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Boise · ID, USA
Two young men in public park witness "meteor," then realize there are multiple tiny V-shaped objs. overhead. Objs. form wedges.
Horry County · SC, USA
Sheriff's dept. relays: Citizen reported seeing a large obj. "w/ a ring of lights around it" rise from ground level. 2 deputies see.
Pink Hill · NC, USA
Man walks onto porch, notes very bright light in sky with"4 small lights on one end, giving off sparks on other." Suddenly moves off.
Shafter · CA, USA
Object goes through shinihg hole! ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax?? PD))
Manton · USA
I was frozen in my bed...terrified. Little people came. White..big eyes. Horrified. Repetitively. Feared. Made myself forget. I
Evansville · IN, USA
Two men in car see 2 bright orange lights in N sky, which move, then extinguish. Reappear in NW sky, split into 5 objs., disappear.
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Five adults witness bright object in W sky, 45 deg. above horizon. When aircraft flew by it, obj. streaked to S, then returned.
Woodland · CA, USA
Man sees diamond-shaped obj., which appeared "shiny and metallic." Obj. looked "like 2 triangles." Ascended, streaked off.
Seattle · WA, USA
Young woman & 2 friends witness 3 lights overhead, arranged in a triangular pattern. Suddenly, a 4th light appears. Not aircraft.
Bethesda · MD, USA
Fed. empl. sees extremely bright "cylinder, or the side of something," hovering in sky. STREAKS off. Other fed. empls. observe.
Meridian · MS, USA
Man, former USAF intel. officer, sees spinning, silver colored, metallic opal-shaped obj. to S of Hwy 20. Obj. instantly disappears!
Houston · TX, USA
Elect. eng. witnesses a V-shaped formation of approx. 20 objs. pass overhead from W to E. Very fast, silent. Excellent report.
Middletown · NJ, USA
Woman, husband, multiple train passengers witness bizarre "aircraft," which suddenly stops, becomes bright red, blue, then yellow!
Guemes Island · WA, USA
Man reports seeing a meteor at 50 degrees (magnetic) descend almost vertically. Size: 3mm at arm's length. Very fast.
Ocala · FL, USA
Woman witnesses extremely bright light in neighboring field behind trees. Hears a huge "crash" that rattles neighborhood.
Medford · NY, USA
Man, daughter, nephew see 6 "tiny white dots" pass S to N at extremely high speed. They believe was 1 obj. w/ 6 lights. Fast!
Austin · TX, USA
Comm. pilot & friend on Austin airport see "triad of white lights" streak directly over airport. "Speed was incredible." Radar neg..
Allentown · PA, USA
Couple witness obj. "like a cross, with circles on the bottom" pass over their truck. Six transparent "windows" on bottom surface.
Portland · OR, USA
Couple witness 3 "pinkish, beige, solid" lights streak overhead to NW very fast. Each object the size of a "very dim star."
Pleasant Valley · CT, USA
2 policemen witness "meteor," which splits into 3 lights that hover. 2 of them "regroup," streak E. 3rd light follows them!!
Miami · FL, USA
Couple on roof see extremely bright red light flying directly toward them. Saw yellow on nose, tail was "on fire." Streaks off.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Man & wife in hot tub see 2 "tiny triangles" streak from S to N directly overhead, as fast as "shooting star." Silent; yellow color.
Seattle · WA, USA
Couple see very bright, white light moving S to N over Puget Sound. "Cigar, or elongate" in shape. Suddenly reverses dir., streaks S.
Auburn · WA, USA
Flashing red light reported by two women.