NUFORC Sighting 176639

Occurred: 2023-07-03 20:42 Local
Reported: 2023-07-07 16:49 Pacific
Duration: 5:00 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Location details: Suburban residence in a neighborhood in North Phoenix

Shape: Star
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Aircraft nearby

Starlike UFO drops a mysterious teardrop object before vanishing into thin air.

Around 8:40 pm, on the evening of July 3, 2023, I was in the backyard with our dog, Luna, and saw something strange in the eastern sky. The last bit of twilight slowly faded away. There were a few bursts of pre-fourth fireworks lighting up the sky. I looked toward the east and saw what looked like a star that seemed out of place because of the intensity and the location. I grab my phone and was about to use the Star Guide app to identify it, when it darted to the left, then right. I was thinking it could be a drone, I own two drones myself and I recently ordered lights for them. I know that you can purchase lights that allow a pilot to control the intensity from the ground, I continued recording when the object suddenly dipped down toward a lower altitude and dropped an amber teardrop-like object that I watched slowly descend towards the rooftops of distant homes, seemingly morphing into a single point of light, which disappeared behind the roofs. Check out the video. I have more footage showing the main object fading in and out. If it were a drone, it violated the FAA flight ceiling, because it was well above 400 feet when I first noticed it. It was also so close to the Deer Valley Airport approach and departure traffic.

NUFORC Note:

Very interesting video.

Posted 2023-07-10