadily.  Backward then upwards slowly ascending the dark sky moving east and then climbing, then descending. Then disappeared. [Not that interesting]

Occurred: 2024-01-05 21:25 Local. Quartzsite, AZ. Red lights on each apex of triangle formation with dark "ship" body.  Was trying to sleep, looked out my truck window and saw a night sky with very little stars and no air traffic. Closed eyes, hair on my head stood up so I opened my eyes again after a few minutes. Saw 3 solid red lights, in triangle formation, lights were located at the apex's of the triangle. The light from these lights were illuminating the "body" of the "ship", but we're not illuminating the sky around it (so the aura/illumination was not from the truck window.) I did a visual test to see if the object was stationary or moving, it was stationary. It was also not a reflection. I thought maybe it was a cell tower but knew there was none there. Upon thinking that and thinking I should wave at it AND picking up my phone to take a photo and to call someone, the top red light slowly blinked. In the past I have had similar instances with just a single lights (white and red) in the sky, when I would wave it would blink. I was able to get a photo, had to take it with "Night Mode" on and there is slight haze in the photo from exposure so please excuse that. The person I called didn't answer, so I called another person and when calling them the lights vanished. I saw no other moving light in the sky, red or white, to indicate which direction it would have gone. Not sure if it was a drone, as there were three lights not blinking, and if the drone was in stationary/hover mode then the lights would have been facing the ground, not directly pointed at me. And it would have to be a HUGE drone, flying over an inappropriate area for drone use. Attached are two photos, one as is and a repeat of the same photo with a white circle drawn around the lights. In the bottom left of the photo you can see the bright orangeish/red light of the "Heart" sign at the Loves Gas Station. I did my best to try to debunk it on my own, but I don't know. Definitely unidentified aerial phenomenon. * 2 Pics [Too many possibilities]

Occurred: 2024-01-07 18:12 Local. Sherwood, AR. Viewed from Little Rock AFB control tower, looking West. Several pilots were talking on emergency frequency about the object. I was alone at work in the air traffic control tower when I heard a pilot ask over the emergency frequency about a bright object. Another pilot responded it was a rocket. I spotted it to the west of my position, a bright white light, maybe 10 miles away. It was moving slowly southbound. I checked our radar and saw no indication of an aircraft in that position. It appeared at one point to "spit" out a cloud in front of it, shaped like a smoke ring moving through the air, with the light following it. The pilots were continuing to talk about it on emergency frequency. After about 3 minutes, it appeared to just fade away. Someone on emergency frequency said it exploded, but I did not see an explosion. I have a pretty clear video of it, that amazed my co-worker when I showed it to him. *Pic [No spikes on Clarksville, AR MADAR 90 miles to the NW. Might be worth investigating however.]

Occurred: 2024-01-08 01:00 Local. Location: Guelph, ON, Canada. We seen a Large black triangle, approximately 30 feet high, motionless hovering over neighbours home. 3 reddish/orange lights/ propulsion just before each corner of the object. Similar colour to inside of a lit pumpkin. The light was like something we’ve never seen before and strangely comforting. Like concave light fixture bowl under the craft. No flame or harsh light , just a gentle glow with a hue. Radiant glow. In total awe of what we were looking at. Object was about the length of the house, equal width and about 5-7 feet tall side wall. Sharp corners. The only features on the craft was the three lights and a pizza shape triangle craft. I know it sounds stereotypical. We don’t believe this is an other worldly creation, we had a strange feeling there was people piloting this craft. Nothing to substantiate that feeling other than how naturally and casually it was sitting over the neighbours house. Silent. Directly under the craft was the house and extremely close by is a large tree. The tree was not affected by any sort of exhaust or wind. If you were standing on the house you could jump and touch the craft. The strange thing here is how long it stayed and how long we watched. It didn’t leave us like most of these stories / sightings. We left it. We ran into the house to grab more people to see the craft while one other person stood outside watching it. Whatever it was. Friend said TR3B black manta spy plane. After looking at what the internet shows on this TR3B ,, it’s close but not exactly what we seen as far as other illustrations of the object online. There was no Center light. There was no other features other than 3 rather large glowing lamps. I can’t even truly call them lights. When we returned outside the object had moved from where it was and now was over another house. It moved slow and continued this over multiple houses before slowly flying out of sight in an almost dissolving fashion. {IDFE]

Occurred: 2024-01-08 10:55 Local. Lake Mathews, CA, USA. The sighting was very clear and the craft was moving Northward very slowly. It appeared to be over the far side of the lake NNW from me. As I drove N on Lake Mathews Drive approaching Cajaco Road I noticed the craft in the distance thinking it was a large multi engine WW2 plane. But then I realized it was flying too slow. I was now at the junction of Lake Mathews Drive and Cajalco Road. Before making a left turn West I stopped to get a video with my phone. As I was not able to identify what I was looking at I quickly drove West on Cajaco Road which would take me closer, hoping to get a better picture. Because of the hills along the lake the view was obscured and I could not see the craft but after a few minutes I came to a point where could see the craft. It was moving away from me so I did not feel I was any closer, but It was now close to the west end of the dam and I took a picture. So I have a still shot and a short Video. It appeared to be about 1/3 - 1/2 mile away, approximately 500ft - 1000ft above the lake, maybe 75 - 100ft in length. There was no noise whatsoever, no exhaust, and was maintaining perfectly level flight during the time that I saw it. I have been around aviation all my life but I have been unable to identify this sighting. I figured it must have been some kind of drone but it there was no noise and with the irregular shape and thickness i am not so sure. I would like to know what I was looking at! [No spikes on nearby San Pedro site 269, 50 miles west. ]

Occurred: 2024-01-10 16:38 Local. Location: Hebert, LA, USA -Location details: 3401–3799 LA-133Columbia, LA 71418
Metallic/Silver teardrop object cloaked itself behind a fog or cloud it created. My children and I had just left the Dollar General in Hebert, Louisiana and as I was driving we all saw a metallic/silvery teardrop object appear out of thin air in a perfectly clear blue sky (no clouds) roughly around 4:38 p.m. on January 10, 2024. As I was reaching for my phone out of my pocket and to pull aside on the road for a video/picture it created some sort of fog or cloud around itself and it disappeared. This all occurred within about 20 to 30 seconds and we never took our eyes off of it. The object was roughly 300-400 yards away and above us. This was not a balloon, helicopter, air plane, nor a blimp. [No active nodes near there]

Occurred: 2024-01-11 19:15 Local. Location: Lakeland, FL, USA. It was too glowing to be an aircraft - No noise as it went by 45 mph around 250 feet up. [Not much of a report]

Occurred: 2024-01-11 20:30 Local - Approximate. Location: La Pine, OR, USA. Saw it lift from the trees no more that 50 ft off the road it glowed red lifted above the tree line and flew north at high speeds. I was driving home, I saw a bright red light in the trees and suddenly this bright red orb of light lifted from the ground about as high as the tree line and blasted off north. [Possible fireworks]

Occurred: 2024-01-12 20:27 Local. Location details: 2409 Aurelien Court, St. Charles, Missouri. It was a circular shape or sphere shape that split into three round spheres before joining into the one circular craft. Observed a sizable circular craft this evening adorned with lights along its sides. The expansive circular object underwent a transformation, dividing into three spheres that maneuvered around the central sphere before reuniting to form the complete craft. Notably, this phenomenon has been recurring above our residence, situated near a Doppler radar tower. Additionally, we have encountered unusual occurrences, including the presence of orbs, various manifestations of creatures, peculiar knocking sounds, voices, and sightings of multiple figures within our home. {checking MADAR

Occurred: 2024-01-13 19:21 Local. Charlotte, NC, USA. Large V shape with several green lights. Traveling on 485 outer between Harrisburg rd exit and Rocky River rd exit at 7:21 pm January 13 2024. Noticed a few green lights in a row, first thought it was a stationary object then noticed movement and then V formation. It was heading roughly east to west and crossed over 485 at a slow pace. I estimate it to have been 3 to 4 hundred feet high and smaller than a 747 but larger than a private plane. All lights were green, not overly bright. [IDFE]

Occurred: 2024-01-17 20:18 Local. Location: Monticello, IN, USA. I was laying in bed and noticed bright lights in my window coming right towards me as if something was going to crash into my building or go right over these apartments so I grabbed my cell phone and ran to window and took a picture as it flew right over the neighbors building and at first I thought it was a plane until I looked at the photograph which didn't look like any plane I have ever seen and it had lots of lights all over it and it looked triangular or rectangle shaped but this incident lasted maybe 30 seconds and I called 911 and reported it to police and had two officers come over to look at the photograph and they could not identify this object either and then they left after they verified that I had seen something and showed them photograph! *Pic [IDFE]

Occurred: 2024-01-18 02:28 Local. Location: Searsport, ME, USA. The craft disappeared after filming but it took notice of me and moved oddly but fast it was not one color but a flocculation of colors. Even though the video does not show the outer edges of the object when I looked through binoculars it was clearly soccer shaped. *Pic [IDFE]

Occurred: 2024-01-18 22:15 Local. Location: Bozeman, MT, USA. Humming sound drew my attention to look out window, saw flying object move toward/over where our home is and neighboring property. My wife and I got home late from an event and while getting ready for bed noticed a humming sound coming from the front yard/street area outside. It was loud enough to wonder what was outside so I opened the curtains and couldn’t see anything but humming seemed louder and I could feel vibration on the window. It was 0° so the window was fogged and couldn’t see much but it was very concerning that I could feel vibration on window. Made me feel like it was a machine inside our home. Then I noticed an orange / reddish set of lights much like an airplane but too close to be a commercial airplane flying somewhat slowly for a plane toward our home and the neighbors and over. Then it disappeared and the humming/vibration was gone with it. Maybe possibly a helicopter but the sound and vibration was very odd and why would a helicopter be around our neighborhood at 10:15pm. [IDFE]

Occurred: 2024-01-20 21:00 Local - Approximate Location: Tampa, FL, USA. When I pulled my phone out to record it turned its lights off and sped off over my house but I was still able to record it clearly. It looked like a upside-down " emesis basin " with light beaming from under it. We heard no sound. Then it turns its lights on and start zooming around the neighborhood before taking off outta orbit. I'll be sending you two videos clear as day. [IDFE]

Occurred: 2024-01-21 22:30 Local. Location: Melrose, MA, USA. Ufo was about the size of a commercial boat, about 200 ft from the ground, causing ground to shake and emitting a deafening humming noise while flashing lights into our car. My boyfriend and I were sitting in his car in his backyard, when the ground starting shaking and a loud humming/whirring noise began at the same time. The car shook with the ground, and a white light flashed into the car. We looked out the window and saw a black oblong diamond shaped flying object with 2 white lights located at the ends of the craft and a large green light in the middle. The craft was about 200 feet off the ground, far too close to be an airplane or helicopter. It sped off into the sky and the humming and shaking faded out with it. 20-30 seconds. [No interesting spikes from nearby node 102 at Worcester, MA]

Occurred: 2024-01-21 23:03 Local. Location: Frederick, MD, USA. Location details: (39.3707958, -77.4223731)
Witness reported a V-formation heading NW to SE, 12 orbs at 65 degree elevation flying in a linear V formation heading southwest. Viewer on ground at 5 ft video recording with iphone 13 HDR. 8 ft tree to viewer's left in the video. 30-seconds. Attached screenshots from flighttracker.com and wind map trajectory 12 mph southwest. *Pics, maps, all kinds of stuff supporting. [IDFE]

Occurred: 2024-01-26 23:10 Local' Reported: 2024-01-26 22:16 Pacific. Duration: 5-8 minutes in totality. No of observers: 1, Location: Woodbridge, VA, USA. Closest Distance: 30 feet. Estimated Speed: Hovering moving towa. Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby. Saw a dark v shape object with white lights glide over my home then three seconds later a drone shaped small object. Was out on patio at 11:10pm on phone with my father. Police helicopter circling my neighborhood and areas around it. As I’m seeing that I see a dark outline of a v shaped object with 3-5 bright white lights on the tips of the wings. I’d estimate about 20-30 feet wide and maybe 750-1000 feet in the air. It seemed to be gliding and it curved left over my house and out of my view. Helicopter continues to circle. I walked to the edge of my patio and looked across the street up in the air to co tongue watching it when out if the blue I saw what appeared to be a 5-6 foot drone like object hovering no more then 30 ft in the air and about 30 feet away or so from me. It looked like a drone with bright small white lights at the end of each wing - maybe like five wings if you’d call them that. The lights were moving around as If it were hovering and came a bit towards me. Then two of the lights appeared to drop down almost and connect to two other lights on the bottom. It then slowly hovered away up and away from me then out of my vantage point but I don’t remember it leaving exactly but it was just gone. I was describing the whole thing in real time to my father on the phone. Police helicopters circled for about an hour in areas around my area. I’m confused at what I just saw. The compass direction I list will be regarding the small drone like object at the end, not the v shaped object. *Drawings. [IDFE]

Occurred: 2024-01-27 03:00 Local. Reported: 2024-02-01 07:45 Pacific. Duration: 30 seconds. No of observers: 1. Location: Garden Valley, ID, USA. Shape: Disk. Color: a dark disk. Estimated Size: approximately the size of a pickup truck. Closest Distance: estimated at 50-100 feet Estimated Speed: unknown. Characteristics: Lights on object. My wife saw a large object with white lights hovering over our property. At about 3am on the 27th, my wife woke up thirsty. She saw movement outside our bedroom window and when she looked that way she saw a large disc-shaped object hovering 30-50 feet over our property. As soon as she observed it, it accelerated away, disturbing the snow underneath it. [IDFE]

 

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