by Roger Marsh

A California witness at Rancho Cordova reported watching a disc-shaped object hovering 20 feet above the ground while others in the area seemed not to notice, according to testimony in Case 83576 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness and his fiance were leaving a restaurant on Folsom Boulevard at Hazel Avenue at 8:30 p.m. on May 4, 2017, when the incident began.

“I spotted the object at about 45-degrees from the horizon in the south,” the witness stated. “The weather was overcast and cloudy with winds from the west at 10-15 mph. When I first saw it, I thought it was a helicopter because of the green flashing lights that at first looked like navigational lights.”

The witness described the object.

“The object had a dark, matte grey or black finish and was silhouetted well against the clouds. It descended to a level where it was obscured by the parking lot tree and then descended to full view across the street. The completely silent object was approximately 60-foot in diameter, saucer-shaped with three white lights on the west facing side and a red glow underneath.”

The object stopped descending and hovered about 20 feet from the ground about 180 feet away from the witness.

“The object showed no visible signs of propulsion nor did it disturb the vegetation in anyway. At this point my fiancé wanted me to take a picture, so I sent her for my phone in the car. It seems as if the UFO knew she was coming back with a phone because it started moving off as soon as it was in her hand.”

The witness quickly noticed another odd element of the situation.

“We found it strange that no one else seemed to notice it even though there were other people in the parking lot with us and cars passing by. I was completely memorized by how smooth it moved and how it was unaffected by the wind. When she got back to me I had walked to the corner of Folsom and Hazel so as not to lose sight of it. It glided away smoothly into the Aerojet property.”
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California MUFON Assistant State Director Devlin Rugne investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown UAV.
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by Roger Marsh

A Kansas witness at Lawrence reported watching a military helicopter following a fast-moving orange orb, according to testimony in Case 83535 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness was inside and heard the sound of a helicopter at 11:15 p.m. on May 4, 2017.

“It sounded very low and powerful, so I figured it had to be military, and I, being a total nerd, had to run out to the parking lot to get a look,” the witness stated. “By the time I was out my door and in the parking lot, I had just enough time to watch a small orange ball of light being chased by what I assume to be a Blackhawk helicopter (because of size and sound) disappear behind the rooftops of the buildings east of me.”

The witness thought the scene was “bizarre” because he had a similar sighting a few months earlier in the same general area – south of Lawrence not far from Baker Wetlands.

“The light was small and orange in color and was about 50-100 yards ahead of the helicopter. It made no erratic movements, but was travelling at a fair clip as the helicopter was tracking it at almost the exact speed and it was moving pretty quickly.”

The witness was doubtful the object could have been a paper lantern while the color and intensity of the light were similar to one.

“The distance ahead of the helicopter rules out a refueling boom. I'd give the altitude of the two objects to be between 500-1,000 feet AGL and the speed of both to be about 100 knots at the time I saw them.”

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by Roger Marsh

A Philippine witness at Angeles City reported watching a square or rectangular-shaped object at 700 feet moving south toward Manila, according to testimony from Case 83456 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness is a trained observer as a U.S. Marine who was having coffee at a computer at 5:45 a.m. on May 1, 2017, when the incident began.

“I heard my dogs carrying on outside and went to investigate,” the witness stated. “At first, I thought they had barked at nothing, when I suddenly caught sight of the object. I watched it only for 30 seconds or so before realizing that it wasn't a plane, helicopter, or hot air balloon and ran into the house and grabbed my cell phone as it was the closest camera available.”

The object was moving away.

“The object first appeared to be about 700 feet high, but as the object had moved into the background of my house, it appeared to be gaining altitude and I snapped three photos as it passed beyond the peak of the roof over my bedroom, moving in a south or southeast direction towards Manila. The object made no sound at all, and it had no visible lights of any kind. It seemed to be moving about the same speed as a small plane at first and was completely out of sight in about three minutes or less, apparently gaining speed.”
The witness reviewed the images taken.

“When I first looked at the pictures, I thought I missed it, as it looked like a speck of dust or dirt. I then downloaded them to my desktop computer and cropped the photos, and then I could see better detail. I was a bit stunned when saw it, as I had never seen any craft like this before, and it clearly had some type of leg structure for landing. Three pictures were taken, and numbered in the order taken, the best being the first picture.”

Chase Kloetzke investigated this case for MUFON International and closed it as an Unknown UAV.

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by Roger Marsh

​A California witness at Fresno reported watching a triangle-shaped object with seven, blinking white lights, according to testimony in Case 83410 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness was stepping out of a restaurant with a friend at 9 p.m. on April 26, 2017, when the incident began.

“I looked up in the sky and saw a triangle-shaped craft with seven white lights blinking all at the same time heading west,” the witness stated. “It was very clear and seemed too large to be an aircraft.”

The witness alerted the friend who thought it might be an airplane.

“I thought it might be a drone at first glance. But it was too large and too high in altitude to be a drone. The object made no noise. It seemed to be well above 500 feet at about 80-degrees above the horizon when we first spotted it. The lights were much larger than the usual lights that appear on aircraft and were brighter than typical aircraft lights. It was moving slowly.”

The witness then noticed a change in the object’s lighting.

“When the craft was about 50-degrees above the horizon, the right-side lights (three of them) stopped shining, so that the craft appeared to be a straight line of four lights blinking all at the same time. I stopped looking at it when it was about 45-degrees above the horizon. I estimate that it took about two minutes to move from 80-degrees to 45-degrees. I really don't know what kind of craft it was and didn't consider it to be a UFO at first. I didn't lose sight of the craft. I just stopped looking at it. After the event, I realized I may have viewed a possible UFO.”

California MUFON Field Investigator Hady Felfly investigated this case and closed it as Unidentified Aerial Vehicle. 

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A British witness at Exeter reported watching an orb-like object moving overhead at 75 feet that briefly directed a bright light to ground level and then moved quickly away, according to testimony in Case 83334 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness and a friend were outside “rabiting” at 11:30 p.m. on April 17, 2017, when the incident occurred.

“At night I always look up at the sky, looking at the stars, especially on a nearly clear night, which it was and very quiet,” the witness stated. “There were no street lights for about five miles.”
The two were walking along a country lane which was about nine feet wide.

“My friend was looking at the ground and said, did you see that” And I replied, yes, did you see that? I saw a bright, orb-like object with a pink outer edge moving slowly over us. Then a bright light shined down on us and lit up the road for about two seconds. Then it took off at a remarkable speed and made no noise at all. The orb was about 75 feet high. And about as big as a mini car.”
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British MUFON Field Investigator Karl Webb closed this case as an Unknown Aerial Vehicle. 

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by Roger Marsh

A South Carolina witness at Irmo reported watching a green glowing object with a trail moving along at the treetop level, according to testimony in Case 83129 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness was outside taking a walk at 8:43 p.m. on April 12, 2017, when the incident occurred.

“I was looking at the clear sky with stars hoping to see a meteor shower,” the witness stated. “I then noticed a small, glowing object coming over the horizon at treetop level. The object glowed green with the outline pulsing and seemed to have a white, smoky trail visible in the street lights.”

The witness noted that the object came in from the northwest directly overhead and disappeared over the treetops.

“I was unable to get my phone camera working in time, but immediately after the object was beyond visible range, used my phone compass to get a location fix and azimuthal direction: Location 34°7'15"N, 81°9'45" heading 113°SE, visible for five seconds. Object seemed to leave a trail, but no lingering exhaust or smoke remained in its wake. There was no sound.”

South Carolina MUFON State Director Cheryl Ann Gilmore and Field Investigator Charles Beers closed this case as an Unknown UAV.

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A Zimbabwe witness at Harare reported watching with flashing, sequential lights hovering and making abrupt direction changes, according to testimony in Case 83034 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness was called outside by his wife at 6:30 p.m. on April 8, 2017, and asked to look north.

“I was immediately able to make out three flashing, alternating beams of light,” the witness stated. “I initially thought it was an aero plane slowly disappearing into the distance, obscured by the clouds. I soon noticed that the lights were emanating from a hovering source or object whose shape I could not see as the object was obscured by the clouds.”

The hovering object began to move.

“After about seven minutes, the object moved upwards in a leftward direction, lights still flashing and hovered again for about three minutes before moving slowly in a straight, northwards direction before the lights faded and disappeared. After noticing the abrupt upwards and leftward movement in a straight line, as well as the sudden hovering action after that, I can say that was the point I was convinced that what we were observing was a UFO.”

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