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Three amber orbs, 50 feet away, moving with impossible intelligence. That encounter led me to build this database—a place where witnesses are believed, not dismissed.

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Jul 3, 2023#1753
Chicago, Illinois
This event took place everyday at Rainbow Beach everyday I would take my kids swimming at around 2pm we would always see a dark object in the same loc...
Aug 12, 2016#1752
Chicago, Illinois
Huge triangle ufo over rainbow beach parking lot was full happened around 945 10pm each light turned on like a fluorescent bulb glitching on one at a ...
Jan 4, 2024#1751
Scottsdale, Arizona
Happened to notice a very brightly colored orange light approaching from S-SW area of Phoenix Metro. Probably south Scottsdale or Tempe? 8:05pm it c...
Jan 7, 2024#1750
Winnfield, Louisiana
Approximately 2200 hours. I witnessed a very abnormal glowing orb moving fast across the night sky. Just as it got closer it turned back south and v...
Jan 7, 2024#1749
Jonestown, Texas
Driving home about 6:30 or 7 sun hadn't gone down completely yet and I noticed a circle glowing orb in the clouds too far away to see detail my eye...
Jan 7, 2024#1747
Oklahoma city, Oklahoma
I was driving west on I44 near I235 at 6:05 pm in Oklahoma City and saw a bright light slowly and steadily moving toward me (to the east) over NW Okla...
Jan 7, 2024#1746
Heavner, Oklahoma
Tonight in Heavner, a bright star-like light surrounded by a small hazy cloud was moving slowly across the sky in the east toward the south. The light...
Aug 10, 2023#1743
Astoria/ knappa area, Oregon
I've now heard about the same story three times from three different people, about the same type event happening in the same location all 20 years ...
Jan 5, 2024#1740
Dix hills, New York
It was about 11:30 in the evening and I took my dogs out in the yard and I always look up at the night sky. It was a crystal clear night and the stars...
Oct 8, 2023#1738
Alachua, Florida
During peek night of the dracion meteor shower around 11pm while stargazing with my husband. We see what we thought was a bunch of geese flying in a v...
Dec 30, 2023#1737
Venice, Florida
My brother and I spotted a strange heavy orange glowing object around 8 or 9pm. It looked like it had somewhat of a tail, streaking upward. We thought...
Jan 3, 2024#1736
Galloway, Ohio
Pt 2: I don't sleep well but the same evening the same light came out and found me about 45 minutes from original location and sight. It was 4 am ...
Jan 3, 2024#1735
Sarasota, Florida
Wed Jan 3 about 630 I was heading home after work just north of fruitville rd. I made a left from fruitville rd heading west unto Apex now heading sou...
Jan 3, 2024#1734
Columbus, Ohio
Approximately 12:50 am, January 3, 2024 over Sullivant ave going towards Georgesville rd in Columbus Ohio: there were sounds of a large helicopter tha...
Jan 1, 2024#1733
Pasadena, California
Orb seen in video of B2 Bomber flyover of the Rosebowl today as it was heading south in the last few minutes of the flyover.
Dec 13, 2023#1732
Richmond, Virginia
I was driving my truck making my delivery to Richmond va I seen something white streak across the sky I was like its a shooting star but then all of t...
Dec 6, 2023#1731
Perry, Florida
Around 9:30 PM I noticed several blinking lights in the southern sky about 30° to 45° above the horizon. They looked like drones, but it was odd how m...
Dec 6, 2023#1730
Between turpin and holker, Oklahoma
My family and I were driving home from youth group at church. It was a beautiful night and we saw a shape of a triangle in the sky with what looked li...
Oct 28, 2023#1727
Pfafftown, North Carolina
Small shiny orb traveling southwest to north east at a high rate of speed in bright, sunny weather. A few seconds later, a faint cigar shaped anomaly ...
Sep 12, 2023#1722
Stockton, California
A friend at work recorded an unusual object that changed form and traveled downwards towards our company, I’ve been using the frequency 1.6KHz the sou...
DateLocationReport #Description
Jul 3, 2023Chicago, Illinois#1753This event took place everyday at Rainbow Beach everyday I would take my kids swimming at around 2pm we would always see a dark object in the same loc...
Aug 12, 2016Chicago, Illinois#1752Huge triangle ufo over rainbow beach parking lot was full happened around 945 10pm each light turned on like a fluorescent bulb glitching on one at a ...
Jan 4, 2024Scottsdale, Arizona#1751Happened to notice a very brightly colored orange light approaching from S-SW area of Phoenix Metro. Probably south Scottsdale or Tempe? 8:05pm it c...
Jan 7, 2024Winnfield, Louisiana#1750Approximately 2200 hours. I witnessed a very abnormal glowing orb moving fast across the night sky. Just as it got closer it turned back south and v...
Jan 7, 2024Jonestown, Texas#1749Driving home about 6:30 or 7 sun hadn't gone down completely yet and I noticed a circle glowing orb in the clouds too far away to see detail my eye...
Jan 7, 2024Oklahoma city, Oklahoma#1747I was driving west on I44 near I235 at 6:05 pm in Oklahoma City and saw a bright light slowly and steadily moving toward me (to the east) over NW Okla...
Jan 7, 2024Heavner, Oklahoma#1746Tonight in Heavner, a bright star-like light surrounded by a small hazy cloud was moving slowly across the sky in the east toward the south. The light...
Aug 10, 2023Astoria/ knappa area, Oregon#1743I've now heard about the same story three times from three different people, about the same type event happening in the same location all 20 years ...
Jan 5, 2024Dix hills, New York#1740It was about 11:30 in the evening and I took my dogs out in the yard and I always look up at the night sky. It was a crystal clear night and the stars...
Oct 8, 2023Alachua, Florida#1738During peek night of the dracion meteor shower around 11pm while stargazing with my husband. We see what we thought was a bunch of geese flying in a v...
Dec 30, 2023Venice, Florida#1737My brother and I spotted a strange heavy orange glowing object around 8 or 9pm. It looked like it had somewhat of a tail, streaking upward. We thought...
Jan 3, 2024Galloway, Ohio#1736Pt 2: I don't sleep well but the same evening the same light came out and found me about 45 minutes from original location and sight. It was 4 am ...
Jan 3, 2024Sarasota, Florida#1735Wed Jan 3 about 630 I was heading home after work just north of fruitville rd. I made a left from fruitville rd heading west unto Apex now heading sou...
Jan 3, 2024Columbus, Ohio#1734Approximately 12:50 am, January 3, 2024 over Sullivant ave going towards Georgesville rd in Columbus Ohio: there were sounds of a large helicopter tha...
Jan 1, 2024Pasadena, California#1733Orb seen in video of B2 Bomber flyover of the Rosebowl today as it was heading south in the last few minutes of the flyover.
Dec 13, 2023Richmond, Virginia#1732I was driving my truck making my delivery to Richmond va I seen something white streak across the sky I was like its a shooting star but then all of t...
Dec 6, 2023Perry, Florida#1731Around 9:30 PM I noticed several blinking lights in the southern sky about 30° to 45° above the horizon. They looked like drones, but it was odd how m...
Dec 6, 2023Between turpin and holker, Oklahoma#1730My family and I were driving home from youth group at church. It was a beautiful night and we saw a shape of a triangle in the sky with what looked li...
Oct 28, 2023Pfafftown, North Carolina#1727Small shiny orb traveling southwest to north east at a high rate of speed in bright, sunny weather. A few seconds later, a faint cigar shaped anomaly ...
Sep 12, 2023Stockton, California#1722A friend at work recorded an unusual object that changed form and traveled downwards towards our company, I’ve been using the frequency 1.6KHz the sou...

A Message from Our Founder

"We're not crazy. It's amazing, and strange, but it's happening."

In the late 1990s, I watched three amber orbs pass over row homes, descend into a field bordered by pine trees—hovering just three feet off the ground as if searching for something—then ascend toward a full moon and vanish. The encounter lasted over five minutes. They were within 50 feet of me. I later learned these matched descriptions of the "foo fighters" that WWII pilots had reported decades earlier.

Almost 30 years later, during the New Jersey drone incident of December 2024, I had another encounter—again within 50 feet. That experience convinced me the "drones" were a cover story.

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