ANALYTICAL NOTES
NMS Sightings from NUFORC & MUFON
JULY 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
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NUFORC UFO Sighting 182143, Occurred: 2024-07-01 22:10 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-02 14:19 Pacific, Duration: 5, No of observers: 2,
Location: Switz City, IN, USA, Location details: Hovered to the
east, went right over my house. Shape: Chevron, Color: Orange,
white, green, Estimated Size: 10x4’, Viewed From: Land, Direction
from Viewer: Straight east to directly overhead and off to West.
Angle of Elevation: 70, Closest Distance: 80’, Estimated Speed:
30-40mph, Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Made a
sound. Bright white light with rotating orange and green light.
First saw the bright light hovering over my neighbors pond / house
just after 10pm. After looking through binoculars, I could see
orange and green lights around the outside of the chevron shaped
craft. 4 lights total (most of the time 2 bright white, and either
orange or green). The lights would change position and colors
multiple times a second, almost made it look like the object was
rotating. When I stepped out to my back porch it then moved over my
house (not very fast), emitting a low hum as it passed. We (my
girlfriend and I) ran to the front door and watched it going
straight west. [Checking MADAR records [No MADAR site within 220
miles]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182198, Occurred: 2024-07-07 16:00 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-07 22:17 Pacific, Duration: 15-30 seconds, No of
observers: 1, Location: Port Townsend, WA, USA, Shape: Circle,
Color: Bright white, Estimated Size: Like a baseball super high in
the sky, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: East to
southeast, Angle of Elevation: 75, Closest Distance: It had to be at
least 10,000 feet up, Estimated Speed: Hovered kinda a first, then
moved fast, Characteristics: Aura or haze around object. White Round
Object in sky, seen from backyard. I was sunbathing in my pool, in
our backyard, on lounge floaty, on my back, looking up. My eyes were
closed, then something told me to "look up", I
open my eyes, and I see a hovering white ball, I thought it was a
cotton ball thing from a tree, but then I realized it was really
high up, and then started moving kinda fast, I thought it was a
bird, then realized, it’s not moving like a bird, and doesn’t have
wings. Then I thought maybe a plane? Nope, too round, and not flying
straight. Maybe a drone, nope, didn’t seem like a drone. It was
round in shape, bright white, but kinda fuzzy around the edges, then
it moved in a weird formation, like moved fast, then would fall,
then move fast back up, then I couldn’t see it anymore, trees in our
yard blocked my view of it. But it seemed like it disappeared.
Nothing else was in the sky! I looked for other birds, planes, saw
some birds in the opposite direction, but that was it. It was a
beautiful clear day today. Totally trippy! [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182235, Occurred: 2024-07-09 21:45 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-10 10:22 Pacific, Duration: 15 minutes, No of
observers: 2, Location: Sarasota, FL, USA, Location details:
Sarasota County near Proctor Road and Honore Ave intersection,
Shape: Triangle, Color: Black, Estimated Size: 20ft, Viewed From:
Land, Direction from Viewer: Above, Angle of Elevation: 90, Closest
Distance: 50ft, Estimated Speed: 15mph, Characteristics: Lights on
object, Made a sound, Aircraft nearby. Slow moving, hovering low,
just above the telephone poles and tree line. Solid black triangle
with 3 lights on the bottom. I felt my house rumble and went outside
with my son and saw a large, solid black, triangle slowly moving
East above our house last night. It was about the size of 3 small
cars, and it appeared to be a flat triangle. It was moving very low,
about 20ft about the telephone poles and tree line; we were able to
see it clearly. I couldn't hear any frogs or crickets, which
was abnormal. There was a slight whooshing sound when it was
directly above us, but no sound as it went by. There were lights
illuminated on each corner of the triangle. My son and I stood on
the front porch and watched the triangle travel East, then come back
West, back and forth a few times. Then we saw a small private plane
come by, also flying very low, and then the triangle flew away to
the North quickly; the small plane appeared to be trying to get a
better look at it and scared it off. I took a picture with my
iPhone, but the picture came out very blurry, which is strange,
because the images before and after trying to capture the triangle
were clear on my iPhone; possible interference. *Pic and drawing.
[Checking MADAR data
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182278, Occurred: 2024-07-12 11:00 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-14 05:46 Pacific, Duration: 3 - 5 seconds, No of
observers: 1 – Pilot, Location: Eagle Grove, IA, USA, Location
details: Object observed slowly descending over a cornfield, while
driving South on Highway 17. Shape: Rectangle, Color: black,
Estimated Size: between 12 and 25 feet, Viewed From: Land, Direction
from Viewer: South-Southwest, Angle of Elevation: 20, Closest
Distance: 150 feet, Estimated Speed: 2 - 5 mph. 20 foot drone-like
box. PILOT STATUS. I was a private pilot, and I was cleared to fly
solo. I had "officially" logged about 20 hours in
my own Cessna 172 with my flight instructor. I also owned a Piper
Warrior II, and an ultralight model of a Piper Cub. I have flown a
Rotax-driven powered parachute, and have owned and flown four
different powered paragliders. SCIENTIST STATUS. I have a doctorate
in financial management. I published my dissertation, which debunked
a very popular financial model that won a Nobel Prize. The model I
debunked was called the Mean Variance Hypothesis. I have a Masters
degree as well. I work in the areas of A.I. and algorithms, banking
and digital currency creation, and venture capital. Although I do
not call myself a scientist, due to the financial nature of my
practitioner's work, I had to take the same statistics
courses and write my dissertation using the scientific method in the
same manner as all of the other scientists. ANECDOTAL REPORT. I was
driving my car South on Highway 17, just South of Eagle Grove, the
morning of Friday, July 12, 2024 with my wife and two puppies. It
was around 11:00, although it may have been between 10:30 or 11:30.
I had not been using any drugs or alcohol. We were our our way to
Fort Dodge to do some shopping. It was daylight and there were no
clouds overhead. Visibility was excellent. As we approached a farm
acreage on the right side of the road, I noticed what appeared to be
a somewhat peculiar black drone hovering in the air. It was square,
and shaped like a thick, square pizza box. I observed it for 3 - 5
seconds. I saw that it had solid sides, that were all at right
angles. The dimensions of the boxy shaped object were approximately
1 : 6 : 6, with things protruding above and details visible on the
underside. All of the details on the underside were also black or
dark grey, and I don't know if I was seeing propulsion,
landing gear, or what I was seeing, or if it protruded downward.
There was a central feature protruding upward, which was less than
twice as wide as the object's sidewall height. The central
feature protruded upward less than the height of the
object's sides. There were also four features protruding
slightly upward, one at each corner. I thought this was peculiar
because the motors of propeller driven drones are inset from the
outer walls of a drone, due to the length of the propellers. These
motors (if they were even motors), however, were out at the very
corners of the object. There were no propellers visible. At first I
had no reference for the size of the object, and noticed that it
appeared to rotate about 30 degrees in a counter-clockwise fashion,
and began to descend slowly and smoothly. It appeared to be very
stable, and had none of the typical drone wobble that I have seen on
small drones. It descended behind a barn which shocked me, because I
had thought it would have been in front of the barn. The fact that
it descended behind the barn indicated to me that its size had to be
at least 12 feet across, but it could have been up to 25 feet
across. I cannot specify with any degree of certainty the exact size
of the object, other than that it had to be substantially larger
than any drone that can be purchased on the internet. Judging from
the size, flight observation, and dimensions of the object it very
well could have been man-made. It displayed no characteristics of
acceleration that were unexplainable. The square shape could have
been a drone, but it was indeed a very unique drone if so. Judging
from its size, and what I have seen of large, homemade drones on the
internet, this object was large enough to transport a pilot and a
passenger, if it was a drone. As it descended behind the barn, I
exclaimed in astonishment to my wife, "Did you see that?
That was either a gigantic drone or a UFO." She had been
playing with the puppies and did no see anything, and told me that I
had not seen anything. our car passed the acreage and I looked back
to see if it was still visible, but it seems to have descended down
into or behind the corn in the field to our right. [Nearest MADAR is
140 miles to the SW at Omaha, Nebraska]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182295, Occurred: 2024-07-12 20:00 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-15 21:01 Pacific, Duration: 5+ mins, No of
observers: 2, Location: Scarborough, ME, USA, Location details:
Object appeared to be approx 5 miles to the east of our location.
Shape: Cylinder, Color: white or silver, Estimated Size: It must
have been greater than 150 feet long. Viewed From: Boat, Direction
from Viewer: to the east, Angle of Elevation: 75, Closest Distance:
5 miles, Estimated Speed: Stationary at first accelerating to
200-300+ mph. Characteristics: Aircraft nearby. Cylinder or capsule
shaped object in the early evening sky. I was fishing just offshore
with a friend. I looked up at a jet flying over on approach to a
nearby airport. I saw a bright white or silver object shaped like a
medicine capsule stationary in the sky. I pointed it out to my
friend and he was confused by it as well. The object appeared quite
large and seemed to be within 5 miles of our location at about a
75-80 degree elevation. The plane I was looking at continued towards
the airport passing between our location and the object. We
continued watching the object for several minutes until it started
moving. It went from stationary, to the speed of a commercial plane,
over the period of a few seconds and disappeared into the distance
in 1-2 minutes. Although there were very few clouds in the sky, the
object traveled above the clouds as it moved away. I have Flight
Radar 24 (paid "gold" version) and we checked for
any aircraft in the area. The closest aircraft traffic, other than
the one we saw landing, was around a small airport about 30-40 miles
away. The object, besides being stationary, was too large to be
30-40 miles away. There was no sound given off be the object. Both
myself and my friend are Law Enforcement. [Checking MADAR data
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182269, Occurred: 2024-07-12 21:30 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-12 19:12 Pacific, Duration: 90 seconds about, No
of observers: 3, Location: Gainesville, FL, USA, Shape: Oval, Color:
Orange, Estimated Size: Between a car and house, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: North, Angle of Elevation: 83, Closest
Distance: 1-5 miles, Estimated Speed: 80-120, unsure,
Characteristics: Lights on object. 2 solid 2 flashing orange lights
drifting across sky and bright. Moved relatively quick. We were in
the car and we saw a bright orange light in the sky and thought it
was an orange star. As we kept driving the light got closer, at
first it seemed it was coming slow and nearly hovering but after it
was more visible it passed us overhead a few miles up on our right
and went behind us rather quickly. The object in question had a
solid top and bottom orange light. The craft was 1/6th as tall as
wide about and on the 2 sides it had 2 flashing orange lights. The
lights seemed to be on the same craft and the craft seemed to be
about a car to a house size but it was difficult to tell. We rolled
down the windows in the car because we thought it was maybe a
reflection of some kind of road light. But the object was still
there made no noise, and made a relatively steady path and
pace [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182317, Occurred: 2024-07-13 15:00 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-17 14:46 Pacific, Duration: 45 seconds, No of
observers: 1 – Military, Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA. Location
details: Apartment: Living Room Window (Facing West), Shape:
Changing, Color: Dark Grayish? Estimated Size: From how far away it
was, it looked fairly big, Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer:
West, Angle of Elevation: 61, Closest Distance: I couldn't
even guess honestly, Estimated Speed: I don't know,
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby.
Unknown craft changing shape as it flies in low altitude - I was
watching tv in my living room. Saw something in my perfect vision.
It was just Hovering there, And it caught my eye. Luckily had stayed
there long enough for me to whip out my phone. Managed to catch
about 45 seconds of it. But as it Started flying away from the
Hovering position, It appeared to change shape as it was flying
away, Changing from the shape of what looked like saturn To a
rectangle. I'm a Veteran of the US ARMY, 13F 2011-2013.
I'm not a dumby. This was weird as hell. If that was a
drone, fhe way it clearly shaped shapes as it flew away... Mind
blown still... [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182286, Occurred: 2024-07-14 22:00 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-14 23:00 Pacific, Duration: About 2 minutes, No of
observers: 2 – Military, Location: Lebanon, TN, USA, Location
details: Occured right beside the RaceTrac on that street, at the
stoplight. Shape: Triangle, Color: Very Dark, Black, Estimated Size:
About as big as our car (A Hybrid Toyota Corolla), Viewed From:
Land, Direction from Viewer: South, Angle of Elevation: 90, Closest
Distance: 2,000 ft in the air, Estimated Speed: Less than 100MPH,
maybe 30? 40? Characteristics: Lights on object. Unmoving at first,
then flew at us and hovered over the car and froze. Then flew away
slowly to the right and out of sight. Was flying very low to the
ground. Not very big, about the size of our car (if it were to be on
the ground and not flying, that is.) When we came up on the
stoplight it only appeared to be 2 bright, white lights and
completely unmoving. As we waited at the stoplight, it flew directly
above us, revealing that it was A) a dark triangle and B) had 3
lights at each point of the triangle. It hovered completely, and did
not move for a good couple of seconds (about 5 or so.) My dad saw it
as well, and we both agree that it moved sideways and out of sight
after we drove off. Also, I had the window rolled down for the
entirety of the sighting and it was completely silent. The lights
never flickered, either. In relation to the actual location, it flew
off toward South Maple St and disappeared behind the buildings right
beside us. *Detailed drawing attached. [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182343, Occurred: 2024-07-19 15:40 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-20 19:22 Pacific, Duration: half a minute, No of
observers: 1, Location: Beacon, NY, USA, Location details: mountain
side of the road while driving from Beacon to Cold Spring, Shape:
Diamond, Color: silvery/black/clear, Viewed From: Land, Direction
from Viewer: East, Angle of Elevation: 70, Closest Distance: Above
trees and below clouds. Spinning Object hovering and then moving in
different directions before disappearing. Driving from Beacon New
York to Cold Spring New york. Beautiful day - blue sky with white
puffy clouds. I saw what at first I thought was a mylar balloon fly
above my vehicle in the sky It was above the trees but way below the
clouds. As I watched it I realized that it was spinning fast but
moving at a slow speed from right to left. South to North. As it
rotated it would disappear and then reappear in the same spot.
Almost like 2 of the sides were clear. It was taller than it was
wide.It was very shiny silver but not ordinary silver... it had
black mixed with it - like liquid Mercury. It began to move slowly
North and higher elevation.Then disappeared and reappeared in a
different spot more Southern and lower in the sky. It then quickly
flew in a straight line North and disappeared completely. [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182335, Occurred: 2024-07-19 23:35 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-19 22:49 Pacific, Duration: Approx. 5 seconds, No
of observers: 1, Location: Watervliet, NY, USA, Shape: Cylinder,
Color: Unknown / Lights, Estimated Size: Large Helicopter Size,
Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: East, Angle of Elevation:
75, Closest Distance: Would estimate 500 Yards, no more than 1/4
mile, Estimated Speed: When it left, fighter jet speed.
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object.
Cylindrical / Pill shaped object with a reddish/blueish lights
hovering, no sound, rapidly left. I was getting out of my car after
work and noticed what I at first believed to be a Police Helicopter
and thought they must be looking for someone. I would estimate its
altitude at about 500' AGL. It was very hard to figure out
exactly how high off the ground it was because most of what I was
seeing was reddish and blueish lights. It was close enough to the
ground that I could make out almost a pill shape. It did not seem to
be that must bigger than a large helicopter, but again it was dark
and really was focused on the lights. I watched it for a few seconds
completely stationary and I was trying to see what direction the
police were searching. A few seconds into staring at it the thought
entered my mind that, it was completely silent. There was no noise
whatsoever. As soon as I was trying to process that, it rapidly
left. I couldn't even believe my eyes at first. I watched
whatever this was go from zero to fighter jet speed immediately. It
shot across the sky to the south and was gone. There's no
way of knowing what I saw, but I am confident enough that I am here
trying to tell someone more than two hours later. -Adding on after
looking at the check boxes below, there were no normal summer bug
sounds tonight when I got home. I am sure of that, it was dead
silent. -I do believe there was a small glow around whatever it was.
Almost like what you would expect to see around a comet, but in that
blueish/reddish color. [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182375, Occurred: 2024-07-20 16:52 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-23 21:09 Pacific, Duration: About 1 second, No of
observers: 1, Location: Spring Valley, Minnesota, United States,
Location details: Passing by a wind tower, Shape: Disk, Color:
Silvery Dark Gray, Estimated Size: 30 feet, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: These disks were to the east of Cty Rd 1,
Angle of Elevation: 30, Closest Distance: 1/4 mile, Estimated Speed:
200 mph (total guess) appeared as a long flash. Two dark disks
flying by wind tower - I was taking photos from the driver side back
seat of my dad’s vehicle when I happened to see two dark flashes
buzz by the wind tower I was photographing. They went past very
quickly and vanished from sight. They flew horizontally from south
to north along Cty Rd 1. I happened to catch these dark disk shaped
objects is one of the photos I took. *Clear pic of 2 Dish shaped
craft. [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182373, Occurred: 2024-07-23 20:15 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-23 19:23 Pacific, Duration: 10 seconds, No of
observers: 2 – Military, Location: Wausau, WI, USA, Shape: Oval,
Color: Gray, Estimated Size: 45ft tall 75ft long, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: East, Angle of Elevation: 5, Closest
Distance: 1/4 to 1/2 a mile, Estimated Speed: 80mph,
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object. I was driving eastbound
on "Z" and I saw a large gray oval flying very low
in the distance, barely above the trees flying northbound. On July
23, 2024 at approximately 8:15 PM I was driving eastbound on county
road Z in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Well before I approached the
intersection of county road Z and county road J I saw a very large
gray oval in the sky, travelling northbound barely above the
treetops. I exclaimed "I see a UFO" and my 9 year
old nephew in the backseat also saw it. I am estimating that the UFO
was up to 40 feet tall, and 75 feet long. It never changed course,
so I have no idea how wide it may have been. There were no lights
visible. It was light gray in color, and the lower 20% of the object
was a darker gray. I could clearly see the shape of the object, but
it seemed like all around the object there was a vapor mist all
around it. I was between 1/4 to 1/2 a mile away from the object, so
I was not close at all, however I could clearly see it as it moved
fast, maybe 60-80 MPH over the trees/fields. It was flying very low
to the ground, and was barely above the treetops and I could see it
very well against the overcast sky. As I was driving, I lost sight
of it as I continued driving, however my nephew could still see it
flying to the north, "a gray oval with no lights"
until it flew out of his view as well. [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182385, Occurred: 2024-07-24 07:40 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-25 01:22 Pacific, Duration: 2min, No of observers:
1, Location: Silvana, WA, USA, Location details: South of Pioneer
Highway just west of I5, Shape: Oval, Color: White, Estimated Size:
Size of a blimp, Viewed From: Land, Angle of Elevation: 45, Closest
Distance: Approx 15,000ft in the air. White oval shape object, very
large, disappeared and reappeared on other side of field. I was
driving south on Interstate 5 just coming up to my exit, 208. Before
I approached the off ramp I noticed to my right, a very large
roundish/oval white object in the sky. It was not moving which I
found odd and it was so large, I initially thought it was a blimp. I
watched it hover for maybe 7-10 seconds while I made my way off the
exit. I just happened to be on the phone with my mom while all this
is happening and I’m explaining to her what I was looking at in pure
disbelief. I told her I was going to pull off on Pioneer Hwy to try
and get a better look and a photo. By the time I reached the stop
light at the end of the exit ramp it was gone. I turned right (west)
onto Pioneer Hwy and pulled off the road and noticed it was now on
the other side of the field (a significant distance from where I had
just seen it) floating just above the tree line in the far distance.
Then within 2-3 seconds of witnessing it hover in place, it
completely vanished into thin air. It did not propel up or down it
just disappeared right before my eyes. The sky was pure blue in that
moment and it was a sunny and clear morning. The white object stood
out like a sore thumb against the blue sky and it was reflective in
the sun. I have never in my life seen anything like it. [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182394, Occurred: 2024-07-25 18:40 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-26 08:09 Pacific, Duration: 2minutes, No of
observers: 1, Location: Peterborough, NH, USA, Shape: Orb, Color:
Silver and black, Estimated Size: 20ft diameter, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: Wnw, Angle of Elevation: 80, Closest
Distance: 500 to 1000 feet, Estimated Speed: 50 to 100 mph,
Characteristics: Changed Colo, Silver orb moved west to east with no
sound. Daylight partly cloudy, Seen from the center of town a silver
orb was moving slowly across the sky. It appeared to be about
500-1000 feet up. It was shiny but would flip and a black side would
show for a few seconds and then it would flip back to the silver.
There was no sound and it moved on a straight path. In the time I
observed it flipped about 3 or 4 times and then disappeared above
the treeline. [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182416, Occurred: 2024-07-29 01:15 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-29 00:02 Pacific, Duration: Only about three
seconds, No of observers: 1, Location: Spring, TX, USA, Shape:
Triangle, Color: black, Estimated Size: Not sure, Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: North. Angle of Elevation: 65, Closest
Distance: 60 feet, Estimated Speed: Not sure, Characteristics:
Lights on object, Made a sound. The craft was a large black
triangle. The underside had red lights on all 3 points, with a large
white light in the middle. I thought I heard an airplane flying
unusually low, so I looked outside to see. The craft wasn’t moving
very fast, and I was right next to my back door, but I wasn’t fast
enough to get a picture. It was going slow enough where I got a good
look. It was a large black triangle, and the underside had red
circular lights on all 3 points. There was a much larger white
circular light in the middle on the underside. *Drawing of craft.
[IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182426, Occurred: 2024-07-29 20:55 Local,
Reported: 2024-07-29 21:11 Pacific, Duration: perhaps ten minutes,
No of observers: 1, Location: Hyrum, UT, USA, Location details:
Viewed from the backyard of my home, Shape: Circle, Color: White
lights on gold, Estimated Size: guess-- footprint of my small house?
Viewed From: Land, Direction from Viewer: north/northeast, Angle of
Elevation: 79, Closest Distance: under a mile? Estimated Speed: No
movement observed, Characteristics: Lights on object. The object
hovered in the sky. I grabbed binocs. I watched it intently; an
artist, I studied details. I moved 50'. It vanished. The
object did not move. I thought it might be a very high drone, or
something catching the last rays of the sunset. But the
undercarriage, as viewed from my spot on Earth, was a ring of
astonishingly bright lights. There was a same- powered light in the
center of the disc. The material between the outer ring of lights
and the center 'single' light appeared gold or
ochre. There may have been a slight channel interrupting the solid
ring of light at opposite sides. As an artist I made a watercolor
sketch of what I saw. That the UAP was there, bright, perfectly
still, then disappeared from view not five minutes later when I had
relocated on the other side of a tree to get better support for my
neck, is shocking. I have never seen a UAP/UFO before. There is a
major space innovation program at Utah State University 15 miles
away; I conjectured this might be a small satellite from that
institution. Can we confirm it is or isn't? *Drawing of
craft. [IDFE]
NUFORC UFO Sighting 182498, Occurred: 2024-07-30 13:35 Local –
Approximate, Reported: 2024-08-04 14:26 Pacific, Duration: Under 5
minutes, No of observers: 1, Location: Deer Park, WA, USA, Location
details: Rural Road in wooded area 7 miles North of Deer Park, WA,
Shape: Oval, Color: gray or silver white, Estimated Size: Larger
than 2 full-sized SUV's end to end. Viewed From: Land,
Direction from Viewer: East to West, Angle of Elevation: 30, Closest
Distance: 300 feet, Estimated Speed: Unsure. Craft Flying Just Above
The Trees No Sound. I was driving 8 miles from the City of Deer Park
on a dead-end back road in early afternoon with clear skies when I
saw a silverish gray saucer shaped object from the side flying with
NO sound just above the trees that went across the end of road which
is a forested area. No wings. Way too low to be a plane. It was
definitely too large to be a drone. (I'm retired Aviation so
I know it wasn't a plane). It had 4 -5 oval windows. It went
fast enough that I could only see it for about 10 seconds. I got a
fairly good look at it & it was nothing explainable. (There
is a small airport in Deer Park). (It is the second time I saw it.
Last year out for a walk a half mile on a rural road I saw it too
from further away than this time and it was silent too. I wrote it
off as maybe the Forestry had some kind of Drone but after I looked
it up as far as I could find nothing they have is that large).
[Checking MARAR data