NUFORC UFO Sighting 185945
Occurred: 2024-12-12 06:50 Local
Reported: 2024-12-24 07:26 Pacific
Duration: 15-20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, IL, USA

Shape: Triangle
Color: 2 white lights 1 red
Estimated Size: Size of a Small car
Viewed From: Land
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 1/4 of a mile from our car
Estimated Speed: Slow speed over the highway
Explanation: Drone - Possible
Characteristics: Lights on object

We thought it was a plane until it came down close very very bright lights was not a plane looked to be a large drone with no wings

Bright white blinding lights flashing with small red light in middle it came down very low below radar detection it did not have wings it was weird shape not quite oval or triangle or sphere was larger squared at front then smaller at back but not like usual ufo shape it was about the size of a small car. It slowed down over the highway White lights on right and left sides blinking with red light in middle. Looked to be a large sized drone. Grey in color we saw it in the sky flying there was only 1 that we saw not to far from Scott Air Force base in O’Fallon the sky was a grey blue. We thought it was a plane until it came closer it was not a helicopter. The bright lights is what drew our attention to it. I have not seen anything like it before.

NUFORC Note:

Rare daylight drone photo.











Posted 2024-12-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 181897
Occurred: 2024-06-15 22:55 Local
Reported: 2024-06-16 14:38 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, MI, USA
Location details: Saw them in the eastern sky above the PNC building from half a mile west of the building

Shape: Light
Color: White
Estimated Size: hard to tell
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: East
Angle of Elevation: 50
Closest Distance: 1-4 miles
Estimated Speed: Hard to tell, but very fast
Explanation: Drone - Possible
Characteristics: Lights on object

Saw 2 flying objects that looked like planes, but were stopping and turning randomly in different directions.

I just happened to look up at the sky after pulling into a parking lot at 10:55pm. I saw what i thought was going to be 2 planes crashing, but one stopped just in time, and went in a completely different direction. My second thought was that they might be helicopters, but they were moving around rather sporadically, and I don’t think any helicopters have that kind of maneuverability. My third thought was that maybe they were drones, but I watched them for 3 minutes before they finally left my field of view, and I am pretty certain that they seemed much too far away, and therefore too big, to be drones. The distances they travelled would not have aligned with that. I also fly drones myself, so while that is the closest movement I could compare them to, I don’t think that’s what the flying objects were. They also only had the single light source. During this time a police officer just happened to pull into the parking lot of the same store. I pointed them out, but one had already left our field of view. He stared for a while before finally saying, “I hope it’s just a drone because I’m not reporting it as a UFO. People who report those don’t tend to live very much longer.”

Posted 2024-06-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 175779
Occurred: 2023-05-14 10:45 Local
Reported: 2023-05-14 20:27 Pacific
Duration: 30s
No of observers: 3

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Oval
Explanation: Blimp - Possible
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

A large oval object, possibly dimly lit blimp, larger than 100ft in length

A large oval object passed by, increased altitude and disappeared into the darkness, it's about 108+ft in length by eye estimation, there wasnt much light to get any images but you could clearly see the outline in the sky in person, there's no lights on it like Goodyear blimps but it could've been one although it's unidentified currently, there were also a couple helicopters in the vicinity for quite some time before and after we saw it

Posted 2023-05-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 174953
Occurred: 2023-02-26 04:10 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2023-03-10 03:14 Pacific
Duration: 8 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MO, USA
Location details: on the oustskirts of town by the school

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Emitted beams

2 white orbs of light connected with a beam

on 02/26/2023 sometime between 4:10 AM and 4:16 AM I was outside my house smoking a cigarette and i saw 2 white orbs of light connected by a beam of white light spinning around each other. They flew perpendicular along the street i live on at an incredibly high speed, less than 100 feet above the ground and made no sound at all. These orbs rotated much slower around each other than they did move forward. Gave my heart quite a good thump I'll tell you that. I didn't even have time to take a picture.

Posted 2023-04-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 175321
Occurred: 2023-02-20 20:35 Local
Reported: 2023-04-16 10:52 Pacific
Duration: 10 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, IL, USA
Location details: Home backyard

Shape: Cross
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects

Large half sphere shaped shock wave

We were in our backyard and saw a large bow shaped glowing shock wave in the night sky moving from west to east. I quickly grabbed my phone and took a picture. When we exposed the photo we found multi items in the sky, not seen by our naked eyes. 10 min later a large grouping of light colored objects, what appeared to look like geese (but way to far up) moving through the sky, flying from north west towards the same flight path and also disappearing.




Posted 2023-05-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 174415
Occurred: 2023-02-11 00:03 Local
Reported: 2023-02-11 09:53 Pacific
Duration: 25-30 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, ID, USA
Location details: In the northern sky between Coeur D'Alene & Troy

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object

Red, green & white flashing lights too far away to determine shape

Took the dogs out for last call & the moon was gorgeous so started looking around. At first I thought it was a plane but it did not change location much from my original observation until the final one. I watch other planes with their red & white lights but this included green too. The majority of the time is had lights but on a couple of occasions it was not visible, I did not see a cloud but it could have been. At one point, what I thought was a plane, headed straight towards it but appeared to go past it - I could not see how - above, below, thru? I have been checking to see if Starlink has something like that hanging around but have not found anything yet. It was too far away to get a photo, sigh.

Posted 2023-03-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 181253
Occurred: 2022-09-30 16:46 Local
Reported: 2024-04-24 14:03 Pacific
Duration: 15 min
No of observers: 3

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Circle
Color: white
Estimated Size: unsure
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: slightly east
Angle of Elevation: 85
Closest Distance: unsure
Estimated Speed: variable
Explanation: birds - Possible


Had been working when we saw a grouping of white dots in the sky. afternoon, full light.

the objects were extremely high up. just white dots really. thought they were probably geese or ducks. but after looking for a bit they were too high above clouds, and a plane flew under them. they began moving (more like floating) in different directions, and soon after just disappeared.

Posted 2024-04-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 171857
Occurred: 2022-09-17 20:18 Local
Reported: 2022-09-17 18:05 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 4

Location: Troy, MI, USA
Location details: Country Ridge Subdivision

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

Round bright object hovering at dusk

My 3 kids and I (ages 13, 11, 9) were taking a walk at dusk in our subdivision after dinner. It was getting dark so we were headed back toward our house. Suddenly, we noticed a bright round object hovering above us (not still, slowly moving). It was lit very brightly. It was moving steadily and slowly, at the speed of a floating balloon. It was completely noiseless, and appeared round. It did not appear to have wings or any shape even remotely close to a plane or helicopter. It was as close to our heads as a kite would be, maybe closer. It appears much further in the video, but the video is not a good reflection of what we actually witnessed live. My 13 year old took out her phone and recorded it, but by this point, it had already moved away from us in proximity. After she stopped recording, it suddenly vanished. We could no longer see it, which was weird because the light was so bright just seconds prior. Something that bright should have been visible even from a distance. In the video, you can see a bat fly by the lens of our camera. Even the bat is flying faster than this object, which is so strange and fascinating.




Posted 2022-10-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 168662
Occurred: 2022-06-15 20:51 Local
Reported: 2022-06-16 00:42 Pacific
Duration: One minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA
Location details: Gablesnof troy apartment complex from my balcony

Shape: Cigar


Was flying a drone, saw this way up in the sky

I was flying my drone from my third floor balcony. I saw this in the sky while trying to locate my drone. Could not take video because I had the drone app opened and was on a phone call. Snapped pictures. Was moving at a steady speed but seemed too high and not like a plane.
















Posted 2022-06-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 168377
Occurred: 2022-05-13 21:27 Local
Reported: 2022-05-15 12:45 Pacific
Duration: 8 seconds maybe
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MT, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

I began filming the lake, when 2 objects came into view and I heard a “whoosh”. One went left and the other went right. I have this on video.




Posted 2022-06-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 166177
Occurred: 2022-01-01 00:58 Local
Reported: 2021-12-31 23:37 Pacific
Duration: 10 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, NY, USA

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

red fireball.

moveing vary slowly glowing red was seen hanging in the fog looked vary low in the sky.




Posted 2022-03-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 166217
Occurred: 2021-12-20 00:30 Local
Reported: 2021-12-27 22:58 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds.
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, NY, USA
Location details: Hoosick street looking north east towards the town of Brunswick.

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

Object appeared shot towards the ground & took a sharp right turn before disappearing

On Hoosick Street in Troy NY looking North East towards town of Brunswick NY over the tree line a bright circular object appeared instantly then shot rapidly towards the ground. Right before making the tree line of the woods/lake area object took a sharp hard right turn and then disappeared without leaving a trail or any visible trace of the object. Witness works in healthcare and was outside of building when looking over the tree line.

Posted 2022-03-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 163351
Occurred: 2021-05-22 22:10 Local
Reported: 2021-05-22 20:58 Pacific
Duration: Approximately 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Formation


Flight path about 20k feet. 20 objects moved rapidly across the sky.

In the sky heading northeast from southwest. Single file approximately the same distance from each other.



Posted 2021-07-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 159865
Occurred: 2020-10-01 22:00 Local
Reported: 2020-10-09 15:24 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, OR, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Two large triangle craft and one small white triangle craft

Oct.1 Full moon – camping, 10:pm looked up and saw huge triangle shaped craft right overhead , saw a small white triangle craft out in front of the big craft, a second large triangle craft, same size and look was off to the right, the small craft out front was solid white, both big craft had five or six yellow lights on both sides, two big red light on each corner in the back flashing opposite of each other, about the size of a Stealth Bomber, all three crafts were low just over the hilltops and SILENT … absolutely no sound what so ever ! observed them with my binoculars until out of site…..



Posted 2020-12-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 160253
Occurred: 2020-10-01 10:00 Local
Reported: 2020-10-26 13:30 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, OR, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Two large triangle craft and one small white triangle craft

Oct. 1 – 2020 - 10:PM ( 22:00 ) - TROY OREGON I was Camping and Steelhead fishing on the Grand Ronde River with a fellow Viet Nam Vet and another friend, on the Washington side of the state line. It was a clear night with no clouds. I had my binoculars out and was looking at the full moon and enjoying the still night…. I laid my binoculars on the hood of my truck and walked about five steps over to my friend (a non-believer) when I looked up and strait over head was large triangle shaped craft about the size of a Stealth Bomber? I said out loud “What the hell is THAT “. There was a small white triangle shaped craft about 500 yards in front of the big craft. The three crafts were lower than the surrounding hills, I would guess 1000 ft above the ground or they were contour flying, very close? The craft was Heading North East, smooth with no Effort and NO SOUND? That’s what made it strange, as big and close as it was, no sound, made the hair on the back of your neck stand up! Looking to the right about a quarter mile away ! was a second triangle shaped craft just like the one overhead. Flying in formation with the first one. No small white craft in front of it.

The first thing I noticed of the craft overhead was the nose was a grey color, the under side looked dark or black? I turned a few feet away to get my binoculars and got a close look!! The big triangle overhead had about five or six yellow lights on each side from front to back, two large red lights on each corner in the back, flashing opposite of each other. A couple of small red light, not flashing, between the two big red lights. Through my binoculars I could see the clean metal ring of the light fixture itself! Using the binoculars it was so close, it felt as though I could have reached out and touched it. I looked over to the right to see the other big triangle craft exactly like the first one… Looking back to the one that passed overhead now heading away from me I could not see the small white craft as good, although it looked closer to the nose of the big craft now, could have been because it was moving away from me….ABSOLUTLY NO SOUND! My friend (a non-believer) look! ed astounded and agreed there was NO SOUND?? I observed the three crafts with my binoculars until they faded into the distance. I watched them for over a minute! I keep kicking myself for not grabbing my phone are camera first??? I live near a small airport and see different kinds of planes day and night. I have NEVER seen any craft like these? BIG – CLOSE – Triangle shaped - SILENT!!! Have had a hard time sleeping, when I close my eyes, I keep seeing these Crafts??

Posted 2020-12-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 159452
Occurred: 2020-09-19 21:00 Local
Reported: 2020-09-20 12:18 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Light


My son and I were sitting outside in the backyard around 10:00pm. It was a clear night with no clouds and the stars aligned. We both were admiring the Big dipper seen in our backyard. We both noticed a light at first and thought it was a plane heading past the Big Dipper and going to the airport. As the unknown object moved to the right, it quickly disappeared into thin air.

Posted 2020-11-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 156669
Occurred: 2020-05-24 03:15 Local
Reported: 2020-05-24 18:03 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, TN, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects, Animals reacted

Circle of Lights 3 different colors

I went outside at appx 0315, up in the sky to the NE, was 5 lights in a circle, bright red, then green, and then white. It made a circle and then flew over my position to stop over the Town of Troy TN. It flew back over my position to just over the tree line and then hovered a few seconds and shot off to the NW.



Posted 2020-06-25

NUFORC UFO Sighting 161982
Occurred: 2020-03-12 20:48 Local
Reported: 2021-02-10 06:33 Pacific
Duration: 33 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Unknown


After snapping pics and not being happy with them, I went to chase it and it stopped moving slow and i never got close again. Thought it was a stealth fighter maybe at first, but I passed it in my car at 50 mph. And it was under 1000 ft over town. Had a definite sharp edge triangle shape. Wasn't a helicopter. Not a plane, at least not one with wings. And i spent 2 days researching all flight tracking data i could find. There were no planes. My wife and I were out looking for elusive toilet paper because of the covid 19 tp hoarding. My point is: Not many planes were flying in those early virus days. We are near Wright-Patt. (20) miles. So we've seen planes.. Pictures don't do it justice but it was dark cloudy and raining...... of course.



Posted 2021-03-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 152038
Occurred: 2019-12-25 17:45 Local
Reported: 2019-12-25 18:03 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Troy, ID, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object

A column of 40+ lights similar to a satellite (speed and intensity) all moving on the same path in close proximity



Posted 2020-02-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 179574
Occurred: 2019-10-27 19:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2023-12-03 17:46 Pacific
Duration: 5 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, OH, USA
Location details: Troy, Ohio on Tipp Elizabeth road out by cornfield areas

Shape: Triangle
Color: Black with a red lig
Estimated Size: Maybe the length of a school bus.
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Northwest
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: Maybe half a mile away.
Estimated Speed: 10mph.
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Both ufos I have pictures of was on the same night within 2 hours apart.

(1st ufo) Black triangle with red light in the center of craft. (2nd ufo) solid white disc looking craft. Neither made any noise. Both crafts was going maybe around 10mph. Very slow.







Posted 2023-12-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 148857
Occurred: 2019-09-14 22:00 Local
Reported: 2019-09-15 00:01 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, IL, USA

Shape: Egg
Characteristics: Lights on object

Orange globe caught my eye almost directly overhead but off to the west about 20 degrees. Going NNE about as fast as a helicopter might travel. No sound at all. The orange color was not steady. The light shining was changing in brightness within the globe.

Posted 2019-09-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 148856
Occurred: 2019-09-14 05:30 Local
Reported: 2019-09-15 07:09 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Circle


Bright curricular light in Eastern sky dimmed and disappeared within seconds of observation

A very large bright light in Eastern sky high in the horizon. It appeared as an off white light and was so large and bright I thought I was looking at a planet. When I looked closer, I noticed it was slowly moving in a southerly direction.

As I continued to watch, within a couple of seconds I noticed it began to dim in brightness and looked smaller to me. Within a couple of seconds it disappeared.

No cloud cover present in the area and it did not display characteristics of a plane.

Posted 2019-09-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 146905
Occurred: 2019-06-18 20:30 Local
Reported: 2019-06-18 17:59 Pacific
Duration: Until cloud cover
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Light


Bright large stationary light high in the early evening sky.

In bright sky a bright light very high in the sky. Not moving. Not a star or planet. Larger than any object normally in the sky. Maybe two or three times what the space station would appear. Clouds eventually covered. Never moved.




NUFORC Note:

WHIO-TV in Dayton, OH, reports the three objects are still a mystery. PD


Posted 2019-06-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 144021
Occurred: 2018-12-10 17:50 Local
Reported: 2018-12-10 16:25 Pacific
Duration: 10:00
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, MO, USA

Shape: Teardrop
Characteristics: Left a trail, Changed Colo

I was walking back from my barn and I always look up up the see if I can see any satellites or the space station. Way up high, star height from the ground, looked like a sperm that flew squares.

Had my wife come out and she said it changed colors, but it was really at a high altitude. I am an instrument rated pilot and have never seen anything change directions like this. It flew circles and squares. Wow.

Posted 2018-12-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 143817
Occurred: 2018-11-17 11:00 Local
Reported: 2018-11-18 05:32 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

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

I heard a loud noise above our house & the neighbor's house ... crawled out of bed to look out my window and saw a bright light leaving from above our house heading north going higher and higher with an extremely LOUD noise and bright light bigger than car but smaller than a airplane from what I could see.

Posted 2018-11-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 138875
Occurred: 2018-02-19 20:15 Local
Reported: 2018-02-19 19:16 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Troy, KS, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

There was a bright flashing light flying lower from west to east. It looked like lightning, at first, because it was so bright. But it was not. It was moving. The light was so bright you couldn’t see the shape or craft. No other colors were in it. It also was not making any sounds. We rolled down the windows.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2018-02-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 136581
Occurred: 2017-10-04 06:05 Local
Reported: 2017-10-06 09:27 Pacific
Duration: 20-30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Left a trail, Aircraft nearby, Missing Time, Animals reacted

Bright white light bigger than a soft ball.

On Wednesday morning, October 4, 2017, at approximately 6:05 a.m. I had to take one of my three dogs outside on a leash due to major surgery he just had. Normally, I allow them to go out by themselves because I have a fenced back yard.

While the other two dogs were running around the back yard, the dog I had on the leash just stood in the middle of the driveway looking around. While he was doing that, I was noticing how nice the stars were and the little dipper was visible. The cold front had not moved in yet, but I did notice some light clouds moving in.

Something caught my dogs attention and he started to walk down the driveway to the back yard. We were headed North on the driveway. That is when I noticed a bright ball of light arcing from about ½ a mile from my driveway on the East side. It was about 300 feet in the air arcing East. Then it literally stopped for a few seconds in mid-air, and then flew straight up into the sky until I could not see it any longer.

From my location the ball looked to be bigger than a soft ball and as bright as a led light. When we all went back inside the house 40 minutes had already gone by.

The 40 minutes that passed from us going outside and going back in again is confusing. Our morning journey outside usually lasts 10 minutes. After we went inside I heard a helicopter near my house.

Posted 2017-10-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 135556
Occurred: 2017-08-02 22:30 Local
Reported: 2017-08-05 01:10 Pacific
Duration: 4 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects, Aircraft nearby

East Rensselaer county at 10:30 pm see lightning flu lying object shadow and fighter jets

At 11:30 pm on my way home I started seeing lights and flashes I thought it might be heat lightning but then I saw two formations of fighter jets I was amazed to find it only happening in one spot I saw wierd shadow in clouds, but talked only to my girlfriend I realized it but thought to my self I was seeing things but I read today Lithuania had same occurrence so I am deciding to post this.




NUFORC Note:

The witness reported over the telephone that the event began at 10:30 p.m., and that he saw something similar at 11:30 p.m., when he was standing at a bus stop. PD


Posted 2017-08-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 134541
Occurred: 2017-06-10 20:32 Local
Reported: 2017-06-11 19:39 Pacific
Duration: 6 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Troy, VA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

A bright star-looking light that flew to the right super fast.

Me and my two step-sisters were sitting on our back porch. It was my older step-sister who suggested the idea. After 30 minutes of sitting on the porch I looked up at the sky. I saw a bright light (as bright as Jupiter) and I said, "What is that?" The object looked exactly like a star, but it looked like it was dimming from a cloud (I couldn't tell because it was dark)

My younger step-sister asked, "What is what?" and she turned at the exact moment the star looking object took off in a flash. It went right and all in the duration of 1 second leaving a light trail for less than a second.

I was freaked out and went star watching tonight but didn't spot anything there again.




NUFORC Note:

Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD


Posted 2017-06-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 134489
Occurred: 2017-06-08 21:30 Local
Reported: 2017-06-09 04:22 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, VT, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object

My wife ((wife's name deleted)) was standing on our deck (south facing) and called me as she was wondering what a single reddish globe light in the sky was. The object came from the south (from Westfield/Eden direction) and traveled towards us.

As the object neared, a second object (same color) appeared from the same direction. Shortly thereafter, a third object appeared.

They appeared to be ‘globes’ and moved in a somewhat fast rate of speed. There was no noise. Their movement was very ‘smooth’ (no quick movements).

Object 1 traveled towards us and, at one point, began ascending straight up (it disappeared). Objects 2 and 3 passed the house (to our left look at the objects). As they passed, I noticed what appeared to be a single light (underneath) the object. I could make out a black shape (outline from the light) but could not distinguish what it was. That is, they flew low enough for me to see that it did not have a bank of lights.

I am confident in saying that it was not a plane as I did not see wings. The light was bright and did not flicker or pulse. I have seen and heard drones when deployed to Afghanistan. This was not, in my opinion, a drone.

I am forwarding a picture captured of object 2 and 3 from our deck. I have other pictures but the size of the file would be too big to email. These were taken from my android phone (Samsung). Note that although it appears to be a ‘globe’ it is my sense that what you see is the light (under?) the object. I cannot confirm that it was, in fact, a roundish shape.

Both ((wife's name deleted)) and I observed this. End of report.

Posted 2017-06-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 132683
Occurred: 2017-02-17 20:03 Local
Reported: 2017-02-17 17:26 Pacific
Duration: >1 hour
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Lights on object

UFO spotted in Troy, and Berkeley, Michigan.

I am currently on Big Beaver and Coolidge. I started off in Berkeley, Michigan, which is when I first saw it. If I am traveling West on Big Beaver, near Coolidge, it's currently in the sky. I would say its just North of Coolidge in Troy, Michigan. I have been following it for over an hour. It's just sitting still. Every now on then I will see red flashing lights on it. Initially I thought it was a plane landing. At first glance you can mistake it for a star, as well, but at some point you will notice red lights. I have never seen anything like this, however, it's really freaking me out.




NUFORC Note:

Probably a sighting of Venus. PD


Posted 2017-02-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 132142
Occurred: 2017-01-12 20:00 Local
Reported: 2017-01-12 18:57 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, NC, USA

Shape: Cylinder


Cylindrical metallic object falling to earth

On Thursday night, January 12, 2017, as I was traveling south on highway 134, just about 5 miles outside of Troy, NC, I noticed a metallic cigar shape object falling straight down out of the sky.

It was a clear night with a full moon, so I could see the object clearly.

I drove past the object before it either hit the ground or whether it leveled out and flew away.

I called a friend who I call a sky watcher, and sure enough, she had spotted a bright burst of light, which then faded quickly over the city of Sofia.

Don’t know if the two events are related or not.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2017-01-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 127618
Occurred: 2016-05-30 02:30 Local
Reported: 2016-05-30 23:56 Pacific
Duration: 6 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, ME, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Animals reacted

2:30 a.m. pitch black out. I saw a circular object sitting still in sky. Had 3 or 4 extremely bright white lights on it. Also observed a plane flying by. This was not a plane. It was super bright. It stayed still and then all of a sudden took off out of sight. Very very scared feeling.




NUFORC Note:

Witness provides no contact information. Possible hoax?? PD


Posted 2016-06-01

NUFORC UFO Sighting 127588
Occurred: 2016-05-29 20:40 Local
Reported: 2016-05-29 19:23 Pacific
Duration: 4 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, MO, USA

Shape: Cross


Black cross-shaped tumbling object. No lights or sound.

We saw something that looked like a cross.

The object was black, no lights and no sound. It appeared to tumble and change altitude quickly.

Object appeared to be less than 10000 ft and too big to be a balloon.

Posted 2016-06-01

NUFORC UFO Sighting 115086
Occurred: 2014-11-02 16:12 Local
Reported: 2014-11-02 17:09 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 4

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

2 bright lights turned in circular motion then vanished.

Driving north on Piqua - Troy rd. My daughter said "Mommy look at the stars!" The "stars" were close together at 9 and 3! Very bright! Slowly turned in position of 12 and 6! Then in a blink of an eye, disappeared up into the sky. With in minutes, several aircraft flew to the area.

My neighbor watched in awe! Jetstreams all lead to area!

I wonder what Wright Patt Airforce base will cover up this one.

My daughter described it as a Frisbee with lights!

Posted 2014-11-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 115058
Occurred: 2014-11-01 22:20 Local
Reported: 2014-11-01 21:22 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes


Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object

A stream of ten lights hovering above the city for about three minutes.

There where about nine or ten hovering above the city for about three minutes. Then a few disappeared while the others moved arcossed the sky till they disappeared as well.




NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. Time and date provided by witness are incorrect. Possible hoaxed report, we suspect? PD


Posted 2014-11-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 113340
Occurred: 2014-09-06 21:49 Local
Reported: 2014-09-06 19:23 Pacific
Duration: 05:00
No of observers: 3

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Multiple red objects moving from west to east, very bright, very fast.

Observed three red objects moving quickly from west to east, then veering southeast. First object passed the position of the moon and turned, the next two objects turned before. The objects appeared in the sky 60 to 90 seconds apart.

The objects were traveling across the sky roughly 5x faster than commercial aircraft.

All three were identical in shape - they were first seen as very bright red, and as they crossed they dimmed, completely the opposite of the light from a jet airplane flame. The objects were observed by three people - a 4y/o grandchild, her 28 y/o mother and a 52 y/o father, both older people with college educations.

We walked out and immediately observed the first light - there may have been more.



Posted 2014-09-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 113041
Occurred: 2014-08-29 21:15 Local
Reported: 2014-08-29 19:43 Pacific
Duration: 6 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Cross
Characteristics: Lights on object

I witnessed from 9:15-9:21 pm on 8/29/2014 three slowly moving, low altitude, flame-like red lights following each other.

At 9:15 I noticed an unusual light, apparently at very low altitude (my guess is between 500 and 2000 ft.). It appeared to be red, almost flame-like, moving very slowly from south to north. As it moved it seemed to slow to a hover, as it was almost overhead, then resume its leisurely motion.

After it passed overhead, it slowly began to curve to the northwest. All of this took 1-2 min. and the object kept the same appearance.

Then, maybe 30 seconds later, the whole spectacle repeated itself. A second slow moving red light followed the same path as the first one. By the way, the original light was still visible, still heading very slowly to the northwest. I do not recall if this second light did any hovering as it came overhead. It did the same turn to the northwest as did the first object.

Then to conclude the event, about 30 sec. after the second light made its northwest turn, a third light identical to the first two came again from the south, following the same path and speed as the first two. This one, like the first light, appeared to slow and hover for a few seconds as it came overhead.

Then it resumed its slow pace, turning to the northwest as the others had.

Their speed was so slow that I could clearly see all three heading single file to the northwest.

The sky was clear and dark with no moon, but several stars were visible to the west.

Posted 2014-08-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 111315
Occurred: 2014-07-04 22:00 Local
Reported: 2014-07-08 03:08 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 6

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

cigar shaped to triangle shape to a star

It was on 4th of july in troy ohio when they was lettin off town fire works, it was at first cigar shape with a flashing red light it went around perfectly around the area of fireworks circled around 3 times still flashing its red light lasted bout 20 to 30 min. constantly moving but stayed same height and same place it retraced its steps very very perfectly and once the fireworks were done it got above the trees where i was at at the time me n my friends n family moved to find out where it was n then it stopped dead in the sky turned to a triangle then solid blue light came on the back part of the triangle then it just went off in its own way after bout a min. of watching it it just turned into a star it was pretty damn weird im sure others had seen it also but it looks as though im the only 1 reporting it tried to record it but the cell my friend had wasn't good enough to pick it up perfectly but that makes the 4th ufo iv seen myself just in troy Ohio alone I got other 1s too report but this was the latest 1 I got..

Posted 2014-07-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 109364
Occurred: 2014-05-12 23:00 Local
Reported: 2014-05-12 20:17 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

strange circular orange light cruising over my house and disappearing into the clouds.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2014-06-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 108951
Occurred: 2014-04-26 20:53 Local
Reported: 2014-04-27 08:04 Pacific
Duration: 3-4 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Troy, MO, USA

Shape: Circle


Big orange ball shaped object, silent, flew overhead in troy mo.

viewed at 20:55 on 04262014 in the South South East sky color orange solid did not change or pulse viewed it into the north northwest sky. It went directly overhead and was silent estimate it at 2 to 5 thousand feet. Sure it was not a meteor, planet, or a satellite. It was below light wispy clouds as stars were visible. Planes and copters frequent the area and are always audible. I was distracted and so did not follow until it was out of view. I believe that it was going too fast to be a balloon.

Have included two stellarium sky views with what should have been visible in the sky at that time, with a illustration of the object photoshoped into them.

Latitude: 38.96 Longitude: -90.94

Posted 2014-05-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 106433
Occurred: 2014-01-17 22:35 Local
Reported: 2014-01-17 20:28 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object

A sphere with several red and white lights, hovering at first and then flew out of sight at lightning speed!

The object had several red and white lights. All blinking. I noticed it while a a stop sign. I was just hovering. Maybe for about 1 minute. Then it moved very slowly but only a very short distance in which it hovered again. This time is was very brief and then it just started moving. Moving faster then any jet that I have ever seen and trust me my father worked for the Air Force. I know what I saw and what I saw was not a regular craft that we see In the sky on a day to day basis!

Posted 2014-01-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 103509
Occurred: 2013-10-07 11:30 Local
Reported: 2013-10-23 15:04 Pacific
Duration: 30-45 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Disk


5 invisible crafts

On October 7, 2013, at 11:30 am, I viewed at strange phenomena. I think a short explanation would be good first.

As you know when there is a bright light like a flash from a camera, your eyes react by seeing a black dot as you blink. On that Monday as I looking into the western sky in Troy, Michigan. I did not see anything unusual in the sky, but all of a sudden as I blinked I saw 5 black images that were left on my retina. As I blinked repeatedly the image gradually faded after perhaps 30 to 45 seconds.

The 5 images were saucer shaped with a dome in the middle. There were 3 on the left one above the other and 2 on the right higher and appeared a little larger then the others.

I could not determine speed or direction because they were imprinted on my retina. As I turned my head the images would follow.

As I said before I did not see anything but the black retinal images. Almost as if they were so bright that I could not see them, or they were emitting a frequency just out of the visible light spectrum.

It was very strange and has not occurred again, but I will keep watching.

Posted 2013-10-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 103001
Occurred: 2013-09-16 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2013-10-05 21:19 Pacific
Duration:
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, ID, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Changed Colo

Bright green light that turned orange and was gone.

I was looking outside laying in bed and I seen this bright green light and it dashed vertical across the sky then it flashed turned orange and was gone.

Posted 2013-10-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 100384
Occurred: 2013-07-19 22:05 Local
Reported: 2013-07-20 16:41 Pacific
Duration: 60 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, IL, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

At approximately 2205 July 19, 2013 my wife and I were sitting outside and from the southwest a large orange ball of light, traveling at a moderate speed, was approaching. We observed it for at least 60 seconds as it headed towards the northeast.

It started to fade after that. Its altitude was hard to determine. If I had to guess, I would say 4,000 to 5,000 feet.

When I first observed the orange ball it was so dramatic, for a split second, I thought it was an aircraft that was on fire. You could hear no noise.

My wife took some pictures and a video which I will forward if you are interested.

At approximately 2235 July 19, 2013, as we were contemplating going into the house, I looked east and observed another orange ball of light coming from the southeast and heading towards the northwest. It appeared to be traveling at the same speed as our first observance. It appeared to gain altitude as it moved.

We observed this object for about the same amount of time as the first one before it faded. My wife also took a picture and video of this one.

We sit outside, at night, quite often and have never seen something that was so stunning .

Posted 2013-07-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 99999
Occurred: 2013-07-04 22:00 Local
Reported: 2013-07-10 00:05 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes (each)
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Circle


watching fireworks when saw 3 round red lights in a different sector of sky.

No they were Not fireworks! The direction changed from straight up then headed towards us and changed direction to straight up again. No trailing light from a firework display or diminishing of size or brightness. The spacing was uniform and constant for each direction change. These lights did not fade out but disappeared into the clouds. A few minutes later 2 more identical lights appeared went straight up, went left, went right, then straight up and went into the same spot in the clouds. A short time later another group of 3 went straight up at an angle and into the exact spot as the first 2 groups.

I have been around professional fireworks people and grew up military so I know the difference.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2013-07-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 106379
Occurred: 2013-01-16 01:30 Local
Reported: 2014-01-16 22:26 Pacific
Duration: 15-20 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, IL, USA

Shape: Unknown


Strange sounds in the Greater St Louis area.

No craft seen. However, a very strange recurring noise is being heard. It is a low thrumming similar to the sound of several helicopters all flying together. But there aren't any helicopters. I haven't seen any flying craft of any sort when this is happening. I've heard this noise multiple times throughout the month of January. When I first heard it I assumed it WAS a group of helicopters operating out of the nearby Scott Air Force Base (which has no helicopters based there, by the way). However, unlike aircraft in which the Doppler effect causes sound to grow and then fade away as the aircraft passes overhead, this sound grew like an approaching aircraft but then just remained constant! I can discern no direction from which the sound is coming. It is just everywhere. Then it dies down and goes away after several minutes--about 30 minutes is the longest I've heard it. Very strange.



Posted 2014-01-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 96296
Occurred: 2013-01-13 00:40 Local
Reported: 2013-02-13 07:35 Pacific
Duration: ~2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

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

Orange flame like orbs in the sky, turned triangular in shape and then disappeared.

I was on my way home from work at the hospital where I work as an RN at approximately 0040 on January 13th, 2013. I was on the phone with my brother from California and was turning East onto Big Beaver Rd. and then planned to turn right onto Rochester Rd. in Troy.

As I was turning East onto Big Beaver, I looked up at the street and traffic lights on that corner and noticed that there was a orange orb of sorts that looked like it had a flame in the center of it flickering just above the street lights and moving in a horizontal fashion at a slow pace. I could not comprehend what I was seeing, so I turned into the parking lot and just parked to watch it.

At first, I thought it might be a Chinese lantern, but it was close enough to see there was nothing surrounding the flame like orb. I then noticed a second one appear close behind it going in the same direction. At that point, I told my brother that I was seeing something unusual and that I needed to get off th! e phone to try to video tape this. Very quickly, the two lights had moved very far away in the distance and a third light appeared. The three lights got into a triangular pattern and looked stationary for about 30 seconds or more.

It was at that point that I had gotten off the phone, parked my car, and pulled out my iPhone to take a photo and then some video. I regret that I did not have the ability to pull out my camera and start videotaping when these two orbs were closer to me! I’m very upset that I did not just hang up on my brother and start videotaping right away. What shows up in my video are the three lights in the distance, very high up in the sky in the triangular pattern.

As I was in the parking lot, there was a lot of light pollution from the parking lights, so I drove past them and parked again and got out of the car to keep videotaping. At that point, the lights started to disappear one by one. The entire incident was approximately two minutes in length.

I have never seen anything like this in my life. There were other cars at that intersection during the same time, so I’m sure there is someone else out there who witnessed this.

After thinking about what I saw and going through all the possibilities, I’m convinced that this was not a Chinese lantern. To see it so close, move so slowly, and then quickly ascend and move SO far away so without any wind tells me that this is something else entirely. The objects made no sound whatsoever. The third one appeared only after the other two were high up in the sky. Up close, they were almost organic looking in nature, and did resemble a flame of sorts, but not a flame. That is the best way I can describe them, as I have nothing else to compare them to.

I did not see a metal object or disk. It was simply this beautiful, natural looking orange/reddish light, gliding along. Ironically enough, once I stepped out of my car and started video taping, I heard police sirens in the distance. Nothing has been reported locally, although some night prior, our local Fox2 News station did a report on lights in the sky that people in the metro Detroit area have been seeing.

Posted 2013-02-18

NUFORC UFO Sighting 95463
Occurred: 2012-12-23 15:45 Local
Reported: 2012-12-24 06:55 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, NH, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Emitted beams, Changed Colo

Troy NH disk shaped ufo sighting overlooking cemetery facing east driving on rt12 south.

I was driving southbound on rt 12 the object was visable to the east it was visable near the cemetery gazebo and outlook of mount manadnock about 5 miles out there were very bright lights around the edge of the disk shape and smaller lights between that were blue in color and green. I stopped the vehicle and watched for 5 minutes then the object flew extremely fast it was a quick flash of light and then it was hovering over the cemetery we seen the object from about twenty feet away..it was very clearly not a plane nor a helicopter ..but a circular disk shaped object...silently hovering then it flashed after 5 more minutes and was out of sight heading southwest towards deerfield ma area.in this particular spot i have seen multiple sightings on my way home from work at 3:45 am i have seen 3 sightings this summer alone.

Posted 2013-02-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 94380
Occurred: 2012-11-11 02:30 Local
Reported: 2012-11-12 11:11 Pacific
Duration: 4 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Left a trail

Large brite orb moving at high speed buzz's house in Troy Ohio.

My daughter was spending the night at a friends house just outside of Troy Ohio. At around 2:30am on a very dark night with few clouds, she was standing on the drive way when she saw a very bright round object the size of a house streak past the house at an extreme speed and low altitude and then it was gone. It scared her so much she sought shelter in a ditch.

The neighbors across the street reported seeing the object on a different night. She described the object as a round orb the size of a house leaving a streak, very brite and white. Her friend was in the back yard at the time and I do not know if she saw the object.

My daughter is 16 and drug free. We go camping every weekend in Celina near an airport in the spring, summer, and fall. She is used to the night sky, and has never reported anything like this before. What I find odd, is she was scared. So I am convinced she saw something out of the ordinary.

Posted 2012-11-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 93733
Occurred: 2012-10-21 01:00 Local
Reported: 2012-10-21 00:26 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour at least
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Two Objects Flashing Lights and Not Moving for Over an Hour

Two objects hung in the sky for over an hour, without moving. Each flashed red, white, and blue lights. They looked like airplanes except that they didn't move. They were pretty far away, and no sound was heard.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2012-10-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 93499
Occurred: 2012-10-07 19:30 Local
Reported: 2012-10-12 16:12 Pacific
Duration:


Location: Troy, AL, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object

Three lights in the sky no joke will send pics

Last sunday me and my girlfriend walked out of walmart and we say an amazing sunset so i decided to take a photo of it and i glanced at it afterwards once and then didnt think muh of it until i was riding home from work with a coworker and i was flipping through my pictures on my iphone and i came across the one of the sunset and got to looking and realizes that above the clouds in the picture were three distinct orbs of light in the sky. Apon looking closer i came to the conclusion that it could be nothing else. I would like to send the picture to someone for verification so if you could contact me about this it would be greatly appreciated

Posted 2012-10-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 92566
Occurred: 2012-09-08 22:00 Local
Reported: 2012-09-08 19:46 Pacific
Duration: 5-8 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Witness 8 to 9 ball shape objests (fire) hovering in the sky then moves across and disappear.



Posted 2012-09-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 92163
Occurred: 2012-08-25 23:00 Local
Reported: 2012-08-26 05:06 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

two orange lights one after the other, about same speed as airplanes, looked like it was on fire or Aura exactly, very weird I usually don't believe in UFO's and things like that but that was not manmade, my neighbour saw it too so it's be interesting to know what is it exactly

Posted 2012-09-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 91839
Occurred: 2012-08-07 22:00 Local
Reported: 2012-08-15 07:17 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Eight orange round shape flying objects over Troy-MI

On August 7th, 2012 at about 10:00 PM, I saw about 8 orange round shape objects flying over Troy, MI. Appeared on the east side, approaching toward west side, mid speed, no sound, two of them flied relatively low over me, I couldn’t estimate the distance. They passed me, and since I was driving I couldn’t follow them any longer. I was a little nervous to stop and look back for them.

I took a picture when they were distant, but doesn’t show much, I turned my camera off, I didn’t expected them to come my way, and as they quickly moved, I didn’t have time to set my camera again.

Next day, I pass the same street at about 11:00 PM, (Square Lake Rd & Coolidge) I was looking for them again, I saw about 3 of them on my right (South of Square Lake Road) that day I stopped, I wanted to get a video but they didn’t registered very well. I still have a picture and the video.

Posted 2012-08-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 87628
Occurred: 2012-03-07 21:30 Local
Reported: 2012-03-12 20:46 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Left a trail

Orange orb - Troy MI

Saw the orange orb (again). It went right over my house. It looked like the underside was blurry/distorted orange lights that would occur if the lights were moving (or if more like fire). I had the binoculars handy (from two nights before sighting). With binoculars, I could see there was a short trail behind it. (I had not seen a trail on other nights without binoculars.) The distance was lower than an airplane, but much higher than the tree line. It moved slower than an airplane. Area - Rochester Road & Square Lake.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2012-03-13

NUFORC UFO Sighting 87627
Occurred: 2012-03-06 21:00 Local
Reported: 2012-03-12 20:40 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Orb


Orange orbs - Troy MI

Observed two orange orbs in Square Lake Rochester Road area (again). Orbs moved from east to west at speed slower than airplane. Unknown height, but much higher than tree lines.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2012-03-13

NUFORC UFO Sighting 87324
Occurred: 2012-02-09 21:30 Local
Reported: 2012-02-23 17:31 Pacific
Duration: 5 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object

Orange tinted orbs observed over Troy, MI (along with star-like light to the east)

Approx. 9:30 p.m. (+/-) Noticed two orange tinted orbs. In the distance, to the east, I saw one orb approaching as if it were 1/2 mile away. It proceeded west across the sky from the east, with the path crossing approximately at Square Lake Road. (It would have crossed Rochester Road as well.) The second orange tinted orb followed the same path about 5 minutes later.

Height was approximately at 4 or 5 stories high. (I viewed them from 2nd story.) Reason I saw the orbs: I was watching the eastern sky due to a brilliant full moon, and very bright skies; spectacular night. However, it was curious: There were a star-like object in the east, about 3 to 4 inches above tree-line to the east; I cannot determine how far away, perhaps a mile or two? (There is no way to determine.) The object does not seem to have been a plane because it hovered for 3+ hours; I was checking it every half hour. It would move up and down, and over about 3 inches every so often.

The two orbs came from the same direction of the star-like object to the east.

I do not believe the objects were Chinese lanterns, which was my first thought. (I saw what I guess were Chinese Lanterns in this same area during early fall of 2011; a few neighbors saw them, too. I observed about 4 or 5 orbs that night; they all following a similar path, and seemed to be moving at wind speed; they passed by about every 10 or 15 minutes. The neighbors saw 21 of them over a few hours, so we all thought perhaps they were for a birthday celebration--with Chinese Lanterns.) They did look like they could be floating paper bags of some sort, higher than tree level, but not as high as airplane level.

At any rate, I explain the Fall 2011 suspected Chinese Lantern event for comparison purposes: The orange-like tinted light orbs of 2/9/2012 did not look the same as the lanterns; they moved faster, were detected much farther away, and had a more intense light.

It was this evening that I googled orange orbs over Troy and discovered this website. Today, I read that others saw the orbs, so I have decided to report the event. (I was trying to dismiss the event somewhat these past few weeks; but the star-like light low in the east was quite intriguing.)

Posted 2012-03-13

NUFORC UFO Sighting 86448
Occurred: 2012-01-08 18:00 Local
Reported: 2012-01-09 06:46 Pacific
Duration: 30 sec
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, VA, USA

Shape: Light


I was taking my evening walk down our driveway and I saw an orange light in the sky. I was thinking it is to big to be a planet it must be an aircraft when I saw it seemingly zig-zag. So I stopped and put my finger up to see if I was imagining things and it seemed to be completely stationary but looking at the sky every night I am sure this is not be a big orange planet but since it isn't moving it can't be an airplane. Then, it just vanished. There was no noise like to be a helicopter or flare or something closer. Now, I was generally concerned but more so because about 3 months ago a teen was leaving our house and said he saw an orange light over our pasture zig-zag across the sky then disappear!! I din't give it much thought until last night. I would like someone to tell me what exactly this was.

Posted 2012-01-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 128696
Occurred: 2011-12-08 22:00 Local
Reported: 2016-07-24 11:31 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Landed

My wife and I saw a hexagonal shaped craft hovering only a few feet from our children's bedroom window. It was 50 feet in length, and very very black. It hovered silently for about five minutes, while my wife and watched from the kitchen window with our jaws dropped in amazement.

Posted 2016-08-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 85722
Occurred: 2011-11-28 15:50 Local
Reported: 2011-12-07 07:15 Pacific
Duration: 8 mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, NH, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

6 Exceptionally Bright White Lights with no sound 8 yards into the woods during broad daylight.

It was 15:50 hrs and still light outside, I walked out onto my back porch and 200 yards from my house in the woods (192 yards of this is my open field) I saw 5 exceptionally bright white round lights in a horizontal line and 1 bright white round light up above to the right of the other lights. The lights were not above the trees and they were not on the ground they were midway from the top and bottom of the trees. There was absolutely no sound. I ran in the house and got my binoculars and came back out and all I could see was lights that were it. Then the lights disappeared. I got in my vehicle and drove up the road to see if I could see anything in the woods. I saw nothing.

The next day I took a walk up to the woods with my husband to see if there was anything on the ground. There was no trace of anything on the ground. There are two openings 28’ x 16’ in the trees in that area were something could have come in.

Posted 2011-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 85265
Occurred: 2011-11-12 22:15 Local
Reported: 2011-11-11 21:37 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Teardrop
Characteristics: Lights on object

Bluish-white "bullet" shaped object sighted above the levee near Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio (11/12/11).

I was walking in a parking lot on the north side of the levee in Troy, Ohio around 10:15 p.m. after leaving a concert in Hobart Arena. It was a clear night and I was looking at the stars when I witnessed an unidentified flying object. The closest object I can say it was shaped like was a bullet. It glowed bluish-white and moved very quickly in a direct line north to south for about 2 seconds prior to vanishing before reaching the horizon. I was walking with my girlfriend and her mother but I was the only one that witnessed it that I'm aware of.



Posted 2011-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 85174
Occurred: 2011-11-05 21:00 Local
Reported: 2011-11-06 06:18 Pacific
Duration: 10 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

On 11/5 numerous orange-red orb lights seen travelling across the sky and disappearing in Troy, Michigan.

Numerous large orange-red orbs moving in a straight line across the northeastern sky.

We observed this on 11/5/11 at approximately 8:10 PM in Troy, Michigan, on Rochester Road near Square Lake Road. We pulled over to the side of the road and watched for 10 minutes as this continued, then seemed to stop.

The objects were just above tree level on the horizon. They moved at helicopter speed in a straight line parallel to the ground. They appeared suddenly, travelled for some distance, and then disappeared suddenly as they reached the same point in the sky. Their path was roughly parallel to the Northern Cross star formation, which was further to the west in the northern sky at that time of night.

For the most part, the objects moved in a straight line. We first saw five in row. One of them was slightly lower than the other 4, which were in a straight line. The next group included three in a broad triangle pattern. The rest came in smaller groups of 1 to 3 at a time with slightly longer intervals between appearances. All seemed to move at the same speed across the sky along the same flight path.

The blinking lights of an airplane were visible in the same vicinity. However, we could not judge relative distance and do not know if the plane was close to the objects or further in the distance.

We called the local police to see if anyone else reported this, but were told that no had as of 9:00 am on the next day. This is a heavily travelled road in a densely populated area.

Posted 2011-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 84969
Occurred: 2011-10-25 09:00 Local
Reported: 2011-10-28 18:34 Pacific
Duration: 2 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, NC, USA

Shape: Rectangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

I was driving home about 9:00 and in the sky above right above the tree was the bright




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2011-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 84970
Occurred: 2011-10-25 09:00 Local
Reported: 2011-10-28 18:40 Pacific
Duration: 2 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, NC, USA

Shape: Rectangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

I was driving home about 9:00 and in the sky was a bright rectangle light just sitting above the tree's right in front of me. I did not see the object move.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2011-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 84457
Occurred: 2011-10-10 00:00 Local
Reported: 2011-10-10 11:01 Pacific
Duration: 2 hours
No of observers: 3

Location: Troy, NY, USA

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

Red, green & orange blinking triangle formation

On Sunday October 7th at around 12 midnight I and 2 of my friends saw a blinking light in the sky, larger than a star and stationary in the sky. This was overlooking the East side of the Tom Hannock Reserviour in Upstate Albany, New York. We used binoculars to take a closer look and were shocked to see a triangle formation with a red blinking light at the left hand corner, a green blinking light at the right hand corner, and an orange blinking light at the top, the orange light would change to a normal light then back to orange again. Overall the formation was swirling which created a circle effect, it was go very fast at points, then slow down speed, to me subjectively it felt like it was doing some kind of work, but unless it was a satellite or gas from a star which my friend said could be possible, I feel its worthy to be reported. It did move slowly across the river, and was directly above the tree line, we saw a plane fly under the formation and the red light was pale and small in comparison. The best way to describe it was disco lights, the green and red were very prominent, it was wonderful to watch, yet intriguing to find out what it actually is. We stayed there for 2 hours and it was still there when we left at 2am.




NUFORC Note:

Probable sighting of a twinkling star, possibly Sirius. PD


Posted 2011-10-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 84884
Occurred: 2011-09-18 00:30 Local
Reported: 2011-10-26 14:11 Pacific
Duration: 10-12 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Pulsating red light over Troy, Ohio on 18 Sept 2011.

Shortly after midnight on the morning of 18 Sept 2011, I was driving south on Interstate 75 heading toward Dayton, Ohio. As I approached the city of Troy, I noticed a red pulsating (maybe "flickering" is a better word) light that appeared to be almost hovering over the interstate. I first thought it was a light on a cell or other type of tower, but the closer I got I noticed it seemed to be moving slowly to the east. I'd estimate the altitude of the light to have been no more than a couple thousand feet as I drove under/by it. There was no apparent noise associated with it, and I'm sure it wasn't a conventional aircraft or helicopter.

As I recall, the weather that night/morning was fairly clear, with just enough haze to allow the red light to illuminate the haze around it with a dull red glow. As I continued south, I continued to observe the light in my rearview mirrors until I eventually lost sight of it. I'm unsure if the light extinguished, if it left the area, or if I lost sight of it due to the terrain as I continued south.

Total time of my obersvation was probably 10-12 minutes.

I made a point to check the newspapers and TV news the next day in Dayton (about 20 south of Troy) to see if there was any mention of the light, but found none. My thought was it was probably a Chinese lantern, but then I noticed the Sept 25 sighting in Dayton on the NUFORC data base that sounded almost exactly like what I'd seen.

Posted 2011-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 82849
Occurred: 2011-07-30 21:18 Local
Reported: 2011-07-31 17:11 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, NH, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

If it looks like the ISS but isn't, what is it?

On July 30, 2011, we were in Troy, NH, sitting at a campfire. At approximately 9:18pm a moving object attracted our attention. It moved at a rate similar to the ISS. It had a greenish tint & was heading northward. There was no sound.

When it was overhead, it suddenly flared in intensity (perhaps 100 times brighter). The flare reminded me of a cat's eye.

Then it faded as it continued northward & disappeared.


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NUFORC Note:

Possible flare from an "Iridium" satellite, although such a flare lasts for only a few seconds, and they are white, not green. PD))


Posted 2011-08-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 80003
Occurred: 2011-02-09 19:10 Local
Reported: 2011-02-09 19:27 Pacific
Duration: 5 Seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, IL, USA

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

A yellow/orange fireball was seen streaking across the eastern sky very low on the horizon.

My son and I were driving south on Troy-Ofallon road when suddenly a yellow/orange fireball appeared in the Eastern sky travellling at a very high speed.

We both were not sure if it landed and my son asked me if it was a shooting star which i have seen may times.

This was not a shooting star.

Posted 2011-02-18

NUFORC UFO Sighting 79260
Occurred: 2010-12-14 18:45 Local
Reported: 2010-12-14 17:06 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, NC, USA

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

Two orange spheres were flying together before they joined back together and accelerated straight up into the sky and out of sight.

While driving down the road two orange objects caught my eye hovering over the local community college. The objects were flying low, just above the tree line and flew in the same direction I was traveling. I pulled my car over and observed the two orange lights begin to fly in separate, opposite directions. After a moment one of the lights stopped and the other orange sphere began to move towards the other light. Both of the orange spheres appeared to release on object that resembled a shooting star. They then joined together, with no apparent change in the size of the lights, and then they accelerated straight up into the night sky until they completely disappeared out of my sight.

I am a lifetime resident of this county and had never before witnessed a UFO, but I firmly believe that this object was not of an Earthly origin. Its actions and movements did not appear to resemble any plane or other flying object that I have witnessed. I was stunned at what I had seen because it was an amazing incident that does not happen everyday. I phoned a friend to tell him what I had observed and he directed me to report this sighting to you’re website.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2011-01-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 79077
Occurred: 2010-11-28 18:30 Local
Reported: 2010-11-29 00:38 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Unusual Triangular Craft

Though I have read the reports on this website on many occasions, I have never (prior to this day) seen an unexplainable object in the sky.

On November 28th at about 630pm I was driving in the left lane of i75 northbound between Troy and Bloomfield Hills, Mi. The sky was heavily overcast and dark. The heavy clouds were semi-illuminated by the plentiful sub-urban lighting in the area. The freeway was quite busy in both directions. I was approaching the "Adams" Rd. exit when I noticed an odd pair of white lights above the trees to the east of the freeway. At the moment these lights looked rather like car headlights, if these could be in the air.

At first I thought they might be lights atop a new communications tower or something. Over the next 45 seconds I closed in on the lights, and it became clear that they were certainly unusual. As I neared I realized that these lights were not from a tower, and i thought that a small plane might be flying quite low. However, it quickly became apparent that the object was hovering in the air without moving. Further, it lacked typical beacon or strobe lights found on aircraft.

I quickly glanced around and noticed that I was somehow the only person that was noticing this object.. despite the fact that it was hovering in plain sight only slightly to the right of the freeway and about 50 feet above the near trees. It was extremely apparent. At this time I quickly moved to the slow lane and off onto the right shoulder, placing myself almost under the object.

As I looked up to it, I saw the shape clearly against the dim sky. It was an obtuse triangle with a somewhat bright white light at each point. The "wide" point of the triangle was pointed north, in the direction I was headed. The two other points of the triangle pointed east and west. The craft had a non-reflective black surface that demonstrated no surface details or reflections. The edges of the craft were clearly defined against the cloud cover.

Unfortunately, I had no camera with me. I did have binoculars but in the moment I did not think to use them. I began to move out onto the freeway, continuing north. As i pulled out i looked out at the craft, it seemed to have turned as I could now only see two lights. It was still in the same location.

I looked forward and accelerated. Just them a bright "flash" of light shone through the glass of my sunroof, moving east to west over me. I looked out my driver-side window in the apparent direction of the light and saw nothing moving. However, through the clouds to the near-west, I then saw a series of four quick "flashes" of light, like narrow pulses from above the cloud. These flashes were white in color. I quickly turned to look where the craft was and it was now gone.

I continued onward to my destination. I saw no more of this craft for the rest of my trip. However, I did see a second "object" later in the evening, while driving south on my return trip to Detroit. This object seemed quite different, and I will write a sister report for this one. It was seen in Goodrich, MI. and will be reported from that city, on the same date. It astonishes me, however, that while never seeing such a thing my entire life I now see two "UFOs" in the same evening.

In addition, my sister has described to me two similar sightings in the past several weeks. These were seen in the same general region.

I am presently a student of psychology, working toward a PhD. I possess degrees in photography and liberal arts. I have excellent eyesight and was not using drugs or alcohol. I welcome contact on this if needed.

Posted 2011-01-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 77728
Occurred: 2010-09-09 11:30 Local
Reported: 2010-09-09 15:17 Pacific
Duration: 45 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Sphere


A bright metallic ball-like shere was seen around 11:20 am.

I was driving toward my home around 11:30am. It was a beautiful day and the sky was clear. A bright light caught my eye in the sky. It appeared to be sphere-like. It reminded me of a very big star during the day. It was metallic in color. It moved slowly to the right and stopped. They it slowly moved left and again stopped. I knew this could not be a plane!! I pulled over to the side of the road to watch. After a few seconds it rose straight up into the air and disappeared. I have never seen anything like this in my life!

Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 77676
Occurred: 2010-08-14 20:40 Local
Reported: 2010-09-06 19:56 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, MO, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Possible UFO siting? Three bright orange objects...

I went out into my driveway with my younger sister and we were just talking and messing around. It was getting later in the evening, but it wasn't yet completely dark. I noticed a bright orange light coming from behind a neighbor's house. From what I could see, it looked like it was in a round shape, but had something that branched off the side of it, only one side. Definitely not an airplane wing. It was moving probably a bit slower than what an airplane would be and my sister and I watched as it veered off to the left (from our view) headed for a big, thick cloud, as it was cloudy that evening.

It wasn't until the second one came from the exact same place in the exact position that we went in to get our mom. We were kind of freaked out by it, but weren't sure exactly what we were seeing. By the time the three of us returned outside, the first one had gone into the cloud and the second one was headed in the same direction. We waited to see if the first one would come back out of the cloud from a different direction, but it never did and eventually, the second one did the same thing. Then we saw a third one. It moved just as the first two had and disappeared within the cloud.

We stood outside for quite a few minutes watching and waiting, but nothing ever reappeared and no more were seen.

UFOs? One never knows, but just could be…

Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 76831
Occurred: 2010-07-25 20:40 Local
Reported: 2010-07-28 12:18 Pacific
Duration: 1:20 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy to Montgomery, AL, USA

Shape: Circle


Bright White Light that followed us!

On Mine and my husbands trip to South Carolina we were on outskirts of troy al going into Montgomery.

We looked to our Left on Hwy 231 and there was a bright white light that would follow us anywhere we went for over 70 miles. If we slowed down so would it.

If we sped up it would catch up with us and be right by us once again, it was So very fast!! A few times along the way we could see the light from a differant angle and see it coming directly at us then when finally catching up to us it would turn back straight and go right along with us. There were no flashing lights, just a white light.

At one point i looked to see it behind us and we sped up trying to lose it, not even 5 sec later seeing it had already made it in front of us.

it would back off the more we stared at it, only to come right back and follow us again. At one point we had slowed down and in amazement of what this could be we were just really trying to figure it out and all of a sudden the light just slowly dimmed to nothing. In shock we quickly pulled over and couldnt believe it had just vanished. Not even 5sec later it slowly reappeared. No clouds in that area at time. We found a gas station and stood outside staring at it for probably a good 10 min. It just stayed in place. But when we pulled out, it Sped up REALLY fast to catch up with us! Trying once again to lose it, We made a right on 85..seeing it behind us slowly backing off....ive never seen anything like it....Its just amazing that it even waited on us numerous times. I wish i had some answers

Posted 2010-07-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 82542
Occurred: 2010-06-28 23:30 Local
Reported: 2011-07-17 19:36 Pacific
Duration: Ten to Fifteen Seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, MO, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Star/Planet Shaped Flying Object

My fiancée and I were sitting on the patio watching the sky. We noticed an object that looked like a planet or star moving across the sky.

At first we thought it might be a satellite. As the object came closer to being directly over us, it turned red and disappeared. About one hour later (give or take), another object appeared and disappeared. The second object did not turn red.

The conditions were a clear night, normal starry night. The airplane traffic was normal for the time of evening and is always to the south of us. The objects came from the west going east. We were on the north side of our home. There was no aircraft in pursuit or near the objects. No missing time, strange happenings etc.

Posted 2011-08-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 73670
Occurred: 2009-12-12 18:10 Local
Reported: 2009-12-13 10:05 Pacific
Duration: 10 min.
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, IL, USA

Shape: Circle


2 bright lights near St. Louis that flew in a circular, erratic pattern

Did any one else see the 2 bright circular lights that follow interstate 55/70 near St. Louis Saturday everning? They flew fast, then slow, then circled around each other?? They moved alongside our car, would fall behind and then would move ahead. They flew round and round each other very quickly - moving close together, then far apart in no known pattern.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2010-02-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72843
Occurred: 2009-10-13 06:30 Local
Reported: 2009-10-14 05:21 Pacific
Duration: A circle in the sky movei
No of observers: 5

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Colo

Flying craft which was big as a football feild

It was a bright color, it was a circle big as a football feild flying in the sky, i have taken a picture which will be sent if needed.



Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72388
Occurred: 2009-09-19 19:50 Local
Reported: 2009-09-19 17:15 Pacific
Duration: seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

large bright missle like object, headed straight up leaving an inverted v shaped dust cloud behind it - very very large - reached a certain height and vanished completely. In the night sky - clear night - was walking my dog






NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72330
Occurred: 2009-09-15 20:30 Local
Reported: 2009-09-16 05:42 Pacific
Duration: 2 to 3 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Troy, PA, USA

Shape: Light


Orange light traveling westerly then turning south and up increasing speed over Troy Pa.

Aproximately 2030 hours on 9/15/09 3 of us were setting on the back deck. A orange light was coming in our direction that appeared to be within the atmosphere. It approached at a rather slow rate of speed from the east. As it became about even with us to our south it appeared to turn due south and leave the hemesphere and out of sight. It did not go down over the horizon but disappeared quickly in an upward and southerly direction. There was no sound.



Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 71715
Occurred: 2009-08-10 23:56 Local
Reported: 2009-08-17 18:53 Pacific
Duration: 4 -6 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Troy, MT, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object

Strange Flying craft seen in the night sky over Troy, Montana Date: 08-10-2009 Time: 2355 - 0005 hrs Duration: 4 to 6 minutes Shape of craft: ?, possibly rectangular or triangular.

Altitude of craft: 3000 - 3500 ft. ?, maybe 4000 ft.

Speed of craft: 150 - 200 mph ?, Slow to medium pace, was not going fast.

Witnesses: 4 Security Officers

Description: On august 10 of 2009 at just before midnight I arrived at the work site and was in the process of relieving my fellow security officer that was on duty. We were talking and I happened to notice something wierd to the northeast of us in the night sky. The object was flying from north to south over Troy, Mt. and I said to my fellow officer, "What the hell is that". We were watching it and the object's front end;ie, cockpit? was glowing with an dull amber light and their was an red pulsing light under the craft. Also there were white lights around on the craft. Can't remember if lights were blinking or not. Seems to me that the lights were steady.

We could not tell the shape of the craft as it was dark in color against the night sky. We did not here any sound from the object, but there was a diesel generator running nearby. It was definitely not an helicopter as the object was to big to be one. It could have been some type of military aircraft but It sure was strange looking. The "wings" if it had any, did not have and green & red strobe lights on the edge of the "wings". it may have had white steady lights though.

As the object flew south of us I went over quick to the other two security officers at the other work site about half an block away and pointed it out to them. All they seen was the back end of the craft as it went over the hills to the south. The object would have been flying just to the west of highway 56 if any one else noticed it from the area. It was heading towards highway 200. I had an cellphone with built in camera on my belt and could have taken pictures of the object but spaced it out, But we were to entranced by the thing. Oh well, next time, maybe.

Oh, my fellow office mentioned that the object looked square in shape, kind of boxey looking, but we were not sure and I could tell it was fairly long in length.

BTW, The moon was in the sky, it was an half moon.

Posted 2009-08-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 71583
Occurred: 2009-08-07 21:00 Local
Reported: 2009-08-10 04:54 Pacific
Duration: 30 min to 1 hr
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, MO, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object

Possible UFO sightings are likely balloons.

This is not a UFO report, but rather an explanation of objects observed on this evening, which may be reported by many as UFO's. I observed the lights and had planned on reporting them here, but failed to do so. When I went to work, a fellow employee mentioned an event which he attended where luminaria's were launched in balloons the same evening I observed the lights. The balloons drifted quite a distance at approximately 1-2 miles altitude.



Posted 2009-08-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 70571
Occurred: 2009-06-18 21:42 Local
Reported: 2009-06-19 15:03 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MT, USA

Shape: Diamond


Diamond shaped object with NO sound moving from south to north

My wife & myself were out in our front yard and saw what appeared to be an object that looked like a small fire on the mountain across from our residence. We then realized it was moving and was in front of the mountain. We watched it move from south to north as it slowly lost altitude and became dimmer. My wife ran into the house and grabbed the camera and we got a few pictures of it. Upon looking at the pictures it didn't look red (like fire) but white and after cropping the picture it appeared to be diamond shaped. There was absolutely NO noise what-so-ever coming from this craft at any time during the sighting. It eventually became so dim we couldn't see it any more.



Posted 2009-08-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 56091
Occurred: 2006-11-29 19:00 Local
Reported: 2007-04-04 09:54 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, IL, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Silent Black Triangle Aircraft Sighted in Illinois Suburb.

On November 25, 2006 at 7 pm, I stepped outside for a cigarette and looked up at the stars as I usually do at night. To my surprise, I noticed an aircraft flying slower than any other aircraft I had ever seen. This aircraft was black, had aircraft marker lights that were not bright. The lights were red and blue colored. I also noticed in the rear bottom of the aircraft there was what I can describe as what looked like a vent. It was a dull silver color. What really distinguished this aircraft was that it flew completely silent. It was no more than 100 ft. above my home and there was absolutely no noise. I went back inside to get my wife to show her. When we both stepped outside it was gone. I was the only one to witness this to my knowledge.



Posted 2007-04-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 51036
Occurred: 2006-06-21 00:03 Local
Reported: 2006-06-20 21:33 Pacific
Duration: 8 minutes`
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

From Rt 7 NY I saw what look like mars up in the sky, a small red ball. What struck was that it was like looking at it through a 90 mm telescope. As I stood there looking at it, it became clearer and closer until it went from the size of a bb to being the size of nickle, up in the sky. It was in the shape of a pulsar with something redish inside of the pulsar golden glow. It was not a shooting star or meteor, no tail no straight trajectory. It approached and then rolled off to my left which would have been due east.



Posted 2006-07-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 59765
Occurred: 2005-05-15 05:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2007-11-12 00:34 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

A blueish green ball of light that took off on an upward flight in a matter of seconds and disappeared.

I was driving to work along I-75 at approximately 5am with my window down and happened to look out the window and seen a bluish green ball of light take an upward flight seemingly from out of the city and quickly disappear within a matter of seconds.

It was too large to have been a flare and there was no smoke or sound, but it was off in the distance a bit and I was driving my vehicle. My window was down so I rule out a reflection. It seemed extraordinary.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2007-11-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 44655
Occurred: 2005-05-03 01:07 Local
Reported: 2005-06-29 22:36 Pacific
Duration:
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, TX, USA

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

I woke to a dim green light a misshapen peanut looking UFO in the sky and saw it once more a few days later.

I wokeup to a dim green light outside my window. I drew back the curtains to see what it was ,and saw a strange shape in the sky it looked like a misshaped peanut. I stared at it for about five minutes and it started getting closer then suddenly it seemed to stop and hover and then it just streched and dissapered. I saw the same one, or what looked like the same one around 3:00 A.M. This time it stayed for about fifteen minutes then once more it streched and dissapered. I never saw it again.



Posted 2005-07-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 39969
Occurred: 2004-10-22 04:00 Local
Reported: 2004-10-26 10:24 Pacific
Duration: 15 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

lcraft was nt moving was hovering above the tree line

at 4 am me and my wife were laying in bed listening to geroge noory when the room lit up with blinking white lights like a seris of stobe lights flashing in a set sequance .. the flashing occured for about 10 mins . on the back yard of my house no sounds were heard. when i looked at the back window the flashing stoped and turned to a steady bright almost spotlight type beam .. looked out the window and caught what looked ot eb a triangle shaped craft .. was seen for maybe a min then the beam of light stoped and the carft was gone ..no sounds were ever seen .



Posted 2004-10-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 39007
Occurred: 2004-08-31 20:50 Local
Reported: 2004-08-31 19:47 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, KY, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

A cloud like cigar shaped object - moved eastward over our heads and dissipated into as it form more of a cone shape.

In the western sky about 45degrees above the horizon... we saw a "hazy oval" which seemed divided in the middle. (the haze was simular to what you would see from a cloud near a bright moon). It is a cloud-less night. Over the course of an hour, it moved north-east (above our heads). It seemed to dissapate as it formed a conical shape, continuing to disolve and get smaller and lighter (fainter). The point of the cone was seemed to point eastward.

((

NUFORC Note:

Result of earlier missile launch. Please see:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac167/040824track.html

http://space.com/spacewatch/mystery_cloud_040901.html

PD))


Posted 2004-09-01

NUFORC UFO Sighting 37039
Occurred: 2004-04-25 21:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2004-05-19 13:07 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object

The thing was a disk that flew very low to the ground, compared to a plane, and went over some trees

I looked through the Sun roof of my car to look at the stars and I say a large disk, like Independence Day, with lights on the bottom. I flew slowly past us and over some trees. It was too low for a plane, to bright and circular for a blimp and it made no noise.



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. NUFORC received no other reports, to the best of my knowledge. PD


Posted 2004-06-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 36002
Occurred: 2004-04-05 07:00 Local
Reported: 2004-04-05 06:25 Pacific
Duration: 5min
No of observers: 3

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

I don't no what it was. I was standing outside when I saw what I think was a fuzzy circle, maybe a spherical object. I couldn't tell, the sun hadn't come all the way up but I can say this, the sound I will never forget. It was the sound of a tornado siren in the distance. I was scared, I rushed inside to tell my family and when they came out it, it was bigger then ever. The sound was like a train coming straight for us. At least 5 minutes passed and then it just vanished. Out of my eyes it was gone. I am going to keep everyone updated on this if I see it again. I'm going to try to get it on the news and hopefully more people saw it.



Posted 2004-04-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 36019
Occurred: 2004-04-05 06:30 Local
Reported: 2004-04-06 06:30 Pacific
Duration: 5min
No of observers: 1

Location: troy, MI, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

I saw two of them. One like a cigar and another like a saucer. I think they flew at least 100 miles per hour. I saw them flying in the sky for several minutes. I am going to send you pictures and you will see them and tell me what you think but I am now very scared.



Posted 2004-04-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 36018
Occurred: 2004-04-05 00:00 Local
Reported: 2004-04-06 06:17 Pacific
Duration: 10min
No of observers: 1

Location: troy, MI, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

The object at times looked like funnel shape. It was very fuzzy and sounded almost like a hurricane was coming off the coast of florida. I have lived here in Michigan for less then a year and so many of these things have happened. This is the first time I have seen what I have heard. I probally saw these objects in my back window of my house at least a dozen times. I watched for at least 10 minutes and they periodically came back into view. They were very high up and I would say as high as planes usually fly, the one's with the smoke following them. I think these were ufo's but I don't know. At the most I saw three but I know their had to be more.



Posted 2004-04-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 35124
Occurred: 2004-02-16 10:00 Local
Reported: 2004-02-17 06:45 Pacific
Duration: 30min
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

brite white clearly defined triangle

First of all I dont know if this sighting was of a craft. In the southeast sky which was completly clear of clouds I noticed a bright white perfectly shaped triangle. There was a comtrail in the sunny sky which seemed to be closer, so this triangle seemed to be farther than the comtrail from the passing jet.

This triangle didnt seemed to me to be moving. It seemed to be locked in fixed position in the sky. I got out a pair of low powered binoculars and it seemed that there was something going on in the confines of the triangle. Because it was so far away and the low power of my binoculars, it wasn't perfectly clear what exactly was going on.

I have never seen anything similar to this in my life. I am 54 yrs old and have lived all over the world also. I cant believe no one else has reported this. I saw it in the sky for at least 30 minutes.



Posted 2004-03-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 32842
Occurred: 2003-10-30 22:00 Local
Reported: 2003-11-03 13:54 Pacific
Duration: 20-30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MO, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Unknown triangular (Kite-like) seen in sky over home

On October 30, I went outside at 10:00 o' clock to walk my dogs. I looked up in the sky because we had heard some people were seeing the Aurora lights. I was disappointed that I didn't see anything. Then coming out of the NW, I saw a strange looking object. It was a triangular like object (when I drew out what I had seen it was like an upside down kite in shape). There were 4 lights that were visible to me-one in the front, 1 in the back, and 1 on each side. They were yellow lights, and they were not blinking as in most commercial aircraft.It had come from the NW, and it appeared to be heading SE as it went over my home. As it went over my home, it appeared to quickly turn a little more the East instead of going just straight to the SE. The craft appeared to move like it was gliding, but it was so quick. There was no sound coming from it. It was a very clear night out. The stars were shining. There was a light breeze. The object was hard to estimate how high that it was. It appeared to be 500-1000 feet or so. If I held my fist up in the air, it appeared to cover it. That is the best way I can describe how high up.



Posted 2003-11-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 31432
Occurred: 2003-09-12 23:50 Local
Reported: 2003-09-12 21:17 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, NY, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Triangle object stationary then moves fast and turns around......

I'm still in shock. I was driving home from my boyfriends house at about 10 of 12 tonight (Friday) and I pulled out of his development, and I always look for the moon becuase you can see it very well from where he lives, but i look up and I see 3 lights just stayin in the sky, so im like thats weird the plane must be having problems, then....it starts to move, and im underneath it and it was not a plane, it was a triagle shaped craft, moving fast, i was on a bridge, it went over the bridge, and once it got to the other side, it started to turn around and come down a bit...then I was out of site of it, I looked and looked but couldnt see where it went to. I never saw anything like it, it had 3 arms so to say, it wasnt circle or oval or big, it had 3 lights and each light was attatched to an arm type of thing. I dont know what exactly it was, or what but Im in shock.



Posted 2003-09-17

NUFORC UFO Sighting 26829
Occurred: 2002-07-31 22:00 Local
Reported: 2002-12-31 23:04 Pacific
Duration: 5 sec
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, IL, USA

Shape: Rectangle


Rectangular object traveling at a high rate of speed, south to north, dimly illuminated, visible for approx. 5 seconds

Being an amateur astronomer I try to be outside as much as possible during the summer months. On this star lit night I just happened to be looking straight up. This object was traveling at a high rate of speed in a south to north direction. It was dimly illuminated and emitted no sound. It happened so quickly I didn't have a chance to use my binoculars. Due to the size of the object I would guess its altitude would be approximately 4 to 5 thousand feet. My location is in the northeast corridor for commercial aircraft coming into Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. So I am familiar with aircraft. I am also located appromimately 10 miles north of Scott Air Force Base, IL.

Posted 2003-03-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 24178
Occurred: 2002-07-27 03:20 Local
Reported: 2002-08-04 14:43 Pacific
Duration: 3-4 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, MI, USA

Shape: Rectangle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Gov't chased ufo ended up in Michigan; the reversed mini-van shaped object appeared in Troy on I-75

In response to Saturday's article: UFO sighting over Washington gets F-16s scrambling I never thought I would see anything strange in the sky. All that changed two weeks ago. On Saturday July 13, 2002 my friend and I was talking to one of our neighbors outside at his trailer park in Davison. The sky was clear and we could see something moving across the sky. I thought it was a satellite but then it stopped moving and did a sharp U-turn. It was so small because it was so far away. Then it disappeared. I then noticed another one moving across a star from another angle in the sky. We sighted a total of 12 UFO's that night and all of them disappeared. Sometimes, one would disapper then reappear for a second. I decided to email you this letter because I want to know if you have noticed any other sitings that are similar around this area. I believe I have seen another one last night on my way home from work. I was driving North bound on the expressway I-75 between 3:15-3:30AM. I was heading towards Troy area when I flipped my visor up to look at the sky and there it was! The low hovering aircraft was square shaped like a reversed minivan. It looked blimp sized, but it also looked like a cut out shape in the sky like it shouldn't even be there! How am I supposed so to see this object so clearly when the sky is misty!?? The whaleish-gray colored UFO had a light blue glow around it. When I focused my attention on the sparks of light coming from behind the object, it disappeared. It couldn't have been in the sky for more than 4 seconds. It was moving eastbound at an extremely fast speed! I know what a meteor looks like because I witnessed the meteor shower we had over a month ago. At first, I was trying to convince myself that it was a reflection in my mirror and I just saw a shooting star. When I read the Flint Journal the next day, I discovered that a similar sighting was seen in Washington. I am now convinced that I must have seen it too. This wasn't a meteor or a shooting star. It was something else. The article in the Flint Journal stated that two F-16 jets from Andrews Air Force Base were scrambled early Friday after radar detected a unknown aircraft in the Washington area. The time was 1:00AM when the Air force jet was chasing it but it just left them in the dust at speeding over 6000 miles an hour. I realized that their is a 3 hour time difference between Michigan (ahead) and Washington. Sounds incredible doesn't it? Today, CNN claims the government is allowing some aircraft to float around the USA and some people might mistake it for a UFO. Of course, they gave no details. Sounds like a cover up to me.

Posted 2002-08-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 21907
Occurred: 2002-02-17 22:30 Local
Reported: 2002-02-18 07:50 Pacific
Duration: 2 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Very large bright light sitting there and then it made a sudden turn to the south and disapeared

I was outside with my dog and looked to the west and saw a very bright light just sitting there and then it starting comming straight at me so I ran to get my wife and when she came out it was still just sitting there and then begin to move very slowly towards us and then made a sudden turn to the south and then just disapeared. I could not hear anything coming from it but when it did turn away heading south I did see a red flashing light just before it disapeared. I don't know what it was but I know I've never seen anything like it before.

Posted 2002-02-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 40876
Occurred: 2001-11-25 23:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2004-12-02 11:33 Pacific
Duration: 5 MINUTES
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Egg
Characteristics: Lights on object

THE WINTER OF 2001 I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 11.30 PM, ON A STATES ROAD OUTSIDE OF TROY HEADING HOME I LOOKED UP AND SAW A FAIRLY BRIGHT LIGHT ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE A CORN FIELD AS I DROVE THE LIGHT APPEARED STATIONARY AND SILENT, CURIOUSITY DICTATED I PULL OVER, I SAT FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES STRAINING TO HEAR ANYTHING, AS IT WAS LATE AND VERY DARK I COULD NOT MAKE OUT THE SHAPE OF THE OBJECT BUT IT NEVER MOVED AND NEVER MADE A SOUND THE NIGHT WAS DARK AND VERY QUIET, AFTER 5 MINUTES I WENT THE FURTHER HALF MILE HOME AND LOST SIGHT OF THIS THING AS MY HOME WAS BEHIND A LINE OF TREES, I DO NOT BELEIVE IN UFO'S BUT THIS WAS WEIRD, I AM NOT AN AVIATIN EXPERT BUT HAVE SPENT THE 40 YRS OF MY LIFE AROUND MILITARY JETS ETC UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL INCLUDING HARRIERS, THIS THING WAS NOT A JET , HARRIER NOR A CHOPPER, IT IS ODD HOWEVER THAT SOOOOO MANY SIGHTINGS ARE PROVEN TO BE RIGHT AT OR NEAR NOT JUST MILITARY INSTALLATIONS BUT INSTALLATIONS WHICH ARE KNOWN FOR TESTING AND RESEARCH IN THE AVIATION FIELDS



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD


Posted 2004-12-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 13953
Occurred: 2000-08-30 21:10 Local
Reported: 2000-08-31 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Troy, OH, USA

Shape: Light


Bright white light which appeared and disapeared in northern sky, in approx. one minute.

This was second sighting in one week. First occured Monday Aug 28 at 21:15 local time. Second sighting was Aug 30 at 21:10 local time. Both were exactly the same. From my position in west central Ohio, a bright light appreared approx 35 degrees from horizon due north. Light appreared from pin point to become a very bright light. Brighter than any star visible. The light lasted for approx 30-40 seconds the faded away to a pin point, then vanished. On Monday the 28th I noted it, and thought hard about making a report. The second sighting on the 30th convinced me this was not any type of aircraft or natural phenonmenon. I am a 42 year old male. Married. Own my own home. Currently employed full time, and with my current job 10 years. I have eight years active duty in the US Coast Guard as a Quartermaster (navigator) and have been trained to make true and keen observations. In 42 years I have never seen anything that remotely resembles this.



NUFORC Note:

We do not know what it was the witness observed. However, a regular reader of our posted reports has cited the fact that an Iridium was scheduled to "flare" ( Magnitude: -3) in the northern sky, as viewed from Troy, at 31 degrees above the horizontal plane, at 2109 hrs., on this date. The description is not entirely consistent with a sighting of an Iridium satellite, but we cite the coincidence of the two events. Our thanks to Lexy. PD


Posted 2000-09-21