NUFORC UFO Sighting 177531
Occurred: 2023-08-08 02:00 Local
Reported: 2023-08-14 07:16 Pacific
Duration: 20 mins
No of observers: 3 - Pilot

Location: Bizerte, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
Location details: Flying at 37000 over N Tunisia heading East

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Multiple lights (6 seen) fading on and off (10s) forming multiple formations moving in all directions (not orbital) in stratosphere

Here, I am going to recount briefly the occurrence on the early morning of 8th August 2023. Am giving you the details so that you can work out if any stratospheric military exercises of some sort were happening. I understand these may be classified, however, I trust your discretion in giving me feedback which I would greatly be appreciative of.

I am an airline captain flying over 30yrs with 20000hrs in jet

Last Tuesday early morning we saw several 'stars' suddenly moving in formation forward and reverse, changing in brightness sometimes forming a 5 dot formation akin to dots on a dice or a 3 dot vertical formation with the center one ahead.

Our position on the flight path was over NW Tunisia/Algeria border heading East at 37000' and we saw them for 20 minutes initially appearing to our left, therefore Northward, higher than us near Ursa Major between stars Dubhe and Merak (see photo).

I took several photos and videos but the OnePlus 11G camera on video does not have night mode, so I took several in 5 second interval with long exposure. I will provide the photos when you contact me. A sequence can be built. Apologies for the image shake during long exposure.

The movements were visible with the naked eye. At first it looked like a satellite with such magnitude and orbit vector as the ISS. I have an app to track the ISS and checked it that it wasn't it.

I confirmed it wasn't a satellite when a second one, even brighter appeared but in a slightly different upward direction and faster speed. They fade out within 10 seconds. 6 are the amount we witnessed simultaneously moving in formation and breaking formation. The formation aspect of them do not therefore indicate that they were very far as otherwise the distance between them would be tens of miles. If they were naturally forming a formation that kept for up to 30 seconds then breaking, even moving in reverse, then it may mean that the objects were far closer. No size could be determined. The colour was the colour of stars but occasionally brighter and bluer

I am also familiar with Iridium flashes as I follow them, but these were objects that reappear on and off and change direction albeit not sharply - First they fade then they appear in a different direction. This continued for approx 20 minutes at which point we started our descent and lost sight at around 20000' due to the haze but I could still make out one that shone brighter.

That is my account. My First Officer witnessed everything and I got the Cabin Manager to witness the event too.

I have about 130 sequenced low light shots. The photos are raw files with the full EXIF data attached. The 10 videos are not of much use. The flightdeck was turned very dark from an hour before the first sighting. The sightings are external and not window reflections except for large faint red blotches on pics being the reflection of my shirt in low light. They are not Starlink, satellites, space debris or Iridium flashes.

What got me concerned is the persistence of the sightings. When were descending through 25000' they actually appeared higher. That alone may signify the objects were closer.

This is the second similar occurrence seen, the other being earlier this year at night just south of Cyprus with 4 objects, some becoming very bright (brighter than Venus) before fading moving in different directions lasting about 15 minutes in total. They seemed to be much farther away this Tuesday's objects because they moved slower but were much higher.

The full set of images amount to 207Mb without the videos. I am willing to share the sequence through WeTransfer

Posted 2023-09-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 144238
Occurred: 2018-12-29 15:15 Local
Reported: 2018-12-31 17:19 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Bizerte (Tunisia), YT, Tunisia

Shape: Unknown


Was not visible to the naked eye only after reviewing our photos we had noticed the strange object following us for three minutes. We could not understand what was the strange object it looked like a body of a whale but very confusing to describe.

Posted 2019-01-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 96634
Occurred: 2013-03-20 23:45 Local
Reported: 2013-03-20 16:00 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Monastir (Tunisia), , Tunisia

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

white light moving fast and making stops between two points in a cloudy sky

while i was enjoying a cigarette in my backyard i looked at the sky and i noticed a strange light moving from two points over and over , it never changed its course the weather is cloudy and a little bit rainy the event lasted for a minute or so , I don't know if what i saw is a ufo or not ,,, but i don't think that any kind of human made aircraft could move that fast from one point to an other and make stops at each one of them ,,,

Posted 2013-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 80741
Occurred: 2011-04-02 22:00 Local
Reported: 2011-04-03 10:42 Pacific
Duration: 00:00:20
No of observers: 1

Location: La Marsa (Tunisia), , Tunisia

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object

four linear orange lights horizontally crossing the skyline by night while rotating

I very clearly saw something in the shape of four linear, closely equidistant, dim orange lights with no apparent material link between them. It horizontally crossed my clear night skyline east to west, while partially rotating clock and counterclockwise as if on an axis. It than stood still for a few seconds and dimmed away rapidly.

It was soundless, trail-less, fast and very smooth. The sighting didn't exceed 20 second in all.

I was standing on the house first floor terrace facing the sea. I could not evaluate speed or altitude. It could equally have been close or distant.

Posted 2011-04-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 170860
Occurred: 2010-08-08 21:00 Local
Reported: 2022-08-02 18:30 Pacific
Duration: about 5 seconds


Location: Sousse, , Tunisia
Location details: Tunisia

Shape: Rectangle


A large black four sided object floated across the night sky.

My wife and I were looking out across the beach from our hotel balcony and witnessed a large black shape floating above us. The shape was not quite square in shape but had four sides and flat looking. It made no sound at all as it moved from left to right above us. It seemed very large and it was only visible for a few seconds. There were no clouds in the sky and no moon. The object seemed like it was a shadow in the sky, a very strange object to describe.

Posted 2022-09-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 49968
Occurred: 2006-03-22 21:15 Local
Reported: 2006-04-05 03:39 Pacific
Duration: 5 sec
No of observers: 2

Location: Port el Kantoui (Tunisia), , Tunisia

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object

my wife and my self witnessed a rod shapped object, about 4 - 6ft long with dim lights almost out running along underside, the object was about 60 - 70ft in the air just over the the height of the Hanibal palace hotel traveling towards us at about 50mph not making a sound

Posted 2006-05-15