NUFORC Reports for Month 199708

Link	Occurred	City	State	Country	Shape	Summary	Reported	Media	Explanation
Open	08/02/1997 10:10	Sikeston	MO	USA	light	a green light appeared as myself and two nephews were driving home. at first i thought it was an airplane but then it started too have	08/03/1997
Open	08/03/1997 22:03	Bakersville	NC	USA	light	A bright light with a long tail (presumed to be a meteroite) was sited moving slowly across the eastern sky, in a south to north direct	08/03/1997
Open	08/03/1997 02:00	Overton	NV	USA	sphere	six spherical objects with pulsating red and green lights, one constant white light at one o'clock position unless object turns, then c	08/04/1997
Open	08/06/1997 05:55	Wichita	KS	USA	Light	Lights hanging in sky northeast of home	08/07/1997
Open	08/10/1997 22:00	Sedro Woolley (So. of, high in sky)	WA	USA	Other	Looked out window while putting dog to bed--glowing object w/flashing red & green lights. NOT A Plane!! Also, not moving Watched w/bino	08/11/1997
Open	08/08/1997 02:35	Buckeye	AZ	USA	Light	bright blue light going east to west went from horizon to horizon in less than 2 min at estimated alt of 35,000 feet indicating very gr	08/11/1997
Open	08/09/1997 11:24	Bel Air	MD	USA	Other	Object sited while in stationary position then object zigged down then left then up then right then up into the clouds then reappeared	08/12/1997
Open	08/12/1997 17:08	Fridley	MN	USA	sphere	While walking from work to car observed a very bright orange shaped object on the just above the horizon. The object appeared stationa	08/12/1997
Open	08/12/1997 21:57	Papillion	NE	USA	Light	Me, and two of my friends were outside late tuesday night, when we saw five lights in a pentagon shape. The lights started moving slowl	08/12/1997
Open	08/12/1997 23:30	Fultz	IL	USA	rectangle	REDDISH RECTANGLE HOVERING IN WOODER AREA WITH LOW TO MID LOW RANGE PITCH SOUNDS	08/13/1997
Open	08/01/1997 23:00	Chattanooga	TN	USA	Light	bright lights munerving high in the sky back and forth quickly and moving very high in the sky and disapering very quickly!	08/13/1997
Open	08/12/1997 21:15	Canyon	CA	USA	Light	Two adults witness three dim yellow lights flying in rough triangle formation, moving from north to south. The three lights jockey for	08/13/1997
Open	08/12/1997 01:00	Grand Rapids	MI	USA	light	Small distant white light floating about the east side of Grand Rapids during the night. Flashing green and red lights, not much movem	08/13/1997
Open	08/03/1997 19:15	St. Louis	MO	USA	Cylinder	Observed cylinder shaped object hovering 30feet or less over hwy 40 west 2 miles west of downtown. Object was dark colored, no lights,	08/15/1997
Open	08/12/1997 00:30	North Lynnwood	WA	USA	light	four spots of light in a pointing config. moved E. to W. without fading. Lights didn't seem "twinkling" or shooting-star like. Didn't	08/17/1997
Open	08/17/1997 05:00	Salinas	CA	USA	Light	a LIGHT IN THE SKY THAT LOOKED LIKE THE NORTH STAR. THE DIFFERENCE WAS WE COULD SEE THE MOON AND THE NORTH STAR. THE OTHER LIGHT I COUL	08/17/1997
Open	08/17/1997 09:30	Philadelphia	PA	USA	sphere	I sighted in daylight between 1 and 8 small, bright, round objects high in the sky over a period of 7 hours that flew from north to eas	08/18/1997
Open	08/03/1997 23:30	Sand Springs (15-20mi. E/SE of)	MT	USA	Other	The object flew almost like a butterfly, very high up (30-40K+), blinking blue and red in four distinct spots as it flew from side to s	08/19/1997
Open	08/19/1997 23:00	London (UK/England)		United Kingdom	Circle	small circular flashing object emiting different colours, seemingly shaking, plus another circular object separating and parallel to, o	08/20/1997
Open	08/10/1997 23:30	Bellingham	WA	USA	light	Saw a dim moving light. Thought I was watching a satellite. Yellow light flashed brilliantly, then faded to near invisibility. It wa	08/20/1997
Open	08/08/1997 21:06	Lynnwood	WA	USA	Other	Noticed object low and far in Western sky just north of setting sun. Object was round and did not move.	08/20/1997
Open	08/22/1997 06:22	Kingsville	TX	USA	cigar	A cigar shaped craft about the size of my pinky at arms lenght was seen traveling due north spotted over Kingsville, Tx. Craft traveli	08/21/1997
Open	08/31/1997 23:00	West Dennis (Cape Cod)	MA	USA	Oval	Three "oval-shaped" objects, in formation: one in front, one directly behind, one "above" and behind the second one. All three appeard	10/07/1997
Open	08/29/1997 18:30	Lyons	CO	USA	Disk	Two High School Girls see silver disk move over town	10/08/1997
Open	08/31/1997 21:00	Newberg	OR	USA	light	A woman and her sun witness 5 strange lights, white in the center, yellow between the center and edge, and blue. Does unearthly maneuve	10/10/1997
Open	08/09/1997 00:30	Bloomington	MN	USA	triangle	Tiangular with rounded edges and blue,red lights on the bottom that were fashing not very brightly.We were coming home from store, stor	10/13/1997
Open	08/30/1997 00:00	Woodlands	TX	USA	Light	i and my best freind took my telescope to test it out(my freind's in college sr. 1 of his subjects is astronomy	10/24/1997
Open	08/15/1997 22:00	Kingsman/Hoover Dam (between)	AZ	USA	Light	LOOKED LIKE STARS AT FIRST THEN BEGAN TO MOVE IN ODD MANOR	11/20/1997
Open	08/14/1997 13:00	Norco (River and Trail)	CA	USA	Disk	I observed a shinny mettalic Disk Flying, across the clear blue sky.	12/07/1997
Open	08/20/1997 23:00	Lethbridge (Canada)	ON	Canada	Triangle	Flying Object came from the north heading south	06/02/1998
Open	08/12/1997 00:30	Pilot Butte (Canada)	SK	Canada	Chevron	seen when observing the Perseid meteor shower august 1997	02/14/1998
Open	08/26/1997 00:40	Meadow Creek (Canada)	BC	Canada	Light	Light in western sky, 2times as bright as a satellite. Changed color as it moved around a very small area of the sky. Erratic movement	02/23/1998
Open	08/06/1997 22:00	Aguila	AZ	USA	Triangle	Large triange craft composed of 3 large white globes glided low over hiway in front of truck. It searched the ground with beams of lig	02/28/1998
Open	08/15/1997 20:00	Roy	WA	USA	Chevron	It was flying over the top of the truck I was driving, & there was another one off in the distance. They Looked Like flying Merry-go-Ro	03/06/1998
Open	08/23/1997 11:30	Dale Ville	IN	USA	Triangle	Triangle craft with pole sticking out the front with small rectangle wing near end of pole and small ball at end of pole. Color of airc	03/06/1998
Open	08/15/1997 04:00	Parkersburg (10 miles south of Ohio/W.Virginia Border near)	WV	USA	Triangle	Observed silent, slow moving craft moving in Northeasterly direction. Lost sight as it moved over hills.	04/08/1998
Open	08/20/1997 19:30	Tucson	AZ	USA	Orb	Erratic movement not found in conventional aircraft	05/25/1998
Open	08/22/1997 10:50	Kings Park	NY	USA	Other	Neon green trail from ground (like firework) that became a fireball out of which vertically ascended what appeared to be a fighter jrt.	09/23/1998
Open	08/15/1997 23:30	West Sunbury	PA	USA	Light	BRIGHT LIGHT APPEARED ABOUT 200 FT IN AIR AND COVERED ME WITH A BRIGHT BEAM BEFORE STREAKING OFF OUT OF SIGHT	09/12/1998
Open	08/17/1997 23:10	Kaiser	MO	USA	Light	First spotted as a round white light between the moon and Venus, stationary, then accelerated so quickly across the sky that it was out	09/14/1998
Open	08/22/1997 00:00	Eustace	TX	USA	Light	3 circular lights, rapidly spinning and blinking about 100 ft over the tree tops.	06/25/1998
Open	08/02/1997 04:00	Middletown	CT	USA	Disk	I got out of bed at 4:00 am to use the bathroom.As i returned i looke out the window up at the stars.I noticed a star moving very slow,	07/30/1998
Open	08/21/1997 23:30	Winslow	IN	USA	other	was looking at stares and saw huge streak of fire cross the sky	08/16/1998
Open	08/31/1997 22:30	Brighton (west of Detroit)	MI	USA	Rectangle	A rectangular shaped object like a harmonica with the square holes brilliant white, stationary at 30 degrees over Detroit. IMMENSE siz	10/16/1998
Open	08/15/1997 05:40	Lenexa (Greater Kansas City Metro Area)	KS	USA	Disk	An object moving at a high rate of speed, leaving a bright pink trail.	11/03/1998
Open	08/28/1997 22:00	Coeur d'Alene	ID	USA	Triangle	my self and several others saw a ship fly over our house , very quiet, no sound at all, was black no lights, had a true shape to it,Tri	11/05/1998
Open	08/20/1997 22:30	Camrose (1.5 km north) (Canada)	AB	Canada	Light	3 stalite looking oblects very high alltitiude.flying in a triangle formation, watched fo about ...5 hour when they changed direction.	11/18/1998
Open	08/01/1997 22:30	Hurricane	UT	USA	Light	A brilliantly green streaking fireball.	12/11/1998
Open	08/28/1997 20:00	Page (Lake Powell)	AZ	USA	Light	8. PAGE-LAKE POWELL ARIZONA AUGUST 1997 ((This is the eigth and last to date of several of these experiences, all of which I now feel	12/21/1998
Open	08/08/1997 18:00	East Rochester	NY	USA	Sphere	This is the second time I have seen a black spherical object in this general area.	12/26/1998
Open	08/04/1997 05:00	Calgary (Canada)	AB	Canada	Oval	There were three of them, they were heading south, it was early morning and the sky was clear. two of them were flying side by side as	12/29/1998
Open	08/19/1997 22:45	South Normanton, Derbys (UK/England)		United Kingdom	Changing	NOTICED ODD CLOUD SAW BRIGHT LIGHT MOVING LEFT TO RIGHT AND BACK. SOMETHING DROPPED OUT OF BASE SHIFTED OVERHEAD OF US. SHAPE OF CANDLE	01/23/1999
Open	08/23/1997 22:00	Hermosillo, Sonora (Mexico)		Mexico	Other	A white boomerrang spaceship decloaked (six blocks away), then like, warp speed away.(Star Trek stlye).	02/25/1999
Open	08/28/1997 00:10	Hot Springs	AR	USA	Circle	Three objects that turned into four objects.	03/09/1999
Open	08/30/1997 22:00	Aston	PA	USA	Diamond	I was out one night looking for my keys on the ground and I seen a diamond shaped craft hovering over (about 100 ft) over my friends ho	04/01/1999
Open	08/31/1997 22:30	Brighton (E. of, N. of South Lyon, MI)	MI	USA	Rectangle	Rectangular tilted object in sky, like harmonica with squares lighted. Est. object length at 1 mile +.	06/06/1998
Open	08/03/1997 21:15	Palm Springs (Cathedral City)	CA	USA	Light	A "UFO" was erratically flying in the sky circling an object, when it shot a light and destroyed the object.	06/07/1998
Open	08/01/1997 13:00	Chapeau (Canada)	QC	Canada	Other	Sphere-shaped flashing lights around our tent. When we got out, they were gone. One did come into the tent and I got to see it very c	05/09/1999
Open	08/05/1997 03:30	Santa Cruz	CA	USA	Diamond	My roomate was taking a picture of me on a mountain. When he snapped a picture of the craft also. I was electrified or something and my	05/17/1999
Open	08/23/1997 22:00	Sherman Oaks	CA	USA	Formation	I was at a party, there was at least 20 people outside when 5 light`s came out of the north east. I thought they might be helicopters u	05/27/1999
Open	08/01/1997 22:00	Stonewood	WV	USA	Cone	4 lights on each side and one at the top color black gave off a humming noise burnt leaves on trees	06/28/1999
Open	08/15/1997 00:35	Golden Valley	AZ	USA	Light	three swiftly moving blue blurs each about 30 meters in length, however it was blurred	07/30/1999
Open	08/15/1997 00:00	Acton (approx.)	CA	USA	Oval	Oblong, orange light in sky traveling at slow speed. White beam of light came down from orange light, then went back up into orange li	07/31/1999
Open	08/17/1997 23:50	Woodridge	IL	USA	Light	BLUE/WHITE LIGHT APPEARED IN SKY,IT FLASHED INTENSELY THEN DIMMED AND ACCELERATED HORIZONTALLY,THEN SLOWED TO A STOP WHILE ITS LIGHT SO	09/17/1999
Open	08/11/1997 18:30	Shortsville-Manchester, n.y. (Canada)	ON	Canada	Light	Me and two of my friends were walking back from mcdonalds and we stopped up on top of a railroad underpass to smoke a cigarette (we wer	10/20/1999
Open	08/25/1997 01:00	Jay Co. into Wells Co. (550w, extending from)	IN	USA	Disk	we were going north on county road 550w i jay county,and the road number changes at the county line,but i don`t know what it changes to	12/09/1999
Open	08/15/1997 22:30	Lahaina	HI	USA	Triangle	During our viewing of the Paleids meteor shower, we viewed a large dark triangle craft appear out of no where and travel across the sky	12/23/1999
Open	08/24/1997 21:45	Biscoe	NC	USA	Changing	while standing outside my car in front of food store, a huge metal-grey oblong unidentifiably-shaped object suddenly soared over the fr	01/04/2000
Open	08/29/1997 01:30	Mt Roskill, Auckland, North Island (New Zealand)		New Zealand	Changing	A small dark craft of somekind passed about 30 metres directly over my head, shortly followed by another.	01/10/2000
Open	08/02/1997 22:15	Minden (Canada)	ON	Canada	Flash	A bright flashing light moved over the lake at my summer camp, stopped suddenly and then shot right up with a very bright flash.	01/11/2000
Open	08/02/1997 22:00	Hwy. 15 (S)/Hwy. 72 intersection, 1 mi. E of)	MS	USA	Fireball	SAW BRIGHT ORANGE FIREBALL CROSSED SKY LEFT TO RIGHT IN FRONT OF CAR..LOW AND BRIGHT FOR 5 SECONDS LEFT TO RIGHT. EXPLODED TO BRIGHT GR	02/03/2000
Open	08/15/1997 22:30	Clearfield	UT	USA	Triangle	Low flying, Silent, triangular with four lights, One steady light on each rounded corner and one swirling light in the center.	03/14/2000
Open	08/07/1997 17:07	New York City	NY	USA	Other	NTSB report of anomalous object near 747 aircraft.	03/26/2000
Open	08/23/1997 01:00	Cantoma	FL	USA	Triangle	Triangle with light on all the ends.	04/17/2000
Open	08/15/1997 01:00	Bigfork	MT	USA	Sphere	Bright Orange in color like hot metal, deffinatly metal of some kind it made no sound and sat just above the trees at least as big as a	04/19/2000
Open	08/02/1997 18:45	Caldwell	ID	USA	Disk	I work at a large potato pracessing plant plant 2 miles west of Caldwell .It was a clear bright sunny day hot 90 - 100 degress . I was	08/07/2000
Open	08/21/1997 02:30	Wabasca (Canada)	AB	Canada	Circle	well my grandparents were coming home from a wedding one Sunday morning, when all of a sudden my grandma saw something from the corner	11/05/2000
Open	08/08/1997 18:20	Tadley (UK/England)		United Kingdom	Circle	cluster of ufo's over Hampshire, England	11/07/2000
Open	08/10/1997 21:14	Burlington (Canada)	ON	Canada	Other	A hexagon shaped bright white object with a black stripe and three red dots acoross it moving at insane speeds.	12/12/2000
Open	08/20/1997 18:00	Grand Rapids	MI	USA	Diamond	diamond shape UFO hovering	01/23/2001
Open	08/12/1997 00:20	Pilot Butte (Canada)	SK	Canada	Chevron	A huge, "gilver" coloured pair of wings, with undereath protuberances, about 2ft long, rather like a gold ingot.	01/29/2001
Open	08/23/1997 21:40	Surrey (Canada)	BC	Canada	Oval	it was turquoise, oval, it went across the sky at amazing speeds then disappeared in the blink of an eye with a flash.	10/10/2001
Open	08/15/1997 22:00	Idaho Falls	ID	USA	Other	WHAT APPEARED TO BE A DUAL ENGINE PROP JET FLEW OVER MY HOUSE AT NIGHT, HAD NO LIGHTS AND THERE WAS NO SOUND	12/13/2001
Open	08/12/1997 23:00	Newfoundland (Canada) (on ferry boat) (Canada)	NL	Canada	Formation	two dully glowing high altitude objects steaking towards (not with) Persied meteor shower	02/25/2002
Open	08/15/1997 15:00	Denmark	ME	USA	Disk	Was taking pictures of the westerly New Hamphire mountains while hiking. Object was silent and appeared to be banking in the sky. It wa	02/27/2002
Open	08/17/1997 22:30	Sioux City	IA	USA	Triangle	the 4 of us saw a totally black triangle shaped object with no lights or sound fly over head blackining the stars out.	05/15/2002
Open	08/18/1997 19:00	Manhattan Beach	CA	USA	Teardrop	Spheres clone then vanish	07/08/2002
Open	08/02/1997 22:50	Rocklin	CA	USA	Other	One object was obviously pursuing another at very high altitude	09/25/2002
Open	08/24/1997 21:00	Elk River	MN	USA	Triangle	it was three green lights in the shape of a tryangle and this took place at night, and these 3 lights flashed and then it moved to a d	04/11/2003
Open	08/15/1997 21:00	Soulatge (near St. Paul) (France)		France	Oval	very large 5 miles away staying in the air and 1000 ft above ground	04/18/2003
Open	08/08/1997 22:00	West Islip	NY	USA	Other	This was peculiar to say the least. We had just returned from a day trip to Fire Island and I was on my back porch (lived basically nex	05/31/2003
Open	08/24/1997 18:00	Palm Springs	CA	USA	Cigar	Cigar shaped craft in high heavens bewilders mother and son.	06/23/2003
Open	08/30/1997 16:35	Pierrefonds (Canada)	QC	Canada	Sphere	A little silver shphere darts across the sky for 10-15 seconds, seen from inside a moving car.	07/07/2003
Open	08/12/1997 23:00	Boundary Waters	MN	USA	Oval	Bright blue light appeared across lake then shot off.	09/19/2003
Open	08/25/1997 13:30	Ft. Dix (near)	NJ	USA	Other	The object appeared to be a large airplane, but it was a dark grayish color unlike any any military planes. My wife and I were driving	10/05/2003
Open	08/16/1997 12:00	Rutherfordton	NC	USA	Cigar	A cigar shaped craft with 2 6-ft tall beings obucted me and later crashed in the mountians of lake lure.	10/19/2003
Open	08/20/1997 23:00	Pinckney	MI	USA	Light	Lights being chased by jets. The lights won	11/08/2003
Open	08/15/1997 22:00	Robertson County	TX	USA	Other	Mother-Ship, preceded by four helicopters and some other craft with a red, circular light.	11/13/2003
Open	08/29/1997 21:30	Livermore Falls	ME	USA	Fireball	It finally split into two distinct balls of bright orange fiery lights about 1000 feet above and ahead of us.	12/30/2003
Open	08/10/1997 02:55	Newbury (Canada)	ON	Canada	Light	I was on my way home from my brothers house. He lived just down the road. It was 2:30 in the morning.Instead of turning into my laneway	01/03/2004
Link	Occurred	City	State	Country	Shape	Summary	Reported	Media	Explanation