United States UFO Sightings In 2006

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The Object was more round than Oval. It was behind the cloulds, the moon was very bright that night so you could see very good. I looked up to the sky and you could see this round oject hovering above the clouds or below it looked like a black ring moving around.

Then it took off straight up leaving a perfict circle in the clouds! That was unexplainable. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).

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The sighting happend in the front of my neighbors house,everyone was outside and we were all celebrating new years eve.My neighbors dad called out to everyone to look up at the sky.Everyone there looked and immediatley seen what he was pointing out.

It was a large orange/yellow light that was heading to our south.The light was brighter than anything out in the sky and looked to be traveling at a low altitude,about a bit higher than the avergage passenger jet travels.It was also traveling at a very slow speed.

Everyone confirmed that we were all witnessing the same thing.I noticed sparks faling down from the object that dissaperred after about 2 seconds.The object made no sound.

My neighbors dad was able to get binoculars and he said that it was spinning and had some sort of shadow.The object then curved towards our east and slowly blinked into nothing,it then blinked on and off a few more times then dissappered.Im not saying it was aliens but this was something very strange.

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Five Lights Sighted Over LA Area on New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve I was at a party outside in Paramount, CA, very close to Long Beach, CA. There were approximately 20 people standing outside and eating and drinking.

Suddenly someone pointed to the sky and we all looked up as we saw five very bright lights. There was a cloud cover that night, but the lights were below the clouds. There were five lights and they seemed to be very high up.

Immediately we started speculating and ruled out the chance of them being helicopters, as they were very high and unlike any helicopters I have seen in my military service. We then ruled them out as airplanes, as the cluster of five lights seemed to be hazardous for any airplanes to fly in. Also, there were no flashing wingtip lights as seen on normal aircraft.

The third incident, which ruled them out as aircraft to us, was when two of the lights started to converge together. Briefly, they became one light as they met up for approximately 10 second, then they broke off and became two separate lights once again. We thought that perhaps they could be comets, as we could definitely tell that there were fiery sparks breaking off from the lights, which happens when an object enters the atmosphere.

But the strange activities of the two lights made it seem nearly impossible for them to be comets. The five lights were not moving in any specific formation, just a round cluster of about three lights on top and two on the bottom, with one following behind the other. We watched the lights for a couple of minutes, speculating, when it looked like one of the lights went out.

Perhaps it disappeared into the cloud cover? I do not know, but it looked very much as if someone had put a candle out as the light died out. Right after the first one went out, then slowly and in succession the other 4 lights started to go out, until there was only one. It waited for about 20 seconds, and then that one went out.

I would say about 30 minutes later one light reappeared in the sky, lower to the horizon and over the city. This one! light l ooked very much like one of the five lights previously seen. It zoomed around briefly and then disappeared into the clouds.

We tried taking pictures and video on our cameras, but we didn't have good enough zoom to capture the lights, as they were very high altitude.

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Orange ball hovering over a river south of the Space Center in Florida My wife and I were traveling East on State Road #528 and got off at the Banana River Drive exit in central Florida when as we reached the bottom of the ramp we saw what looked like a round ball of orange fire. It was around 10 pm under clear skies in late December of 2006. We were almost home from an evening of visiting our son and his family when, as we reached the bottom of the off ramp, straight ahead of us in the air we spotted a ball of orange flame hovering in place in the sky.

I told my wife to 'look at that helicopter up there.' I said that it had to be on fire and she agreed. It was dark outside but a clear night and unless the ‘helicopter’ was completely painted in florescent orange paint with spotlights shining all around it, the craft we saw had to be engulfed in flames.

We fully expected it to suddenly fall to the ground, but to our amazement, it instead just quietly hovered in place until finally it made a lateral move, exactly as a helicopter might do. But where are the blinking lights I said? Any flying craft would have to have some sort of blinking lights on it so as to alert others that it's there, no doubt it's an FAA law. But there were no lights, only that glowing orange ball.

It was no more than a 1/4 mile away from us, hovering over the Banana River, roughly about 150 feet in the air. Cars began to back up behind us so we left the scene. Was it a UFO? I believe so.

I thought so then and I think so now. A sighting by a retired Air Force Colonel in Arkansas not long after our sighting was similar in appearance, as he was fortunate enough to get a picture of the orange ball like object. For background, my wife and I are both about 50 years old and live near the Atlantic Ocean about fifteen miles South of the Kennedy Space Center where I work.

Neither of us drink or do drugs, nor do we, as a general rule, look for or care about the subject of UFO's. ((NUFORC Note: Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).

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Strange object left hole in the cloud We were camping in the desert just outside of Brawley CA. The sky had thick but scattered clouds and the moon was very bright. A dark slow moving circular object without lights was quietly moving just below the cloud line.

It came towards our camp, stopped below a cloud and then took off straight up right through the cloud leaving a hole in the cloud it went through. There were several families in our campsite and atleast 10 people saw it.

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We were on the porch the orange object went from east to west across the town sat on the west side for 45 seconds then went into space ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).

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I was home alone and looked out the window to see if it was raining and i saw 3 lights in the sky really near the clouds, going above the clouds at times. They were flying in circles, not sure if it was 1 object changing lights or three different ones but probably 3. After about 10 minutes I only saw 2 spot lights in the clouds.

Freaky!I'm never gonna forget this, BTW it didn't make any noise. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).

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Bright light flying past in the night I first noticed the Light out of the corner of my eye. To the south, a bright oblong shape, white light Flying West to East. I wasn't wearing my glasses at the moment, but as soon as I noticed this object the light had toned down to an Amber color, then moments later the Amber light toned downed again.

To a (Pinpoint) of one or Two red Lights; Which faded out quickly. So then the entire Craft was lost in the darkness, still on a east to west course no lights at all. I'm a retired Air Force Radar Operator.

My Last 11 Years in the Service was with AWACS as a Crewmember. This sighting although very Brief was clearly not an aircraft of any sort. One: The complete absence of Standard Navigational lights.

Two: The sighting had no associated engine Sounds, no sound at all. the Object while heading to the west, was I estimate doing around 130 Knots Airspeed, and it was low, maybe 2000 ft. I have Oak Trees 45 to 50 feet high and it just above the top brances.

The size of the object can't be determined. Nor the shape. It was just a light.

Although my gut feeling tells me it was small and close. (the Pinpoint red light just before it faded was a lot like the afterglow of a Halogen light when switched off).

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Regular appearence of straight traveling lights Hello, These lights have been coming around here for years on end, but for the last few years the lights have been coming over much lower then usual. In this past week of December 26th, 2006, at 6:52 PM and December 31, 2006 at 6:52 PM same time again, these Golden ball lights with no sound with no other lights came over My area at about 5 miles out at about 5,000 feet from a west to east direction over the North part of the City of Red Bluff, California. These lights came over while aircraft traffic was in the area at the same time.

I know these aircraft seen these lights and the light on December 31, 2006, because one aircraft on the December 31, 2006 at 6:52 PM made a turn towards the light,I am sure it was to see the Golden ball of light better. The aircraft was a signal prop engine aircraft, civilian because I could hear that it was a ,possible Cesna Type aircraft. The aircraft was at the same altituded and a half a mile if not close from the object.

The golden ball light was biger then the aircraft's lights brcause if the aircraft had gone into the light or passed behind it You would not see the aircrafts lights at all. I and two witnesses watched it as it went over the City of Red Bluff, California the light just went out in front of our eyes.

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It was dusk, and I saw a large, glowing object moving in the sky, & took a photo of it as quickly as I could get my camera out. It sort of "glowed" but I'm sure this is from the mist in the air. I'd rather my name not be made public, since I don't want people to think I'm a crazy person.

((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).

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while cooking steaks on 12/31/06 at 1730 hours i looked to the south west skys on a 45 degree angle and noticed tew egg or football shaped objects in the sky being a burnt orange coler .

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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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Far away stationary object seen then suddenly disappeared On a relatively clear afternoon with some clouds in the sky and the sun shining brightly, I saw a stationary gleaming object to my west, at least a couple miles away in the clear blue sky, maybe 35 degrees above the horizon. It was so far that I could not make out the shape, but it looked as if it was reflecting sunlight off of it, and it was the size of a dot. If I took my eyes off of it, I had to carefully scan the region of space again to find it.

It was stationary. I did not ever see it move the entire time I watched it. However, when I looked away for a more extended period, perhaps 15 seconds, I could not find it again.

There was no streak of vapor associated with it.

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It looked like a big mirror about 1000 ft above the ski area. saw it for 30 sec then it went behind the mountain. Well, a frind and I were sledding in my back yard with a clear view of the ski area, just above the mountain about 1k off the top was a very bright light.

No wings no exaust and no propeller. It stayed still for about 10 sec and then drifted behind the mountain so we couldn't see it anymore. It looked like a mirror was in the air reflecting light straght at us.

Very Bright. Total view time abot 30 sec then it was gone. I would have thought that people @ the ski area would have seen it too because that is what time the mountain closed.

Lots of people getting in their cars. but so far I guess it was just us that saw it. I have spent a lot of time up on my hill and have seen all kinds of planes choppers and gliders, This was none of the above.

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small, glowing spheres over new york city, during the day on new year's eve I was standing on Broadway between 73rd and 74th when an excited, middle-aged woman came up to me asking what was in the sky. I looked up and saw 3 small glowing or metallic spheres. Other people on the street overheard, and looked up as well.

One sphere was stationary, one was moving in a steady circle, and the third was moving diagonally across the sky. The woman stated that she had been watching them as she walked up the street for a couple of blocks. She said she had seen 20 or more at once and they were disappearing up into the sky.

The three I saw seemed to fade up into the sky as well. A few minutes later 2 more appeared and moved across the sky at a steady rate in tandem, before stopping and remaining stationary. These two were then witnessed by a friend of mine who had been in a store.

After the two spheres became stationary, I became uncomfortable and entered the subway station. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).

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17 objects in the sky moving in a side to side and up and down pattern. All 17 objects moved away and slowly faded away as if they were leaving orbit. I went outside with my 15 year old daughter and her friend, and my daughter pointed out the lights in the sky.

We were going to bang pots and pans for the new year and stopped to look at the lights in the sky. We watched the lights for about 5 min. till they left and pointed the lights out to my neighbor.

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very bright object very strange and fast moving speed up by clouds. i spoted an object, about 1 mile east of holtville, california. east of holtville moving west slowly.

under some clouds. it was a very bright object. it stopped from far away.

i was in a ranch by foster feed. it went fast up. making a hole in clouds.

it disappeared through heavy cloud formation. it looked big and bright. it seemed i was 5 miles away.

very strange bright light.

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Colorado Southeastern sky I was sitting on the couch looking out at the night sky and noticed two strange very bright lights in the southeastern sky. They were both very high in the sky and one was slowly moving over a 40 minute time to the south. The larger light was so bright.

It reflected bright red, blue and white. The smaller light also reflected the same lights. I alerted my friends to look outside as well, they also were puzzled by the two strange lights.

It was a completely clear night, and there was not a cloud in the sky. Evenly the brighter light kept moving slow to the south and just disappeared. The smaller light also disappeared at the same time (40 mins).

Who knows.maybe it was a satilite, but it appeared very odd. It was brighter than any star I had ever seen.

I am not sure what to think. Did anyone else see this? ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of the star, Sirius?? PD)).

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cell phone picture of Capitol - apparent objects I took a cell phone picture of the U.S. Capitol after I watched the arrival of former President Ford's body there the night of Dec.

30, 2006. The time is approximate. I was standing in the middle of East Capitol Street facing the Capitol and facing generally west.

I did not see anything strange with my bare eyes, but when I took the cell phone picture of the Capitol there are these three lights shaped like oval objects that show up. I took other pictures of the Capitol earlier that night and did not see any lights in the background. I tried to send the image via the email address ufocntr@nwlink.

com but am not sure that is the right address. I am sending it to the address on the webpage. I apologize if this is not worth noting.

I thought that it looked strange upon seeing the picture. ((NUFORC Note: Photo shows multiple lights above the Capitol Building, which look somewhat reminiscent of landing lights on approaching airliners. However, the camera is pointed generally to the east, and no airliners are in that part of the sky near the Capitol.

They would be far to the west of the Mall, as they approach Reagen International Airport. We suspect that the "objects" may be lens flares, generated by the bright lights, which light the front of the Capitol Building. PD)).

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((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We would like to have the witness re-submit his report, using one report form per sighting. PD)) Lights in the sky and a shiny object that went behind a cloud, cloud disappeards after a while I work in CampHill, get back from work at various times of the day since I have flexible work hours.

I drive from my office on Erford Road to N. Front St across the Harvey Taylor bridge. I've had 3 experiences that I found strange worth reporting, particularly after reading some of the reports from Harrisburg, PA.

1) About 2 weeks back from (12/29/2006), driving back from work around 7'ish in the evening, I had just entered Harvey Taylor bridge and I was looking at the sky in front towards the state capitol and I see a set of lights in the sky, bright white lights in the distance off to the right side of capitol. My first thought was that it must be lights up in the mountain and then realized the mountains are to my left and I was still wondering what the light was, continuing to drive looking at the road and the sky, by the time I was getting towards the Front St. intersection I could see the lights were turning right to left and just disappeared.

By the time I got to the intersection and had a red I was thinking it must have been a plane since there's an airport close by, but I've never seen that many lights and they were very bright and gave the appearance it was in far off and it disappeared, since I have to use 2nd st to get to my apartment on Front St and there are buildings on 2nd I couldn't see anything more. When I parked my car at the apartment I scanned the sky in the direction in which I had seen the lights hoping to see something but there was nothing, and I thought nothing of it. 2) Today (12/30/2006)I was coming back from my weekly gorcery at Giants (Camp Hill), I was driving back on Harvey Taylor bridge, I had just entered the bridge and again a set of lights this time towards the left side of capitol and a lot closer than what I saw last time.

I could count about 6 distinct bright white lights, I couldn't make out any shape as I continued driving I'm looking at the sky and the road ahead, it's impossible to stop on Harvey Taylor without getting yourselves killed because a lot of people speed, I had covered about 3/4th of the bridge and the ligths as far as I could make out were stationary and then the lights just disappeared. I kept scanning the sky for anything a plane, anything that could explain the lights as I was driving on 2nd and again when I got to my apartment and parked. I usually see planes in the evening sky from probably the airport close by but they are identifiable becuase you see them, there are the lights which are not unusually bright and you can see them move steadily and then you hear them and if you keep looking you can see them go away from you.

I have lived in this area for close to 4 years now, I think I have a fairly good idea of the Harrisburg skyline, I usually bike or walk and many I've taken my bike across the brige to look at the skyline from the other side of the river. I think I can say those lights were not from any building, even though the lights I saw was low in the sky. I'm not an expert and I have nothing to gain from this, just found it a little strange and I thought I should report.

Coming to the third experience, I have not too much to report. I live in a high rise apartment on the front st, overlooking the river with my apartment windows giving a beautiful view of the mountains in the distance. Some time in the past 2 weeks (it was a weekend because I was home) probably around 2-3 PM, I was going in to the kitchen to make some coffee.

There's a small window in the kitchen facing the mountain, I just instinctively looked outside, and saw a small patch of wispy clouds in the sky over the mountains, probably what made me stop and continue looking at the clouds was a shining disc like object just at the edge of the clouds. I kept staring, thinking that I should go to my living room window because it gives a better view but I couldn't move and kept staring and I saw the object disappear behind the clouds. I went in to my bed room pulled out my binoculars (I've got a 15*70 Porro Prism Celestron) from the shelf and to look the clouds hoping the object would reappear.

The clouds was not too much and the sky was really clear and blue, just a little and wispy, but I could see nothing but the clouds. So I put my binocular down, pulled my chair to the window and just sat there staring at the clouds, the strange thing was the clouds disappeared totally, usually you see the clouds moving with an air current but this just disappeared and the sky was totally clear. I sat there in my chair looking out the window and after a while I just went back to my routine life.

I am an amateur astronomer and I look at the sky with my naked eye and at times with my binoculars (harrisburg city is not the best place to look at night sky). I have no idea about what I saw, just that it was not normal that I'm used to. I am an engineer and I work in a field where my main skills are problem solving, I would rate myself as a person with a scientific outlook.

I did not bother to look at the exact time and I did not even bother to note down the date, becuase I still hope that there is a simple explanation and maybe what I was just something very ordinary and easily explained, probably it was just that I found it strange. What brought me to this site was to try and see if there was anyone reporting anything like this in Harrisburg and google search brought me here, I thought for a long time before I decided to post what I saw.