Arizona UFO Sightings in 2006

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White fireball in NE Mesa New Year's Eve Saw flying down at a soft curve from clouds going NE direction while driving on University Rd towards Higley. A white fireball appearance leaving a thick white streak behind. No noise could be heard.

Did appear to stop in the sky for a few minutes before continuing decent.

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a lite edged triangle in the sky. A large triangular craft with yellow lights around it,small ones on the diagnle sides and long ones on the back and it moved slowly across the sky.

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yellow lite triangle over Anthem in 2006. It was a triangle shaped craft with small lights on the diagnale sides and big lights on the back and all the ligts were yellow the craft moved at a steady pace across the sky leaving no trail but it had a bit of light surrounding it.

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Stationary Orange Lights Saw two bright lights - pulsing orangish/red. They were stationary in the sky, no smoke trails. Then a third light appeard about 5 minutes later, making a traingular pattern.

Shortly after that, a fourth light appeared equidistant from the first two lights. Then the third light split into two more lights, making a total of 5 lights. The two lights that split came back to one, and the fourth light disappeared.

The three remaining lights all remained stationary and ever initially seeing the lights at 8:18pm, they disappeared at 8:28pm. The lights were very similar to what I observed on 12/6, except instead of being southwest of Maricopa, AZ, the lights were over the Gila River Indian Reservation, inbetween the Estrella mountains and Tablerock Mesa. ((NUFORC Note: Possible military flares?? PD)).

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1-3 objects seen North of Tucson I'm really not sure of what to make of this, but at around 11 this morning, i was driving home from school (Marana High School) on Twin Peaks Rd. just north of Tuscon. My step-sister who was in the car noted the object(s?) first.

She told me to pull over for a minute, so i did. Looking up, I saw mabey as many as 3 objects about 4-5 thousand feet in the air. I noticed another car and its occupants were pulled over looking at the same thing.

After about 2 minutes an air-force jet made an appearence and the objects simply dissapeared. I don't quite know what to make of the event. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.

Possible hoax. PD)).

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White streak with and object dropping out of it and then flying north I have seen the same event 3 or 4 times and this time I got a picture. It starts as a white streak going up and then an object drops down and then flys north.

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Disc object over Yuma, AZ and BIG red object seen from airplane. My co-worker and I were driving on business from Phoenix,AZ to Yuma,AZ on HWY 8 going west/southwest. Through most of the trip we are talking about UFO's and supernatural programs on the History Channel.

I can admit that I was looking everywhere to see if I saw something unusual in the skies, since I know Arizona has a high volume of sightings. All of the sudden we see an old airplane maneuvering north of us near Yuma,AZ. It doesn't look military; it just looks like someone is playing around.

All of the sudden I look further behind the airplane and I notice something just sitting there in the sky. It was pretty far away and we could not tell what it was. The objects were in a disk shape and white metallic color.

The object was pretty bright for a clear sunny day. We pulled over to see if I can take good pictures of it. My co-worker mentions of rotation on the object, but I could not see it.

The object stayed in the same spot for quite a long time and barely moved. It looked like it would grow slightly in size and go back to the original size. We could even see the object entering Yuma.

That same night there was a high activity of black helicopters near the MX and AZ border. I do not know if it was the Border Patrols or the black helicopters that I've heard try to chase UFO's. This event happened on December 11, 2006 and pictures will be e-mailed.

I also noticed that some of my pictures are similar to the pictures that a person from Argentina submitted on the 25th of December in mufon.com main page. (ANOTHER sighting that happened in October 20006.

Unfortunately, no pictures were taken. SEE BELOW.) I was flying from Dallas to California on a business trip.

Something up to the date of this event told me to have my camera in hand during the flight which I unfortunately didn't. We are over 30,000 probably over New Mexico or Arizona, not sure. Clear bright day.

All of the sudden I see that a big red round object is floating in the air about 2:00 and about 500 feet down in relation of the airplane. My first instinct was that this object was not suppose to be there. It looked like a giant bowie (sp).

As we are flying by it I noticed that on the other side there was this metallic object attached to the object. I looked around the airplane to see if anyone hesitated, but no one seemed to see it except me. I researched weather balloons and this thing was at least 10x bigger than the weather balloon pictures that I googled.

Also, in my opinion, a balloon will probably not be floating over 30,000 in the skies. I'm still kicking myself today because I did not have a camera with me.

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Grand Canyon UFO? I was on a rest-area cliff on 89n headed to kanabb ut.,north of cedar ridge az., i was taking a video of the grand canyon,when out of nowhere was this tumbling oval object hiding between me and the sun you can see in the video that its moving in a tumbling motion .

I determined this by the shades it was making blocking out the sun. As I looked up to view it I could not see it with the naked eye, but clearly could be seen on video, although it was at a distance I remain.

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Large white spinning ball omiting many colors. Large white spinning ball omiting many colors and which appears stationary yet, if looked at with telescope, slight movement can be seen. Also small bright non colored lights come out from what appears to be the very fast spinning.

This object is at around 10,000 feet. Through the telescope it looks like a big ball of light.

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Two craft, disappear and reappear, one of the crafts gains more lights and begins flashing. It was two separate crafts. Both were made up of two orbs.

The first craft disappeared, and reappeared with a third light. And then soon disappeared for good. The second craft dimmed out, and reappeared as one light, and then slowly added lights till there was a line of four lights.

After that, in order, each light go a little brighter. After lighting up for about 4 minutes, they too disappeared.

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Orange lights in the sky I was driving home through the Gila River Indian Reservation (on the southern edge of the Phoenix metro area), when I noticed several dark orange, bright circular lights in the sky (like the color of street lights). I drove through Maricopa until I was in open land again, and could see a total of four lights about 5 miles to the southwest, several thousand feet up. There were three lights in a straight line, and a fourth light a little ways off, making an elongated isosceles triangle.

The lights would randomly flicker on and off - sometimes off for 30 seconds and then flicker on in the same location). I watched for a couple minutes - the total duration from when I first saw them until they totally flickered off was about 20-25 minutes. I turned around to head home, and as I was driving back in my subdivision, I could see the one light again at the top of the triangle (maybe 10 minutes after I left).

The whole thing was stationary, and didn't move. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly flares over the Gila Bend Firing Range?? PD)).

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8 bright individual pulsing lights yellow orange in color forming one large triangle then winked out one at a time and would come back started out as 2 lights and became 8. at one point 2 of the lights split into 4. we are north of Luke AFB and see the lights due south of the base.

we have seen this same thing 7 different times in the last 13 months. the lights look like they are pulsing and tutning. we looked through a high powered scope and you could see black angular shapes.

they can hover for more than an hour at a time and wink in and out. you could see what appeared to be a blue flouresant light going between the objects and it almost appeared to be almost a trail coming off of them because they are so bright. several f-16's took off in their direction.

when the jets arrived in their vacinity they winked out and when the jets went back towards the base they came back in greater numbers.

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ufos emerge from three small geometric clouds. at 0700 my wife noticed an odd cloud in the SE sky, maybe 2 mi from our house. If 2 miles is about right, then I would guess it's altitude to be about 1000 ft, and it's size to be about 100 feet high.

No other clouds were visible anywhere. The cloud looked flat, was vertically oriented, and had perfectly straight sides, and was diamond shaped. My first thought was that it was some kind of huge kite.

I looked at it through a spotting scope, and could tell that it was clearly a cloud. Then I noticed a round object above the cloud, which my wife could see without the scope, and through the scope it had a frisbee shape, with what looked like a hole in the center. The object looked solid, and had clearly defined edges.

It began to move downward, extremely slowly, and changed it's orientation so that it looked almost edge on to our viewpoint, then went behind some low hills just south of the Superstition Mtns. This took place over maybe 2-3 minutes, and while this was happening, the cloud kind of disentegrated into a more or less normal cloud looking shape, and drifted slightly north of where we first saw it. At this time my wife had to leave for work, and I went back in the house, where I continued looking at this cloud through the scope.

Then another cloud appeared very suddenly, in about the same place. It appeared to be more edge on, and looked more like a slash, but I could see that it had the same square edged appearance as the first one. As I was looking at it, a small round piece of it slowly bulged out of the side, near the bottom, and began the same slow drifting kind of descent the first one did.

Thia one however didn't have a definite shape, it just looked like a small piece of cloud, trailing cloud/steam/smoke/? in a very short tail behind it. It also finally went out of sight behind the hills in about the same place as the first one, and the cloud disentegrated in about the same manner as the first. Before this second one disappeared, a third cloud appeared, in jus! t about the same place, with the same thing coming out of it.

I called my wife on her cell phone, (she had just gotten on the 60, headed west), and asked her to look in the rear view mirror if she could and tell me what she saw. She could clearly see three clouds.

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Very bright light flying through sky, very fast. ((NUFORC Note: We do not know whether this is intended as a serious report. We have requested more information from the source.

We received a "pulse" of seemingly non-serious reports from the Grand Canyon area, and we suspect that they may be an orchestrated attempt by a group of youth to mislead us. PD)).

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Luces Voladoras Sobre Ajo, Arizona, Flying Light over Ajo, Arizona Hola: Somos dos personas de Hermosillo, Sonora, que viajamos de Tucson a Puerto Peñasco por el lado americano, y desde que pasamos un pueblo llamado sells empezamos a ver un par de luces incandescentes color ambar, y alrededor de ellas 4 luces blancas intermintentes que parecían aviones. Cuando nos paramos, escuchamos los ruidos de jets y supusimos que las luces blancas lo eran, de hecho, las ambar desaparecieron despues de un par de minutos. Los aviones estuvieron buscando por todo el cielo pero no aparecía nada, de repente, en el cielo, en medio de los aviones, vuelven a aparecer 3 luces ambar inmensas.

y empieza el "juego" entre estas luces y los aviones, y al cabo de 4 minutos, desaparecen. Luego, cuando estabamos como a 20 millas de Why, AZ, sobre lo que es Ajo, aparecieron de nueva cuenta las luces, arriba de un cerro, dos de ellas, y así estuvieron cerca de 5 minutos. Mi compañero, paró el automovil y me bajé a filmar con una camara de fotos Cybershots, y despues de unos momentos, de la luz de la derecha empieza a aparecer otra mas.

En el video no se aprecia, pero estas luces dejaban una especie de rastro gris sobre lo negro de la noche cuando giraban. Cuando mi compañero apagó las luces, en ese momento empezaron a desaparecer las tres y empezaron a llegar de nueva cuenta los aviones supongo militares. Luego cuando ibamos de Why a Lukeville, se veía en el horizonte, rumbo a Ajo, que las luces seguian escondidas detras de un cerro.

Es mas, cuando pasamos Sonoita Sonora, Mexico, rumbo a Puerto Peñasco, todavía se alcanzaron a ver las luces por unos 5 minutos mas. Siempre se disminuian de intensidad cuando se acercaban los aviones militares. Si alguien sabe o tiene respuesta a esto, me gustaría saberla porque me pareció sumamente extraño y emocionante.

((NUFORC Note: Could someone translate this report for us, and mail it to us, using an Online Report Form? Thank you! PD)).

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Flying lights over Ajo, Arizona Translation of original report submitted in Spanish: Hello: We are two people from Hermosillo, Sonora, [Mexico] who were traveling from Tucson to Puerto Penasco on the American side [of the border], and after we passed a town called "sells" we began to see a pair of bright, amber lights, and around them 4 blinking white lights that seemed like aircraft. When we stopped, we heard the sounds of jets and we supposed that the white lights were in fact the jets, [and] the amber lights disappeared after a couple of minutes. The airplanes were searching all over the sky but nothing appeared; suddenly in the sky, right in the middle of the jets, 3 immense amber lights reappeared.

And the "game" began between these lights and the planes, and after 4 minutes, they disappeared. Then, when we were about 20 miles from Why, AZ, the group of lights appeared again over the place called Ajo, above a butte, two of them, and they stayed there for about 5 minutes. My companion stopped the car and I began shooting with a Cybershot camera, and after a few moments, more lights began to come out of the light on the right side.

In the video, you really can't see it well, but these lights left a sort of gray trail against the black night sky when they moved around. When my companion turned off the headlights, at that moment the three lights began to disappear, and the group of aircraft, probably military, began arriving. Then when we headed from Why to Lukeville, one could see on the horizon in the direction of Ajo that the lights were hidden behind a butte.

But when we passed Sonoita, Sonora, Mexico, headed for Puerto Penasco, the lights still could be seen for another 5 minutes. If anyone knows or has an explanation for this, I would like to know what it was, because to me it seemed extremely strange and upsetting. ((NUFORC Note: Translation of other report, by Tom Bowden, MUFON State Director, Oregon.

We express our gratitude to Tom for providing the translation. PD)).

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((NUFORC Note: We express our gratitude to the individual who submitted the translation of the report, in Spanish, for the sighting in Ajo, AZ, on November 30, 2006. PD)) Flying lights Over Garlic, Arizona Flying lights On Garlic, Arizona, Flying Light to over Garlic, Arizona Hello: We are two people of Hermosillo, Sonant, who we traveled from Tucson to Port Rocky crag by the American side, and since we passed a town called sells we began to see a pair of incandescent lights color ambar, and around them 4 intermintentes white lights that seemed airplanes. When we stopped ourselves, we listened to the noises of jets and we supposed that the white lights were it, in fact, amber disappeared despues of a pair of minutes.

The airplanes were looking for by all the sky but he did not appear nothing, suddenly, in the sky, in the middle of the airplanes, return to appear 3 lights to ambar immense. and it begins the "game" between these lights and the airplanes, and after 4 minutes, they disappear. When soon we were about 20 miles of Why, AZ, on which it is Garlic, appeared of new account the lights, above of a hill, two of them, and thus they were near 5 minutes.

My companion, stopped the Car and I lowered to film with one camara of Cybershots photos, and moments later , the light of the right begins to appear other but. In the video it is not appraised, but these lights at night left a form of gray sign on the black when they turned. When my companion extinguished the lights, then they began to disappear the three and they began to arrive from new account the airplanes, I suppose the military.

When soon we were from Why to Lukeville, it was seen in the horizon, course to Garlic, that the lights we still back of a hill. It is but, when we passed Sonoita Sonorous, Mexico, course to Port Rocky crag, still was reached to see the lights by about 5 minutes but. They the lights dimmed in intensity when the military airplanes approached.

If somebody knows or has answer to this, I would like to know it because it extremely seemed to me both strange and exciting. I am just translating this text into English if you need more help in translating text form Spanish to english feel free to contact me. Thank You.

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((NUFORC Note: We express our gratitude to the individual who submitted the translation of the report, in Spanish, for the sighting in Ajo, AZ, on November 30, 2006. PD)) Flying lights over Ajo and Southern, Arizona I'm translating the even observed by two Mexican nationals on 12/07/2006. Hello: We are two persons from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

On the night of November 30, midnight to be exact. We were travelling from Tucson to Rocky Point. After we pass Sells, AZ, we started to see a pair of very bright amber lights and around them 4 white bright intermintent lights that seem to be from airplanes.

When we stopped, we were able to hear noise from military jets, then we assumed it came from the white lights. The amber lights desapeared after two minutes. The jets appeared to be looking for them but could not find anything; suddenly, in the middle of the jets, three huge amber lights reappeared, and a cat and mouse game between the amber lights and the military jets started, 4 minutes later all lights desappeared.

We continued our trip and when we were 20 miles from Why, AZ, the amber lights appeared over a mountain close to Ajo; they were in the for about 5 minutes. My friend stopped the car and I stepped out of the car to record with a small digital camera; a few minutes later, another light appeared next to the one on the right side. When the lights were changing direction in the sky they were leaving a gray streak behind them but it's not appreciated in the video.

My friend shut off the car, and the lights started to fade, at that moment the military jets (I suppose) reappeared. Later when we were travelling from Why to Lukeville, we still could notice that the lights were behind the mountains near Ajo; furthermore, when we passed Sonoita, already in the Mexican side and we were travelling to Rocky Point, we could still the lights for 5 more minutes. The amber lights always faded when the military jets approached them.

If someone knows the answer to this event, I'd like to know what it is, because it seemed very strange and thrilling at the same time.

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Numerous incidents over the last few months occuring over Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, AZ I reported this incident to MUFON at the time of the occurance on November 27th, 2006.I am re reporting here in leiu of the Chicago O'Hare airport story. I work on the Tempe/ Phoenix line at the corner of Priest and Washington Streets.

This location is approximatley 3-4 miles East Northeast of Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. My office and viewing location are directly under the landing flight path of westbound landing flights at Skyharbor. This particular occurance is a repeat and has been repeated for a total of at least 10-12 occurances at this location.

On this day at approximatley 2:15 pm I was in my car in my parking lot at work. I was skywatching as I have been seeing various orbs ( black and white ), strobing cylinders , and one saucer like object for the previous 2 months. When I say 2 months that is only when I started looking at this location.

The first object was a definite saucer shape.white on top and black on the bottom. The object drifted and wobbled Northeast for about 10-12 minutes at a fairly slow clip before it faded away in the sky.

No sooner had the first object faded away when it was followed by a larger, white orb which was traveling slightly faster going more due east, vs northeast as the first object was going. Due to the clear sky and no reference objects in the sky.ie other planes or clouds.

I could not judge the distance of the objects. They are either quite large and quite high up, or relatively small at low altitudes. They produce no noise.

The are very similiar to the objects seen in CNUFOS.COM.which is done by local Phoenix resident.

I have had at least 10 days observing these objects over a course of a few months. This is only given that I go out and watch one hour and day at the same time of day and even then I don't go watch every day. On any given day I will see one to three objects within a few minutes of each other.

I have not seen any travel together or tandem. Since these events occur so very close to the flight paths.either takeoff or landing at one of the nations busiest airports, I am surprised there is not more investigation from local FAA authorities simply for the sake of passenger safety alone.

I make no claim that these objects are extraterristial, however they do not appear to resemble any manmade objects that I am familiar seeing. Even in the event that these objects are simply " balloons " .the frequency and proximity to a major US airport should alert someone in a position of authority to keep an active watch on the skies to avoid a potential air tragedy.

I hope this summary is helpful to other residents or aviators in the area, either on the basis of interest in the subject or minimally for air safety as a precaution.

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It was a silvery bright object traveling east to west over mountains in the city of Tucson. I wittnessed this object in Tucson in the afternoon facing north. The object was around 1500-20000' up.

It was flying over the Catalina Mountain Range. This is a high aircraft traffic area but I could not identify it as and aircraft or ballon. The object mut have been several miles away.

It was traveling fairly rapid maybe faster than a commercial jet but not too much faster than that. It appeared to be highly polished or reflective. The very bright silver flash from the object is what first caught my attention.

I (and my wife) that it might have been flying parelel to the ground adjusting it flight patteren every second or so causing the silvery flash. The directon of travel was east to west. I watched it til I could not see it any more.

However my wife said before it disapeared from veiw it shot up then vanished. I have seen flashes from aircraft landing but this flash was diffrently colored than those. I have worked around aricraft for over 18 years and I could not match this with military or civilian aircraft.

Also It was mostly clear skies and around 65-70 degrees at ground level and I did'nt see a contrail.