Phoenix witness claims orb UFOs often seen over city skies

A Phoenix, AZ, witness reported a "loose formation of 10 UFO orbs moving east to west" as the latest example of similar objects seen crossing the sky over the last few years, according to January 11, 2013, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness was outside during a lunch break and was scanning the sky when the objects were first seen.

"I've been seeing white orb UFOs over where I work for the last couple of years," the witness stated. "With my first few sightings, I just categorized them as odd and random phenomena, but as I continued to witness these white orbs on a regular basis I began to take these sightings more seriously."

The witness began to see a series of objects moving overhead.

"When I glanced up and saw the front three passing overhead, with a very deliberate trajectory lacking any pretense of balloons being carried along by the wind, I was immediately awestruck by what I was seeing. As the front three became obscured by the wispy cloud cover overhead, and I was able to see others following along in the open blue behind them, I became intensely focused and dumbfounded by what I was witnessing. I realized I was seeing six, not three; no, it was eight, no wait, there's 10! Holy friggin guacamole!"

The witness described the objects.

"They were moving along as a loose formation above the lacy cloud cover, with the sort of spread and disbursement pattern you'd expect of 10 Army Black Hawk helicopters in flight; somewhat random in their positioning, but with no bob and weave nor sway between them as they passed overhead. By the time they reached the stretch of sky directly over where I work, the rest of the formation had disappeared from sight, leaving only one in plain view with a clear blue background. That last one faded out of sight right there between the clouds."

No images or videos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on January 12, 2013. The incident occurred about 12:30 p.m. on January 9, 2013. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Phoenix is the capital and largest city in Arizona, population 1,445,632.

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The following is the unedited report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If Arizona MUFON State Director Jim Mann investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

January 9, 2013, 12:30 p.m., Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ - Loose formation of 10 UFO orbs, moving from East to West. Case 45141.

I had gone outside during the last 10 minutes of my lunch break, to give myself enough time to chain smoke two cigs before going back to work. Had clocked out at 11:39 AM for lunch, so this sighting took place precisely between 12:30 and 12:40 PM, local time.

Ive been seeing white orb UFOs over where I work for the last couple of years. With my first few sightings I just categorized them as odd and random phenomena, but as I continued to witness these white orbs on a regular basis I began to take these sightings more seriously. I finally bought a video camera last year so I could start recording them, and as one might expect from Murphys Laws, after 4 sightings in January of 2012 when I bought the video camera, the following months through the summer offered nothing to record.

Between the summer months and the transition to this winter Id witnessed a couple of more sightings, but it wasnt enough to convince me to start carrying around my video camera as a matter of habit once again. Observing these white orbs had simply become a personal passtime; watching these other worldly probes prance around in the sky as if pretending to be balloons. It had gotten to the point to where I was beginning to feel somewhat jaded in my response to these sightings, until two days ago.

When I glanced up and saw the front three passing overhead, with a very deliberate trajectory lacking any pretense of balloons being carried along by the wind, I was immediately awestruck by what I was seeing. As the front three became obscured by the wispy cloud cover overhead, and I was able to see others following along in the open blue behind them, I became intensely focused and dumbfounded by what I was witnessing. I realized I was seeing six, not three; no, it was eight, no wait, theres ten! Holy friggin guacamole!

They were moving along as a loose formation above the lacey cloud cover, with the sort of spread and dispersement pattern youd expect of ten Army Black Hawk helicopters in flight; somewhat random in their positioning, but with no bob and weave nor sway between them as they passed overhead. By the time they reached the stretch of sky directly over where I work, the rest of the formation had disappeared from sight, leaving only one in plain view with a clear blue back background. That last one faded out of sight right there between the clouds.

Later in the afternoon, when I came out for my afternoon break, there was a plane circling around the same patch of sky where these orbs had disappeared. I couldnt make out what kind of plane it was. It wasnt a Cessna trainer, but beyond that Im not sure.