Arial view of Maricopa, Arizona. Wikipedia image.
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The UFO Traffic Report for Friday, August 14, 2009, includes 8 selected sightings over 7 states, according to witness statements filed in the past 48 hours with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database.
Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If MUFON investigates and reports back on any of these cases, I will update this page. The following reports and their headlines are unedited. You can read my selected cases by type of UFO report at the UFO Traffic Report index page.
AZ, August 13, 2009 - Large, stationary red/orange ball of light seen hovering around outskirts of Maricopa town. MUFON Case # 18667.
An Arizona witness driving south on Highway 347 near Maricopa, "noticed a large, bright red/orange orb of light hovering above the town, to the south west."
The witness pulled over and noticed that the object was stationary, and then decided to drive into town and toward the location of the light. The witness located the object again and was "stopped just a little west of the intersection of 238, Green Road, and W. Smith Enke Road, with the light appearing just to the south west, approximately at W McDavid Road and White Road. Then the light disappeared. The witness then continued to drive to locate the object and noticed "in the direction of where the light had been, and I saw on the ground something that looked like a portion, or top, of the red/orange light--only it appeared to be mostly BELOW ground level and surrounded by many, smaller white lights. They were not blinking, but there were many of them, spanning a very large distance."
The next day the witness went to the same location, did not see anything unusual, but did notice "it's very possible the many white lights I saw last night were from the Dairy. But what the heck was that huge red light?"
ID, August 13, 2009 - multi color lights looks pure in color almost like plasma. MUFON Case # 18664.
An Idaho witness woke up his wife at 2 a.m. to look at a light in the sky that was "very plasma like in nature" and described as a "welding light but much more colorful." The couple said the object was "darting around in weird movements almost like it was trying to spell out something or signal type movement."They said the light being emitted "was so intense you couldnt always make a form."The man's wife also noticed "other much lighter colored objects" that were "doing fly bys at increasing speeds and could be seen flying out of atmosphere in different directions" over a 45-minute period.
AZ, August 13, 2009 - Two, large, bright, yellowish brown lights close together, one slightly to the right, and above the other. MUFON Case # 18658.
An Arizona witness northbound on I-10 coming in from Tucson noticed "two bright yellow/orange lights in the sky to my left (that would be looking west)."
Photo: Witness image was cropped and enlarged for this page. MUFON database.
The lights would "linger" for a while and then disappear, and then reappear again. The witness pulled over four different times to shoot both video and digital still pictures of the objects, but then became scared and drove home.
MA, March 15, 2009 - Lozenge-shaped grey 500 ft high slow speed, straight trajectory. MUFON Case # 18652.
A Massachusetts pilot saw a "lozenge-shaped object, dull grey in color, moving north to south in a straight trajectory.The object rotated clockwise at approximately 6 rpm, was dull grey, "maintained altitude, direction, speed, and rotation so precisely that I question if it was a balloon of any type. It did not follow surface wind direction, but I did not know the winds aloft at that time. There were no surface features or lights visible. The surface seemed very smooth, and the dimentions of the object were approximately 5' x 2' and shaped very much like a oblong cough lozenge." The observation was three minutes.
OH, August 12, 2009 - Triangle of lights. MUFON Case # 18651.
An Ohio couple out watching the recent meteor shower saw an "almost shrouded configuration of three dull amber/brownish lights in the north east sky, and they seemed to be pretty low in altitude. It resembled the effect of some one shining three muted lights in a triangular pattern on a low and overcast sky." They ran into the middle of the street for a better view and "watched the triangular pattern steadily move from east to west to finally be obscurred by a large tree in our yard."
IL, April 12, 2009 - Triangular UFO with 4 dim, non-flashing lights traveling from N to S; no noise. MUFON Case # 18635.
An Illinois couple out watching a meteor shower and looking toward Cassiopeia noticed something moving in the sky almost overhead. The object was "triangular in shape and moved very smoothly with no noise. It did not change directions. There were 4 dim, non-flashing lights on the bottom of it; one in each corner of the triangle and one in the middle. The lights illuminated enough of the bottom to make out the shape. It seemed very low in the sky to me."
SC, August 11, 2009 - 2 objects, largest one w/ rotating lights. MUFON Case # 18633.
A South Carolina witness saw what at first appeared to be a twinkling star. As the object came closer, the witness "could see that the lights were actually rotating around the object. The lights were red, green, blue, yellow and white. The object never got close enough to make out an actual shape, but from the way the lights rotated it appeared to be round at the edges. At that point it stopped briefly, but after a few seconds it began to go back in the direction it had just came from." A second, smaller object was also spotted.
PA, July 14, 2009 - UFO spotted first by me , then hours later by my kids. MUFON Case # 18631.
A Pennsylvania woman visiting her mother in Everson was out for a walk when she noticed a "triangular object that was not twinkling like a star would." She said that she watched the object for 20 minutes and that it did not move nor twinkle like a star. She went back inside, but decided not to tell her two teenage children. A couple of hours later, the teenagers came down stairs and reported they were waching a UFO from an upstairs window. The group went outside to see the object again.
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I was a witness to one of those fiery-orange circles in the sky on July 4. Either gov't activity is increasing, or extra-terrestrial interest in this planet is increasing. 2 1/2 months ago, I participated in a Native ceremony for indigenous animals that are being abused and slaughtered by State and Federal gov'ts. The Chief who conducted the ceremony said that we're "past the point of no return" in reference to environmental issues. Maybe other off-worldly cultures are taking note of our ongoing destruction of this planet. (Earth First! We'll destroy the other planets later.)
Never seen anything like em in my life, definately not a "ufo guy"..but an orange ball appeared overhead when I was walking my dog in Smyrna, GA last night other neighbors outside saw the same thing..ball moved from right to left then two more appeared, one behind the other, moving right to left before dissapearing..they were too high to be aircraft and were not blinking..just a bright orange..in a 10-15 minute period we saw a total of 6 or 7 all originating in the same direction and then "dissapearing" out of view..they were the deepest orange color any of us had ever seen, we were thinking missles because of the flame like appearance..interesting indeed
Bunch of crap
To: aP,
If you or anyone reading this post sees another Orange Ball or star like object disappear, if you can watch that area continuously you may find this to be true. Most likely you will see it again as it takes off. It will light up again as it takes off. I have seen several of them stay near the same spot they disappeared at only to light up again as they take off. It maybe a few minutes to several minutes, just watch. They usually are not gone until you you see them really leave. Usually the ones I have seen stay about twenty minutes or less. I'm no expert, none of us studying UFOs are either. The only real experts on UFOs are what's flying them.
On august 15th near Blythe on the river, we seen a orange light hovering on the Arizona side and then started to move up, down, and side to side then moving very quickly twords Arizona and disappeared. Very weird that all of theses people have sightings on that weekend.
this summer i have had multiple sighting of balls of light hovering low in the sky, most notably an red sphere on july 4th that i witnessed with a crown of people. how is this not becoming more of a hot topic in mainstream media to the point where everyone is asking questions. noones the least bit curious or suspicious about the sudden rapid rise in all these sightings? its eirie and i believe something big is looming
Ufologists are always assuming revelations and disclosure are just around the corner,but I think it's fair to say there is a bit of a flap on at the moment.
More sightings of UFOs ejecting glowing balls which start dancing around,more sightings of multiple objects in formation, more objects followed, chased or even escorted by military planes,more objects hovering round the witnesses, longer lasting sightings and loads more triangles.More clear photos of discs.
These can't all be US govt. black projects, and those that are must be well past the test-flight stage by now!
This past week the media has been reminding us of the sightings peak 10 years ago when the X-Files and Independence Day got people looking watching the sky more keenly : well there's nothing on box or screen now, sightings are spiking and the media choose to focus on the release of more old UK govt. files.
Rendlesham? Again? Hmmm.....
I was sittin in my studio in wood green north london ,on august 19 it was about 11 o'clock pm and i saw what looked like a comet comin towards the window it got within about 300feet of my window and i could c it perfectly it wasent no distant light .it looked like a fireball but not made of fire if that make sense and i was as big as a plane id say and in the middle was an ever changing triangle bowtie shaped black thing,i only got to see it for about 20 seconds then it shot off behind the flats ,i ran out on to the balcony by the time i got there the thing was a dot in the distance,everyone on the road saw it.and probably more.shame i didnt hav a camera.i havent seen any photos close up of what i saw anywhere on the net.sumone must hav got a close up.
Please note as of 1:00 am on September 13, 2009 there is orange-red large circular object in the sky over Golf Links Rd and Pantano in Tucson AZ. I have called the news media but I have not heard any explanation. Please investigate this object. It appears every night for about 2 weeks. It it some type of military or government experiment?
I dont live in America but this happened in Wales,U.K. Newport to be precise. 19.09.09 estimated time: 20:34pm 11 RED lights slowly made their way across the Newport sky. There wasnt a trace of sound or the lights blinking. They weren't grouped either.
i live in flagstaff az and was taking the trash to the dumpster around 1:30 am and saw what looked like a large orange orb. there was a haze around it like it was a large ball of fire but the light had a different intensity. i watched it for awhile debating whether i shouldcall my roommates. while watching the "thing" it just disappeared. leaving me very confused. i have been on google since then trying to find some answers
A few years back when I lived in Peoria, AZ, I was getting ready to run to the store for my mom when I walked out to the apartment parking lot and happened to look in the direction of Luke AFB... There was this glowing orange bullet shaped object sitting stationary in the sky. It had these lines coming out of the back of it (the same glowing orange color)... It looked almost like a child had drawn a picture of a glowing speeding bullet in the sky, only it wasn't moving. Very weird looking... There was a good number of people out in the parking lot looking and pointing too. I've been trying to figure out what it was but can't seem to find any reports of it despite the good sized crowd that was in the parking lot.
I saw the same orange lights that are in the picture in AZ. I was driving from Phoenix to El Centro, CA. I left Phoenix at approximately 8 pm and was driving S on the 85 when I saw the lights to the east of me. It was 1 light and it was higher than the other lights; it was stationery. It seemed to be following me for a while. Then it floated down towards the road far ahead and disappeared. As soon as I got on the 8W, it reappeared. This time to the south of me. Then it went from 1 to 2 to 3, turning off and on like lights being switched off and on. These lights followed me until the mountains outside of Wellton and then they disappeared. I looked back several times to see if I could see them over the mountains but I couldn't. I was so scared that I couldn't make myself take pictures of them. I also called a girlfriend and had her stay on the phone with me until I got home!! I just saw these lights again to the east of El Centro, CA tonight! This time they were really far away
I freaking saw this tonight on January 25, 2011. It reallllllllllly freaked me out i've never seen anything like it! There were two lower lights towards the ground and then there were two up higher to the west spread out more in distance. The two lower lights were really big and BRIGHT ORANGE. I mean they were close. It wasn't far away. They stayed lit the whole time and then the other two lights would start out as a little orange light and then get REALLY BRIGHT orange with rays. It looked like a burst of light (obv). They did this for like 10 mins and then the two higher ones disappeared! The two bigger ones stayed. Then the two higher ones came back and did the exact same thing about 5 mins later! Then it looked like there were two smoke stacks on top of two of the lights! It just looked like it could be an engine with smoke coming off of it. THATS when i got really freaked. It was as if the thing was following us! We were driving from Phoenix to San Diego and it happened on I8! I DIDNT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON! I have never seen anything like this in my life and all i have to say is i believe it could be a UFO. I was freaked. They just all dissapeared after about 20 minutes! I looked back several times to see if i could say any lights and there was nothing.
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