ANALYTICAL NOTES
NMS Sightings from NUFORC & MUFON
APRIL 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
NUFORC Sighting 181068
Occurred: 2024-04-04 07:10 Local, Duration: 2 minutes, No of
observers: 1, Location: McCalla, AL, USA, Location details: Driving
east on Old Tuscaloosa, soon after going under 459 overpass, Shape:
Rectangle, Color: Silver, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer:
To my right, Angle of Elevation: 45, Characteristics: Aura or haze
around object. Stationary rectangle with sun glinting off of it. I
am an RN CM on my way to work. I drive this way 5 days a week. I
would not have noticed it had the sun not reflected off of it into
my eyes. I looked up thinking “what in the world?!” and it was just
there. A upright rectangle. The sun coming up was reflecting off of
it, but I could tell that it was metallic and the shape. The fourth
time that I glanced back at the road and back up, it was just gone.
I got to work (7 min later and parked on the parking deck to have a
clear view but I could not see anything. I am an ex navy wife and
have lived on air stations. I have NEVER seen anything like this and
I can never see the world the same way again. [200 miles to
the NW of our site at Dothan]
NUFORC Sighting 181062
Occurred: 2024-04-05 03:50 Local, Reported: 2024-04-07 12:04
Pacific, Duration: 7 minutes, No of observers: 3, Location: Rock
Island, IL, USA, Location details: LAT: 41.4439, LONG: -90.64362
..RT 67 towards Turkey Hollow Road, Shape: Other, Color: silver and
black, Estimated Size: 2-3 football fields, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: the object was to the North of us then turned
East, Angle of Elevation: 15, Closest Distance: 1/4 to 1/2 mile,
Estimated Speed: hovering and crawling slow, Characteristics: Lights
on object, Emitted beams. Crazy Light was first…The huge beam of
light was the first thing that caught our attention from the Great
River Road turnoff to go onto RT 92, towards Turkey Hollow Road and
Andalusia. I at first thought a plane had taken off from Moline
Airport and was in trouble, due to being just above the ground about
4 to 5000 feet above ground, acting like it was attempting to land.
The beam of light seemed to be following the same direction we were
going, and within 3 minutes we determined it was NOT a plane. It
looked like a huge spider with tiny short legs, and the light beam
was shifting left to right and then we saw red lights flashing in
the middle of the craft, that were blinking and the light strobing.
The lights went all through the middle of the craft. We were all
talking throwing out WHAT exactly we were looking at. HUEY
helicopter from the Arsenal, Stealth Airplane, Doomsday plane,
Military Aircraft, Satellite falling from Space, a Comet, a Planet
shifting? We also realized there was no sound, like an engine of a
plane or helicopter. It was completely silent because I had rolled
down the car window. NO SOUND could be heard. Which was scary. We
were just dumbfounded by what we were actually looking at, because
NOTHING and I mean NOTHING any of us have had contact or knowledge
of being this HUGE!!! We then got a good look side view and this
craft was long, and I am talking 2-3 football fields long.. As we
turned onto Turkey Hollow Road, Rock Island to go to Fedex Ground
where we work, the ball of light came our direction. This ball of
light was like none I have ever seen anywhere. Once we parked, we
scanned the sky and the ball of light was above an empty cornfield
off Turkey Hollow Road, then lights went off and the craft just
disappeared. Like thin air disappeared. I have scoured the Internet
for information, flights, Arsenal exercises, etc. I cannot find
anything. A few of the employees have quietly spoken and we all
agree, it was a UFO. I am not good with angles, but it was just
barely above the tree lines. Its why it caught my attention,
thinking it was about to be a plane crash. It was very low to the
ground and the beam of light was blinding at first, making it
difficult determining what it was and what was happening. IL RT 92
runs WEST to EAST. The light was in the North originally then went
East towards us. [UI by MATCH][
NUFORC Sighting 181059, Occurred: 2024-04-05 05:25 Local, Reported:
2024-04-07 06:29, Pacific, Duration: 5-10 secs, No of observers: 2,
Location: Cocoa Beach, FL, USA, Location details: Latitude
28.3605423 longitude -80.6038667 Shape: Cylinder, Color:
Whitish translucent, Estimated Size: The size of a school bus to at
tractor trailer, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: East to
north, Angle of Elevation: 60, Closest Distance: 700-800 feet,
Estimated Speed: Can’t calculate way too fast, Extraordinarily fast,
unbelievably quiet, whitish kind of translucent. There was a Launch
that went off at 5:12 AM. The rocket left the pad heading south east
towards the Bahamas. I’ve seen dozens of launches at this point. we
were about to leave the area around 5:25 AM. It was a clear night
Stars were visible. With our backs to the ocean, I was looking up at
the stars I was pointing with my finger and while pointing up, I
turned back around towards the ocean when something fast was moving
slightly off the beach, 200ish feet above the water. it was
cloud-like, translucent, the size of bus moving south to north
towards the cocoa beach pier. Completely silent, moving at break
neck speed and it simply vanished, gone out of sight. If you watch
the first 30 seconds of this video, this is what it look like.
https://youtu.be/dbnHAoJ-my?si=_xBL_CC2KKLYt8Ln \ (web link no
longer available). [Titusville site 204, 24 mi NW had no spikes]
NUFORC Sighting 181058, Occurred: 2024-04-06 22:10 Local, Reported:
2024-04-07 00:18 Pacific, Duration: 10 seconds, No of observers: 2,
Location: Clarendon, TX, USA, Location details: Looking north
northwest traveling northbound on Highway 70. Shape: Triangle,
Estimated Size: 300+ feet long, Viewed From: Land, Direction from
Viewer: 339°, Angle of Elevation: 11, Closest Distance: 1 mile,
Estimated Speed: Tens of thousands of mph, Characteristics: Lights
on object. A low flying triangular craft which unnaturally sped into
and out of the sighting location. While traveling north on Highway
70, just outside of Clarendon, TX, myself and another vehicle
occupant observed something neither of us have ever seen. Three
lights, relatively low in altitude, determined by how close the rear
two lights appeared to be to each other (viewer perspective) and the
approximate distance from the horizon, accelerated into view from
the east at an unnatural speed for any conventional fixed wing or
rotary aircraft. The object then stopped just west of the highway
and a few miles north of our vehicle for approximately 10 seconds
before leaving south southwest at the same rate of acceleration it
had first appeared. The front light on the object was pale orange,
with the rear two lights being a bright, cool white. The underside
of the object was briefly illuminated (1 second); however, I could
not distinguish its color. From my viewing angle, it appeared to be
longer than it was wide; however, it could have been due to the
viewing angle. Furthermore, I could not help but feel every hair on
my body stand due to the sheer feeling of unnaturalness surrounding
the situation. It could not have been any publicly known aircraft
from the acceleration displayed by the object, and it was stationary
for too long for it to have been a man made structure merely
illuminated by the reflection of my headlights (i.e. power line). I
don’t have any photos as I was driving, but I don’t know what this
was. [IDFE]
NUFORC Sighting 181060, Occurred: 2024-04-06 23:45 Local –
Approximate, Reported: 2024- 04-07 08:54 Pacific, Duration: 1-3
seconds, No of observers: 1, Location: Corte Madera, CA, USA,
Location details: I was on the 101 high way, Shape: Disk, Color:
Dark gray, Estimated Size: 200 m diameter, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: South, Angle of Elevation: 86, Closest
Distance: 1/4 to .5 mile, Estimated Speed: 250 mph. A dark gray disk
at least 100m wide flew over head as I was driving. I was driving on
the 101 coming from Oakland to Belvedere when I saw a dark gray disk
fly extremely fast overhead. It had a slight swooping motion where
it dipped and rose but only was in sight for a few seconds. My
windows were up so I didn't hear any sound. {IDFE]
NUFORC Sighting 181065, Occurred: 2024-04-07 20:17 Local, Reported:
2024-04-07 18:24, Pacific, Duration: Two viewings about 1 min, No of
observers: 1 - Aviation Expert, Location: Cape Coral, FL, USA,
Location details: What I observed was south of my location but not
far. Shape: Light, Color: Green, Estimated Size: Only saw the green
light, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: South, Angle of
Elevation: 30, Closest Distance: Estimated less than 1 mile,
Estimated Speed: 400 to 500 knots. A blinking green light moving
rapidly horizontally from west to east and then east to west. I was
sitting on my back pool area, facing south, talking to my son on the
phone when something caught my attention. It was a bright green
light moving rapidly from my right to left. My first split-second
thought was that it was a meteor or shooting star. I am a retired
air traffic controller and have observed quite a few things over my
decades of service, none of which I have not been able to explain.
Space junk burning up, meteorites, etc. In a second or two the light
blinked off and back on as it traveled perfectly horizontally, very
rapidly. No aircraft other than a fighter jet could be moving that
fast, close, and low but there was no sound and only the one green
light. I should have observed a red light if it were an aircraft
traveling from my right to left. The light disappeared behind my
neighbor's trees and I kept looking for it to reappear past the
trees. As I was describing this to my son, the object reappeared,
this time moving east to west and somewhat closer to me. Same thing
- rapidly moving, slowly blinking green light and not a sound. I
opened my phone camera, preparing to take a video if it came by a
third time. After about three minutes searching for it, it gave up.
The sun had set but it was still quite bright to the west. [IDFE]
NUFORC Sighting 181070, Occurred: 2024-04-07 22:15 Local, Reported:
2024-04-08 07:06 Pacific, Duration: At least 25 minutes, No of
observers: 2 – Military, Location: Stowe, VT, USA, Location details:
Viewed from condo west facing window, Shape: Other, Color: Bright
rotating lite, Estimated Size: Larger then a large commercial
airliner, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: West, Angle of
Elevation: 45, Closest Distance: Approx 3500 ', Estimated
Speed: Hovering than slowly moved west. Characteristics: Lights on
object, Changed Colors. Witnessed 2 inverted bowl shaped craft with
very bright rotating flashing lights - white, green, red. Aprox
10:15 pm we saw a hovering object with blinking lights. Using
binoculars we clearly saw an inverted bowl shaped craft of large
size - larger than a commercial airliner. It was rapidly rotating
with bright flashing white, green and red lights. Craft was clearly
and easily seen with binocs. Hovered for at least 15 minutes then
move further away. Then we noticed another of the same craft off to
the right of the original which became more distant. We were viewing
out our west facing condo window. We have seen identical crafts for
many years at our previous location in Hyde Park VT. However, this
was the best view of this craft where we could very clearly see the
shape as an inverted bowl or maybe a rounded triangle. [IDFE]
NUFORC Sighting 181300, Occurred: 2024-04-08 19:45 Local, Reported:
2024-04-28 05:32, Pacific, Duration: 2-3 minutes, No of observers:
1, Location: Seagoville, TX, USA, Location details: Near the corner
of Simonds and Bowers Rd, Seagoville TX, behind the prison and army
reserves, Shape: Triangle, Color: Black, Estimated Size: 30-50 feet,
Viewed From: Land, Angle of Elevation: 40, Closest Distance: 100
feet, Estimated Speed: Hovering to a very slow acceleration,
Characteristics: Lights on object. Saw a triangle craft less than
100 ft away from me when I took my dog out at sunset the night of
the total eclipse. Stepped out on my porch at sunset after the total
eclipse to let my dog use the restroom. As I looked towards the
scrapyard next door I saw a triangular craft no more than 75 ft in
the sky with bright white lights in all 3 corners. I could see this
thing pretty well. It was pointing west and I was behind the
straight edge looking up at it. It was black with a hard line edge
that looked about 10-12 ft high running across the back of it . But
the back edge was almost metallic. The bottom was just black with
the 3 white light shining down. It was just hovering there. No
noise. I watched it for a couple minutes before it just slowly went
straight into a dark cloud and disappeared within it. Waited to see
it pass through the cloud and come out the other side, but it had
vanished. This wasn't a triangle like a pyramid. It was a piece of
pie shaped triangle. About a single story high. Somewhere around
30-50 ft wide across the back line. The sun was just almost gone
with the last bit of daylight still allowing me to make out the
clouds in the sky in front of and around the triangle, before it
disappeared into one. And the light from the scrapyard helped to
illuminate the surroundings, as well as the the 3 lights shining
down from it. I grew up near two major airports in Texas. Worked
offshore in the oilfield in the gulf of Mexico on a utility vessel
and lived near Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. I have flown
in planes and a helicopter. Been around all types of aircraft my
entire life. I have never witnessed anything like this, even from a
distance. This was up close and personal. In your face. Undeniably
NOT man made by human beings. Right behind an army reserves base.
And I would take and pass a lie detector test about it, any day of
the week . It was surreal and mesmerizing and baffling all at the
same time. [MADAR check showed no spikes at Wyle, node 171 at 25 mi
to the north]
NUFORC Sighting 181098, Occurred: 2024-04-09 20:00 Local, Reported:
2024-04-10 02:35, Pacific, Duration: 1 minute, No of observers: 10,
Location: Lakeport, MI, USA, Location details: Moving across the sky
heading east to west. Many others seen the object from Lakeport, to
Yale, MI. Shape: Changing, Color: Black, Estimated Size: 300-500
yards, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: Starting from 90°
going east to west from Lakeport, to Yale, MI, Angle of Elevation:
90, Closest Distance: 300-500ft, Estimated Speed: Very slow 5-10
MPH, Characteristics: Emitted other objects. Spotted a black object
that was humongous, turned into 2 black objects. Others saw it, and
said so on Facebook group Port Huron, MI. Black object looking like
a huge long statue turning into 2 as it moved further away west. [No
spikes at 144 Farmington Hills]
NUFORC Sighting 181350, Occurred: 2024-04-10 14:58 Local, Reported:
2024-05-02 06:06 Pacific, Duration: Few seconds. Motion pics, No of
observers: 1, Location: , NY, USA, Location details: I saw them
really close, like 30 feet of altitude, Shape: Other, Color: Dark
gray, Estimated Size: Like 7 feet by 3 feet, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: From North to South, Angle of Elevation: 34,
Closest Distance: 30 feet, Estimated Speed: 10 to 15 miles per hour,
Explanation: Balloon – Probable, Characteristics: Lights on object.
It was a nice day, few clouds, I finished a call and saw 2 objects
flying very close to the buildings, coming to my location, i started
recording on my phone while the object passed me over but for unkown
reason my phone didn't record it. That when I took the pics, I'm
lucky that where in motion pictures. *JH: Drawing of object. [IDFE]
NUFORC Sighting 181114, Occurred: 2024-04-11 16:42 Local, Reported:
2024-04-11 15:42, Pacific, Duration: 5 seconds, No of observers: 3,
Location: Des Peres, MO, USA, Location details: Above northern
Kirkwood, Shape: Other, Color: Silver and black, Estimated Size:
Large, unsure, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: Northeast,
Angle of Elevation: 25, Closest Distance: Half mile away, Estimated
Speed: Very fast, Characteristics: Lights on object. UFO over
northern Kirkwood. Saw a large silver and black object over north
Kirkwood moving diagonally downward in a fast silent motion. It was
seen in clear blue skies. Craft was seen for about 5 seconds and
moved out of sight behind trees to the northeast of my house. [IDFE]
NUFORC Sighting 181121, Occurred: 2024-04-11 21:30 Local, Reported:
2024-04-12 12:39 Pacific, Duration: less than 5 seconds, No of
observers: 1, Location: Woodsboro, TX, USA, Shape: Triangle, Color:
black, Estimated Size: I would guess the size of a small airplane,
Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: Southwest, Angle of
Elevation: 70, Closest Distance: 100 yards – approx., Estimated
Speed: 40 mph. Dark, silent, triangular craft moving across night
sky. Went outside at night to walk the dog. Dark, clear, starry
night. Looked up and a dark crescent shaped or triangular shape
moved across the sky - very low - maybe a hundred yards up.
Completely silent with no lights. Looked to be cruising - not
zipping. I am an educated, 63 year old retired man. [IDFE]
NUFORC Sighting 181168, Occurred: 2024-04-12 20:10 Local, Reported:
2024-04-15 12:21 Pacific, Duration: 10-15 minutes, No of observers:
1 - Pilot - Aviation Expert, Location: Yucca, AZ, USA,Location
details: Object moving in the sky from N/NW and toward SE into
Hualapie Mountain range. Shape: Oval, Color: Unknown metallic,
Estimated Size: Small craft, roughly the size of a large bus, Viewed
From: Land, Direction from Viewer: Northwest moving southeast, Angle
of Elevation: 45, Closest Distance: Roughly 1000’ AGL, Estimated
Speed: Roughly 100 knots, Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or
haze around object, Emitted beams. I witnessed and filmed an oblong
object moving in the sky with no noise, a large directional light
and window. On Friday 4.12.2024 at roughly 8:10PM PST, I was
standing outside my home in rural NW Arizona. I tend to stargaze,
try and catch satellites or track flights going overhead. In the
distance a brighter than normal light was approaching me. It was
pitch black out so the light stood out. My first thought was a
helicopter or low flying aircraft but as this thing got closer, I
realized it was generating no sound, had no nav lights and was
coming right at me. I don’t think I could recreate the feeling I had
when I realized I was looking at something I couldn’t explain. My
mammal instincts kicked in and I took cover behind a shed and as
quickly as I ducked for cover I immediately got my phone out…deep in
my mind I knew no one would believe me if I told them what I saw. I
had a clear view. It was 8:10 PM PST and it had just become night.
The light I witnessed was in front of an object and generated a
large beam ahead of it, probably the width of the entire bow of the
craft. Directly behind it was a shadow of what I could clearly see
as an oblong shaped craft moving steadily through the sky above me.
There was a rectangular “window” where I could clearly see
inside…and I mean clearly. As it passed over, I stayed somewhat
hidden, called my wife and sent her the video. Within seconds after
calling her, 5-6 flashes of colorful light illuminated the sky above
the mountains and the craft was gone. *Pic / Video. [Yucca is 130
from any madar site in the state]
NUFORC Sighting 181136, Occurred: 2024-04-12 20:10 Local, Reported:
2024-04-13 02:41 Pacific, Duration: 30 seconds to one minute, No of
observers: 4, Location: Oro Valley, AZ, USA, Shape: Other, Color:
White, Estimated Size: Possibly larger than a Cessna but smaller
than Jet, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: Slightly North,
Angle of Elevation: 90, Closest Distance: Maybe 2000 feet?,
Estimated Speed: Not known, Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura
or haze around object. Flying craft, illuminated, traveling
horizontally at approx 2500 ft, then suddenly vertical, gone from
view in 4 seconds. On Friday. April 12th at approx 8:10 PM, my wife
and I and 2 of our friends were on the patio, when one of us pointed
to the sky and told the others "what is that?". We all looked up to
see what we thought was an airplane, but noticed there was no
flashing white or red lights as airplanes normally have. The object
was moving in a direction from North to South, and was close enough
for us to see a strange "white haze" or glow surrounding the craft
as it moved. The sky in this part of the Arizona desert was very
clear, with no storm clouds, fog, or even a hint of humidity that
would explain the white haze or glow emanating from the craft. We
watched the object fly horizontally like a normal plane until it was
just slightly above our heads, then started going vertical in an
instant. Within maybe 4 second, the craft got smaller and smaller
until gone. Strangely, the glow or haze surrounding the craft
disappeared almost instantly as it went vertical and the object was
more like a white dot in the sky……..getting smaller as it went out
of sight. *Others: [ Oro Valley is 110 miles from the Phoenix
site 312]
NUFORC Sighting 181169, Occurred: 2024-04-12 21:56 Local, Reported:
2024-04-15 13:20 Pacific, Duration: 35 Seconds*, No of observers: 3
– Military, Location: Navarre, FL, USA, Shape: Triangle, Color:
Black, camouflaged, Estimated Size: Slightly larger than commercial
airbus in length, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: South
South East, Angle of Elevation: 68, Closest Distance: 8,000 ft,
Estimated Speed: Slow but somehow it moved out of sight quickly,
Characteristics: Lights on object. Triangle object, 16 visible
lights, craft left line of sight without flying over horizon,
instead appearing to leave orbit. Flight Direction: From Air Force
Special Operations Command Hurlburt Field heading westbound until
leaving orbit. Object Details: The object observed during the
sighting appeared to be triangle-shaped and seamlessly blended into
the night sky. It was distinguished by approximately 16 lights
closely resembling starlight, making the object inconspicuous to
casual observation. Notably, the object exceeded the size of a
commercial Airbus. Details of Locomotion: The object exhibited slow,
consistent movement, unlike any conventional aircraft. Despite its
seemingly leisurely pace, the object traversed a substantial
distance towards the conclusion of the sighting, appearing to
diminish in size to a single point of light. Notably, the speed at
which it moved suggested capabilities beyond those of traditional
aircraft. Remarkably, the object emitted no discernible sound
throughout the duration of the sighting and appeared to maintain an
altitude of approximately 8,000 feet. Additionally Hurlbut Field
Security Forces was also notified of this event for public safety
and the safety of our military complex. Thank you for your attention
to this matter. *JH: Drawings. [110 mi SW of Dothan, AL site]
NUFORC Sighting 181165, Occurred: 2024-04-14 11:45 Local, Reported:
2024-04-15 07:57 Pacific, Duration: 1 minute, No of observers: 1,
Location: West Des Moines, IA, USA, Location details: Flew over
hotel, very low. Shape: Triangle, Color: Grey, black, Estimated
Size: Very large, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: Up above
a little north of me, Angle of Elevation: 90, Closest Distance: 200
- 1000 feet, Estimated Speed: Slow. I saw it fly over the hotel and
it was huge. Very very large triangle. The main color was dark gray.
It had dark grey/black lines underneath it side to side of the
craft. There were no lights on it, and it was completely noiseless.
It was hovering very low to the ground. It never made a sound.
*Drawing of craft. [120 miles from nearest site at Council Bluffs]
NUFORC Sighting 181376, Occurred: 2024-04-15 11:49 Local, Reported:
2024-05-03 13:28 Pacific, Duration: 4 minutes, No of observers: 1,
Location: Zephyrhills, FL, USA, Location details: Meadow Pointe
Blvd. & Five Farms Ave., Shape: Other, Color: Black,
Estimated Size: 100 feet wide, Viewed From: Land, Direction from
Viewer: North-west, Angle of Elevation: 80, Closest Distance:
One-third to mile, Estimated Speed: 95+ mph (and increased). Silent,
slow with fast acceleration, low but climbed high quickly, hard to
video, black, “glitchy”. Husband and wife were traveling in
convertible vehicle on April 15, 2024. Wife looked up to the sky as
husband turned from SR 56 onto Meadow Pointe Blvd. heading north.
Something caught wife’s eye— it was black with a unique shape— the
wings were wide and “webbed”, and there appeared to be perhaps a
very small protrusion in the middle like a ‘head’… almost like a
webbed boomerang. The craft something orange at each wing tip
underside, which the wife recalls may have been painted, or could be
areas for lights with an orange cover— however, there was no obvious
illumination from the orange areas (or anywhere else on the object),
and since it was a clear, bright morning, it may have been difficult
to determine since daylight would not have cast the light in a way
that the wife could determine, anyway. The object was flying very
low— lower than most small aircraft that frequents the area— and was
completely silent, left no contrails, and the wife recalls thinking
the speed was too slow for a flying object of its size, as it seemed
to be going only slightly faster than the pace as the car. The
object’s movement set itself apart from the typical characteristics
that birds and common/familiar aircraft show in flight that can be
understood by a layperson such as: (A) Lack of bird characteristics:
No tilting/tipping of wings, no flapping of wings, no obvious shape
of natural body (no legs, tail, body, head, or associated
movements), no sounds (no chirping, squawking, or calls), and no
general exertion and/or imbalance that birds exhibit when
encountering air currents; and (B) No written logos/numbers/letters,
no no windows, no visible rivets, lines, or outlines of parts, no
blinking lights as seen on common aircraft, no fluctuations in
movement via “tilting of wings” that can sometimes be observed in
common aircraft when flying at lower speeds. Frankly, the object had
the most steady movement of any flying object the wife has ever
witnessed, and appeared to glide through the air as though it was on
an invisible straight line “track”… wife describes it as, “most
stable object and ‘effortless’ movement I have ever witnessed in
flight”. Wife took her phone out to record on Meadow Pointe Blvd.,
and when she looked down to view her recording the object through
the phone screen she realized that her phone wasn’t picking up the
object. She immediately turned her attention back to the sky, where
she witnessed the aircraft “glitch” and disappear as soon as she
looked at it, so she put the phone down; shocked and confused, she
remarked what occurred to her husband, who answered that she
probably just saw a bird. The wife looked around, and realized there
were zero birds flying in the visible airspace that she could
physically see and measure with her own eyes. The wife questioned in
disbelief how the object could have disappeared without making noise
and without visibly leaving her line of sight in any direction,
especially the direction it was heading, which was the same
direction as the couple— and therefore, if the object sped up on the
same flight path, then the husband should have been able to witness
it. Wife physically repositioned her body in the passenger seat
several times to search from the open convertible in every direction
for the aircraft for the next 1-2 minutes, unsuccessfully. As
husband continued north on Meadow Pointe Blvd., he turned onto
Country Point Blvd., at which point the wife— still searching all
directions— looked west and north-west, and upon turning onto Five
Farms Ave. saw the object again. This time, the object was higher in
the sky, still silent, ‘effortless and steady’, and without
contrails— so she used her phone camera to again record the sky, and
briefly captured the object until she could no longer see it with
her naked eye. The object appeared larger when she first saw it with
her eyes, but just as she started recording the second video it
seemed to “glitch” smaller and travel much faster and incredibly
quickly. Due to the road design of Meadow Pointe Blvd.— which is
very twisty— husband did not take his eyes off the road to view the
object. Husband also a very skeptical person in general, so he did
not feel compelled to look when wife encouraged him to pull over or
slow down. Whereas, the wife is interested in topics that fall under
“STEM”, and for the entirety of her life makes time to look up at
the sky at all times of day and night, and remains “open” to all
possibilities of life and scientific understanding of the natural
world, technology, etc. Upon reaching their destination, husband did
note that even though he did not see anything due to his attention
to driving, he also didn’t hear anything, which he admits he
‘probably would have’ if it were any of the common aircraft the
couple often witness moving through their immediate local area. This
unnerved the wife when she considered further that the path the
object took should have brought it directly over their car and been
obvious to the husband if it had not “glitched” near Meadow Pointe
Blvd. Husband suggested that the first time the wife tried to
record, that the object was likely a large bird— sandhill cranes,
hawks, and black vultures are common in the area, and like to hang
out in air currents. Similarly, military aircraft, passenger jet
planes, gliders, and drones and other small ‘hobby’ aircraft
frequent the area due to proximity to McDill AFB, Tampa
International, St.Pete-Clearwater International, and local/county
airports, and follow familiar flight paths, which are viewed and
heard daily by husband and wife— and this object followed none of
those paths. The couple often enjoy watching various birds and
man-made aircraft from their backyard on a daily basis, and it is
because husband and wife are so used to seeing natural and common
aircraft in flight, that the wife is certain she is able to
logically determine that whatever this object was, it was unlike
anything in flight that she’s seen before, and is certain that it
was not a bird or known aircraft. *Video / Drawing / map. [IDFE]
NUFORC Sighting 181336, Occurred: 2024-04-28 22:00 Local, Reported:
2024-04-30 14:00 Pacific, Duration: At least 45 minutes, No of
observers: 2 – Military, Location: Suwanee, GA, USA, Location
details: On deck of house looking through the trees to the sky,
Shape: Changing, Color: Multi, Estimated Size: Unknown, Viewed From:
Land, Direction from Viewer: 244 degrees SW, Angle of Elevation: 45,
Closest Distance: Unknown, height of helicopter traffic, Estimated
Speed: N/A, Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other
objects, Changed Color. Color changing orb, colored cubes within a
sphere - My husband and I were standing on the back deck at 10 PM on
Sunday evening and he pointed out an orb in the sky through the
trees high in the air and it was flickering, blue, red, green
purple, all the colors of the rainbow. He was able to grab some
video footage through his camera which I will attach here. I went
and grabbed the binoculars and zoomed in and I could see that it was
interlocking cubes with a sphere changing color. The object hovered
for at least 45 minutes. Then it would change to almost the
appearance of a human cell with the opaqueness of like wax paper.
And then it would again start flickering all the different colors of
the rainbow. The event also occurred last night, April 29. I went to
the same spot looked up, and the object was there again this time
more like a human cell with an opaque looking orb . When I zoomed in
with the binoculars, I could see also inside of the orb was a an
item that was all the colors of the rainbow moving around very
quickly. This time the orb faded out within 10 minutes and
disappeared. During both of these evenings, I saw the object spit
out other orbs other orbs going by this orb that were the exact same
size of The main orb. Also, I did note lights here and there around
the main orb. *Video of light. [IDFE]
NUFORC Sighting 181338, Occurred: 2024-04-30 23:02 Local, Reported:
2024-04-30 23:48 Pacific, Duration: We saw it for 10 seconds, No of
observers: 2, Location: Seattle, WA, USA, Shape: Triangle, Color:
Greyish black, Viewed From: Land, Angle of Elevation: 90,
Characteristics: Lights on object. Triangle aircraft with lights on
perimeter - My friend and I were on her back balcony and we both saw
it at the same time. It looked like a large triangle, low in the
sky, with lights lining the perimeter of 2 sides. It was flying the
same way a plane would fly, but at one point its sides seemed to
bend down and upwards a little. It glided kind of slowly/smoothly
& quietly, until the roof obstructed our vision. When we ran
through the house and out the front door to try and catch another
glimpse, it was gone. [IDFE]