NUFORC UFO Sighting 183093
Occurred: 2024-09-16 02:20 Local
Reported: 2024-09-17 20:45 Pacific
Duration: 30-40 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Triangle
Color: Bright orange, neon?
Estimated Size: about the size of a commercial plane, maybe 1.5x
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Northwest
Angle of Elevation: 67
Closest Distance: Don’t know, but it was pretty high up
Estimated Speed: Unsure
Characteristics: Lights on object

As we were driving towards Gadsden, I looked out of the passenger window to see a bright neon orange triangle craft speed away.

As we were driving towards Gadsden, I looked out of the passenger window to see a bright neon orange triangle craft accelerate and speed through the sky. It was rather large. I do not believe this was sleep deprivation either because at the time I was feeling perfectly fine.

Posted 2024-09-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 182944
Occurred: 2023-09-29 20:05 Local
Reported: 2024-09-06 17:53 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2 - Military

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA
Location details: near noccalula falls

Shape: Fireball
Color: orange/red
Estimated Size: 4 feet in diameter
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: north
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 300ft
Estimated Speed: 50mph
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

Firey orb flying straight

(this is a update to previous post in gadsden) this one includes pictures.

Wife and I were on front porch about to eat supper when I noticed a orange circular object about quarter mile away. I told my wife to film while I got my camera. the object under further review was probably 300 400 ft high. traveling in a straight line estimated speed is around 50mph. no sound. we watched it fly over our house and when it got close to noccalula falls it disappeared.
this was no aircraft, I'm former air force and I study astronomy. I'm 100 percent sure this was not human in origin. we have 2 videos one on my phone and one on hers.

Prvious report: Me & wife were sitting on the front porch when over the tree line came a basketball size fire ball around 1000ft in the air and flying in a straight line before disappearing. We have video on both of our phones and pictures relevant to similar sightings involving similar objects. This is the 1st time either of us has seen anything like this and we both agree it wasn't natural or man made that we know of. We honestly do not know.

If anyone would like to see video contact me.




Posted 2024-09-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 172487
Occurred: 2022-10-18 12:30 Local
Reported: 2022-10-20 00:32 Pacific
Duration: Less than 25 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA
Location details: 3 miles down Lay Springs Rd (from Noccalula Rd)

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

A visual distortion of objects in night sky buy "cloaked" object

I work 3rd shift at a rehab facility on Lay Springs Rd. On the night of the "event", during my walk across campus, I was looking up at the night sky when I noticed a portion of the sky appeared to be distorted visually. Initially I considered the fact that it could be my eyes but when two of the stars moved from behind the "distortion" it was clear that an object in the sky was causing the effect.
Within seconds it moved into empty space with nothing behind it from my vantage point and wasn't seen again.
I remember feeling a tingle in my body, but likely due to the cold and seeing (not seeing) this object.
Object was translucent but distorted 3 stars and what I believe was Venus leading me to believe this thing was in our atmosphere based on the number of astrological bodies distorted at once.
Deer in field ahead of me ran off, but could have been due to my presence, even though I wasn't as close as close to them as I normally was when they typically run off.

Posted 2022-12-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 147324
Occurred: 2019-07-04 21:00 Local
Reported: 2019-07-04 23:30 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 0

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

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

The craft appeared shortly after the fireworks started and circled them until they finished.

It was moving very fast then came to complete stop then shoot in different direction.

I have pictures of craft.

Many people seen this and were talking about it on the way back to vehicles.

It was triangular with red lights on the corners and a bright blue light in the middle.

The bottom of the craft had some "L" looking markings and it was completely silent. When it stopped it caused some crazy looking vortexes before shooting off in different directions. Ever person I talked to seen it.

Not like you could miss it. It was very large and low in the sky.



Posted 2019-07-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 146845
Occurred: 2019-06-13 20:45 Local
Reported: 2019-06-15 01:02 Pacific
Duration: 10mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Light


Bright light seen in western sky, appeared to be over area of Henry Neely lake. My husband and I watched it just stay in one spot in the sky, then in the blink of an eye, it disappeared.

No sounds heard to indicate a helicopter suspended there.

Then last night, I saw the same apparent light south of us. Fixed, not moving. It was there for a long time, went to bed before it disappeared. Tonight, it was not there.

Posted 2019-06-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 125026
Occurred: 2015-12-31 20:00 Local
Reported: 2016-01-01 17:19 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Changed Colo

two fireballs traveling same path a minute or 2 apart

About 20:00 hours, a friend and I went outside to smoke. We were talking, when we noticed something big and orange in the sky.

We went out to the street to get a better look. It traveled from north-northwest to southwest.

Then about a minute later another one did the same, and traveled the exact same path.

There was no sound or no tail like a comet or shooting star.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2016-01-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 110843
Occurred: 2014-06-28 18:00 Local
Reported: 2014-06-28 16:34 Pacific
Duration:
No of observers: 4

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Left a trail

6 Large Jet aircraft in formation.

6 large jet aircraft flew over gadsden,Al moving southeast.noses were lined up pretty close but side to side they were in 3 groups.2 on left,3 in middle and one lone far right. They were 20,000feet plus flying over the loud layer and sound was extremly loud. Could not make out what type of aircraft as by the time I realized it wasn't just a single commercial jet flying low but 6 individual Con-Trails they were too far away to see.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2014-07-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 109233
Occurred: 2014-05-06 20:35 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2014-05-07 08:47 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Cylinder


Strange cylinder shaped object appeared huge in size and illuminating white lights over hwy 278 in Gadsden; disappeared in thin air.

While taking my trash to the dumpster, I looked up because a light was in my peripheral vision and when I looked in that direction I noticed a cylinder shaped object with white light illuminating from it in 10+ sections. It was stationary over hwy 278 and soon afterwards, it disappeared without a trace. It must have been low to the Earth because it was huge. It gave me the creeps, I ran in the house once it disappeared to call my mother about this strange phenomenon.




NUFORC Note:

For some reason, source of report indicates that the date of the alleged sighting is approximate. PD


Posted 2014-05-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 82006
Occurred: 2010-11-17 04:30 Local
Reported: 2011-06-30 15:15 Pacific
Duration: about 15 min
No of observers: 4

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

White sphere witnessed by my nieces and orange ball witnessed by all of us on same day.

I got a text message at about 9 am in the morning from 15 year old niece that she and her sister had just saw, and I quote "freaky flying thing." She later told me that out side of their house when they went to do their daily outside choirs that she saw three white balls about the size of soft balls that had a rotating light. She then pointed it out to her sister who looked up and saw it too. They said the objects were a little higher than the power lines and the just vanished right before their eyes.

Later I came over and I had them tell me the story because they know I’m interested in UFO’s and they both had drew pictures of what they saw. One was 15 my other niece who saw it was 16 at the time.

Later that day around 4:30, I had them ride with me to go do some work at my storage space and one of them screams "what is that?”"

So I pull over and we all look out the window and see what appears to be a big orange light in the sky. It appeared to be hovering at first but then we noticed that it was moving steadily but very slowly. Then we noticed some ways away three jets were heading towards it.

I decided to drive up the road to see if I could get a better look at what we were seeing and we lost sight of it.

So I turned around and went back to same spot as before and the object was still there but there was no sign of the jets. We didn’t see what happened but they were gone.

After a while we lost sight of the orange ball as it seemed to move off into the distance.

I just want to add, I’ve seen weather balloons and I’ve seen Venus and this wasn’t either.

The girls I couldn’t believe what we had seen. We went on to the storage space and continued to talk about what we saw.

Posted 2011-07-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 76402
Occurred: 2010-07-10 22:45 Local
Reported: 2010-07-10 22:10 Pacific
Duration: 4 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Light


me and my friend over the past week have seen 7 sighting of a bright light that apears in the western sky... It move northward for 4 second and fades, but it fades as its moving north to nothing....

On one night we seen 3 sightings..

This Is very strange and it seem to have a pattern in its movement!!! OH WELL!! Cant really say what it is? could be military, could be from out there!! I hope some other have seen this and can get in on the sigthing...

GOOD STAR WATCHING…




NUFORC Note:

Possible sighting of Venus, which currently is in the evening western sky. PD


Posted 2010-07-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 65440
Occurred: 2008-08-17 00:00 Local
Reported: 2008-08-28 11:18 Pacific
Duration: dark
No of observers: 2

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Teardrop


me and my dad were sitting on our deck talking and then these two bright orange and green lights appeared first we thought we were seeing things. then we saw them go away and then they came back it was so cool




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 59033
Occurred: 2007-10-01 04:00 Local
Reported: 2007-10-01 03:01 Pacific
Duration: Still happening
No of observers: 2

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

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

The bright white light from last night made a return appearance tonight.

My brother and I were walking around our neighborhood for our nightly mile, and on our final lap, we noticed that the UFO from last night was back again, in the same location, and at the same time of night. This led us to believe that this particular UFO is orbiting Earth.

The tiny flashing red dot flying near the large object had also returned, but it was higher and to the right of the object from our perspective.

We didn't bother watching for long, as we already knew what it does from its actions on the previous night. Again, it's still in the sky right now.




NUFORC Note:

Star?? PD


Posted 2007-10-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 59011
Occurred: 2007-09-30 04:15 Local
Reported: 2007-09-30 03:56 Pacific
Duration: Still happening
No of observers: 3

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects, Aircraft nearby

A hovering light in the sky that was too big and bright to be a star or planet, and moved slowly in various directions.





My brother and I were driving home from Wal-Mart at 4:04 in the morning. While on the off-ramp leading to the road back to our house, we looked up at the sky and noticed a very large yellowish-white object in the sky, too big and bright to be a star. While we were stopped at the red light at the end of the off-ramp, we also noticed it was moving slowly to the left. Since planets do not move that quickly from a point of view on Earth, we also knew it wasn't a planet. When viewed with the naked eye, we even noticed wing-shaped protrusions. I though it looked like a phoenix.

When we finally arrived home, we could no longer see the object through the tall trees, so we had to walk down the road to view the craft with a pair of binoculars. We stood there for 20-30 minutes watching the craft. We noticed that it had a flashing red light on its underside, and had a faintly visible flashing red dot moving around it. We are not sure whether or not this was another craft, but if it is, we believe the larger craft is a mother ship. The large craft also had a starburst light pattern around it, which did not twinkle, indicating that this was definitely not a star. While we watched it, it stayed still for the majority of the time, but every now and then, it would noticeably move to the left, to the right, up a little, and further away...and at one point, closer to us. It also occasionally changed shape.

We walked back to the house at about 4:30, and noted that it was much higher up in the sky now; we could see it over the treetops while standing next to the house. It was also moving much more frequently, and slightly more quickly. At approximately 4:56, I ran into the house to wake my mother up to show her the craft. At approximately 5:20, after my mother and brother had gone back into the house, I noticed that the red dot that was flying around the object had flown into the object, and a dim blue light flew out in its place. The craft is still out there right now.

NUFORC Note:

Sighting of Venus in eastern sky?? It is very prominent, currently, at this time of morning. PD


Posted 2007-10-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 48030
Occurred: 2005-12-01 18:00 Local
Reported: 2005-12-02 13:59 Pacific
Duration: 1 1/2 HOURS
No of observers: 6

Location: Gadsden (south side of), AL, USA

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

A ILLUMINATING LIGHT SHOW, WITH BLUE SPHERES, AND ONE BRIGHT LARGE TRIANLED LT.

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK WITH MY TWO YEAR OLD SON, AND SAW WHAT SEEMED TO BE A TRIANLED SHAPED LIGHT, CLOSE. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF I AM NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING,WHEN I PULLED INTO THE DRIVE, I WAS MET BY MY HUSBAND AND BROTHER. THEY WERE EXTATIC "DID YOU SEE THE UFO?!!" I GOT OUT AND LOOKED, IT WAS STILL THERE! I GOT SPOOKED A LITTLE. WE ARE ON THE COOSA RIVER, DARK AND A VERY CLEAR VIEW OF THE SKY. FOUR ADULTS, TWO CHILDERN SAT AND WATCHED A SPECTIULAR SHOW! NOT ONLY WAS THERE THE LARGE BRIGHT TRIANGLED SHAPED LIGHT, THERE WERE WHITE SPHERE SHAPED BALLS WITH A BLUE HUGE, THAT WERE JETTING ALL AROUND. AT ONE TIME WE COUNTED FOUR. WE SAW ONE OF THE SPHERE'S LOOKED AS IF IT WENT THROUGH THE BRIGHT TRIANGLE. THE SHERE'S WOULD MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE, UP AND DOWN, BE RACING AND COME TO A DEAD STOP. AS WE WATCHED WE SAW AIR CRAFT COMING AROUND, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WERE INVESTIGATING THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY OR JUST NORMAL COMMERICAL. I WATCHED ONE OF OUR AIR CRAFTS COMING CLOSE TO THE BLUE SPHPERE, AND THE SHPERE LOOKED AS IF IT WAS TONTING OUR AIR CRAFT. AT ONE POINT I STARTED WORRING, THINKING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 30 SECOUND SIGHTING? ANYWAY THIS WENT ON FOR AN HOUR, THEN THE TRIANGLE LIGHT WENT OFF NORTHWEST OVER THE MOUNTINGS, BUT THE SHERES STAYED AT LEAST THIRTY MINUTES AFTER. OUR FACES WERE GLUED TO THE WINDOW THE WHOLE TIME. AT ONE TIME I FELT SCARED, WAS THIS THE WAR OF THE WORLDS? (I'VE YET TO READ THE BOOK OR WATCH THE MOVIE) BUT IT WAS A SIRREAL FEELING. I KEPT MY CHILDREN CLOSE AND THE WINDOWS LOCKED.



Posted 2005-12-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 41683
Occurred: 2004-04-30 21:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-01-30 05:00 Pacific
Duration: 12 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

The pinpoint of light that eight minutes ago was many thousands of yards away grew uncomfortably close. Lindsay and I sat on the dock in Riddles Bend over the dark waters of the Coosa River beneath a spray of stars, mystified. I do not remember the moon. As the lighted craft approached, we wondered to each other why a boat would be cruising down the river at nine at night. Its light was brighter now, concentrated on the opposite shoreline like a spotlight. A police cruiser, perhaps? But it was so huge. Maybe forty yards long. And there was complete silence. No whirring of a boat motor. No helicopter blades chopping and stabbing at the air. There was no frothy wake smacking against the dock. This lack of natural physical effects was eerie considering its great size.

((name deleted)) and I were immobile as it moved past us. It seemed to hover above the water as opposed to gliding through it. Three ovular white lights on the bottom barely illuminated the river below. Frightened yet astounded by the sight, we understood the boundlessness of the galaxy. At that moment we became the hostesses of this planet. We had been visited. Walking back to my grandmother’s house, I could feel the hair erect itself on my arms, the back of my neck. Shaken and bewildered, we whispered of the possibilities. To think that we remain the sole occupants of the universe is arrogant and absurd.

(I had that experience last spring and I don’t know why I never wrote anything about it.)



NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date is approximate. PD


Posted 2005-02-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 50346
Occurred: 1978-08-15 15:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2006-04-29 17:28 Pacific
Duration: 10 Min.


Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

3 ft. dia tan colored spherical object manuveing at 120+ knts.

I was piloting a Piper Cherokee 140 airplane returning to the Gadsden Airport after some recreational flying approaching from the north about 5 miles out, when I passed the object at about 1000 Ft. above ground level. It was about 20 ft. off of my left wing. It was about 3 feet in diameter, tan in color, and looked like a weather balloon except that it had no inflation nozzle, no radiosonde attached to it, and it was perfectly round. Weather balloons have a teardrop shape to them when strapped to a weather gathering payload.

I circled back to get a closer look and noticed what appeared to be a red crecent moon or a hammer and scycle shape on it reminiscent of the emblem on the former Soviet flag.

As I circled around a second time to get closer look, the object moved away from me and maintained a distance of about 50 to 75 yard spacing between itself and my plane. When I became aware that the object could manuver, I was certainly rattled.

I tried to pursue the object about a minute or two but it accellerated away to the point that I could not keep up with it. I was traveling at 120 knotts.

Scared, I opted to return to the Gadsden Airport. When I arrived home, I reported the sighting to the Anniston Flight Service Station. I believe the attendant at the FSS was unofficially impressed, but I don't know weather or not he officially filed my report.

I believe the UFO to be either alien, a Top Secret USA probe, or the Russians aren't telling us something. I maintain that what I saw was not a weather balloon and flew under its own power. I strongly believe the markings were used camoflage the UFO to be from Earth.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2006-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 13545
Occurred: 1976-07-01 22:00 Local
Reported: 2000-07-22 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby, Landed

Flashing lights and scrambled jets

A friend and I were sitting on the back of his car. We were out in the country looking up at the stars. We saw a circular object with flashing lights move quickly across the sky. It was definititly not an aiplane. Then it stopped and moved straight down to the ground. We did not actually see it land. Then at least 3 jets zoomed across the sky. We knew that they had been scrambled to intercept the ufo. We were excited and thought that we could find it. We drove around where we thought it might be, but it must have been farther away.

Posted 2000-07-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 13602
Occurred: 1968-06-01 19:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2000-07-27 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Other


It was like nothing I had ever seen before.

I was about 9 yrs. old, playing in my back yard. I looked up over the house at about a 45 degree angle and saw a craft. It was like nothing I had seen before or since. It was multi-facited and it seemed like there were antennas sticking out. There was no sound, lights anything. It was huge. I watched it come out of the west and at first thought it was an airplane. It left no trail and finally stopped. I guess it was about as big as my thumbnail if I held my arm outstretched. I was daylight. I can only guess at the time. The sun did not reflect off of it. It was a slate gray color. After a short time it turned back to the west and slowly left my sight.

Posted 2000-07-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 60880
Occurred: 1965-05-15 14:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2008-01-15 17:23 Pacific
Duration: 45 sec. aprox.
No of observers: 0

Location: Gadsden, AL, USA

Shape: Sphere


Blue ball drifted down to within reach, backed away as I reached then shot away after I reached again.

I noticed a blue ball about the size of a walnut sort of floating what appeared to be aimlessly about fifteen feet above me. As a child I thought it was some sort of toy that had gotten away from someone. The closest thing that I had ever seen to it at that time was my uncle's fishing bobber. The object sort of float-drifted down toward me kind of like a blown soap bubble. When it got to about eye level it stopped about three feet in front of me. I wanted it so I reached for it but it backed up and stopped again. This time I grabbed for it but it zoomed away quickly and was gone. I have no doubt that it "knew" to get out of the way for its safety. It startled me when it made evasive manouvers. Also the color was a light blue off color, great for aerial camoflage. No one has ever believed this story. It is true.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2008-01-21