Florida UFO Sightings in 1997

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Summary : Saw triangle craft with 5 white lights on front and 1 red light on bottom. elev approx 500-1000 ft, moving approx 50 mph in a SW direction. Made only a low humming noise.

coming home from ball practice, my daughter and myself saw this black triangular craft. We stopped the car at the end of the drive way and turned engine off to listen. Heard low humming noise, Craft appeared to be on flight coming from the direction of Eglin AFB headed toward Pensacola NAS.

Moon was small sliver no clouds seen. the lights were: one on the front tip, one in the middle of each side and oone on each wing tip or the points of the triangle on the sides, the back was straight across without lights, one red flashing light in the middle of the underneath side.

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Midnight White Oval / Fireball UFO Back in December 17th at Midnight, I was outside walking my dog, and within a couple of feet off the sidewalk, I turned around to the East and saw a Bright White Oval / Fireball UFO (Somewhat similar to the effect of a bright flashlight on the wall and moving fast to distort it). The craft was too bright to distinguish any type of surface nor any sound to indicate an engine. It went south, then turned rapidly to the West and disappeared.

From my aviation experience, it was going 400 knots and 300 feet above the ground. The turn radius was most likely 20 feet as it changed direction. And the way it was moving, it appeared to actually been following the lit roads as if a going by Pilotage.

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UFO encounter at Clearwater Beach, during meteor shower I am a Native Floridian. In 1997, I was watching a meteor shower on Clearwater Beach. When I saw 2 glowing, amber-colored lights out over the ocean.

I pointed them out to my friends but they all just dismissed them as being planes. UNTIL.they started to get closer.

One stayed behind, and the other started approaching the shore, where I was standing. It seemed to just glide right to me. I was so excited that I said to my friends, "this is definately a ufo".

After I had said this they all took notice and became very scared. It did not take long for the four of them to take off running towards the pier. The craft was about 500 ft offshore when it sent down some kind of light beam that lit up a boat that was anchored right in front of me.

I was not the least bit worried for some reason. Once the light beam went off, the entire craft was no longer lit the orange-reddish glow that it was before. It looked as if it was reflecting it's surroundings.

I could see the water and the sky's reflection on the craft. It hovered above me and I remember feeling as if I was reporting to headquarters, so to speak. My head was tilted back all the way I was looking up at this object telling whoever everything about myself.

I have no idea why I was doing this. I was mesmerized. Then I felt like I was given a telepathic message or picture of them.

It was 2 beings that were facing each other. They were very tall and dark. My memory of this picture is not very clear.

I know I thought they seemed to be some kind of reptilian creature. I really can't say for sure if they were dark green or black, if they had scales or what. But I do know they had just introduced themselves to me.

This introduction must have taken some time. My friends had already reached the pier which was very far from where I was. It was about a half an hour to walk that distance.

After the encounter ended the craft just headed over the neighborhood, with no sound at all, it was lurking over certain houses, and I decided I needed to follow it. I ran back to where my friends were. There were Clearwater Police Officers at the pier who had also seen the object.

They were all discussing what it could be when I showed up. I convinced a friend to come with me, and we followed this thing from Clearwater all the way to Tampa. It was so bizarre.

When we were leaving the beach, watching this thing in the sky, was very eerie. It was as if time had stopped for me, like everything changed. My whole world had changed forever.

There was not a cloud in the sky and we both followed it to the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Once we were side by side, it started to created a cloud or fog around it, so it became impossible to see it. After about 10 minutes the entire sky was just fog.

So we ended the chase. Even though I wanted to try to find it still. I have had several more encounters with EBE crafts.

Two years ago I went to Sedona, Arizona and I saw many in the sky at night. Also in Gulf Breeze and Panama City we have seen interesting lights that hover around like bugs? Buzzing back and forth. I do not want to be afraid of these things.

But I really would really like to know what they are. This type of thing, people do not want to talk about. They will either think you are crazy for talking about it, or they just don't believe you.

So I hope to know more as to what they are and why they are here, and what they want. ((NUFORC Note: Date may be approximate. PD)).

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Summary : tracked a triangular object with seven or eight lights hover for approx. 2-3 min. then travel eastward out of view.

While driving home, I witnessed a large light low in the sky, which appeared to change color rapidly. It drifted to the west, alternately blinking out and reappearing. As I parked and got out of my car, it stopped.

I ran inside and got a pair of binoculars (Tasco 7x35mm). When I got back outside, the light was still in the same place. When I aimed the binoculars at the object, it had three lights on it, two white and one blue.

It looked like a helicopter, but I continued to track it as it moved slowly back toward the east. After about two minutes, four or five more lights appeared, two white and the others blinking red, orange, and blue. As it acclerated, I could make out a vague triangular shape which contained the lights.

The object took up a good portion of the lenses of the binocs, and with the naked eye was about the size of a dime. There was no discernible sound coming from the object, and the rustling of nearby trees made it hard to tell if there was any noise. The! object continued to accelerate to a speed which made it difficult to track, and disappeared behind the home across the street from mine.

Observer info: 21 years old, college student, some knowledge of aircraft, but no non-passenger flying experience.

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Encounter On Caladesi Island/ Clearwater Beach, Florida -Two Crafts With Glowing Amber Lights Hello, I am 27 years old and I live in the Gulf Coast area of NW Florida. I am a Native Floridian. November 17th 1997, I was watching the Leonids meteor shower on Caldesi Island near Clearwater Beach.

When I saw 2 glowing, amber-colored lights to the west out over the Gulf. I pointed them out to my friends but they all just dismissed them as being planes. Until one craft started to get closer.

One stayed behind, and the other started approaching the shore, where I was standing. It seemed to just glide right to me. I was so excited that I said to my friends, "this is definitely a UFO".

After I had said this they all took notice and became very scared. It did not take long for the four of them to take off running towards the pier. The craft was about 500 ft offshore when it sent down some kind of light beam that lit up a boat that was anchored right in front of me.

But the light only lit in a cylinder and no light anywhere but the tube of light! I was not the least bit worried for some reason. Once the light beam went off, the entire craft was no longer lit the orange-reddish glow that it was before. It looked as if it was reflecting it's surroundings.

I could see the water and the sky's reflection on the craft. It hovered above me and I remember feeling as if I was reporting to headquarters, so to speak. My head was tilted back all the way I was looking up at this object telling whoever everything about myself.

I have no idea why I was doing this. I was mesmerized. Then I felt like I was given a telepathic message or picture of them.

It was 2 beings that were facing each other. They were very tall and dark. My memory of this picture is not very clear.

I know I thought they seemed to be some kind of reptilian creature. I really can't say for sure if they were dark green or black, if they had scales or what. But I do know they had just introduced themselves to me.

This introduction must have taken some time. My friends had already reached the pier which was very far from where I was. It was about a half an hour to walk that distance.

After the encounter ended the craft just headed over the neighborhood, with no sound at all, it was lurking over certain houses, and I decided I needed to follow it. I ran back to where my friends were. Clearwater Police Officers were at the pier, they had also seen this object.

They were all discussing what it could be when I showed up. I convinced a friend to come with me, and we followed this thing from Clearwater all the way to Tampa. It was so bizarre.

When we were leaving the beach, watching this thing in the sky, was very eerie. It was as if time had stopped for me, like everything changed. My whole world had changed forever.

There was not a cloud in the sky and we both followed it to the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Once we were side by side, it started to created a cloud or fog around it, so it became impossible to see it. After about 10 minutes the entire sky was just fog.

So we ended the chase. Even though I still wanted to try to find it. I have had several more encounters with EBE crafts.

Two years ago I went to Sedona, Arizona and I saw many in the sky at night. These were blue-ish lights that zipped around really fast, but went right back to where they initially were. I saw them every night for 2 weeks while I was there.

Also in Gulf Breeze and Panama City I have seen interesting lights that hover around like bugs, buzzing back and forth. I go to Gulf Breeze every so often to watch them, but I would rather be with a group! Than to just be by myself. I do not want to be afraid of these things.

But I really would really like to know what they are. Most people do not want to talk about this type of thing with me. They will either think you are crazy for talking about it, or they just don't believe you.

So I hope to know more as to what they are and why they are here, and what they want. If I can find some sort of group or research team in this area it would be wonderful. Could you tell me what web sites if any, or meetings, when and where, that would be great! Thanks so much for your time, ((name deleted)).

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Bright orange Sphere goes over Pompano Beach, Florida in seconds! I was walking my dog along the beach. I saw a round, orange, "ball" coming off the ocean, moving east to west, towards me. It flew over me, traveled south towards Fort Lauderdale, and after about 3/4 mile, it headed southeast, back over the ocean, but along the coastline.

It took off so fast, literally within 1-2 SECONDS it was out of sight. It made no sound at all. Nice orange glow to it, as far as color.

I didn't believe in UFO's before that night. Sorry this is so late, I just got a computer 3 weeks ago. I heard you on Art Bell once.

Coming back with him too? I hope so, thank you.

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Summary : Object changed direction twice. Object Changed Shape Orangish Color Moved In Small Circles Direction Changed Twice Observer1-- ((Name deleted))Comp. Tech.

-45 Observer2-((Name deleted))- Disabled-44 Observer3-((Name deletedc))- Student-13 Observer4-((Name deleted.))Retired-Unknown Found in the SSW Sky.

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Rounded rectangle of a cluster of frosted raspberry lights slowly moving north, then, swiftly gone. At approximately 9p.m.

, I went to my car after an outdoor concert on the campus of the local university. I was waiting for the traffic from the parking lot to subside, when I happened to look up, towards the southwestern sky. Up, almost directly overhead, was a cluster of lights, in a "rounded rectangle, almost oval" form.

They were an odd color, kind of a frosted raspberry. Though I believe that it was one object, it may have been one object for each light. It looked motionless, then moved very slowly in a northerly direction.

It was rather far up, and I could detect no sound. Suddenly, it was gone. Though it seemed as though the lights simply blinked out, somehow I could tell that whatever they were attached to had moved away.

There was a very slight trail. Did I mention that this object seemed to be quite large? When I got home, I called the local airports and blimp station, and was told that there had been no blimp or other advertising-based air activity that evening.

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Metallic Sphere Scans My Entire Body I was awakened by a metallic sphere the size of a small beach ball. The sphere was hovering a few feet above my lower legs. Suddenly, the sphere, which appeared to be seemless, opened to reveal a camera lens about 2" in diameter.

I automatically moved my arms slightly away from my torso,as well as moving my legs slightly apart, so that none of my body parts were overlaying or touching any other part. I laid very still with my eyes open, while the sphere scanned my entire body.I cooperated automatically, and I did not feel frightened at all.

It moved from my feet upwards to my head, slowly photographing/imaging every inch of me. It then settled back above my lower legs, closed it's lens, which left the sphere seemless, once again. It departed through the window,which was open,but there was a screen there.

I immediately got up to brush my teeth due to a severe metallic-sulpher taste in my mouth. I called out to my father, who is a painter, and always works late into the night. When I went to find out why he did not answer me, I noticed that he was sleeping on the couch! Yet, at the time of the scanning I could hear him taping his paint brushes against the water can, he uses to rinse his brushes.

I awakened him, only to find that he was not sleeping, but almost in a paralyzed state. After several minutes, he sat up and I told him what had just happened to me. He reported to me that he was painting when he suddenly experienced the most excrutiating headache he had ever had, and had to lay down on the couch.

((NUFORC Note: We will attempt to have the father submit a report, as well. PD)).

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Summary: 3 oval shaped reddish-orange lights flew over my house, heading directly south. The lights formed a perfect triangle, but flying severely crabbed to direction. Est elevation, 5,000'.

est size 50-60' across. speed apx 150kmh. No sound.

Very clear night. Triangular area between lights vibrated like rippling water. Very noticeable.

Object flew south apx 45 seconds, then turned southeast. All 3 lights remained visible at all times till all out of sight. The 3 oval lights were not AC lights and the angle the object(s) were flying towards was crabbed.

When the object(s) were directly overhead, the very pronounced vibrations or rippling effect taking place between the lights (in the triangular shape) was very pronounced. Also, the object(s) flew south and through the Lakeland Airport traffic pattern -restricted fly space.

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Cigar shaped, light blue to white, with beam of same color light. This is difficult for me. My friend who witnessed with me is now a Marine and we talk about this sighting a lot, still.

We were sitting near the sidewalk indian style on the driveway talking. Suddenly a very bright light lite the area and made it hard to even see his face 3 feet away. At that very moment both of us looked to the ground around us and noticed a perfect circle of light about 5 feet in diameter on the ground around us, absolutely dead still, with a perfect edge to it.

Within a few seconds, this light wiggled slightly, and started to slowly move away and across the neighbors yard. We stood up and watched as it went along about 50 feet and stopped. This circle of light on the ground was from a beam of light coming from above, we noticed.

This is where it gets very strange. The light starting from the ground started to recede into the sky. You could see the circle part that was on the ground move upward slowly.

Like there was a bottom to the light!!! We watched as it went all the way up into a vehicle of some type, almost looked like a 4 foot halogen tube light in the sky. Like the color of a modern standard led tube bulb. We watched in awe, asking each other what we are looking at.

It stayed there stationary for about 5 minutes. All of a sudden we heard and seen it leave at an amazing speed, directly away from us. Literally sounded like a light saber turning on.

I know that sounds funny, but that's the only way to describe it. This is also the only time we heard anything. It zipped away, or possibly disappeared, but seemed like it moved away.

That's how quickly it went from us. At that very same time 2 street lights went out. That not strange I guess but it was perfect timing.

I still dream about this night on at least a monthly basis. What still gets me is the unmoving light around us, and the way it started to move. The craft seemed to be far away and Massive.

Thank you for listening.

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looked like stars in the sky so far up/moveing fast My husbend and i was on vacation. We were on the pier and i was looking up at the stars. It was a beautyfull night.

He was fishing off of the pier. I could see all of the stars and i thought i was looking at some planes but thay were to far up in the sky. They looked like stars.

Thay were going so fast i tought that thay were going to crash into each other but thay didn't. They flew so fast and then thay just stopped.I had to rub my eyes and look again.

They were still there. I knew it was not planes because thay didn't have the red lights on them and just stopped in mid air. I kept looking but thay didn't move after that.

I know it has been a long time sents then but i just found out how to tell you. I can't get it off my mind. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate.

PD)).

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Triangle with light on all the ends.

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Two saucer shaped silver metal crafts with opposite spinning white and red lights on top of each other My wife at the time and I both saw with extreme clarity two objects in the sky hovering and then moving about very quickly. We watched them dance about the sky for a couple of minutes. And then they appeared in full view, there were two saucer shaped crafts made of what appeared to be a silver/gray metal and they both had a series of lights, one section red and one section white, on top of each other and spinning in opposite directions.

There was no mistake of what we saw. My wife ran to get the video camera and smacked into a closed sliding glass door. As quickly as they appeared before us, they then disappeared.

However, they hovered with such grace and presented a very clear vision. Shortly thereafter, approximately 2-3 weeks later and during a storm that was mostly thunder and some lightning, a strange light came through the house. We were sleeping in opposite bedrooms as my young son was not feeling well.

This light was observed by both my wife and I and it came through the house slowly and in a streak that was about 2-3 feet off the ground. The light them came before both of us as the same time even though we were in separate bedrooms and it then popped before our eyes. My wife yelled out "did you see that" and I said yes.

It was almost like a polaroid light bulb flash had occurred. But I actually saw the light come through my bedroom opened door area turn towards me and flash pop in my face. For many years I have thought this was lightning, but everywhere I research I cannot find lightning that acts this way.

I am after several years thinking this was some type of photograph taken of my family and there is a strong coincidence of the encounter with the UFO's. I can't believe we were the only ones to see these two space crafts of such magnitude with flying technology that is not from our universe. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate.

PD)).

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Summary : I first spotted a single extremely bright orange glowing light, which was followed by 5 to 7 other stationary similar objects in a horizontal line. these objects remained did not move and lit the sky up brightly. one by one the lights dimmed and were gone.

the lights were S.E. of the Tigre Point community and appeared to be over the gulf South of Navarre.

The bright lights were brighter than anything ive seen and lighted the clouds up all around them. The objects appeared to be staionary and i counted between 7-10 of them. They apeared remained still for 5 to 10 min.

and dimmed out one by one. The first few were in a straight horizontal line and spaced uniformly. Near the end of the event a couple more bright objects apeared above this line.

I wittnessed this with my neighbors and their child on a dock along the west side of Santa Rosa Sound near the Tiger Point community just east of Gulf Breeze. I am a college student and have lived here 1 year. This was my first ufo sighting.

(and it was cool:)).

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Summary : Several bright lights that seemed to appear and disappear. They were so bright they made the evening sky illuminate. The clouds were radiant from the lights.

They appeared circular in shape. The number of them changed. The most at any one time was about 6.

They were circular in shape and appeared to be bright lights. They would just appear and disappear for a few minutes. There seemed to be others behind the clouds from the way the clouds illuminated although we could not tell this for sure.

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RE; Six stars in a vertical line, moving all at the same speed. When I previously entered my report I should have been more specific. I neglected to mention that these "stars" or lights that i witnessed were NOT in our atmosphere.

And that when they did fly away, they moved at the speed of light. Or at least what I understand light speed to be from watching movies;) ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD)).

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I was sitting outside in my back yard at about 11:00p.m. I had a rose garden w/a table and chairs placed in the center for recreation.

I’d often go out there at all hours of the day, so 11p.m. wasn’t unusual.

At one moment I happened to be glancing at the sky, when I noticed what appeared to be a vertical line formation of about six (if I remember correctly) stars all moving at the same time. It actually took a couple of seconds for it to sink in. I mean if I understand correctly, this isn’t exactly normal star behavior.

Six stars in a vertical line, moving all at the same speed. I watched them for several seconds and then all at the same time they just stopped. They stayed that way for several more seconds before the top one shot off in a northeast direction.

Then after a few more seconds all of the rest of the "stars" scattered in different directions and disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).

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Summary : Saw object resembling firework flare streaking across sky. First thought: shooting star but much too large for placement in sky. Saw very bright flare-shaped light in sky.

Very like flare from a firework. Then, realized it was way too large for how far up in the sky it was to be any flare. Then, thought it was like a shooting star.

Again, too intense, too colorful (yellow/orange) and did not have trajectory I have seen with real shooting stars. It also stayed in the sky longer than shooting stars. The flare shape elongated to almost a line, still quite colorful and bright, and it was covered by cloud formation.

When it emerged (15 seconds approx) later, it seemed to be a single light! Small! No sound (although I have no idea if sound could be heard because I don't know how to really estimate how far away it was). Then, it rather slowly continued east and went behind another very thin formation of cloud coverage. I never saw it again! The sky was clear except for this very thin cloud formation.

I fully expected to be able to see it "on the other side.".

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something tought to be a heli move forward and shoot back wards in a blink of a eye me and my dad my mom where on vacation in florida over my aunts house when we all whent in the pool and swam and i looked in the sky and i said dad look a helicopter and my mom looked also and it had weird lights in a triangle shape with a thin layer of blacknes around it wich could have been the edge of it sence it was at night and most ufos are shiny that most have been it but we continued to stair at it for a few more seconds and then bam the thing hammerd backward from the direction it came and was gone.