ANALYTICAL NOTES
NMS Sightings from NUFORC & MUFON
FEBRUARY, 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: 2024-02-01 06:35 Local, Reported: 2024-02-02 12:15
Pacific, Duration: ten seconds, No of observers: 1, Location:
Auburn, AL, USA, Location details: about 40 miles outside of Auburn
Al flying to ATL GA, Shape: Diamond, Color: metallic, Estimated
Size: size of basketball, Viewed From: Aircraft, Direction from
Viewer: plane window seat, Angle of Elevation: 45, Closest Distance:
200 feet away, Estimated Speed: 400 miles an hour. This came
extremely close to the left of our commercial plane left wing - I
did notify Delta Airlines once we landed. This orb came directly
about 200 feet from our left window - too close for anything legal
in the sky *JH note: near miss situation [Site 195 at Dothan is 115
mi to the south and had no spikes]
Occurred: 2024-02-03 10:00 Local, Reported: 2024-02-03 10:05
Pacific, Duration: 15 to 20 seconds, No of observers: 1, Location:
Gallatin, TN, USA, Location details: Over water old hickory lake.
Shape: Teardrop, Color: Black, Estimated Size: Small Van, Viewed
From: Land, Direction from Viewer: NW, Closest Distance: 200 yards,
Estimated Speed: 50mph. Black on top white on bottom shaped like a
computer mouse. Saw it about 50ish feet above the water moving
around 50 mph in a straight line over old hickory lake. It went
under a bridge and I lost sight of it a few seconds later. I was
inside so I couldn't hear any sound, there was no smoke and
no lights. [Site 54 at Franklin, KY is 25 mi NW and went offline at
14:18 UTC or 1h42 min earlier]
Occurred: 2024-02-03 20:01 Local, Reported: 2024-02-06 09:38
Pacific, Duration: 4 minutes, No of observers: 2, Location:
Cambridge City, IN, USA, Location details: North, Shape: Light,
Color: Extremely bright, Estimated Size: Not sure, Viewed From:
Land, Direction from Viewer: North, Angle of Elevation: 45, Closest
Distance: Maybe a half a mile, Estimated Speed: Slow,
Characteristics: Emitted other objects, Emitted beams, Changed
Color, Aircraft nearby. 2 UFOs - I saw one object in the sky. When I
started recording another one popped up out of nowhere. I ran inside
to get my husband then started recording the second video. The first
object had disappeared and then the second object got so bright it
literally hurt our eyes and it did some crazy light show thing. * 3
Very good videos of witness description of sighting. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-04 18:47 Local, Reported: 2024-02-04 17:23
Pacific, Duration: 60 minutes~, No of observers: 2 - Pilot -
Aviation Expert, Location: Caledonia, MI, USA, Location details:
Approx 3-4000 AGL., Shape: Orb, Color: Rainbow, Estimated Size:
Unknown; brighter than other aircraft in the sky, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: South, Angle of Elevation: 35, Closest
Distance: 3 miles~, Estimated Speed: Fast.., Characteristics: Lights
on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Color, Aircraft
nearby. Hovered in one general area for almost an hour; quickly
changed directions and made figure 8 patterns. The brightest light I
have ever seen in the sky. This was a clear night, very minimal
cloud coverage. I could see almost all the stars in the sky. It had
almost like an omni directional white light coming from it but it
wasn't quite white. I've never seen a white like
this. Almost blue/white that seemed to move but it had a rainbow
like luminescent glow coming from around it. I could make out blue,
green and red. I put my binoculars on it and it looked like an orb.
I couldn't make out anymore details. I watched it for almost
an hour. It moved up and down, left to right, it made figure
8's, hovered in the same general area. I thought it might
have been a drone, but even professional done batteries only last 30
minutes or so. We also live near an International Airport, and being
a pilot myself, I know what planes look like and sound like.
I've never seen anything like this. I watched other
commercial and general aviation aircraft move around it almost the
whole time. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-04 19:55 Local, Reported: 2024-02-06 11:24
Pacific, Duration: 10 seconds, No of observers: 1 – Military,
Location: Arvada, CO, USA, Shape: Chevron, Color: din white,
Estimated Size: very large, Viewed From: Land, Angle of Elevation:
79, Closest Distance: hard to tell, Estimated Speed: it traveled out
of s, Characteristics: Aura or haze around object. Large chevron
shaped object almost overhead. On 2-4-24 at 7:55pm I took my dog out
in my backyard. It was a clear night no clouds and a lot of stars
were visible. I looked up gazing and noticed a large chevron shaped
object gliding by from south to north. It was close to being
directly overhead that's how I could see the chevron shape.
The color was a dim white almost like a cloud in the night sky. It
tracked to the north out of site in about 10 seconds, and made no
sound. No pictures were taken, no time to get a camera. Two
sightings – same location (air / land), relative same time (Sighting
one) [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-05 04:55 Local, Reported: 2024-02-05 10:50
Pacific, Duration: ~ 60 minutes, No of observers: 3 – Pilot,
Location: Omaha, NE, USA, Location details: Flying at FL390 then
FL410 approaching Omah on a part 135 flight from KVNY to KTEB w/ 2
pax & 3 crew, Shape: Light, Color: white, Estimated Size:
unk, Viewed From: Aircraft, Direction from Viewer: East, Angle of
Elevation: 34, Closest Distance: 50-100 nm, Estimated Speed:
> 1000, Flying to the East at 39,000 saw 6 UFO's at
diff speeds, altitudes (btn 50, and 80 thousand feet) for ~ 1 hr.
We’re flying a challenger 601 from Van Nuys, California to Teterboro
New Jersey we were flight level 390 and quickly moved to flight
level 410. We saw six UFOs at different times and together at
different altitudes different spacing, different speeds, and they
were just white lights no identifiable markings, and the distance
was indeterminable but somewhere between 50 to 100 miles ahead of us
and we saw them we were approaching Omaha Nebraska, and again we saw
him for about another hour. Tried recording video with a DJI action
2 camera. Due to operator error (aiming) or Distance involved, no
helpful video, only voice description. *Nodes 132, 216 and possibly
133. Two sightings – same location , relative same time (Sighting
two) [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-05 06:28 Local, Reported: 2024-02-05 08:21
Pacific, Duration: approximately 5 seconds, No of observers: 1,
Location: Omaha, NE, USA, Shape: Formation, Color: white lights,
Estimated Size: all lights were the same size as star in the sky,
Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: south southwest then
turning to the southeast., Angle of Elevation: 45, Closest Distance:
not sure exactly, Estimated Speed: slightly faster than. V formation
of lights moving rapidly from the southwest and then turning
southeast towards Offutt AFB. Around 6:30am CT today 2/5/2024, I was
right outside my front door on the walkway. I was outside just to
see what the weather was like at that time and was walking back to
the front door when I saw a v formation of lights. The lights came
into view suddenly just past the southwest corner of my house. There
were 5 lights in an unequal formation. The left side of the
formation had one light, then one light at the center point or tip
of the v, and the right side of the v had the other 3 lights. The
lights were about as bright as a star you would see in the night
sky. The lights did not blink or flash at all, they remained solid.
The formation moved very rapidly, slightly faster than a low flying
jet, but made no sound. The formation moved across the sky from
approximately the south, southwest and then turning slightly to the
southeast before going out of view. The direction the object turned
towards was in the direction of Offutt AFB. When the object turned
to the right, all of the lights turned with it, as though they were
lights on a wing. I had thought at first that the formation was low
flying plane from Offutt, as we do occasionally get low flying
planes similar to the WC-135R in shape and size. However, this did
not make any noise and disappeared from view before it reached the
horizon. Typically, when a plane from Offutt, or any other plane,
flies overhead I can continue to watch it until it reaches the
horizon. The way the formation appeared and disappeared, was similar
to how the international space station is visible when it is able to
be viewed in my area. Only showing briefly, for a few seconds to a
minute, then disappearing never making it to the horizon. However,
the international space station does not turn and does not move as
fast as a low flying plane in the sky. *Nodes 132, 216 and possibly
133. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-06 09:33 Local, Reported: 2024-02-07 19:36
Pacific, Duration: 12 min, No of observers: 2, Location: La Grange,
NC, USA, Location details: Lagrange, Shape: Triangle, Color: Grey 2,
Estimated Size: Half football field, Viewed From: Land, Direction
from Viewer: North, Angle of Elevation: 90, Closest Distance: 100
ft, Estimated Speed: 25/30, Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura
or haze around object. Came outa nowhere - Seen lights, thought it
was gonna hit my home until slowed quickly in my backyard. Hovering,
only 3 lights on each corner smaller. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-06 18:45 Local, Reported: 2024-02-06 16:46
Pacific, Duration: 1-2 minutes, No of observers: 2, Location:
Reedville, VA, USA, Shape: Triangle, Color: Black w/ red lights,
Estimated Size: Massive, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer:
Northeast, Angle of Elevation: 45, Closest Distance: ?, Estimated
Speed: Fast to a stop to fa, Characteristics: Lights on object,
Aircraft nearby. Large triangular craft with red corner lights. My
wife and I were walking down Main St in Reedville, VA when I noticed
three solid red lights forming a triangle in the sky to the east of
us. It was past sundown and the moon had not come out yet so the sky
was very dark. When I focused in on it I could see that the area
between the 3 red lights was darker than the rest of the sky,
indicating that they were on the three corners of one object. My
wife noticed the same. It was moving northward and as it moved it
seemed to rotate on its axis parallel to the ground. The three
lights started as a perfect triangle then moved into a straighter
line and as they did the darker area between them continued to fill
only the area they created. I cannot say how far away or how big it
was, but it appeared it was massive. It covered an area larger than
a really full moon would in the sky. We did not hear any noise
associated with it. It was moving quickly at first but slowed down
to almost a stop at one point then sped back up. After around a
minute of following it with my eyes two jets came towards it at a
high rate of speed. I knew they were jets because I could hear them
very clearly and we get a lot of A-10 jets flying overhead here.
Based on how loud they were I would say they were pretty low. Maybe
1000- 2000 feet. As they approached the triangle continued to move
and was obscured by some really tall pines so I ran further down the
street past the trees, but when I got to the other side of the trees
the triangle was nowhere to be seen, but the jets continued on their
respective paths. * Possible military pursuit. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-06 20:49 Local – Approximate, Reported: 2024-02-06
19:23 Pacific, Duration: 4 seconds, No of observers: 2 – Military,
Location: Dublin, OH, USA, Location details: Brodie Blvd Dublin
Ohio, Shape: Chevron, Color: Black, Estimated Size: Big, Viewed
From: Land, Direction from Viewer: Above me, Angle of Elevation: 85,
Closest Distance: Couldn't tell, Estimated Speed: Couple
hundred miles, Characteristics: Lights on object, 5 lights in a
triangle shape. Center of craft couldn't be seen. Was
outside playing with the dog, looked up and noticed what appeared to
be 5 stars in a triangular shape, absolutely no sound, flying
northeast. Visible to my son and I for approximately 4 seconds. The
center of the craft was not visible. Only the outer triangle and 5
lights were visible. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-08 19:00 Local, Reported: 2024-02-08 22:34
Pacific, Duration: 30 seconds, No of observers: 3, Location: Oyster
Bay, NY, USA, Shape: Other, Color: Dark, flat square, Estimated
Size: At least a 20 foot square, flat., Viewed From: Land, Direction
from Viewer: Flying away from the road we were driving, Angle of
Elevation: 45, Closest Distance: Not sure but was flying low,
Estimated Speed: Unsure, Characteristics: Lights on object. An
extremely large, square, relatively flat extremely large ufo with
four lights, one on each corner of the square. We were driving and
noticed this flying object which was as large as a house fly over
trees, relatively low. We were driving and noticed it to our right.
It disappeared over the tree line seconds later. We did not have the
windows down but there was no music playing and it was silent.
[MADAR site 30, 20 mi east had no spikes]
Occurred: 2024-02-08 20:11 Local – Approximate, Reported: 2024-02-08
17:55 Pacific, Duration: 2 minutes, No of observers: 2, Location:
Oakdale, TN, USA, Location details: The sky above the house, Shape:
Triangle, Color: Red and white lights, Estimated Size: No idea,
Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: North, Angle of Elevation:
88, Closest Distance: 200 feet, Estimated Speed: Fast and no sound,
Characteristics: Lights on object. My wife saw first on our road was
3 she called me went outside one broke away I saw 2. The was
hovering ar first then going straight one broke off and zip away. 2
others followed one another. *Pic [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-10 21:15 Local, Reported: 2024-02-12 12:51
Pacific, Duration: 2 mins, No of observers: 2, Location: Wolfsville,
MD, USA, Location details: Route 17, Shape: Cone, Color: Bright
yellow, Estimated Size: Would say about 30 ft across each, Viewed
From: Land, Direction from Viewer: Beneath it about 200ft away,
Angle of Elevation: 45, Closest Distance: 200ft, Estimated Speed: 20
mph and zipped up in a light speed like motion, Characteristics:
Lights on object, Aura or haze around object. I was driving on route
17 south of Wolfsville, MD. While on the road my wife and I had
notice 3 triangle/cone like objects hovering. 3 triangle/cone like
objects hovering over a field in a sort of clockwise movement. It
was so fast I pulled over to record with my phone and the 3 objects
in zipped up in a single second and were no longer in my view
[IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-11 20:40 Local – Approximate, Reported: 2024-02-11
19:00 Pacific, Duration: 2 seconds, No of observers: 1 – Military,
Location: Stratford, WI, USA, Shape: Oval, Color: Bright almost LED,
Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: South, Angle of Elevation:
45, Closest Distance: 150 yards, Estimated Speed: Way fast.,
Characteristics: Lights on object. Coming home from work at night.
Thought it was helicopter then it darted off. I’ve flown on hundreds
of helicopters this wasn’t one. I was on my way home from work. I
saw what I initially thought was a helicopter off the end of the
curve of road. It appeared to have bright lights on bottom. It
quickly changed direction by about 30 degrees and almost instantly
disappeared. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-13 06:53 Local, Reported: 2024-02-13 05:35
Pacific, Duration: 6 seconds, No of observers: 1, Location:
Vermontville, MI, USA, Location details: Above pasture, Shape:
Cigar, Color: BRIGHT WHITE, Estimated Size: 1/4" if
measuring with fingers and eyes, Viewed From: Land, Direction from
Viewer: North, Angle of Elevation: 50, Estimated Speed: Faster than
I can drive!, Characteristics: Lights on object. Very fast long
white light! This was moving very fast, too fast to be an airplane.
Was bright white, almost blinding. Was parallel to ground. It was
long and rounded like a cigar would be. It only appeared for 3-6
seconds and vanished. I kept looking in the direction it was
traveling to see if I saw it again but nothing. It did not have a
trail or tail behind it to indicate a comet or similar. It was
approximately 600-800 feet up. The area is wide open so nothing to
obscure the sky and what was seen. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-14 21:00 Local, Reported: 2024-02-15 13:30
Pacific, Duration: Ten minutes., No of observers: 1, Location:
Hanford, CA, USA, Location details: Location is above the Kings
River, Shape: Rectangle, Color: Black, Estimated Size: 5-10 feet,
Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: North, Angle of Elevation:
90, Closest Distance: Quarter mile or less, Estimated Speed: Slow,
approx 5 mph, Characteristics: Lights on object. A black rectangular
craft rises out of river bed floats in the air, moving horizontally
back and forth before disappearing into the sky. I live near the
Kings River in Hanford California. Almost nightly for the last two
years, a square or rectangular shaped object appears above the
river, approximately a quarter mile from my home. The craft floats
back and forth horizontally for approximately ten minutes, and
afterwards, will disappear into the sky. This occurs at various
times throughout the night and sometimes multiple times in the
night. *JH: Almost nightly for 2 years? [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-16 21:15 Local, Reported: 2024-02-16 22:59
Pacific, Duration: 90 minutes No of observers: 3 - Pilot - Aviation
Expert, Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Location details: 50NM South
of Morgantown (MGW) VOR, Shape: Light, Color: White, red, orange,
Estimated Size: Undetermined, Viewed From: Aircraft, Direction from
Viewer: 300, Angle of Elevation: 10, Closest Distance:
>150nm, Estimated Speed: Mach 2.5, Characteristics: Aircraft
nearby. 8 Lights Moving in counter clockwise pattern with other
lights making passes through and below the formation. I am the
captain of a scheduled Part 121 air carrier. The event was witnessed
by my First Officer and one Flight Attendant. En route from New York
LGA to Memphis MEM, 50nm South of Morgantown MGW VOR, at 34,000ft,
three lights appeared in a triangular formation. They were
intermittently appearing and disappearing while moving in a counter
clockwise pattern, vertically. There were also two lights very close
together in a right echelon formation making passes through the
larger formation at a very high rate of speed, at least Mach 2.5.
Various other lights appeared around the formation moving in
different directions. The lights appeared in red, orange, white, and
yellow colors, but never changed color. Up to 8 lights were seen at
one time. The lights were on a 300 bearing from our aircraft as we
tracked roughly 270 degrees, varying in altitude from 2.5 degrees
below the horizon to 10 degrees above the horizon. We watched these
lights continue to behave in such a manner for around 90 minutes,
until we descended to a lower altitude. There were several other
aircraft (at least 6) reporting the lights, as far West as Cheyenne
Wyoming. I flew this same route the previous night, departing about
one hour later, and did not see any lights on that flight. This is
the 5th time that I have observed lights similar to these, and the
2nd time that my First Officer witnessed them. I was also with him
the first time that he witnessed them. NUFORC Note: We spoke at
length via telephone with this pilot, and we found hm to be quite
sincere and sober-minded. *Pic / Video. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-17 20:43 Local, Reported: 2024-02-17 21:37
Pacific, Duration: 38 Minutes, No of observers: 2 - Pilot - Aviation
Expert, Location: Rockford, IL, USA, Location details: 25nm South of
RFD VOR at 24,000ft, Shape: Light, Color: White, Orange, Estimated
Size: undetermined, Viewed From: Aircraft, Direction from Viewer:
300 degrees, Angle of Elevation: 25, Closest Distance: 25nm,
Estimated Speed: Mach 2.5, Characteristics: Lights on object,
Aircraft nearby. Triangle formation of lights with other lights
making passes through and around the formation. I was the Captain of
an airline flight from Chicago to Des Moines. Shortly after takeoff,
climbing through 18,000ft to 24,000ft we saw 3 white lights
appearing and disappearing in a triangular formation at very long
range, bearing 300 as we flew on a heading of 270. There were other
lights, sometimes orange in color, making passes East and West
through and around the formation at a very high rate of speed,
sometimes climbing and descending. One extremely bright light
appeared directly ahead of us at 24,000ft at what we estimated to be
25nm range, but it is difficult to determine as we have no idea of
the size of the object. It then disappeared. We also saw and
reported the same lights last night from 400nm South of our position
at 34,000ft last night. The difference in angle above our line of
sight from last night’s sighting would have us estimate with a fair
degree of accuracy that the formation was about 400nm North of us.
We continued seeing them, with one being bright enough that it was
easily observed at only 3000ft. This was also witnessed by my First
Officer, who I was with last night as well. NUFORC Note: We spoke
via telephone at length with the witness and found him to be quite
serious minded and sincere. *Pic / Video. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-18 11:30 Local, Reported: 2024-02-18 20:28
Pacific, Duration: 2-3 minutes, No of observers: 2, Location:
Raleigh, NC, USA, Location details: We were driving north on NC- 540
(35.8900439, -78.8164229) and it hovered directly over the highway.
Shape: Unknown, Color: Dark and solid, Estimated Size: A truck? Hard
to tell!, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: North, Angle of
Elevation: 90, Closest Distance: 200-250 ft (directly above us as we
passed under), Estimated Speed: Larger one was stationary; smaller
moved 50-70 mph, Characteristics: Emitted other objects, Aircraft
nearby. Driving north on NC-540, we noticed a dark object hovering
over highway. We saw a second smaller object pass through or behind
it. My son and I were driving north on NC-540 heading to a soccer
game at around 11:30 AM. We drive this route often and I am used to
seeing aircraft take off from and land at RDU airport near this spot
of the highway. As I watched a plane take off from RDU heading
northwest from several miles away, a much smaller dark object
hovering in the sky caught my eye because it was between us and the
plane. At first I assumed it was a large bird (they are common in
our area) but then as we got closer, it seemed to be much larger
than a bird, perhaps the size of a truck. I then thought it was a
cluster of black balloons that were tied together. But it was
stationary, hovering roughly 200- 250 feet directly over the highway
without drifting. We steadily approached it driving 70 mph and
eventually reached directly underneath it. My son used his phone to
capture video as both of us watched a second smaller object (same
color--dark and solid) approach the larger hovering object. The
small object appeared to either go through the larger object or go
behind it. This occurred just a few seconds before we passed
directly underneath it, at which point my son tried to capture it by
moving his phone camera to look through our car's moon roof,
and we could see we were still passing directly beneath it. That was
the end of our sighting as we could not safely stop, nor could we
make a detour to find it because we were running late to his soccer
game. As we continued on NC-540 toward our destination (WRAL Soccer
Complex on the northeast side of Raleigh), we saw a large
helicopter, which looked military to me, heading away from Raleigh
in the direction of I-95/Wilson. *Pic. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-18 16:33 Local, Reported: 2024-02-20 12:19
Pacific, Duration: 10-11 minutes, No of observers: 1 – Military,
Location: Mesa, AZ, USA, Location details: Over the vicinity of
Tortilla Flats/Apache Junction area, AZ, Shape: Triangle, Color:
black bottom gray, Estimated Size: between a large fighter jet and a
medium jet, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: north east,
Angle of Elevation: 50, Closest Distance: 10-12 miles, Estimated
Speed: slow to hover, Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted
other objects, Changed Color. One triangular shaped craft hovering
over area doing aerobatics in daytime. My wife, I and a group of
people were eating a picnic lunch when we noticed a shiny aluminum
object in the sky to our north east slowly descending and turning in
a tight spiral. Someone said they saw something shiny like tinsel
falling from the object. We thought a plane was going down but saw
no smoke and heard nothing. We could tell it was turning because
sunshine would flash on it each time it turned. It suddenly stopped
in its descent and just hung there. Since it was too far off to see
clearly my wife and I walk home (60 yards away) where I pulled out
my pair of spotter binoculars for a better look. I found the object
still hanging in the sky but noted it was triangular in shape. It
was up on its wing tip, starting a slow turn like someone was
holding the wing tip in their hand and turning it in place. I then
noticed what I figured was the bottom was black in color and counted
five lights - one at each corner and two in between. As it completed
a turn I saw the top was a bluish/gray in color with a black edge
outline, but couldn't make out any other details. The craft
while still hovering in place, then slowly rolled over to stand
upright on the opposite wing and do another turn around. After this
it went flat with its bottom facing down, hovering and completely
turned over till its bottom was facing upward, then turned back
over. It did all this in a very slow and deliberate matter. Then it
went up on a wingtip again but on a 45 degree angle and the lights
on the bottom started changing colors -white, yellow, red, green.
Each time it turned toward my direction the lights seemed to be
different colors and in a different configuration. I tried to put my
cell phone camera lens up to the binocular lens but had trouble and
when I looked up again the craft had disappeared. There was no sound
of it leaving. It was just suddenly not there. I'm a retired
USAF member, familiar with aircraft, and that was nothing
I've ever seen, heard of in the making, I know its not in
the inventory, it wasn't a weather balloon or hot air
balloon, and I don't know what to make of what I saw. Its
something I can't explain. *Drawing. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-19 19:15 Local, Reported: 2024-02-21 16:33
Pacific, Duration: Close to 2 hrs, No of observers: 1, Location:
Cottondale, FL, USA, Shape: Sphere, Color: Dim Orange'ish
white, Estimated Size: Around 20ft in length both were identical,
Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: South east moving towards
me north west, Angle of Elevation: 90, Closest Distance: About 1000
ft that's just a best guess, Estimated Speed: I
couldn't begin to Guage the speed of these craft,
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby, Animals reacted.
They were flying low towards me from the south east almost side by
side zig zagging really fast flew over me and cut back sharp south.
It started off I was letting my dog do his business while I was
looking out past the football field and looking at the stadium
lights at the baseball field behind the football field a game was
going on and to the left of the field I notice that way up the stars
in the shape of a triangle started moving south east I was second
guessing what I was seeing at first because the sky at night is full
of stars shaped like triangles but they were moving in sink together
way up not low that's why it look like the stars, I watched
till they were out of sight because the game lights were to bright
to see them anymore that was around 7:15 pm then not even 5 minutes
later I seen 2 dim Orange'ish white lights coming from above
the field lights one of the lights was slightly trailing the other
it was the one that was on the right coming toward where I was I
thought at first by its color it was 2 almost burning out meteors
then the one on the right moved faster to catch up to the other one
then they started zig zagging really fast like left and right almost
hitting each other while still flying fast towards where I was the
one on the left then made a hard right still at speed almost like a
90 degree turn way out and back and still stayed at the same
distance traveling in my direction in the sky as the one on my right
then crossed back and went under or over the other craft I
couldn't tell it was so fast by that time they were directly
over my head one made a tight roundish turn south west then quick
south turn the other craft then completely went from west above me
to straight south never slowing actually seeming to be moving faster
during maneuvers they were low maybe 1000ft about the height
helicopters fly over during the day almost daily here so I got a
great look at the shapes they were glowing all over but as they were
coming my way I noticed these dark areas in front like 2 maybe 3 as
they came closer I noticed the dark areas underneath also and they
swep the length of the craft going out past the hull or the craft
they were like for lack of a better term connector frames for the
crafts hull that was completely glowing but the frame pillars were
dark the craft looked roundish like and egg with the back 1/4 of the
egg cut off but alittle rounder than an egg best way I can describe
this craft from looking at the shapes above my head would somewhat
look the shape of the fighter UFOs from the movie independence day
and that freaks me out even more seeing something fly in front of me
like in a sci-fi movie and shaped similar from a movie made along
time ago, now I know something is really wrong here I watched these
craft for about 2 hrs on and off they appeared all over Cottondale
that night I know there were jets flying where they were at over and
over again they would glow the jets would come that way and they
would shut off glowing and show up glowing behind them and go out
over and over like it was a game I only got to see them good the
first of my report the rest of the sightings was just above the town
I live in about 1/4 mile away from where I was is where the were I
guess messing with the air craft that were flying in that area I was
trying to call faa no answer tried calling ufo hotline no person to
talk to so I called Tyndall Airforce base aviation squadron and got
and answer that was hour after first sightings and he said he
couldn't confirm or deny and tracking of craft of any type
in my area he said maybe some drones might be being tested I told
I'm not that gullible buddy I'm a mechanic I have
drones and I well know aerodynamics that shit don't work on
me that is nothing we have that can handle movement like that
without breaking apart and then he asked me what kind of sounds do
you here ?then I told him you already know that answer and you know
what I'm looking at and I know your tracking them just
because he asked he gave it away no noise at all even at that speed
its impossible three things came to mind when the first sighting
happened when crafts where zig zagging fast (1)the craft were being
tracked but at that time nothing was following the crafts(2) the
where like grid mapping or locating something (3) they were just
playing just like we do with cars and toys we have. Now I
don't even know what to do with what I know now its real and
why are we being lied to what is the bigger picture now that we are
finding out that something is more advanced than we are ? [Checking
madar
Occurred: 2024-02-23 17:30 Local, Reported: 2024-02-25 15:34
Pacific, Duration: 10 seconds, No of observers: 1, Location:
Chicago, IL, USA, Location details: Heading south on highway 55
(traffic was stopped during sighting), near the Cicero exit., Shape:
Triangle, Color: White/Silver/Grey, Estimated Size: estimate- half
the Chicago Skyline (w/e that is)., Viewed From: Land, Direction
from Viewer: South/South-west, Angle of Elevation: 45, Closest
Distance: Near the Horizon, not sure how far, but FAR., Estimated
Speed: Appeared slow due to size and distance, Characteristics:
Lights on object. MASSIVE triangle shaped object with a light in the
center, "hiding" behind dark clouds. (FYI, this is
taken form a post I made on Reddit. Just wanted you to know in case
you stumble upon that. This was not stolen from that post. I am the
same person who posted it. I only took the parts describing the
encounter and the object). It was cloudy, but not too dark at the
time. Kind of like just starting to rain / snow (mostly rain at this
point, with a bit of freezy nonsense in the mix). I've been
making a point to pay more attention to the sky for the last several
years as I've been getting into this topic. I've
never to this point seen ANYTHING out of the ordinary. I've
barely seen anything ORDINARY in the sky that was interesting
(Chicago is not great if you want to see things at night). There was
a gap in the clouds that was fairly close to the horizon, and I was
following the gap as it was moving with the clouds. The gap ended up
revealing about 2/3 of a triangle shaped object that looked to have
been hiding behind the clouds. It was either white or a very light
silver/grey color and had a light in the center of it. After about 5
seconds of the clouds slowly revealing the entirety of it, the whole
thing moved in a straight line down and to the left, putting itself
behind the clouds again. That was it. The whole thing took about 10
seconds total. Just long enough to get a VERY good look at it, but
not quite long enough to do more than loudly exclaim "what
the F*** is that?" which I did, loudly, to myself. I wanted
to get the encounter out of the way before describing it in detail,
because the encounter itself sounds pretty mundane. There's
a bit more to it. The cloud gap was near the horizon, and this thing
filled the ENTIRE cloud gap. In fact, it did this even though I
couldn't see the entire thing. It's very hard to
accurately describe just how massive this thing was. I'm
confident that it could not have been an airplane unless it was a
straight up hallucination (which of course I'd never rule
out, I've just never in my life had that happen, so
it'd seem a bit odd). It didn't look twice or even 3
times the size of a 747, the thing looked about half the size of the
Chicago skyline. The size of it is why I just can't believe
that it was something mundane. There is nothing I've ever
seen in my life, on TV/media/whatever or in person, that ever came
CLOSE to that and was airborne.Now, what did it look like? I said
triangle, but that's not EXACTLY right. It was a triangle,
but it was thicker in the middle than on the edges; not by a whole
lot though. The odd thing is that it seemed like I was looking at
the bottom, but somehow I could also see the thickness of it as if I
were looking at it from the bottom and the side at the same time. I
would say the color of it would have matched the clouds IF the
clouds were white and not dark from the rain. The light in the
center was interesting too, because even though I've seen
pictures of what appear to be physical UFO's with lights,
this didn't look at all like the pictures I've seen.
This looked like a dome light in a house. Like the light was
recessed into the object and the edges of the recession were
rounded. The light was massive as well; it absolutely dwarfed the
moon (not that it was bigger than the moon, just that it appeared
larger at that great of a distance, meaning it was HUGE). The light
just kind of emitted out of the hole, and it wasn't very
bright. Last thing I wanted to mention is how it moved. It did not
move like an airplane. It was absolutely still when the clouds
revealed it, then it sort of shifted out of view. It didn't
turn or rotate, but it was like it was sliding. Like if an object
were sitting on ice, and you pushed it from a dead stop. It was also
interesting because I thought I was looking at the bottom of it,
which would mean that it was at a pretty decent angle, as I was not
directly under it but driving toward it on the highway and it was
very far away. It didn't seem to do any adjustment to its
heading or position, it just "slid" behind the
clouds. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-24 10:50 Local, Reported: 2024-02-24 08:28
Pacific, Duration: 2 minutes, No of observers: 1, Location:
Columbus, OH, USA, Location details: Viewed from front yard, Shape:
Cylinder, Color: White metallic, Estimated Size: 25-30 foot long,
Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: Above/In front, Angle of
Elevation: 30, Closest Distance: 3,000 foot, Estimated Speed:
150-200 MPH, Characteristics: Aircraft nearby, White metallic
capsule flew over very fast, being chased by Apache helicopter.
10:50am. White capsule flies south/southwest at about 3,000 foot.
Moving very fast, as fast as a jet. Very steady straight line. No
glow to it this time, just very clear (white capsule). It was flying
sideways. 10:52am Apache fighter helicopter flies over going in that
exact direction, chasing it. I was taking the trash out and did not
have my camera. The last one I saw was December 7, 2023. [Checking
madar
Occurred: 2024-02-24 19:49 Local, Reported: 2024-02-24 17:05
Pacific, Duration: 4 mins, No of observers: 1, Location: Oakboro,
NC, USA, Shape: Diamond, Estimated Size: 100x50 feet, Viewed From:
Land, Direction from Viewer: North East, Angle of Elevation: 70,
Closest Distance: 2 miles, Estimated Speed: 200 knots,
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Aircraft
nearby, Low altitude, diamond formation. Climbed in altitude, with
one splitting off. Headed north on 205, a low flying large diamond
formation of green only lights was located to the west traveling
east toward Albemarle. The formation approx was 2,000 ft alt.
Climbed higher, at which point white strobes were turned on. Never
red lights. One single light broke off from the formation and went
solo to the southeast. The formation of 3 continues towards
albemarle. Unable to locate on flight aware app or flight watch app.
[IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-28 19:06 Local, Reported: 2024-02-29 16:14
Pacific, Duration: 3minutes, No of observers: 1, Location:
Manitowoc, WI, USA, Shape: Triangle, Color: Outline of craft,
Estimated Size: 30 times as big as a house, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: Straight above, Angle of Elevation: 90,
Closest Distance: High up in sky, Estimated Speed: Didn’t see was
afraid went in house, Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or
haze around object, Emitted beams. Light flicker on house then
looked up and seen triangle with 6 lights. Family member was walking
dog and seen light flashing on houses and looked up and seen
extremely large triangle with 6 lights . Middle light was larger.
The color of lights were a color that couldn’t be described . The
triangle blended in with dark sky but outline could be seen. The
family member got scared because it was so large and was shining
light out and ran inside the house. This lasted a couple minutes.
[IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-28 22:00 Local, Reported: 2024-03-01 22:21
Pacific, Duration: 2 hrs, No of observers: 1, Location: Felton, CA,
USA, Location details: 37.0513° N, 122.0733° W, Shape: Other, Color:
Multicolored lights, Estimated Size: Mid sized. Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: Straight ahead. Angle of Elevation: 25,
Closest Distance: Not sure. Estimated Speed: None, moved up and down
once. Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams, Changed
Color, Aircraft nearby. Vaguely cube shaped, with multicolored
lights and some motion. I live in a heavily forested area of
Northern California. There are large gaps between the trees here.
Around ten pm, I watched two crafts go across the sky, one tailing
the other. The front craft (obviously a plane due to its lights and
specific motion) flew off. The tailing one stayed above the horizon
(visible through a large gap in the trees). It was bright white and
had a vague, unchanging shape, with multicolored lights on the body
(red, white, dark and light yellow, possibly some green). The lights
changed often (sort of twinkled but not exactly that). My Flight
Radar app showed no aircraft in the area. The craft rose up a little
briefly in the space of about 45 minutes, then came back down, lower
than before, and continued to hover. I got scared and left the room,
but came out about an hour later and it was still there. It
continued its light display. When it seemed to emit a couple of very
thin rays of light, I decided to lock my doors and go to bed. I
awoke at 5:30 AM and checked again to see if it was still there--it
had gone. [IDFE]
Occurred: 2024-02-29 22:58 Local, Reported: 2024-02-29 21:12
Pacific, Duration: 15 minutes, No of observers: 2 – Military,
Location: Pratt, KS, USA, Location details: 5 miles northeast of
Pratt Ks, Shape: Triangle, Color: Black, Estimated Size:
Approximately 300 yards. 3 football fields, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: Looking east, Angle of Elevation: 45, Closest
Distance: 1500 ft, Estimated Speed: 45 mph, Characteristics: Lights
on object. Coworker and I were taking samples and observed a stalled
craft that stayed in the same position for at least 12 minutes. A
coworker and I witnessed an object stalled in the sky for at least
12 minutes. Absolutely no noise and no movement until it finally
just started to move away slowly, then shot off into the night sky.
It went west, not upwards. [IDFE]