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Date:

1974

Location:

high sierras, California, United States

Summary:

I was with my father driving in the Sierras,with Mt. Whitney on our left. I saw what I thought was a shooting star in the clear night sky. I asked my dad to pull over when it began to move in an irratic manner.I asked Dad(retired airforce)if we were seeing a UFO.Yes was his answer,but he did not want to report it.

Date Reported:

1/4/2006 3:48:03 PM

Sighting Time: 

9:00p.m.

Day/Night: 

Nighttime

No. of Witnesses: 

2

Duration: 

5 to 10 minutes is my guess

Appearance / Description of Object(s)

It just looked like a star gone wild! Except for the glow over the mountains at the end of the sighting their was no color or contrail. I do not recall anything about colorization regarding the glow. It has been a long time and it not an account I tell many friends or aquaintances, for obvious reasons.It was

Size of Object(s)

Just a pin point in the night sky

Description of Area / Surroundings

We were on the highway and then stopped to observe. It was in a rural mountain area otherwise... probably not far from Biship.

Full Description & Details

The object appeared at first to be a shooting star. It then captured my complete attention by moving very fast and zig zagging in a small area of the sky. It then rapidly flew a great distance over us and ended by disappearing from our vision behind the Mt. Whitney range. At that time the sky glowed behind the mountains for a few seconds and it was over. I asked Dad about its being a UFO or something natural. My father was a pilot in the airforce and head of the science department at a college near our home so I was excited when he confirmed it was nothing he could explain. When I asked him if we should report it, he was clear that we should not. We did tell my mother when we returned home, but her reaction was one of dismissal and embarrassment that we should affirm such a thing. It really irritated her ,so I have only brought it up to her once after my dad passed and she still did not accept that we had seen anything truly unusual and refused to talk of it. The sighting was probably in the summer of 1974, but I am not certain.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Not according to my father ,whose opinion I respected.

Witness Background

I am college educated and currently working at the college I attended. I am 55 and would have been in my mid twenties when the sighting took place.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

My views have not changed much, as far as I have always tried to remain open to possibilities. I of course feel fortunate to have seen something in the realm of the fantastic.

Reported Sighting? 

Yes

Reported To: 

Only my mom and through the years certain friends, never to an agency or web site

Your Location: 

Laguna Beach,CA (USA)

Age: 

55

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Date:

1968

Location:

Rippey, Iowa, United States

Summary:

Date Reported:

1/4/2006 12:42:09 PM

Sighting Time: 

10:30-11:00?

Day/Night: 

Nighttime

No. of Witnesses: 

at least 3

Appearance / Description of Object(s)

round with three lights on the bottom, the center light seemed to be the light we were taken back down to the ground with. It was dark and I was young but it seems it was metallic and had small slots or windows around the edge.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

directly across the road in a corn field.

Description of Area / Surroundings

rural area. Small farm town. Two-lane highway passed by our house with corn feilds around us.

Full Description & Details

I was about 8 or 9 and lived in a smaill town in Iowa. I awoke to this high pitch sound that was driving me crazy. I yelled for my Dad and he cam upstairs to see what I was so upset about. No one else in the house could hear it. We lay across my bed looking out the window at these strange lights moving back and forth across the corn field. Suddenly these lights lifted into the air and disappeared. Dad said he didn't know what it was and instructed me to go back to sleep. A few hours later I was waken by lights shining into my room. This wasn't too unusual as my brothers had to pass through my room to go down stairs when ever they use the restroom. I remeber yelling at them to turn off the light several times. I also remember hearing small feet walking up the stairs.

This is where things get strange. I continues to complain about the light and kept asking who I thought was my brothers to turn it off. A voice answered "we can't turn it off" I turned from facing the wall to these thin creatures standing around my bed. I was so scared that I wet the bed. This seemed to disturb them and they asked why I did that.

I can remeber several of them walking between my brothers room and my room and in a room we refered to as the "Junk room." I had a jar filled with cattails and they were interested in that. They were interested in a mirror hanging next to my bulliten board and the things on the bulletin board.

My next memory is one of my brothers and I are in this place that I do not recognize and it appears that we are on an examination table of some sort. I'm not sure where my brother was taken. The only reason I know he is there is because I can hear him screaming bloody murder. I begin to cry and want to go to him but am not allowed. These creatures ask me why I am crying and I tell them I am worroed about my brother and that I didn't want them to take his brain. They though this was funny and told me they were not taking his brain. It seems that the "Dr.'s" are different from the thin creatures. They are shorter and meaner. They had assigned one of the thin ones as a type of guardian and it was allowing me to touch it and look into its eyes. I was very interested in its eyes. The shorter ones would not let me touch it and became quit angry when I tried.

From here I can remember running across the back yard behind my brother asking him over and over what was going on. He was just inteested in getting into the house and did not want to take the time to answer my questions. We were both petrified.

The next morning I was the first to get up. I walked down stairs fully expecting to see mom in her usual place in the kitchen, but she wasn't there. The back doors stood open which I found to be strange. At first I thought maybe she had started laundry early and was hanging clothes on the line, but when I looked outside she wasn't there. I went back into the house and quietly walked to my parens room. Mom was still sleeping, this was unusal. My mother was always up at the crack of dawn. I became frightened and ran back upstairs to my room and coward under the covers.

Eventually everyone got up and as we were eating our breakfast my brother suddenly for no reason got a bloody nose. It was very bad and mom rush him into the bathroom to take care of it but it wouldn't stop bleeding. as she is cleaning him up a small piece of metal falls from his nose. We were put on trial from mom and dad because they thought one of us had put something up his nose.

Too this day if I were to ask my brother what happen in Rippey he gets very upset and says he doesn't want to talk about it. If I ask him if I am right to think that something happened there he gets even more upset and tells me that I know it did so quit pestering him about it.

I'm still not sure. Sometimes I get extremely angry about the thought of someone coming into our home and removing my brother and I and doing things to us that made him scream in pain. I do not remember too many details about the entire experience. It has taken me my entire life to remember what I have.

I have a wierd scare on the inside of my leg that neither parent could explain. I have a small lump on the inside of my left foot that neither parent could ever explain. And I have had so many problems with my reproductive system. I had surgey in 2004 and the doctor found my fallopian tubes completely bent backwards and twisited. I don't know if any of this has anything to do with the night but it leaves me to wonder.

Witness Background

I am now in my mid-forties and spent time in the Army. I am currently a socialwork/Theology major and planning on attending seminary once I am done.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I was only a child when this sighting occured. Since that time I have become almost obsessive about learning as much as I can about others that may have had the same experieince.

Other Comments

It wasn't until I was in my early twenties that I started remebering bits and pieces of that night. I was shopping and The book Communion had just been released. As I wlked past the book stand I saw this picture on the cover identical to pictures my brother would draw when we were younger. It literally stopped me in my tracks. I bought the book.

Reported Sighting? 

No

Your Location: 

Volga, SD U.S.

Age: 

45

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Date:

November, 4, 2005

Location:

Kayenta, Arizona, United States

Summary:

I saw a triangle shape with lights at three points at an altitude of somewhere between thirty-five thousand and fifty thousand feet. I would estimate that the size of the object would have had to have been easily over a half mile across. The lights jumped from point to point at a speed faster than any known aircraft can travel and in a completely irregular pattern.

Date Reported:

1/3/2006 5:21:31 PM

Sighting Time: 

9:00

Day/Night: 

Nighttime

No. of Witnesses: 

none

Duration: 

7 to 8 minutes

Appearance / Description of Object(s)

I saw a triangle shape with lights at three points. I am not sure if it was one object that traversed those three points with such rapidity that it gave the illusion of a triangular shaped object or whether in fact it was a triangular shaped object with much brighter-than-normal running lights for want of a better term. I have over four hundred hours logged, most of it piloting my own plane, and know what aircraft strobe lights look like. These were not them. The object was perfectly still in the sky for a period of roughly seven minutes and then abruptly disappeared.

Size of Object(s)

I would estimate the object to be at least a half a mile across.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Thirty-five thousand to fifty thousand feet.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Desert surroundings on the Navajo reservation approximately ten miles east of Kayenta, AZ

Full Description & Details

I saw a triangle shape with lights at three points at an altitude of somewhere between thirty-five thousand and fifty thousand feet. I would estimate that the size of the object would have had to have been easily over a half mile across. The lights jumped from point to point at a speed faster than any known aircraft can travel and in a completely irregular pattern.

I am not sure if it was one object that traversed those three points with such rapidity that it gave the illusion of a triangular shaped object or whether in fact it was a triangular shaped object with much brighter-than-normal running lights for want of a better term. I have over four hundred hours logged, most of it piloting my own plane, and know what aircraft strobe lights look like. These were not them. The object was perfectly still in the sky for a period of roughly seven minutes and then abruptly disappeared.

When I pulled into a small trading post, just outside Kayenta, I asked the kid behind the counter how long he had been on the reservation (Navajo). He replied his entire life. I asked him if he had ever seen anything strange in the sky. He told me he had and then preceded to describe the exact same object I had seen, which he claimed to have seen the night before.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

It resembled no natural or man-made object. It hovered in one place, perfectly still, at an altitude which no helicopter could achieve (or if it was not one object with three running lights but rather one object, jumping from point to point in a triangular formation it stayed exactly in that area in a manner which no aircraft could duplicate.)

Witness Background

I'm a screenwriter, I have a B.A. from UCLA. I was a private aircraft owner and flew my own plane for several years. Having a home in Sedona, Arizona and a ranch in southwest Colorado and my home base in California I have had occasion to travel that area extensively over the last seventeen years and have never seen anything like this.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I believed in the possibility but had never seen one. Also I should add that I have both piloted my own plane and had driven across that area of desert many times and never seen anything remotely like it.

Reported Sighting? 

No

Your Location: 

Thousand Oaks, CA

Age: 

58

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Date:

August, 2005

Location:

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Summary:

Unknown object appears in photograph taken in Jersey City, New Jersey. "I had pulled over off the highway to buy some fruits at a very isolated fruit stand/store and i snapped a picture of this warehouse in the lot over."

Date Reported:

12/31/2005 11:20:15 AM

Comments about the image(s): These are four versions of the photograph, with different levels of cropping and resizing.

Day/Night: 

Daytime

Full Description & Details

Hi, my name is [name removed per witness' request]. A relative of mine found your website and advised me to send this specifially to you. The reason being is because, and i agree with her, that Rob (the November 2005 poster) and I may have captured the same object (or model?). This picture is from earlier this year, August is my best bet. I'm almost certain. I would remember the date had i known i had taken a UFO in it, but just as Robert i had not realized the image was on my camera. However in my case it was a few weeks later when i was cleaning out the flash card that it caught my eye.

This took place in Jersey City, New Jersey. I had pulled over off the highway to buy some fruits at a very isolated fruit stand/store and i snapped a picture of this warehouse in the lot over. I can solemnly affirm to you that it is not a prank and that i did not even see it when i took the picture. In fact, i am about 95% percent sure that it wasn't even there, as i'm certain that i would have seen it. I believe this is also more or less the case for Rob. This is image was taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT and the mode was automatic and set for outdoors.

Anyhow, this would not be the first time i've seen something like this. When i was 14 i saw a metal orb hovering over a shopping mall parking lot in this same city. As much as i tried to have my family see it,they could not. There have been other instances, too. This is just the first time i've been allowed to capture something as clear.

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Date:

February, 1973

Location:

Freeport, Illinois, United States

Summary:

High altitude object moving from w/sw to e/ne, at first in a linear pattern, then sudden manuvers and changes of direction occurred. The object then accelerated at tremendous velocity, and disappeared while moving in an easterly direction.

Date Reported:

12/31/2005 2:59:52 AM

Sighting Time: 

1900 and 2100.

Day/Night: 

Nighttime

No. of Witnesses: 

2

Duration: 

1 to 1.5 minutes.

Appearance / Description of Object(s)

The object appeared as a single point of light in the sky...like a large star or satellite. Due to it's high altitude, no distinct features could be seen.

Size of Object(s)

Using the appearence of commercial aircraft at 30,00 feet as a reference, I would estimate the object to be perhaps slightly smaller in overall size than a Boeing 737. I could cover it with my fingertip.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

I estimate the altitude to have been at least 30,000 feet.

Description of Area / Surroundings

A semi-rural area on the western edge of the city. A residential area, with only a few street lights and very little traffic. There are no military bases or special sites in the area.

Full Description & Details

On a cold winter evening in February, somewhere between 7:00 and 9:00, I stepped outside of my parents home to smoke cigarette. While standing on the front porch, I was looking at the sky. It was a cloudless night, and the stars were clearly visible since there was very little artificial light in this area. I noticed what appeared to be a satellite moving in the sky moving from the southwest in a northeasterly direction. It appeared as a moving star in the sky, without any features such as shape or materials that were discernible. It appeared to be at a very high altitude as well. Suddenly, the object stopped, and began a series of manuvers involving almost instantaneous direction changes, and high speeds. These manuevers continued for perhaps 30 seconds. Finally, the object began moving in a straight line in an easterly direction, and clearly accelerated from a motionless state to a tremendous velocity before disappearing from site. From my point of reference. the object covered a 90 degree arc in less than 2 seconds. While the event was taking place, I was careful to note the time, circumstances, and whether or not there were other witnesses.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

I'm an ex-military police officer, and I'm familiar with the performance characteristics of military aircraft, including the SR-71 and other high performance aircraft. This object displayed capabilities beyond anything I have ever seen. Indeed, the rapid direction changes at the speeds I observed the craft to make, would have probably killed a man.

Witness Background

I'm currently a visiting professor at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in Dalian, China. My degrees are in business. My experience include 20 years of management and business ownership, a brief stint in law-enforcement and 6 years in the US Army.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

This was the second time that I saw UFO's. So the arguments about whether or not they exist is a moot point for me. I was interested in learning about the phenomena, and did a lot of reading on the subject..but came away with more questions than answers. I still take a look at the literature or surf the net for information from time to time, but it is by no means a priority in my life.

Other Comments

The Drake Equation works on a probability that doesn't take into account the statistical values of the data available in terms of trace evidence, reliable witness episodes, and probabilities of truth derived from quantity and consistency of such evidence. I'm no expert mathematician, but I do have a working knowledge of statistics. It seems to me that these variables need to get worked into any quantitative analysis regarding the probabilities of life in the universe.For sure, having seen what I have seen has removed all doubt...and its disappointing to see the scientific community working form only one direction in their approach to the problem. The comments made about "no clear evidence for visitations by aliens,etc" is very unfortunate. Where are the scientific and statistical studies of the many sightings and witness statements? The probabilities that all of these people are either deceivers or the victims of misperceptions of events are, I'm confident, close to zero.

Reported Sighting? 

Yes

Reported To: 

The Center for UFO Studies at the University of Illinois.

Name: 

John Hunter

Your Location: 

Dalian China

Age: 

59

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Date:

May, 1976

Location:

Hyde Park, Massachusetts, United States

Summary:

Bright light hovering in trees.

Date Reported:

12/30/2005 6:41:09 PM

Sighting Time: 

2:00am

Day/Night: 

Nighttime

No. of Witnesses: 

1

Duration: 

2hours

Appearance / Description of Object(s)

like a bright round glowing light, brighter in the middle than on the sides.

Size of Object(s)

I can't say, it was bigger than the moon looks but lower in the sky

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

It looked like it was up in the trees some 500feet away and about 30feet up.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Suburban back yard with lots of trees houses backyards connected. I saw it in our backyard.

Full Description & Details

It was about 2:00am on a Monday morning. I was in a bedroom in the upstairs of our house which consisted of two bedrooms with a dorma bathroom in between. As I sat on the toilet I noticed a bright light coming in the window over the tub to my left. I though it was not early enough to get up so I went into my room to look at the clock whch read around2:00am. I suddenl got real scared and for some reason crawled on the bathroom floor into the tub to get a look out the window. I saw "hovering" above the trees with the reflection in the pool a very bright light. It was low in the sky and as bright as the sun but didn't light up the whole sky. I was scared to death. I crawled back into bed and was literly scared stiff, I couldn't move but I could see the reflection on the wall. I had this feeling that something was around so I pretended to be alseep. I wanted to run downstairs to wake my parents but I couldn't. After abut an hour I felt the house lightly shake twice with a low boom and then watched the reflection slowly disappear. Next morning i told my family but of course no one beleived me and they said it was probably the moon. The next night I woke myself at the same time to see nothing there, oh, and the moon was on the other side of the house at that time.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No. I never saw anything like it again either there or anyplace else.

Witness Background

Programmer/Analyst for a very large financial institution. I hold a BS and an MSJA from a prominant midwestern University

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I follwing information on UFOs every now and then when the subject is on TV. I relive my experience and it scares me. I believe there are beings things out there, but I'm not going to be the one to say so. I would be skeptical if I had not seen it myself

Other Comments

I would like more people to experience this. I hate people thinking I'm playing games as I still get scared every now and then.

Reported Sighting? 

No

Your Location: 

Reston, VA USA

Age: 

47

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Date:

December, 20, 2005

Location:

Glens Falls, New York, United States

Summary:

About 11:45 PM witnessed an object in the nght sky that looked like a huge windsock at first, then changed to a rectangle shape before finally changing into a massive 3 dimensional sphere lit from inside. Bright red/orange color as if on fire. No sounds/

Date Reported:

12/30/2005 4:43:24 PM

Sighting Time: 

11:45 PM through mindight

Day/Night: 

Nighttime

No. of Witnesses: 

2

Duration: 

15 minutes

Size of Object(s)

I have no idea! All objects were large and too difficult to discern how far away or how large they were.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

The sphere was partially covered by clouds.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Suburban area. We are located in the Southern Adirondack Mountains. Between Lake George and Saratoga

Full Description & Details

Observed a bizarre object in the night sky while driving late one night. Sky was very dark , blanketed by clouds. No moon. No stars. That's why this object 'popped' out at us. We thought it was a gigantic wind sock -- very high in the sky. Too High. It was like a sideways triangle and glowing bright reddish orange from within. We lost it behind the tree line. Found it again a moment or two later, but this time it was a rectangle shape. Again, all lit up inside. It appeared to be very high and moving. We tried following it when we lost it behind trees again. About a minute later as we approached a high spot in the road overlooking the city of Glens Falls we saw it! A massive sphere in the sky (my daughter commented that it looked like a planet exploding). It was partially covered by clouds. We could only see the bottom third. It was so huge and three dimensional. We were screaming! It looked like it was coming in for a landing. Totally frightening to see. No sounds. Just this giagantic glowing, moving sphere. We tried chasing it but it changed course and got farther and farther away until it was suddenly just gone.

The most remarkable an surreal experience we've ever had. While we saw it in the sky we were terrified. Something made us feel 'sure' this was not of this world. Have never had sightings before. Very scary experience. Thought if was going to land and create huge crater in the earth (with us under it!)

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Have no idea

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I hope there is something better out there than just us. But the stories frighten me. I know nothing about this stuff.

Other Comments

I am desperate to find others who saw what we did. I feel like a crazy person. Can't stop thinking about what we saw. Feel compelled to reexperience it.

Your Location: 

United States

Age: 

39

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Date:

1992

Location:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Summary:

While as a teenage passenger in my mother's car, almost midway from Okotoks to Calgary during the night, I saw a series of perfect ellipse-shaped flashes in the dark sky. No defining features other than their very sharp, distinct shape, I believe it was the same object moving around and flashing at the same time.

Date Reported:

12/30/2005 4:41:04 PM

Sighting Time: 

11:00 pm

Day/Night: 

Nighttime

No. of Witnesses: 

1, as far as I know

Duration: 

aprx. 60 seconds

Appearance / Description of Object(s)

See above, but to summarize again, the object was a perfect narrow elliptical shape that could only be seen when it flashed. The shape was very sharp and distinct, as in the light did not diffuse outwards at all, and was bright white. There were no details that could be seen, as in markings, shadows or perspectives. The shape flashed about 30 times, always within the same part of the sky, but always at a slightly different angle and position. After the last flash, it was gone from sight and did not reappear. It did not appear to come any closer or move any further away by any noticable distance for the entire duration.

Size of Object(s)

Reaching out my hand, I would say that I could have covered the shape with 4 fingers, definitly not fewer than 3. To guess the actual size is much more difficult as there was no perspective or point of reference. It was certainly closer than the moon! Seriously, I would hazard a guess that it was at least the size of a medium to large airliner, but that really is a guess at best.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Again, this is very difficult to say. At another guess, I'd say between 1 and 10 kilometres.

Description of Area / Surroundings

In the rural prairie farm and acreage lands between Calgary and Okotoks in Alberta. Relatively flat with some rolling hills. The only special features I can think of are the town and city themselves, as well as the junction between the busy number 2 highway and the 2A.

Full Description & Details

I've never actually considered reporting this sighting, and not because I am worried about ridicule or secrecy because I've talked about it with family and friends. Actually, I've recently become a little more interested in UFO research after some friends have told me about their own experiences. This reminded me of my own sighting and rekindled my curiosity, so I went online to see what kinds of websites exist and what kind of information is available. Seeing as this site is happy to accept and even encourages people to share their stories, I don't see why I shouldn't also share mine.

I live in Calgary, Alberta, and my mum's best friend lives with her own family in Okotoks (a small town south of Calgary). My mum's friend's daughter, nearly the same age as I, is by way of fate my own best friend. For this reason, my mum and I made our way out to Okotoks at least once a month for visits.

This sighting happened when I was 15 years old, so it would have been 1992, in the late spring or early summer. Still living with my mother, obviously, we were on our way home to Calgary fairly late in the evening after one of our many visits, my mother driving. My brother and sister, 10 years my junior, were being annoying and loud in the back seat and, as I was sitting in the front passenger seat, I did my best to ignore them. I was facing roughly east

looking out of the passenger window, and the full moon was exceptionally beautiful this night as some fine, wispy clouds were catching the light around it. To keep my visual field free of all reflections, I cupped both of my hands around my face against the glass.

Quite suddenly, I saw a bright flash in the shape of a perfect, narrow ellipse. A classic saucer shape, I suppose, but there was no perspective points or shadows, it was just bright white all over. The edges of the shape were sharp, as were the points of the ellipse. Not quite sure of what I'd just seen, as the flash of shape had only occured for a split second, my breath caught in my throat as I waited to see if it would again appear. Then, the shape did flash again, the very same size, but at a different angle and slightly different position, and then again and again. This shape flashed about 30 times, always in the same vicinity, before it vanished altogether. I hadn't realized that by this time I was crying and frightened and was yelling at my mother to pull the car over so that she could see. By the time she had, however, the object was long gone.

Though this was the most dramatic thing of this genre to which I, personally, have ever been witness, it was not the only oddity around Okotoks I'd seen. My aforementioned friend and I, while being driven from Calgary to Okotoks one night in her parents' car, both saw a strange glow in a farmer's field while the adults were preoccupied up front. The light was a pale bluish white that was coming up from the dirt and illuminating the stocks of wheat, but

was not bright enough to reach right to the heads of the grass. There was no object visible from which the light was emitted, it just seemed to be glowing straight out of the earth. Another time where I was not present, my same friend was at another friend's home on the very edge of town. In these folks' back yard, which faced out into the open countryside, they had a trampoline. While the two girls were laying on the trampoline one night looking at the stars, they noticed a dark moving shape blocking out some of the stars. It approached the edge of town and then stopped about 150 feet away from the girls and about 100 feet off of the ground. It was triangular in shape with rounded corners, but they couldn't make out any details as there were no lights on it whatsoever, it was in pure shadow. It made a slight whisper sound when it once again began to move, this time away from town and out of sight.

Though I'm happy to share my story, I would also love to know if you folks have any ideas, even speculation about these objects. Or if you know of any quite similar occurrences from others that maybe you could point out to me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks very much!

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No. I've seen just about every conventional thing in the sky, and this was unlike all of them. Also, my hands were cupped around my face to prevent reflection, so that theory is out. Believe me, I sure tried to find a conventional explanation for my own peace of mind!

Witness Background

College education. Currently a machine technician for an office coffee and beverage services company.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

Didn't know much before hand, but a little bit as learned from the news and the X-Files! I didn't disbelieve in them, but I had no personal fascination or conscious belief in them. Afterwards, of course I believe in them. But as to what they may be, I have no clue. There seems such a variety of objects sighted that it's hard to write them off as any one thing.

Other Comments

I think this is a wonderful site, not "nerdy" or highly questionable as I'd feared I'd find on the internet. This is a well-designed website where the seriousness of the researchers is evident. I hope you might be able to offer me even a partial explanation, or just a significantly similar experience from someone else.

Reported Sighting? 

No

Reported To: 

No authorities or media anyways.

Name: 

Deanna

Your Location: 

Calgary, AB, Canada

Age: 

28

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Date:

August, 14, 1979

Location:

Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada

Summary:

possibly more of a spiralling vortex like an intelligent eye to another realm. i came to an open field and i saw this circular shape at the other end as described above panning over the field like an eye looking for something then it saw me and we recognized each other as i noticed it had seen me too and it lunged at me and i jumped out of the way.

Date Reported:

12/30/2005 1:19:37 PM

Comments about the image(s): Drawing by the witness.

Sighting Time: 

7 pm

Day/Night: 

Dusk/Evening

No. of Witnesses: 

1

Duration: 

few secs v -4mins b

Appearance / Description of Object(s)

a spiralling vortex of gas folding into itself to its center dark grey to black and as gas falls in to center it slightly brightens to light grey bug 1 in x 3 in x 1 in with bulbus end all drk color with antennae or something like wings or legs on top

Size of Object(s)

vortex 1m x 1m x 2 ft? bug 1in x 3 in x 1n with bulbus end

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

vortex off ground aprx 2-3 ft bug of ground aprx 20 ft ?

Description of Area / Surroundings

all near forest cutlines near the community

Full Description & Details

i was around 10 yrs old went to check snares with my dog.my dog refused to follow never did that before. i took a different trail and ended up at the edge of a field and saw at the other end a circular eye looking over the field and it saw me and it seemed to realize i saw it too and it lunge at me and i dont know if it hit me or not or was jus trying to escape. the eye was large about 1 meter across by 1 meter high by about 1-2 ft deep from my angle as it was panning in a sideways motion.

i think it came from somewhere close because i shot down something like a large bug

just days before i saw the eye. it was jus starting to be dusk and i saw this bug but it was weird though. it made no sound and hovered about 20 ft off the ground for quite a few minutes but it didnt really look like a bug but i could see it moving slowly like drifting with the calm wind currents. i kept trying to shoot it down but kept missing. i finally hit it after about 50 shots and it sounded weird like hitting something harder than a bug but i could not find it anywhere after seeing it fall into a clump of low grass bushes. i wish i could remember everything. to this day i think this eye came looking for the ufo bug.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

bug not really? vortex no

Witness Background

not working now have been weather observer for many years with the territorial governments. odd jobs and trades worked and spent time served in correction facilities long ago. have commonlaw spouse and 4 girls now ages 9 7 3 1 and enjoy making gold and silver jewelry.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

nothing before but lots after trying to find something similar

Other Comments

truly believe in extraterrestrial life and spiritual beings after seeing the vortex come after me.

Reported Sighting? 

Yes

Reported To: 

family and friends and internet

Name: 

troy beaulieu

Your Location: 

gjoa haven, nu. ca.

Age: 

37

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Date:

December, 1958

Location:

Hells Poort, South Africa

Summary:

Large circular silver object with raised central dome seen in valley below road. Appeared to hover above ground and then shot off up valley in an instant.

Date Reported:

12/29/2005 6:34:17 AM

Sighting Time: 

10 am

Day/Night: 

Daytime

No. of Witnesses: 

1

Duration: 

10 seconds

Appearance / Description of Object(s)

A silver shimmering circular object with a raised central dome about not less than 15 meters across.

Size of Object(s)

At least 15 meters across

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

300 meters away and at least 80 meters below me ie looking down.

Description of Area / Surroundings

A desolute mountain pass with no buidings dams etc anywhere around.

Full Description & Details

This was the year before i went to boarding school in Grahamstown South Africa. My mother was driving through Hells Poort in the morning and i was in the back seat. Looking down into valley i saw a circular silver shimmering object with a raised dome hovering above the ground. I can still identify the exact place so know the distance to be approx 300 meters from the road. The diameter of object was about 15 meters across. I tried to draw attention to it but in an instant it shot up the valley at great speed and disappeared out of line of sight. I had no idea what it was but certainly knew it was not a plane. It was only some 3 years later that i saw some pictures in a library book and suddenly realised what i had seen. Up to that point i had no idea of UFO's.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Definately not

Witness Background

Brought up on a farm. Had a very good education and today am a bank manager.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

At age 8 i knew nothing about UFO's. Only in later years have i been interested.

Other Comments

I know what i saw was real.

Reported Sighting? 

No

Name: 

Andrew Bowker

Your Location: 

Grahamstown S Africa

Age: 

55

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