NUFORC UFO Sighting 189238
Occurred: 2025-04-28 20:30 Local
Reported: 2025-04-28 23:41 Pacific
Duration: A few minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA
Location details: Not very high up started about a mile west came towards us took a sharp turn south

Shape: Oval
Color: Grey metallic
Estimated Size: About the size of a cargo ship
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: About 220 degrees south west
Angle of Elevation: 75
Closest Distance: 1500 feet
Estimated Speed: Unknown
Explanation: Rocket - Possible
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

It was a cylinder shape with a light on the bottom that looked foggy but it was a clear night moved unnaturally

I saw an unusual star in the sky and told my family we were watching the star object for a while wondering what it was. It was too bright to be an airplane or satellite and to close to actually be a star but just far enough. It kept changing colors between green, blue, white, and red all really bright LED almost. As we were watching this star I saw another object coming from it’s direction and assumed it was a satellite but as it approached I noticed the way it moved was very unnatural and the shape of it was also unusual. As it got closer I saw it had a cylinder shape almost with a big light on the bottom it started coming at us from west and took an odd turn not exactly 90 degrees but pretty close. When it turned south I noticed the light under it produced a fog like essence but it was a clear night no clouds nor fog in sight. As I pointed this out to my mom when I looked back the flying object was completely gone no noise at all no trail no nothing just one second it’s there then boom gone.

Posted 2025-05-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 189203
Occurred: 2025-04-27 20:40 Local
Reported: 2025-04-27 22:47 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA
Location details: Pulled onto Kindra Heights Road from Main Street to take the video

Shape: Orb
Color: White
Estimated Size: Unknown- large
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: North
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: Unknown. We are not pilots or trained in this type
Estimated Speed: Unknown
Explanation: Rocket - Certain
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Bright light flying through the sky, then getting larger and brighter before quickly dimming and disappearing.

Two of us were driving on N Main Street when we noticed what looked like a very bright star. Upon further inspection, we could see that it was flying through the sky, rather quickly, headed west. E pulled over to take a video because of how anomalous the bright object appeared, moving so quickly. While we shout the video, it began to dim and then completely disappeared.

Posted 2025-04-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 188968
Occurred: 2025-04-14 20:58 Local
Reported: 2025-04-14 21:35 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 5

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA
Location details: We saw it from our back yard. 3360 balls ferry Rd Cottonwood CA 96022

Shape: Formation
Color: White lights
Estimated Size: Bigger than the house
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Just north of our house
Angle of Elevation: 25
Closest Distance: It looked extremely close
Estimated Speed: It looked fast but slow at the same time
Explanation: Starlink - Probable
Characteristics: Lights on object

We saw a straight line of lights in a strange order but not multiple objects just one big UFO that was bigger than our house

My husband was outside smoking a cigarette when he saw a weirdly patterned line of lights that were connected that flew in a straight line. It was bigger than our house. He yelled for me to go outside & when my 3 kids & myself ran outside we saw exactly what he saw. Personally to me it almost looked like a flying saucer sideways but he saw it as just a straight line. Then it just slowly disappeared as it continued in its straight format almost as if it was fading out in the distance. It lasted approximately 40 seconds from start to finish.

Posted 2025-04-18

NUFORC UFO Sighting 184939
Occurred: 2024-11-17 19:36 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-12-09 17:59 Pacific
Duration: 3-5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, MN, USA
Location details: In the nite sky

Shape: Chevron
Color: White
Estimated Size: Unknown-no comparable reference
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: We were traveling West, the sighting appeared behind us to the East
Angle of Elevation: 73
Closest Distance: Unknown-no comparable reference
Estimated Speed: Faster than observed air craft
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects

Pulsing chevron, hashtag shape dissolved into zigzaged lines

A flashing glowing chevron hashtag shape briefly appeared in the nite sky, it seemed to be obscured by vapor, though it was a cloudless night. Within several seconds, the shape seemed to break apart into ziz zagged, flashing lights, which moved very fast across the sky; moving much faster than aircraft. I have multiple degrees in the sciences, as does my husband; we can't figure out what could have caused this. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen.

Posted 2024-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 179082
Occurred: 2023-10-23 18:29 Local
Reported: 2023-10-23 20:03 Pacific
Duration: 1:56
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA
Location details: Some distance away from me traveling E to N

Shape: Orb


Solid white glowing silent orb, traveling E to N with no aircraft of any kind in the area

Solid white glowing orb, silent, left no trails or anything. Traveled East to North, no blinking lights. Sky was absolutely clear, no clouds at all (I have screenshots from Weather app). Wind 5 ssw with gusts up to 15mph; Visibility 25 mi. No transponding aircraft over that area (see Flightradar24 video attached). Started roughly in Pisces, above Jupiter, and ended video in or just above Perseus (checked SkyView app). The distance of the orb would have been far out of our city and beyond the next town easily. The only aircraft transponding was directly above my head (which I heard while taking the video, and saw above me). I recorded the video with my iPhone 14 Pro Max, from my front yard.

Solid objects in video include house, tree, and stars.

No SpaceX launch tonight (Oct. 21st was most recent launch).
Also checked FindStarlink map, and heavens-above to see Starlink video launch map, nothing in this area of the planet. FindStarlink using my coordinates shows nothing visible tonight (see screenshot).

Live Space Station (ISS) Tracking Map shows ISS was nowhere near the U.S. (see screenshot)













Posted 2023-10-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 177420
Occurred: 2023-08-07 06:06 Local
Reported: 2023-08-07 16:16 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA
Location details: Leaving work looked up noticed silver/ black sphere going north west

Shape: Sphere


Leaving work saw sphere traveling north west from location pics available

Leaving work noticed silver/black sphere traveling north west in cottonwood







Posted 2023-09-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 176740
Occurred: 2023-07-11 21:15 Local
Reported: 2023-07-12 19:28 Pacific
Duration: 5 to 7 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA
Location details: On the side of Mingus mountain between Jerome Az. and Camp Verde Az.

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

A line of various sized and brightness lights passed in front of me in a period of 5 to 7 seconds then disappeared 1 by 1.

I was sitting on my side patio at around 9:15 pm which overlooks the Verde Valley all the way to Sedona. My patio faces east and the objects appeared from the north by Jerome and flew at a speed I estimate was 200 to 300 mph to the south towards Camp Verde. There were some light clouds that the objects flew under, so I estimate their altitude to be less than 5000' to 7000'. The objects were of various sizes and brightness, and some flew closer than others, but they all flew at the identical speed in a straight line and made a few maneuvers that were all perfectly synchronized with each other. I estimate I viewed them for 5 to 7 seconds before each disappeared 1 by 1 at the exact same spot. There was absolutely no sound coming from them. It was a very surreal sight that was hard to comprehend. I was on duty the next morning and before I started my shift briefed my supervisor on the incident to see if she had heard any reports from dispatch from that night with regards to what I spotted. I have viewed the Star Link satellites in the past and this was not even a close resemblance to them.

Posted 2023-07-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 175731
Occurred: 2023-05-11 04:06 Local
Reported: 2023-05-11 06:59 Pacific
Duration: Not sure
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA
Location details: City linits

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

4:06 am above work noticed craft flying past no noise no blinking lights camera trying to focus in video

Please see video and picture just one constant light




Posted 2023-05-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 172494
Occurred: 2022-10-19 20:00 Local
Reported: 2022-10-19 22:36 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA
Location details: (34.7387777, -111.9995421)

Shape: Light


Drove directly under there lights in triangle formation.

Driving through Cornville to Cottonwood, AZ in westbound on. E Cornville rd. E. Cornville rd turns into E Mingus Ave. I saw red and green lights above the road in the distance. It’s 8:00pm October 19 2022 and in a dark area without traffic lights. The lights appear to be stationary hovering above the road. My eyes are on the road while we pass under it. My vehicle has a full glass roof and my girlfriend in the passenger seat could clearly see 3 stationary yellowish/white lights in a triangle formation 300ft above us. I thought that maybe it was three drones so I rolled down the windows and there was no sound coming from them. I drive an electric vehicle and the speed limit was 25 in the area. It was silent. I turned right into the next available street to get a better look but could not see it. I went back to where we first saw it not even a minute ago and it was in the distance at least 30mi away at a much higher altitude.

We are both in our 30s. I’m a business intelligence analyst and my girlfriend is a songwriter.

Posted 2022-12-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 171026
Occurred: 2022-08-08 04:30 Local
Reported: 2022-08-09 18:02 Pacific
Duration: 4 minutes
No of observers: 5

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA
Location details: Between Hooker creek and sunset hills

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects

It changed color and disappeared

In the middle of the day me, my kids and my nephew noticed a flat white curls in the sky and I took my daughters phone to try and take picture but it wouldn’t do that nor video, as we got closer we noticed it turn silver and disappear. I then called my wife to tell her what we witnessed

Posted 2022-09-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 170243
Occurred: 2022-07-04 19:10 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2022-07-04 19:38 Pacific
Duration: 10 to 15 mins
No of observers: 5

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA
Location details: Front yard

Shape: Light


Watched ball of light pluse through the sky

Watch light pulsed then when it went into the clouds did not dim could still see if pulse. Then flashed and disappeared.

Posted 2022-09-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 162927
Occurred: 2021-04-30 19:42 Local
Reported: 2021-05-03 00:12 Pacific
Duration: 3 days in a row about 1 m
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail, Changed Color, Landed

The past 3 nights my husband and I have seen between an orange to a red glow light that appears moving erratically then disappears and reappears again this has all been at the same time at night 9:42pm mountain standard time. It moves fast stops then Slowly moves only to start blinking as it descents down and disappears then reappears in erratic movements almost as if it had landed and took off. Tonight May 2nd was a different story we saw the red lights again at 9:42pm due the routine. At 11:15pm mst we noticed a very bright white light off into the distance moving erratically the weird thing was there were vehicle light off to the distance from where these lights where. The strange thing about this the two vehicle lights turned into what appeared to be 4 vehicles that disappeared. There aren't any thing that would mask the "vehicle lights" they were lined up in a straight row almost as if the tail lights were pointed in our direction in which cas! e would be impossible for it was on a road not a parking lot. I believe this was an aircraft. This was not caught on tape as it wasn't picked up by cell phone video camera. My husband did say that for a brief time his video did see facial recognition.



Posted 2021-05-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 160519
Occurred: 2020-11-11 06:15 Local
Reported: 2020-11-11 05:37 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects

At approx 6:15 am I was getting off work when I witnessed a large orange light going very fast in Northern direction by verde valley medical center, It stopped and split in two then hovered and then slowly started moving back south. The other light that split from it continued north and disappeared. I dont even know what the heck I just saw. No aircraft that im aware of makes no noise going at high rate of speed and stops on a dime and splits in two then goes the opposite direction it was going. Totally baffled.

Posted 2020-12-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 155905
Occurred: 2020-04-28 20:45 Local
Reported: 2020-04-29 10:27 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

flew from East to West in straight line, flat circular object with dim white lights around edges. Seem to become brighter and then vanished. Appeared larger than commercial jet. Had no sound. Very fast,visible for only 5 seconds. Had no trail.

Posted 2020-06-25

NUFORC UFO Sighting 155351
Occurred: 2020-04-17 20:00 Local
Reported: 2020-04-17 20:38 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 8

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Orb


Facing west towards Mingus mountain, located coming out of the Orion constellation heading approx north passing by Venus as it sets. Multiple orbs crossing sky at the same speed never passing one another scattered through a small angle of the sky passing horizontally into clouds to north. Not blinking, looking like satellite altitude. No sign of atmosphere entry, as if already in atmosphere. Quantity started very high with as many as 10 at once, has decreased now over 25min to one or two ever few minutes.

Posted 2020-06-25

NUFORC UFO Sighting 148721
Occurred: 2019-09-07 00:00 Local
Reported: 2019-09-08 03:13 Pacific
Duration: 9 hours
No of observers: 6

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

During the night of September 7th, my coworkers and I were outside, we noticed a huge red circular light above mingus mountain. at first we thought it was a planet but as the night went on we noticed movement and hovering then it would go out this continued through the night off and on.

Then we thought maybe it was a vehicles, but as our videos show this light leaves the ground and hovers and goes from side to side, up and down then gets very bright as if searching.the activity continued till 3am the next morning.

Posted 2019-09-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 143407
Occurred: 2018-10-07 19:30 Local
Reported: 2018-10-07 20:16 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Emitted beams, Aircraft nearby

Low in horizon a very bright light that streamed a foggy like light at the left and right sides...then the streaming lights moved to the top. Traveled very fast with lights streaming behind it. The with a small burst it disappeared.




NUFORC Note:

Launch of Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg AFB. PD


Posted 2018-10-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 138773
Occurred: 2017-01-30 14:00 Local
Reported: 2018-02-06 17:01 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Rectangle


Captured an object that came into view on the far right.

I was taking pictures of a cloud formation and an object came into view on the far right and then vanished. Object appeared to be a black metallic color, flying casually right to left.

Shape of object was similar to a rectangle.

Posted 2018-02-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 125377
Occurred: 2015-12-29 01:00 Local
Reported: 2016-01-21 18:23 Pacific
Duration: <1 minute
No of observers: 4

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Fast multicolored Kershaw knife zips a few tight angles and poof straight up with no noise

Spectral rainbow multicolor. Purple, greenish, blushing. Looked like a Kershaw multicolored knife.. Zipped back and for at these sharp 33-45 degree angles like triangle track. Shot striaght up. Only lasted a few seconds less then a minute shot straight up no sound at all.

Buddies just out coyote hunting. Dad, me, brother, brother in law. Looked car sized like my Subaru. I think only about 1/2 mile a way. Moved so fast for such little time couldn't find it in my scope for a closer look. No time for spotter scope or cell phone. I don't think it was more then maybe 20-40 feet in the air. It's so dark out there. No good way to really figure the height. Not very high up. Zip zip zip poof up and gone. We decided if we see it next year at that hunt we are gonna bring it down for you. We are all hunters, pretty decent shots with some good high fire power. So next year we are gonna take a few black tip/ armor piercing rounds. We will get you some solid proo! f of a ufo craft and maybe a alien body also.

Heard you on Heather Wade MITD. My wife told me to report it. Talked to my brother. We decided to now Hunt UFOs and not be UFOs hunters 

Background of the group. Life long family of hunters, dad is an old retired USN p3 orion pilot. I am a nurse, brother is cpa and brother in law works for railroad.

Posted 2016-01-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 118118
Occurred: 2015-03-29 23:10 Local
Reported: 2015-03-29 23:30 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

I Was sky watching before going to bed I saw bright ball with what looked like fire coming from the back going from South to North and it just disappeared. So quick. I just wish I had my camera on.

Posted 2015-04-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 117599
Occurred: 2015-02-11 04:00 Local
Reported: 2015-03-03 06:23 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Unknown


Most recent sighting of many over 10 years. Light that appears, brightens gradually to the intensity of an airplane wing light, then gradually disappears. Flashing at 5 second intervals, light repeats as the source moves slowly between occurrences. Flashes repeat from one to many lasting from 1 to several minutes.

On this date, the first flash noticed was due south of the north edge of Cottonwood, about 45 degrees above the horizon, moved north changed to a NE course and was last seen NE, at about 75 degrees above horizon. Flashes estimated at 40 over at least 10 minutes.

Follow up on report filed 2/11/15 and it has not been posted. ???????

Please respond.

Posted 2015-03-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 116527
Occurred: 2015-01-05 20:59 Local
Reported: 2015-01-05 20:38 Pacific
Duration: 45 seconds
No of observers: 6

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Animals reacted

Bright fire ball rising in the sky. It swirved and disappeared.

Huge bright orange triangle shaped light rising in the sky. It wasnt moving very fast and it veered to the right then appeared to die out like a flame very quick then it disappeared.

Posted 2015-01-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 115622
Occurred: 2014-11-03 20:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2014-11-25 18:31 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes


Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Emitted beams

Extremely bright lights (2) fluctuating downward, and 5 + times brighter than an plane (AND SILENT). Low Level Flight pattern.

I first notices a VERY bright light coming out of the South and proceeding more or less due North. Its lights were "intense" to say the very least. I have been around aircraft for many years in the USAF so I know what landing lights look like and the intensity of even the largest airplane. This had to be 5 times as bright (or brighter). Additionally, the lights were 2 seemingly separate but ? attached ? lights shining straight down.

The leading light was the largest and the trailing attached light was 50% (plus) as bright. It seemed to be having trouble turning its lights of as they were fluctuating together but randomly. I perceived that fact only because I could think of no other reason for such random fluctuations.

As it came overhead I noted that it was so low that it was in the region where local single engine aircraft would fly and NOT where Passenger/Military aircraft fly in our area.

As it passed overhead I heard absolutely NOTHING, not anything. Total and complete silence.

It lit up my yard and everything within a mile or more so that I could clearly see my dog who was in the back yard with me. It was casting so much light that I could distinctly see the shadows of my fence, my dog, and the house. Not distinctly but notably casting a perceivable shadow.

The light itself was PURE white and there were no flashing lights (running light) with which I am extremely aware of due to being around airplanes of all kinds (including stealth).

It continues STRAIGHT north and eventually either disappeared over the mountains to the north of us or was able to extinguish its lights.

To indicate my professional credentials. I worked on the NASA Space Station Design Team (Technical Staff - Computers and such. I have been to most NASA sites stateside but not all. I also worked for U of Colo CASA/NASA research team and built the guidance system and wiring harnesses for 2 research rockets which were trying to locate the center of the universe.

One rocket was fired from White Sands Proving Ground and the second was fired from Woomera Australia (NASA). It failed to release one stabilization chain and the rocket tilted and was quickly over ridden by staff to re-fire the explosive to release the chain. It flew toward Adelaide and crashed just on the outskirts. It never got into space to finish its mission.

NASA took over from there and I have never heard back from anyone but understand that they did determine that the NASA mission did confirm the land coordinate as well as the White Sands data. The center of the universe is just beneath the "Eye of Horus". (Where the Gods watch man, from according to the Egyptians.

I spend 1 -3 hours star gazing at night on more than 9 out of 10 nights and can spot all kinds of satellites and aircraft and can distinguish the difference easily.

THIS ONE I CANNOT EXPLAIN.






NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD


Posted 2014-11-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 111688
Occurred: 2014-07-19 03:00 Local
Reported: 2014-07-19 09:54 Pacific
Duration: 3 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects

Another ufo in rural northen California.

Well, I was playing music with one of my close friends. The night was winding down it was about 3am.

I step outside of my trailer... I look up and noticed something not right in the sky. To my first glance, it looked like the stars were moving. Not like shooting stars, but in strange patterns. Nothing like I had ever seen before.

I run inside to get my friend and he notices it to. We observe that the “stars” we see respond to this cloaked ship of ever-changing size and shape. My friend, not as freaked out about this, went to bed because he had work in the morning. I stay out there for 3 more hours watching. Some came very close to me.

The three hours I was out there, it felt like 15 minutes.

Nothing like I have ever seen.

Posted 2014-07-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 114508
Occurred: 2014-06-23 08:05 Local
Reported: 2014-10-13 19:44 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Changed Colo

five light objects hovering over Cottonwood

witnessed what appeared to be at first to local craft or skydivers that held position over Verde Santa Fe development three more objects swooped in from the right just below them the initial 2 stationary objects the smaller behind the primary danced around the other. three following in formation one of the three that followed formation was red the other four remaining objects were silverish in nature very faint very small have taken pictures but unidentified on video the objects remained for approximately 5-0 minutes then eventually faded from sight.

Posted 2014-11-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 108963
Occurred: 2014-04-26 22:30 Local
Reported: 2014-04-26 21:00 Pacific
Duration: 15
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AL, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Lights came down from mountains silently searching

Two bright lights started the mountains near whiskey town and followed the water shedsouth easet. They made know noise. It was like they were searching for something.

Then the helicopters came and the lights went dark

Posted 2014-05-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 103556
Occurred: 2013-10-23 21:30 Local
Reported: 2013-10-25 08:15 Pacific
Duration: 15-20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Formation of 4 lights seen over Cottonwood.

Seen over Verde Village subdivision near Cottonwood. There was a formation in the shape of an equilateral. At each corners of the equilateral was a strobing light. The formation flew across the night sky the same distance apart from horizon to horizon. It flew over Mingus Mt. toward the Dewey/Prescott area. Shortly after the formation disappeared a plane at a seemingly higher altitude flew behind it. The plane made it easy to compare that the formation was other than 4 planes.



Posted 2013-11-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 103508
Occurred: 2013-10-21 00:30 Local
Reported: 2013-10-23 12:45 Pacific
Duration: 7 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Red, white blue flashing lights

Last night I think I saw my fist UFO. I drew a photo of it as I did not take a photo, just too stunned i guess. It was there a good 7 mins.

I live in Cottonwood AZ, it was towards Sedona area. What caught my eye was the red, white and blue flashing lights in the sky at first, then I saw 3 lights in the middle that looked like stars but a perfect straight line right in the middle and in the front, or may back an amber light.

It stayed stationary the whole time then just faded, did not move sideways, forward or backwards, just gone! It was a clear night. This thing was huge. About the size of 20 plane spans, hard to say, but huge. My attachment is my terrible drawing of what I saw. I would love to know if anybody else reported anything on 10/21/13, I don't know what time it was, around 12, 1:30 am.


((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS))

Thank you for the phone call, it was about 7 minutes long and then just the lights just went out/vanished. I heard no noise but I am hard of hearing.

There were no stars in the sky but it was a full moon. From tip of red blue red flashing lights to other tips of red, blue red flashing lights I would say you could fit 6 moons in that space.

The lights themselves were small, red white and blue, were fingertip size. The amber light was a little larger thumb size. The 3 white lights, middle one bigger same size as amber light top and bottom not as bright. At first I thought it was Orion, but I sit outside every night and there were no visible stars anywhere, also these lights were brighter. All lights went out at the same time.

Very strange experience.

((END ADDENDUM))

Posted 2013-10-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 102920
Occurred: 2013-08-25 21:25 Local
Reported: 2013-10-03 18:34 Pacific
Duration: 02 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Rectangle
Characteristics: Landed

Large, metallic object lands on city street in Cottonwood, AZ.during rain storm

During a summer rain storm prior to sunset, I took a photo out the living room window. Two minutes later I took a video of the exact same scene of the rain storm.

Later, while reviewing them, I discovered an oblong, rectangular object on the street below in the photograph but it was not in the video taken two minutes later.

The object was approximately 75 feet long and 20 feet wide.

Although not clearly decipherable, perhaps due to the rain, it appears there is some form of lettering on top of the object.

I have saved both the photograph and video on my camera.

Posted 2013-10-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 96480
Occurred: 2013-02-28 20:30 Local
Reported: 2013-03-02 10:52 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Orange Sphere's aprox. 20-25 in night sky

My boyfriend and I were walking down the driveway (facing west) and saw 20-25 orange like spheres forming in a almost triangle shape coming over the trees, no sound at all and staying together in a pattern.

As I ran for the camera they slowly would disappear I finally got one maybe two pictures.

Posted 2013-03-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 89899
Occurred: 2012-06-08 11:00 Local
Reported: 2012-06-21 20:47 Pacific
Duration: less than a minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Cylinder


Silver cylinder observed in the middle of the day in Cottonwood, AZ

I was speaking to a co-worker near a window and an object in the sky happened to catch my attention. The sky was perfectly clear and blue and in my view, north towards Sedona, I saw a very distinct, stationary glistening silver cylinder. The cylinder was visible for less than a minute and disappeared instantly, without moving in the sky.



Posted 2012-07-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 86392
Occurred: 2012-01-06 23:00 Local
Reported: 2012-01-06 23:13 Pacific
Duration: half hour
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

MYSTERIOUS LIGHT over southern portion of MINGUS MT

Can anyone explain the red & green light that appears to be above the southern portion of Mingus MT, probably between Cottonwood and Camp Verde AZ? I have seen this on many numerous occasions. It is probably nightly. It seems to stay in one spot but moves so slowly you can not detect movement. It is not from a tower due to the movement. It appears to be too bright to be a star, so low to the horizon and also there are no stars in the vicinity minutes before it appears. It is always around the same time but a few months ago it was a couple of hours later. It cant be car lights because it is actually above the rim of the mountain. I have never seen it come in. One minute its not there and the next it is there. It seems to move very very slowly and then the mountain is in the way of my view.

Posted 2012-01-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 86212
Occurred: 2011-12-31 20:16 Local
Reported: 2011-12-31 23:40 Pacific
Duration: a few seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Colo

A large green ball of light with a yellow then white tail then nothing, appeared low in the sky.

We heard no sound and saw nothing land.

The ball of light was glowing large and flickering a bit.

Posted 2012-01-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 82231
Occurred: 2011-07-04 20:30 Local
Reported: 2011-07-05 16:14 Pacific
Duration: 2 or 3 min.
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Circle


Glowing Red & White Yellow Fireball, Light panned back and forth

My boyfriend & I were around 14th St. & Cherry St. in Cottonwood AZ. in the middle of an empty desert lot, surrounded by small Mesquite trees. Beautiful thunder and lightening was all around. We saw a couple of warm up Fireworks.

Then we saw one, that looked like a warm up Firework, Chinese Lantern style I suppose, it seemed to rise and come forward and I thought it was a large Firework Ember coming toward the field we were in.

Then I said OMG that is a huge FIREBALL with a white center and red around it "My boyfriend said the center was yellow, I thought it was white..," then I said; "Wait no, it's a huge Meteor!!!"

I was watching to see where it was going to land. But then it changed from moving to the right of us, to slightly turning and lowering coming East toward us!!!

My boyfriend got out of his lawn chair, and I was trying to figure out which way we should run, and how in the world we could dodge this large METEOR in time!

Right at the state of Uh Oh...it then pulled up and started to fly over head. NO SOUND! It looked like the red light on it was panning left to right, the whole thing moved left and right, NO BLINKING, just panning.

I ran for my binoculars in the car, and still all I could see was bright light. Then it faded into the distance…

We talked about it for HOURS trying to figure it out! Was hoping to find someone else who saw this too...




NUFORC Note:

Witness provides no contact information. We do not know whether the sighting occurred at night, or in the morning. The source indicates a time of 08:30 a.m., although we suspect that the sighting was at 20:30 hrs. PD


Posted 2011-07-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 63847
Occurred: 2008-06-10 21:00 Local
Reported: 2008-06-11 20:26 Pacific
Duration: 20minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

We saw the object on the horizon of Mingus Mountain. The light was very bright and then pulsated. It became very bright and then go out. It would pulsate again and then go out again. It made it's way down to the bottom of the mountain and was hovering very quietly above the houses, I would say above tree level. I could hear people screaming and then it went very bright and then it was gone.

The next day three military helicopters were flying above mingus mountain in formation. I have been witnessing an increase in these crafts over the years since I have moved to this area back in 2005. It's getting a bit annoying to be honest. They love this mountain for some reason.




NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. Possible hoax?? PD


Posted 2008-06-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 59073
Occurred: 2007-10-02 10:00 Local
Reported: 2007-10-03 15:26 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Triangle or three-light formation seen in daylight

On the morning of 10/02/2007, about 10:00 AM, my niece and I were driving in the outskirts of Cottonwood, AZ. I looked up though my front windshield, and noticed a triangle formation of three whitish/bright lights. The formation or “craft” was moving smoothly in a “straight” path. I called my niece’s attention to it, saying, “What is that?”. As we watched (and I drove), the lights moved from right to left (east to west, I think) and suddenly disappeared. We heard no noise at all. It appeared to be about the size of dime or less at arm’s length, but it appeared to be very high in the sky, so it was probably very large if it was one craft lighted on three corners. It was a bright, sunny day with very few clouds in the sky, and none in the area of the craft that it could have gone behind. The craft was visible to us approximately 2 to 3 minutes.



Posted 2007-10-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 57961
Occurred: 2007-08-02 22:00 Local
Reported: 2007-08-03 16:36 Pacific
Duration:


Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape:


Something fell from the sky in north of phoenix, lots of 911 calls

Last night on the local news they came on and said breaking news, 911 was flooded with call about something falling from the sky north of phoenix, az. They said they would speak of it after the commercial break but when they came back they said nothing. I checked the internet news site and there was nothing about it. I thought that was very strange. hope you guys can find something out about it. I think it was in cottonwood.



Posted 2007-08-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 58097
Occurred: 2007-08-02 20:00 Local
Reported: 2007-08-11 12:06 Pacific
Duration: unknown
No of observers: 0

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Unknown


This is a response to the incident that took place in Cottonwood,Az on 08/02/07.The news channel did report on the 9pm segment of this object that fell from the sky. They said it was a rocket from a fighter jet that "fell off" during a training exercise. Thats nice to know since I see these jets flying over the Phoenix area quit often. Very nice guys!!!




NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD


Posted 2007-08-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 58289
Occurred: 2007-08-02 20:00 Local
Reported: 2007-08-20 13:02 Pacific
Duration: minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

I wasnt going to say anything .. but I saw the post for cottonwood arizona, so I thought I'd mention. My family and I were leaving A Cowboy Bar-B-Q show and I saw a bright object out my window (passenger side). I could not identify it as anything I have seen before so I mentioned to my sons and my husband .. he pulled over and stopped to look at it. It was a bright white light, nothing else was visable around it and there werent any additional lights like you see on an airplane or helicoptor. It did travel at a consistant rate of speed in a liner path. Imagine your watching the night sky and see a satellite ,, it was like that only much closer to the ground and far far brighter. anyway ,, we have never seen anything like this.




NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD


Posted 2007-10-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 56850
Occurred: 2007-05-23 23:45 Local
Reported: 2007-05-28 18:38 Pacific
Duration: 15min
No of observers: 0

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Emitted other objects, Changed Colo

not a sound was made from ship but it stoped over us and we could just about throw a rock at it !

it started out with one light in one spot not moving ,then it made a sudden movement left up then back to orignal spot . not a noise at all for being as close as a helicopter but no noise. then it started moving towards the house very slowly but coming and it was close enough or closer than any helicopter would ever get ,still no noise.then it stopped on a dime and didnt move for one minute , then it started west slowly as another figure started toward our house as it slowly came up on our house we stood waiting in aw, then it stopped right above our house for about 5 min as we seen the other still going west , then the one above our house slowly went towards the other one . from the time they were there till they left two jet like streams in the air . not one noise was made but they were close as a kite would be / never in our lives have we seen anything like it and probably never will again.



Posted 2007-06-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 56170
Occurred: 2007-04-09 21:00 Local
Reported: 2007-04-10 10:50 Pacific
Duration: 7 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Incredible Sighting and top secret Helicopters

Cottonwood, California 4/9/07 it was tonight at 8:03 pm just around nightfall but still light, i looked to the sky and saw a light, figuring it to be a satelite or meteorite, and or comet, but it had no trail, nor any blinking lights, it had a distinct whitish bright color i watched it forever as it seemed, i called my friends over, i was very tensed and said "get over here look!, look!, im not the only one who see's this im I, and my friend pete was seriously distrought at what he saw, and he ran in the house, i ran, as fast as i could i followed it, it then turned a bright orange, then a bright red, it stopped my friend pete in mid distance as he noticed it change colors in mid run, he stopped i also stopped and as quick as we saw it, it gradually disapeared but it did not just vanish it gradually dissapeared as if going up and up at such an incredible speed and eventually was lost out of sight, and then just as quickly as it happened seven, yes seven black unmarked helicopters flew over head some were cargo some were regular, they flew over head and then the wind, it was incredible the wind kicked up and dust was everywhere it was honestly very very weird and paranormal, they disapeared over the horizen and i couldnt see them anymore as it was getting dark, we saw what we saw and this is very weird, it was tonight ive just got home and im reportig this, somthing very big has just gone down and or somthing big is happening, again im just from a small little town, in california and this is new to me, please someone comment and tell me if anyone else has seen the same.



Posted 2007-04-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 47888
Occurred: 2005-11-13 00:00 Local
Reported: 2005-11-22 02:25 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 Minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object

BRIGHT LIGHT IN SKY, APPEARS BEFORE OUR VERY EYES!

I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HWY. 273 IN ANDERSON, HEADING FOR THE I-5 SOUTH WHEN I SAW A BRIGHT LIGHT OUT IN THE SOUTH WEST SKY. MY 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS ALL WRAPPED UP IN A BLANKET LAYING DOWN ON THE SEAT OF THE VAN. I SAID... LOOK AT THIS BRIGHT LIGHT, WHAT THE HECK IS IT? IS IT A METEOR? I WAS FASCINATED WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF IT.THE NIGHT WAS SO DARK OUT, THE CLOUDS WERE THICK AND FAIRLY LOW. THERE WERE NO STARS TO BE SEEN. I COULD SEE A SHADOW OF THE MOON FROM TIME TO TIME AND THEN IT WOULD BE DARK. AS WE CAME ONTO THE I-5 SOUTH THERE ARE A FEW HILLS AND I WAS DRIVING RATHER FAST TRYING TO GET AROUND THEM SO I COULD SEE THIS LIGHT AGAIN. IT WAS MUCH BRIGHTER THAN ANY LIGHT I CAN REMEMBER SEEING. I HURRIED AROUND ONE HILL AND THERE WAS A LITTLE SPACE IN BETWEEN WHERE I COULD STILL SEE THE LIGHT BEFORE WE CAME ONTO THE OTHER HILL THAT HAD BLOCKED OUR VISION. I HURRIED AROUND THAT HILL AND HERE WE COULD SEE THE LIGHT REAL CLEAR. I KEPT SAYING... WHAT COULD IT BE! MY DAUGHTER SAT UP IN HER SEAT WATCHING IT WITH ME. I SAID... IS IT AN AIRPLANE? I THOUGHT AND SAID IT CAN'T BE...IT'S TOO BRIGHT. THE LIGHT WAS NOT ROUND IT WAS MORE OF AN OVAL SHAPE FROM WHAT I COULD SEE. I WAS SWERVING ALL OVER THE FREEWAY. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF THIS LIGHT THAT FIRST LOOKED LIKE A METEOR OUT IN THE SKY, WAS COMING TO US AS WE WERE DRIVING. NEXT I LOOKED OVER AND IT WAS JUST HOVERING OVER IN ONE SPOT, KIND OF LIKE A HELICOPTER. MY DAUGHTER WATCHED IT AND GOT A MUCH BETTER LOOK AT IT. I ASKED HER IS IT A HELICOPTER? BEFORE I COULD EVEN FINISH THE SENTENCE I SAID... THERE IS NO WAY IT COULD BE A HELICOPTER BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS BRIGHTER THAN ANY I'VE SEEN AND IT WAS WAY TO BIG. ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT STARTED DROPPING STRAIGHT DOWN. FROM WHERE IT WAS HOVERING OVER, NOT MOVING, TO STRAIGHT DOWN. I SAID.. IS THAT THING DROPPING DOWN OR IS IT JUST MY EYES CAUSE I'M DRIVING? I TOLD MY DAUGHTER I WAS GOING TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY SO I COULD GET A GOOD LOOK AND SHE SAID... THAT IS TO BIG DON'T PULL OVER...KEEP ON GOING... DON'T STOP! IT SCARED THE HOLY CRAP OUT OF HER. ALL THE SUDDEN I LOOKED OVER AND IT WAS AS IF THIS AIRCRAFT? THING HAD TURNED, WE WERE NOW PASSING EACHOTHER. I NO LONGER SAW THE BRIGHT LIGHT BUT WHEN I LOOKED OVER AGAIN...WHAT I SAW WAS HUGE! AT A GLANCE IT KIND OF HAD THE SHAPE OF AN OLD MILITARY HELICOPTER (THE GRASSHOPPER LOOKING KIND) BUT MUCH MUCH BIGGER. BIGGER THAN ANYTHING I HAVE EVER SEEN THAT COULD FLY. IT HAD ROWS OF LIGHT, WHICH APPEARED TO LOOK LIKE IT HAD DIFFERENT LEVELS TO IT. THE EASIEST WAY TO EVEN TRY TO DESCRIBE IT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT OF STANDING ON A CITY STREET IN THE DARK NIGHT AND LOOKING AT A FIVE TO EIGHT STORY BUILDING WITH LIGHTS ON IN SOME OF THE ROOMS, ON EACH LEVEL. I TOLD MY DAUGHTER...I HAVE GOT TO SEE THIS BETTER. I REMEMBER LOOKING BEHIND ME ON THE FREEWAY AND I ASKED MY DAUGHTER...CAN'T ANYONE ELSE SEE THIS? PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO BE SEEING THIS! THERE WERE OTHER CARS FURTHER BEHIND US, I COULD SEE THEIR HEADLIGHTS. BEINGS I ALMOST WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON THE FREEWAY, I TOLD HER I AM GOING TO GAS POINT, THE STREET WE WERE GETTING OFF AT, THEN I HAVE TO PULL OVER. I TOLD HER WE WOULD BE FURTHER AWAY AND WE WOULD BE OK. AS I EXITED OFF ON GAS POINT, I INSTANTLY STARTED LOOKING FOR IT. THERE WERE A FEW TREES IN THE WAY AND AS I GOT PASSED THEM I LOOKED ALL OVER FOR THE LIGHTS AND THEY WERE NO WHERE TO BE SEEN. POOF...JUST GONE. NOT A TRACE! I HAVE SHARED MY EXPERIENCE WITH A FEW PEOPLE, MOST MAKE A JOKE OUT OF IT. MY BIGGEST QUESTION...DID ANYONE ELSE SEE WHAT WE SAW? I CALLED AROUND TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY REPORTS OF A SIGHTING. WOW! IT WAS LIKE I HAD THE PLAGUE. I WENT TO THE AIRPORT AND FUNNY AS IT SOUNDS, THE LADY AT THE DESK SAID THE WEIRDEST THING HAPPENED TO HER...IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, SHE WAS OUT RIDING HER HORSE AND A BEAM OF LIGHT CAME OVER HER AND FOLLOWED HER FOR A SHORT WAY AND THEN IT WAS GONE. BUT, SHE HAD NO INFO. AND COULD NOT TELL ME WHERE TO GO TO FIND OUT IF ANYONE ELSE HAD SEEN THIS. I CALLED A RADIO STATION, A NEWS STATION, LEFT A MESSAGE AT THE PLANITARIUM, CALLED THE TOWER AT THE AIRPORT...NOBODY, I SAY NOBODY WANTED TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT. EACH PASSED THE BUCK AND NEVER EVEN ASKED SO MUCH AS A DESCRIPTION. I WAS VERY...I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN JUST HOW I FELT. THATS WHEN I GOT ON THE INTERNET AND STARTED READING. ONE PERSONS DESCRIPTION WAS ALMOST WORD FOR WORD WHAT WAS SAID AND SEEN BY ME AND MY DAUGHTER.

AFTER READING THROUGH QUITE A BIT OF INFO. I REALIZED A FEW THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO LIST...WHERE WE SAW THIS THING DROP DOWN FROM A STAND STILL IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM AN AUCTION YARD.(NOW IS THE TIME ALL THE RANCHERS ARE MOVING THERE CATTLE FROM THE HIGHER ALTITUDES TO THE AREAS WITH MORE FEED, AND THE AUCTION YARD IS VERY ACTIVE AT THIS TIME.) THERE ARE QUITE A FEW LINES RUNNING THROUGH THE AREA AND QUITE A FEW OF THOSE ELECTRICAL LOOKING TOWERS ALL THROUGH THE AREA IT WAS SEEN IN. RIGHT OVER THE HILLS I SPOKE OF, BEING ALMOST DIRECTLY NORTH EAST OF OUR SIGHTING IS REDDING AIRPORT. OTHER THAN THAT OUR SURROUNDINGS ARE ALL MOUNTAINS. WE SIT IN A BIG VALLEY.

COTTONWOOD IS A RATHER SMALL PLACE. THERE'S ALOT OF LAND SPREAD OUT. I JUST WONDER WHAT THE HECK BROUGHT THAT BIG OLE THING HERE? KEEP IN MIND, I WAS DRIVING. MY YOUNGSTER WAS WATCHING THE WHOLE TIME. SHE GOT A MUCH MORE DETAILED PICTURE OF THIS THING. SHE SAID...IF IT WERENT FOR THE LIGHTS ON IT, I WOULDN'T OF BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE SHAPE OF IT. QUITE AN EXPERIENCE, I WON'T FORGET. WHAT SEEMED LIKE 20 MINUTES WAS ACTUALLY ONLY 2 MINUTES.

Posted 2005-12-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 45545
Occurred: 2005-08-03 22:00 Local
Reported: 2005-08-09 10:55 Pacific
Duration: brief
No of observers: 0

Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail

Lights return after con trails cover the sky with clouds.

My friend is very disturbed about repeated sightings on his property. Most recently was the evening of Aug. 3 the day after many con trails were laid down. He saw many lights and huge dark shapes in between.

The reason he is so frightened is that his property is very remote and last September, in the very early morning hours, he saw more lights on his property for many minutes a couple of nights in a row.

He laid in the grass for a half an hour with binoculars and looked at a round craft with many light on top and around it. He gave me a photo he took with a cheap camera and it shows the bottom outline near the rear where the lights appear to be propelling the vehicle away into the night sky. He drew me a picture of the craft. As I watched him draw it, I could tell he had studied it very carefully. He said after it went up from behind the trees he studied it at abou 800 to 900 yards up.

The top was covered with round lights of a light bulb color and around the perifery were blue flames or jets going down and a red flameing jet in the center. He tried to think to them that he would not shoot at them if they did not harm or bother him.

He wishes he could find someone to talk to that lives near by that saw it too. He came to one meeting with me to share with my friends about it, but refuses to talk about it with them again. Since they have returned, talking about it freaks him out.

Posted 2005-09-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 12655
Occurred: 2000-04-18 19:00 Local
Reported: 2000-04-18 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 15 Sec.
No of observers: 1

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Left a trail

Witnessed object for about 15 seconds. Looked like a rocket launch

I just witnessed what I believe to be a launch rocket launch. I live in central Arizona and just minutes ago at approximately 7:00P.M. Arizona time, I was outside looking west, watching an airplane flying west when I noticed a bright flash about 30 degrees above the horizon almost due west. The object had an elongated shape like a rocket and was pointing and moving upwards. It looked to be about one third the length of a straight pin held at arms length. I followed the object upwards for about 10 to 15 seconds to an angle of about 45 degrees. The object started to emit a vapor trail for about one second and then the whole thing disappeared from sight. I hope it was a launch from Vandenburg AFB.

((

NUFORC Note:

A test launch was announced for this date, although the time indicated by the witness is apparoximately 1 hour later than the original launch "window." As indicated below, the launch was scheduled to take place up to 16:59 hrs. (Pacific Daylight Time):

APR 17 11:00-16:59 Minuteman III? ICBM test launch (non-orbital)

Our thanks to Brian Webb for his Launch Alert data.))


Posted 2000-04-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 4048
Occurred: 1998-09-06 19:45 Local
Reported: 1998-09-06 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 3-5minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Star shaped light turning red then white jumping across the sky split into 3 white lights then returned to red star

My son and I were observing the full moon. We noticed a red light beneath the moon and thought it might be a planet. It disapeared and we continued to drive home toward Cornville. I noticed this red star like object blinking across the sky first red then white jumping rapidly as it changed color. It veered off toward Clarkdale and then split into 3 white lights in a straight line formation. It then went back to being the red and white blinking light and headed over the Mingus Mountains toward Prescott. We tried to follow it but it disapeared.

Posted 1998-09-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 55238
Occurred: 1997-07-15 14:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2007-02-10 05:56 Pacific
Duration: 15 min
No of observers: 3

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Emitted other objects, Aircraft nearby

Suacer and secondary object over Cottonwood Arizona (verde valley) chased by Jets

My son and daughter came in tho the house, asking me to come outside and look at this "shiny thing" in the sky. I went outside and they pointed south-east and I say an object appoximately 3/4 to 1 mile away, stationary and about less than a 1000 ft up. I told the kids I don't now what it is, but I continued to observe it. I noticed that it was rotating because the sun was glinting off it despite the clouds in the sky. As I watched it I couldn't believe what I was seeing, another object this one round looked like a metallic ball, decended from the bottom of the stationary object. The size of this object was one tenth the size of the other. The round object then procceded to fly in our direction (west), staying at the same altitude. The speed was incrediably high, I cranned my neck to keep my sight on the object, I watched it fly overhead until it disappeared over the trees behind us, this took only a few seconds and it was gone. I then watched the original object for a few seconds more, the it slowly moved in a northern direction dissapearing into the clouds. Still trying to located it, I then noticed two fighter jets, I couldn't see the markings. The jets were flying at a high rate of speed, chasing the object. I watched them till they disapeared into the clouds also. My children asked me, "what was that thing", my respose was "I don't know". I went in and told my wife this same incredable story, and have not forgot the details.

To this day I tell anyone who listen, They always ask was it a flying saucer, my response is always the same, "I don't know what it was" I have always been a non beleiver in "flying Suacers" and I am still a non believer today.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD


Posted 2007-02-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72904
Occurred: 1997-06-19 20:30 Local
Reported: 2009-10-18 17:53 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects

Disc with amber lights seen near Verde River. Disc was accompanied by other unidentified objects.

Disc shaped object passed over Verde River bed going NE to W. It had amber colored lights on the bottom (witness drawing indicates 4 lights). A second sighting occurred on June 20, 1997 at approximately 1:00 a.m. in the morning, passing in front and over the witness' house. The object sparkled like a"diamond." Other witnesses to the June 19 sighting: Two neighbors, both retired military, observed the disc. They full moon revealed that the disc appeared to be made of some type of "metal." Windows on craft were dark. Other smaller objects seen blinking red and white (alternating).

A large iridescent red 'orb' object went across Mingus Mountain, which was also accompanied by the small objects with the red and white lights. Red 'orb' object went over the mountain and then popped back up again. The objects appeared to be "playing" with each other.



Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 2218
Occurred: 1997-05-13 22:30 Local
Reported: 1997-05-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 45min
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: light


Summary : My wife alerted me to a strange light in the sky. "A ufo" I was indoors - I replied " Oh yea...hmm"She insisted I com and take a look.Looking north, north west slightly, a very bright objectmoved in a somewhat eratic manner. Occasionally moving from left to right very quickly.My wife said that it one point had a bright "tail"extending from it.I did not see this feature. It did shange in color from white to orange.At one point it suddenly dropped out of sightstraight down.I went to the front yard to have another look.at this point I saw the object much higher in the sky. Slowly moving north and slightly west.I drove to a location with less light obstruction - within 5 min it had moved rather far away. Traveling north and slightly west. My guess in the direction of Ashfork or even Kingman. There was a 2nd object traveling in the same direction as well.When we first spotted it it seemed to nr VERY close to us.The eratic motion, change in intensity, ruled out an aircraft.Last spotted around 23:15 hours headed north north west as I said.Shape: oval in nature.Color: white changing to orange then staying orange.As it traveled toward the north looked like smaller sattelite objects assosiated with it at times. Was hard to tell.See

See above.

Posted 1999-01-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 134356
Occurred: 1995-08-15 00:00 Local
Reported: 2017-05-31 13:44 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object

Huge Craft Really Close With After Effects

So back in August of 1995, I had decided it was due time to leave the east coast. At 23 years old I had grown up in Virginia my whole life and my soul just knew there was much more to see and do. Little did I know, just how much more there was. So I bought a motorhome and headed out west. I had stocked the motorhome with enough food and camping supplies to last for months and set out for Boulder, Colorado.......free, single, and on top of the world. As life has it, I was only there for a couple of weeks and ran into a gal from South Carolina who was on a similar journey that changed all that.

After a short time of running the streets of Boulder together we left out for the Four Corners area, where Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico meet. I had met a group of new friends she was hanging out with that were our age and we decided we would all head deep up into the national forest and live off grid for a month or so. Upon arriving, the dirt road we took up into the forest was a little perilous and saw us more than once with a road span of 9ft, in a camper with a width of 8ft, and a sheer 200-300ft cliff off the passenger side. We were all glad to arrive safely and the group of us set up camp using tents, tipi's, hammocks and some makeshift shelters. Her and I were kind of spoiled in the camper with the comfort of heat at night, a cooking stove and a soft bed to lay our heads.

After a month or so it had started to get pretty cold in the mountains and we decided to part ways. A small group of us piled up in my motorhome and made our way back out of the woods, back to the highway and set off for our next journey to Sedona, Arizona. For those who aren't aware, Sedona is home to of one of a small handful of vortexes on the planet. A vortex or vortexes are areas of concentrated energy rising from the earth.

Many people believe that Sedona has several vortexes or power spots, making Sedona a highly sought-after spiritual and metaphysical destination.

As you approach the town of Sedona, even though its in the desert, you have to go down a very long steep and winding road. The brakes on the camper started to make noise and by the time we got to the bottom, they were completely shot making a fierce grinding noise. The first place I could pull into was the local Post Office and I immediately parked. Running low on funds we weren't exactly sure how we were going to solve this problem. By coincidence, if you believe in such things, as we exited the camper, a man was just parking to go in and must have smelled our dilemma. It just so happened that he was a local johnny on the spot mechanic, and after a brief explanation from us he offered a hot shower and to fix the breaks for free.

He directed us to roll the rest of the way thru town and told us of a free camping area about a mile on the other side. A few hours later he arrived with a friend and tools and within a short time they had replaced all four brakes. We were very grateful.....

We ended up staying at this very primitive camping area for about a week and during that time him and his friend came by a frequently. We kind of befriended his friend more than him. He was about 7 ft tall with the build of an pro wrestler and we soon found out he had anger issues. After some time together, his friend, a little more mild tempered, invited me and my companion back to his family's home to take a break from the road and to get a home cooked meal. After intruding on his family for a few days he and his wife asked if we wanted to go to a good place in the desert they knew of to camp. It was just outside of Cottonwood, Arizona, which was the next town down the road.

As we approached the area I noticed I was in a completely different environment than ever before. The cacti were everywhere and the sagebrush truly rolled. The only thing higher than a basketball goal was one mountain range with no trees about a mile away. It wasn't even a camping area, we just kind of pulled up into the middle of the desert and the only sign of human life were some rocks piled up in a circle for fires. We all had planned on staying in the camper so it didn't take too long to set up camp.

After a light lunch we all decided to go for a desert walk and probably stopped about 3/4 a mile from camp before heading back. As we were walking and talking I started hearing from a distance behind us a high pitched noise that progressively got louder, the more we walked. The next thing I knew the couple we were with, not saying anything, started to pick up their pace. The closer we got back to the camper the louder and louder the noise became till all four of us were at a fast jog. We threw open the door to the camper and piled on top of eachother getting inside to have a few dozen wild hogs all about a foot and a half tall stampede under and around us. The camper swayed as they passed by. We stayed in the camper for some time after that but getting hungry and out of cooking propane we decided enough time had passed for us to build a fire outside. Dinner was good and it had been a long day and the couple we were with wanted to retire so we thought we would give them some space and grabbed a few blankets and headed up on the roof of the camper to bed down for the night, letting them stay inside.

Getting caught up in conversation with nothing but the stars and our new found love for each other, hours must have passed and it was probably approaching midnight when I first noticed how beautiful that plain old mountain range looked in the eve of night. The moon was high behind it, making it really stand out. It was then that I noticed what looked like a Jeep or some kind of all terrain vehicle on the cusp of the hill which was only about three humps rolling out of the earth and probably only 1000ft high at there peak. All's that I could make out at that time was what looked like a large headlight traveling along. Finding it a bit unusual I continued watching as it traveled at a slow pace along the curvature of the mountain till I noticed it had turned towards us and seemed to be leaving the mountain. That's when I nudged my new friend to take a look. Within about 3 minutes,which seemed like 20, it had traveled from the top of the hill to almost overhead of us and I could feel her scootch herself close to my side.

It was probably the size of a half of a football field with slightly rounded corners on the bottom and almost as tall as it was long, more rounded at the top. There were multiple pairs of very oddly colored red and green lights not in any kind of symmetrical order on the bottom that seemed to be twisting more like a barbers pole than flashing. It made no noise...that's 0 noise...and we were in the middle of the desert so you could hear everything. It slowly made its way over our heads only about 3-400 feet above us and had slowed to 5 mph as it was directly above. As it traveled past us about another football fields length we watched without blinking as it went into warp speed and within about 6-7 seconds it was out of sight doing a slight twisting incline as it went...still never making a sound. We both looked at each other in the darkness of night both knowing what we had just experienced, hoping it was over....but it wasn't......

As we sat on the top of the camper quietly contemplating what had just happened, these perfectly round bubbles started appearing all around us on the ground. They looked like thick plastic with a dull light in them and we heard scurrying in the brush. I wasn't clear if the scurrying was due to what was happening or maybe rodents getting out of the bubbles way. I had chills running down my spine and goosebumps all over. This lasted another 5 minutes or so till they just slowly disappeared......and we were ok.....

This young lady later became my wife and after 2 decades we love to share this with anyone that will listen. Most people don't really believe but we know different. Seeing is believing. It changed our lives forever.

**So I did a little research and it seems the mountain where I was facing outside of Cottonwood, Arizona, is called Mingus Mountain.....Just thought I'd share that. It was right at the highest peak when it came towards us....

(Feel free to share our story, it is true and I took the time to make it accurate, because it is important)...

Posted 2017-06-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 573
Occurred: 1995-06-19 23:45 Local
Reported: 1995-06-20 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 90 sec.


Location: Cottonwood, CA, USA

Shape:




Posted 1999-11-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 3560
Occurred: 1968-06-28 21:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1998-05-17 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 45 mn.
No of observers: 6

Location: Cottonwood, AZ, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

It was dusk and still very warm, so my family and I went out on our porch to cool off. The porch faced west toward Mingus Mountain, we were just setting there discussing our days events. As the conversation slowed my sister and I noticed about the same time an odd light rising over the mountain. As it got about three fingers high, it suddenly lit up the whole valley, like it was dusk, which by this time it was dark. It was oval shaped, and just hovered there for about half an hour. Then the light went out slowly until it was a small light and dark out. All of a sudden two more lights merged with the other and hovered there for a couple of seconds and then shot off to the North,and then there was only the dark sky and stars. It was a beautiful sight, I wont forget.

Posted 1999-01-28