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Cortero · AZ, USA
Woman & son gardening see blindingly bright metallic disc in sky. Moves from W to E of them, rises vert. Very visible; NOT an a/c.
San Bruno · CA, USA
Man sees peculiar stationary white light. Green light drops vertically from white light, becomes red, disappears. 1st obj. moves off.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Many repts. of massive "greenish-white" obj. traveling SE to NW, descending. USCG overheard on scanner to use term, "Quicksilver."
Tampa · FL, USA
Man & son witness two bright objects in SSE sky. Very bright, with "ring of light" around one of them. (Possible twinkling stars?)
Fresno · CA, USA
Couple witness "huge black thing" over parking lot in downtown Fresno. Emitted steam or smoke in three directions. Many lights.
Snelling · CA, USA
Couple see large disc in N sky "w/ white, yellow, blue lights going in a circle around it." Larger than clenched fist at arm's length.
Tempe · AZ, USA
Man sees two bright lights moving very strangely. "Too slow to be meteorite, too fast to be satellite."
Coos Bay · OR, USA
Woman hears dogs barking. Sees an "immense, creamy white light," blinking irregularly drop into nearby valley. Light continues.
Gardena · CA, USA
Woman sees an "orange-yellow light w/ long tail." Light suddenly dims, emits smoke, reappears as amber white light.
Cocoa Beach · FL, USA
Young couple witness cluster of 6 objs. over Cape Kennedy. Very high alt. Objs. were shiny, suddenly turn dull black. Move E to W.
Cle Elum · WA, USA
Woman, daughter see "huge piece of machinery w/gold lights, humming sound," pass overhead. Obj. "glided" over town. Like "disc."
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Woman sees shiny, cigar-shaped obj. hovering in E cloudless sky. VERY bright; hurt eyes. Obj. suddenly turned gray, disappeared.
Mansfield · TX, USA
Young couple witness small light, "like star," pass across sky to E, suddenly disappear. Obj. moved up, accel., trned L, streaked off.
Macon · GA, USA
FAA radar & tower report radar contact/very bright light in NW sky. Robbins AFB radar confirms. (Investigation suggests Venus.)
Everett · WA, USA
Man looking N, sees "line of lights, cascading L to R," streak to N horizon. No sound. No craft visbl.(Very detailed written rept.)
Kelseyville · CA, USA
Group of people witness "pinpoint of light w/ spiderweb of light outside center." Obj. ascends, leaves trail behind it, disappears.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Young couple watch very bright light to W over Pacific O. Had "corona effect"; reflected off water. Suddenly disappeared. (Planet?)
Black Hills · SD, USA
Man witnesses bizarre silvery disc, "as long as 2 school buses," hover, then streak away. (Phone line goes dead. No other data.)
Rochester · NY, USA
Man, brother, see bright yellow light hovering over local woods suddenly descend into woods, turn to orange. Sudden flash of light.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Man sees "very bright white light, with a trail of light," streak across sky to NW. Bigger than star, distinctly circular in shape.
Regina (Canada) · SA, Canada
it was a light moving south east then it was like a camera flash and it was gone the for one sec it was there and streaked norht and wa
Atolicita Hills · CA, USA
Woman driving to work sees 2 "really bright white lights, w/ strobing blue, yellow, red lights in center." Stops car; obj. moves off.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Two fishermen witness very bright obj. pass overhead from SW to NE. Covered 90 deg. of arc in 30 sec., they thought. (Satellite?)
Bellflower · CA, USA
Man sees 2 bright red spheres, "200 yds. apart," streaking W to E along Hwy 91. Below 1,000' alt. Both suddenly climbed sharply.