NUFORC UFO Sighting 179987
Occurred: 2023-12-19 05:40 Local
Reported: 2024-01-08 12:11 Pacific
Duration: 45 sec.
No of observers: 1

Location: Arab, AL, USA

Shape: Orb
Color: White
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: North
Angle of Elevation: 48
Closest Distance: Don't know


During my morning work I noticed a white orb moving from west to east.

During my morning work I noticed a white orb moving from west to east, it went behind some trees, and as it came back into view it was going to the east northeast.




Posted 2024-02-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 5869
Occurred: 1999-03-07 22:00 Local
Reported: 1999-03-25 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 45 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Arab, AL, USA

Shape: Light


Object in the night sky moving in an irregular pattern.

On the evening of March 7, 1999 I happened to step outside and look into the Eastern sky. There were no overcast conditions and my attention was drawn to a lighted object which looked like any other star except that it moved in irregular patterns. These patterns were a continuing sereis of short movements up, down, left and right with 90 degree turns. Occasionally the object would move in a semicircular fashion. When viewed through an 8 power binocular the object appeared no different than any of the many stars visible nearby. The object first appeared approximately 40 degrees above the Eastern horizon. I called my next door neighbor, who is a NASA engineer, to confirm my sighting. She observed the same object as I and had no explanation as to what it could possibly be.

Posted 1999-04-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 5377
Occurred: 1998-12-15 09:25 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1999-01-21 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 45 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Arab, AL, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Bright orange sphere in southwest quadrant of sky which appeared to be at an altitude of approximately 40,000 feet close to Atlanta/Birmingham commercial traffic zone.

On that evening I was outside observing the stars on this clear night when I noticed in the southwest quadrant of the sky a bright orange object (about the size of Venus) moving in an up and down motion maintaining it's vertical alignment. I rushed inside and told my family, got 2 pairs of binoculars and my family and I went out to observe. At that point the object was moving up/down and side to side for a distance of approximately 1-2 miles at each movement. My wife, son and daughter witnessed this with amazement for a period of about 10 minutes. Commercial traffic could be seen passing in close proximity of this object, however the object made no effort to "track" with the plane. I could clearly see that this object was moving by triangulating it with nearby stars in it's proximity. The object became stationary and was observed for approximately 30 more minutes noticably not maintaining horizontal alignment with nearby stars verifying it wasn't a star decending on horizon. The object seemed to pulse orange to white at higher intensities from time to time at intervals of approximately 5-10 seconds. Then suddenly the object disappeared as if to "wink out". The following night I located the same cellestial bodies for verification of the objects location and indeed the object was not there!

Posted 1999-02-16