NUFORC UFO Sighting 183655
Occurred: 2024-10-19 19:42 Local
Reported: 2024-10-20 16:26 Pacific
Duration: 3 Seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium
Location details: Atop of Iron's Mt. in a field in the old Consolidated Orchard 21502

Shape: Cigar
Color: White
Estimated Size: 30-36° from end to end
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: East
Angle of Elevation: 60
Closest Distance: Star Distance or Very far from me.
Estimated Speed: Very slow
Explanation: Starlink - Possible
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Electrical or magnetic effects

Looked up to see a mass of lights as big as a city moving in unisen from S to N about 30-36° wide no sound present

I was up atop Iron's Mt. to get away from the light pollution to try to get a glimpse of the comet. My compass was not working. Neither was my Night Sky App or my Stargazer App. I got frustrated and turned to the East to place my arms on my car and put my head across my arms. When I did that I looked up and a giant mass of lights as big as a city was up in the stars. At first I thought it was the comet, but it was WAY too long and huge to be one. I have seen many meteor showers in my day. This is my favorite viewing spot near where I live because of the absence of light pollution. When we see a meteor it only lasts for a split second. Even my wife thinks I am crazy and tells me to keep this to myself. That is unfair. After it disappeard, I turned on my video on my phone hoping it would show up again. I recorded for a minute or so and nothing reappeared. I was too shocked and stunned to video at first because in my 58 years of life, I have never seen anything I could not explain.







Posted 2024-11-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 183172
Occurred: 2024-09-08 21:23 Local
Reported: 2024-09-23 23:05 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1 - Pilot

Location: Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium
Location details: Viewed from W side of Nordman Lake, object was hovering above treeline on opposite shore due NW

Shape: Orb
Color: Orange, Red, Yellow
Estimated Size: 5 foot round
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: North West
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 100 yards
Estimated Speed: Stationary
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

Approx. 5-foot wide orb that was the mixed color of fire encapsulated in glass hovered above rural tree line before disappearing

I was sitting, facing northwest, at a lit firepit near the eastern shore of Norman Lake. My brother and his husband sat with me for a bit. The sky was turning from dusk to night and we were using the app Starwalk to identify the first stars visible. We are visiting from the city, so I was excited to be in a place with little light pollution. The moon phase was a waxing crescent with an illumination of 22.16%, so the low light of the moon made for a darker sky. I was specifically trying to figure out where Venus and Mars would be, but the conversation took over and I forgot about trying to get the answer.

They eventually left and I sat alone out by the fire for some time, until things got completely dark. Staring into the fire, I began to meditate. The lake was visible through the flames a few yards away. As I stared into the flames, I noticed the reflection of Mars in the lake. This pulled me out of my meditation because I was reminded of my unanswered question from earlier. I was shocked at how bright it shone in this dark region.

I looked up at where it would be, only to realize that it wasn't the planet that I was looking at. Sitting completely stationary about 70 feet high in the sky just feet over the treeline, was an orb that was approximately 5 feet wide. It was perfectly round and was shaded in red and bright orange ombre. The middle of the orb had a black dot that was surrounded by a white light. It shimmered like a star would in the atmosphere, but it wasn't far enough away for the atmosphere to have that effect yet.

It stayed stationary for a good minute or two before simply disappearing. It didn't fizzle out, it didn't move, it just ceased to be visible in the sky, like the switch of a light.

I am a professional drone operator with a Parts 106 license. This object was not a drone. There was no sound, and it didn't undulate as it hovered, it stayed completely still and remained stationary in the sky.

The following day I attempted to get to the part in the forest across the lake to see if there was anything or anybody. Since the lake was dammed up last year by an adjacent property, the lake has risen a few feet with rainfall the last year. This has flooded the trails to this portion of the land and can only be accessed from the lake by boat. Once you get to the treeline, it's all bog. The area behind the land is a small nature preserve, and beyond that is farmland. It's rural and there are no airports nearby. Although this was a bog, this orb was not "swamp gas" as it was a solid object that had obvious light emitting from it from an interior source.

After giving it some time to think about it, I realized that I had been staring out into the water for a good 10 minutes or so until the object caught my attention. This means it appeared as it disappeared, instantly.


Posted 2024-09-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 182533
Occurred: 2024-08-06 20:00 Local
Reported: 2024-08-06 21:10 Pacific
Duration: Five minutes
No of observers: 5 - Military

Location: Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium
Location details: Oilfield lease site Go-Beck

Shape: Circle
Color: White
Estimated Size: Basketball
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: East
Angle of Elevation: 38
Closest Distance: Half mile
Estimated Speed: ?
Explanation: Reflection - Probable
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Shimmering light in the distance

Working on a oilfield lease site. While working I looked to the east and saw a bright shimmering light about a half mile to the east of us. The object appeared to be hovering and not moving toward or away from us. I called out to the crew and three of us got not on our phones. Observed for about 5-10 minutes I looked away to do some work, and when I looked back to the east it was gone.

NUFORC Note:

Object appears to be attached to a barely visible wire, and reflecting light form the sun. Similar objects can be seen to the left and ritgh as the samera pans, but they are not reflecting due to position.








Posted 2024-08-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 181662
Occurred: 2024-05-26 19:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-05-27 00:02 Pacific
Duration: A few seconds. 7:00ish PM
No of observers: 1

Location: Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium
Location details: 41°50'59"N 70°35'54"W

Shape: Sphere
Color: White
Estimated Size: Smaller but still Large enough. Significant size.
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: 90 degrees East roughly
Angle of Elevation: 35
Closest Distance: 50 - 60 Meters Away
Estimated Speed: Hard to say, it was moving fast but still visible.


A white sphere going horizontally above the tree tops North / Northeast

I looked at just the right time and I saw there level above the treetops, a white sphere as clear as day moving quiet quickly but steady enough towards the North / Northeast. It was as if it moved in a perfectly straight way horizontally. It just flew through. I could not believe it. It was still bright out and the sun was out for the next hour or more after. I saw it. It was a flying white sphere. It was visible to me for only a few moments before my house blocked it's view.

Posted 2024-05-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 181556
Occurred: 2024-05-18 00:30 Local
Reported: 2024-05-18 18:08 Pacific
Duration: About 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium
Location details: Nevada Hwy 160 heading westbound down hill

Shape: Light
Color: Bright white light
Estimated Size: No idea
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: South-west
Angle of Elevation: 40
Closest Distance: 1-5 miles
Estimated Speed: Initially, about 100-200mph and then much faster.
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Initially, the object appeared to be flying at approximately 10-20k ft in a westerly/south-westerly direction.

Initially, the object appeared to be flying at approximately 10-20k ft in a westerly/south-westerly direction over the desert south-east of Pahrump, NV. The object itself appeared to be a bright light. I could not make out the shape. I had spotted the object while driving, so I also had to watch the road. In my mind I was thinking, “I see you” and then the object suddenly changed direction as if it had read my mind and it was heading in my direction. I got a better look although it was probably still 1-5 miles away from me, but still could not make out the shape. After another 5-10 seconds, the object changed direction again and flew over Mt Charleston at a very high rate of speed. It flew at an upward angle over and beyond the mountain and was out of sight within about 1.5 seconds. It flew much faster than a fighter jet and did so quietly. I used to live next to a military base where jet fighters were constantly flying, so I know how they move and sound. This object was no jet. I am currently retired. I have a bachelor degree from USC and I previously worked in IT for a major chip developer.

Posted 2024-05-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 181614
Occurred: 2024-05-14 20:15 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-05-23 10:25 Pacific
Duration: A few seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium
Location details: On the flat iron of the mountain, the fork for which is about 1/3 of the way up the peak trail.

Shape: Orb
Color: Yellow, orange tinge
Estimated Size: Unsure
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: North, slightly northeast.
Angle of Elevation: 34
Closest Distance: Unsure
Estimated Speed: Unsure
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

A yellow orb with orange tinged edges, much too large to be a star or planet, appeared to the northeast above samaniego ridge.

I climbed the flatiron of pusch peak the night of Tuesday, may 14th, to see the fireworks for CDO high schools graduation to the west from above. The graduation ceremony went very late, and I was sitting on the mountain for some time after sunset before the fireworks show. At one point, sometime shortly after 8pm, I looked up to the north to see a large yellow, orange tinged orb/circle above the samaniego ridge. I could not tell how far away it was. It seemed still. It shone for a few seconds, and then faded quickly, as if someone quickly twisted the knob on a dimmer light.

Posted 2024-05-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 180944
Occurred: 2015-08-04 21:00 Local
Reported: 2024-03-26 20:25 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes +
No of observers: 1

Location: Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium
Location details: I was driving north on 360. From Mechanicsville, VA to Aylett, VA.

Shape: Triangle
Color: N/A
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: North East
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 3 miles
Characteristics: Lights on object

Three dots in the shape of a triangle.

The object was North East of my position. Hovering in place. I saw it for many minutes while driving.

Posted 2024-04-27