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By Billy Booth, About.com Guide to UFOs / Aliens since 2005

UFO Sighting Reports

Thursday April 24, 2008
Welcome, folks, to another session of UFO sightings from around the world. Let's take a look at some of the best reports of this last week.

Arizona-04-04-08-I am calling this an "unusual sighting," possibly UFO-related. On Friday April 4, 2008, my friend and I were leaving the Hoover Dam site and had just crossed into Arizona on Hwy 93 toward Kingman. About 20 miles into Arizona, I was adjusting my seat, and as I leaned forward I was compelled to look up and saw about 75 to 100 objects above the cirrus clouds.

As the clouds passed underneath the objects, they disappeared and then reappeared. They disappeared in total and reappeared in total. They were very large, and at about 25,000 to 30,000 ft altitude-they had to be at least 100 feet across, maybe more, each one.

They were about the same altitude as jets could fly. This lasted from 3 to 5 minutes, and when I had an opportunity to pull the car over and get a better look, they were gone. The friend who was with me is a MUFON Field Investigator and estimated along with me that the objects were at least 20,000 to 30,000 ft overhead from my description. source: www.mufon.com

California-04-08-08-While sitting in the spa, I usually stare at the sky, and tonight there were winds up to 20 MPH with mostly cloudy skies. There was heavy light pollution. While watching a break in the clouds, I saw 2 disc-like objects in formation, one on the right, and one following at the leading object’s 7 o'clock position at approximately 1000 feet.

The objects were heading from North to South towards San Diego International Airport. The speed is estimated at maybe 750 to 900 knots. They were only visible from the reflective orange glow of the city lights which suggests a metallic surface. They appeared to be just above the cloud ceiling of about 1000 ft.

They were nearly the length of a Boeing 737 from estimation. The objects had no lights of any kind from what I could see. The fact that MCAS Miramar is a few miles away should be taken into consideration. But the speed, lack of required wing lights/strobes, and extremely close proximity to a major airport, suggest that the military is not responsible.

I don't know why I have always looked at the sky, it's been a hobby/habit of mine since childhood. Only recently have I started seeing unknown objects. This is the 2nd sighting I have had in less than 2 months, both times were purely coincidence. (i.e. looking up in the right place at the right time for a few seconds) I feel excited and highly enthusiastic about witnessing/learning about my, and other people's sightings or experiences. source: www.mufon.com

Florida-02-24-08-I was sitting on a starboard deck of a cruise ship that was traveling in open sea westward, positioned south-southwest of Key West, Florida. I was observing the stars in the northern skies, which were mainly clear with a few scattered clouds on the horizon.

I became intrigued with one particular object as it was definitely spherical, and appeared to be situated between the scattered cloud cover and my line of sight. Its size was consistent with that of the stars, or perhaps a bit larger.

The object then began to spin in a pinwheel fashion for about 8-10 revolutions and then sped off at tremendous speed toward the northwest. It spun very rapidly and with each revolution, its area of circumference became larger. It was akin to watching water drain down a sink but only in reverse.

I was able to observe the object as it sped off for approximately 1-2 seconds, only due to the rate of speed. There were no sounds or any other anomalies associated with it. I found the experience to be rather eerie, but for some reason I felt comfortable with it, almost to the point of satisfaction. I am an agnostic when it comes to aerial phenomena. However, this sighting was definitely a mind stimulating experience. source: www.mufon.com

Florida-03-14-08-Early morning I was bringing in the trash cans. I went into the backyard and I heard voices behind my fence out on the road. I went to grab my propane tank, and I noticed the bright lights in the sky. I woke up my wife and sons. I went in and grabbed my cam corder. I recorded 12 minutes of the 30 minutes it was in the sky.

The three blue lights circled clockwise most of the time. Then they slowed down and started turning counter clockwise. The flashing red light would disappear at times. I also noticed a dark round circle in the middle, as well as some weird lights in the middle that seemed to move around. I also recorded it taking off. There were also several other people out on the road behind my house that witnessed it and called 911. I'm not sure what this means, but the following afternoon 2 F-16s buzzed our neighborhood according to several of my neighbors. Thanks, Luis J. source: www.mufon.com

Oklahoma-04-01-08-I was on my way home from watching a friend's band at 1:15 AM on 4/1/08, when I noticed something very unusual hovering in the sky. I was on a highway circling downtown Tulsa right next to OSU Tulsa, when just to my North, I saw three very bright lights.

These lights were in the shape of a triangle, and were hovering close to the ground. I was amazed at the size of the lights and the perfect stillness. I then tried to make sense out of it. It was close enough that I should have been able to make out a body. I am used to seeing helicopters and planes fly over my neighborhood being close to the police station and a small airport. This UFO looked too big and still to be a helicopter or a plane, and there were no flashing lights anywhere. As I turned onto another highway the LL Tisdale Parkway, I continued to keep an eye on it.

When I looked to the northwest, I noticed another object just like the first one, but this one was moving very slowly away from me and to the west. I watched it come to a complete stop, and then move back the same direction from which it came. When I looked back for the other one, it was gone. This second one moved right by me, and I tried to follow it, but trees got in the way. After seeing these I couldn't stop looking at the sky. I got this weird feeling like they were scanning the ground, or mapping it out. I hope that someone else saw what I saw that night and made a report. The only car I remember passing was a police officer that was parked in the center median of the LL Tisdale, and looking for speeding cars. I hope he saw the same things I saw and reported it. source: www.mufon.com

Virginia-03-13-08-I was sitting in the car, and saw a bright bullet-shaped object at tree top level moving very slowly and it vanished before my eyes. Later that night my daughter and I both saw a bright light in the sky "zigzagging," then it got smaller and then there were two objects.

They changed color: red, green, then brighter. The first one got smaller again and there was one more object. They all were moving strangely, not like anything I have ever seen before. source: www.mufon.com

That will close out this week's reports, but check back next week for more UFO sightings. Until then, keep your eyes on the skies.

Comments

April 24, 2008 at 5:05 pm
(1) Chance Metz says:

WOah! 75 to 10 ufo’s at once? Thats’ a frist.

May 2, 2008 at 2:21 am
(2) Charles Lynn Grubbs Jr. says:

Well actually I’ve heard of similar sightings, of a group of UFO’s…there’s several like this in Mexico and they have Videos of those too…I’d like to witness an event like this and have a telescope so I could zoom in and get a clear view of what is flying by, or what they at least looked like instead of a bright white light…but you have to agree that anything that is a bright white light moving in the sky in a fashion of left to right across the sky is something, it could be anything from birds to a group of planes…balloons and flares I have to rule out because they don’t travel across the sky like that, for example the group of UFO’s seen in the 1950’s that buzzed the White House, they had to be at least planes or most likely UFO’s, too big and moved in formation to be flares or balloons…there’s some strange stuff going on up in the skies…strange but cool too….just do a little research and you’ll find other incident’s of groups of UFO’s…I admit this is a large one with what the guy said, 75 to 100, but maybe he was excited and then again its just all that possible there were that many or more…they are here to stay, here to visit, so you might as well get ready.

May 13, 2008 at 12:29 pm
(3) maui says:

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