NUFORC UFO Sighting 184864
Occurred: 2024-12-07 11:00 Local
Reported: 2024-12-07 14:37 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Essex, MD, USA
Location details: Apartment building

Shape: Chevron
Color: Black
Estimated Size: Half the size of an average airplane
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: 90
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 1 mile
Estimated Speed: 200 to 300 mph
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

I was looking at the tree line, birdwatching and clearly saw this very black object with lights on four sides crossover from the south

Craft moved steadily in one very slightly curved line

Posted 2024-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 177702
Occurred: 2023-08-18 02:22 Local
Reported: 2023-08-18 14:34 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Essex, MA, USA
Location details: Outskirts of Essex Hamilton above proximity of Chewbacca lake

Shape: Formation
Explanation: Hoax - Possible
Characteristics: Emitted other objects, Electrical or magnetic effects, Possible abduction, Marks found on body afterwards, Animals reacted

Multiple crafts zipping hiding behind stars triangle patterns fast beams power outage for 7,000 homes

Much like the sightings seen and documented above Donner Lake Truckee CA march 2022 multiple light orbs spearing closer further inexplicable speeds and patterns foul smells heavy sounds of breathing wildlife retracting from woods much to say but not comfortable sharing here

Posted 2023-09-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 174070
Occurred: 2023-01-21 00:02 Local
Reported: 2023-01-22 18:43 Pacific
Duration: 1 frame Doorbell CAM
No of observers: 1

Location: Essex, MD, USA
Location details: Creek Road on back River

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

This is a single frame of a doorbell camera.showing a stange light and contrail and I was awoken by loud noise.

I have a single frame form my doorbell camera. The loud noise which was unlike a plane (I ama Pilot) woke me up as a whoosh and I had a motion detection on my doorbell camera. This attached photo is the only one clear frame of the object.




Posted 2023-03-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 171531
Occurred: 2022-08-20 13:13 Local
Reported: 2022-09-01 20:27 Pacific
Duration: Didn’t see light’s until
No of observers: 4

Location: Essex, CT, USA
Location details: Essex Village

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

didn’t see the lights until we reviewed that days photos







Posted 2022-10-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 170358
Occurred: 2022-07-05 22:35 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2022-07-08 05:59 Pacific
Duration: 10 - 15 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Essex, CT, USA
Location details: From my window above the Ct. riber

Shape: Diamond
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Animals reacted

Initially saw round white light rapidly flying over Ct. river a few times,

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Posted 2022-09-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 161469
Occurred: 2021-01-05 06:15 Local
Reported: 2021-01-05 06:47 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Essex, IL, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Changed Colo

Colorful flash of lights out of nowhere

I am a low level government employee and I just made it to work and was about to park my car, I was waiting for a vehicle to move out of my parking spot, while waiting, there was a short flash of light that at first I ignored and played it off like it was lightening, then about 5 seconds later a bigger flash of light happened and I stuck my head out the window but I couldn't see a source, this one changed colors, blue, green, pink, white, maybe lasted for 5 to 10 seconds and was gone. My delivery driver was behind me so when she came in I asked her if she saw that? And I pointed to the sky and she said yes and told me at first she thought it was lightening also, I needed her to verify that I was not crazy!!! Neither of us can figure out what the source was and I figured I should report it.



Posted 2021-01-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 160949
Occurred: 2020-11-07 09:00 Local
Reported: 2020-12-03 17:29 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Essex, MD, USA

Shape: Cigar


3 ufo were right in front of my eyes and I'd love to know who else might have seen the same thing!!!

I saw 3 ufos on Saturday 11/07/2020. I was off Eastern Blvd in Essex,MD. 1st cigar shaped ufo was all white flying pretty low, just took off and didn't make a sound. 2nd cigar shaped ufo was all white with red stripe around the middle. It came about 20-30seconds after 1st ufo. This was also without any sound and slightly higher than the 1st. The 3rd cigar shaped ufo was all white with black stripe around middle. Now this one was high but I could still make out it didn't have wings or a tail. As the other 2 ufos had no wings or tail. It looked like a flying submarine. I was in shock what I was seeing that I didn't get my phone out until the last ufo came. I aimed my camera at the ufo and took a picture but when I was taking it there was a glare so strong I couldn't see if I had it on my camera. Well I guess I didn't have it in my frame because I didn't see anything but blue sky when I went and looked at it. The 1st ufo was so close, I know what I saw and it ! wasn't any plane!!! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me!!!

Posted 2020-12-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 160728
Occurred: 2020-11-07 09:00 Local
Reported: 2020-11-19 05:40 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Essex, MD, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

It was as clear a sky as there can be,no clouds whatsoever. I just arrived at my destination to work. I got out the truck and looked up to see a cigar shaped craft that seemed to have just taken off because it was very low. The craft was all white and looked almost like a submarine in the sky! The 2nd craft followed,as soon as the 1st was out of my sight the 2nd was there. It was a bit higher in the sky than the 1st, and was all white with a stripe of red in the middle. The 3rd seemed to follow formation with the other 2,because they to be spaced apart perfectly. Within 30 seconds of each other. The 3rd was all white with a stripe of black in the middle. Each craft was a bit higher than the last was. But I cannot stress this enough, that these were not airplanes! The crafts had no wings and no tails on them. I was so amazed with what I was seeing that I didn't get my phone out until the 3rd craft and tried to take a picture. But the suns glare was so stron! g on my screen that I thought I aimed my camera at it and later when I checked to see the pic, there was nothing but blue sky on my pic. Either I didn't aim correctly or the craft wouldn't show up on my camera!

Posted 2020-12-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 145308
Occurred: 2019-01-20 01:00 Local
Reported: 2019-03-26 19:39 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Essex, MT, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Emitted other objects

10 lights scattered on the ground throughout the forest making a connection with a light in the sky

UFO in Glacier National Park Today a friend of mine reported an event that happened to him back in January of 2019. I have no reason not to believe my friend because he thinks I’m crazy that I have had many ghost experiences and he has often teased me about it in the past.

It started as he was restless one night and could not go back to sleep. So at about 1:am in the morning, he went outside his cabin nestled in the mountains just on the southern outskirts of Glacier National Park in Montana to smoke a cigerette. As he gazed up into the sky he watched what he first thought was a planet in the sky which would brighten and dim off on and on. But it was’nt until he was finishing his cigerette when he glanced up on a mountain across the river that he noticed a white light. At first he thought ‘why is there a hiker with a headlamp hiking at 1:am in the morning’. Then he noticed off in the distance about 2 miles away where he saw another orange light. It was then that he looked around and noticed about a total of 10 lights scattered throughout the forest, hills and mountains. He then realized that these lights were communicating with this light above him that he thought was a star or a planet. He said such a bad feeling came over him that he went i! nside his cabin and locked the door.

About a week later he was talking to a girl that lived in the cabin about 100 yards from him, and she said that on that same night that she had this horrible feeling come over her that she decided to lock there door.

My friend has tried many times to reason with this event. Was it a car reflection in the distance that lit up the mountains? For some reason was a secret military training drill going on with soldiers in the mountains at 1:am in the morning? What could this have been? But when he talks about the feeling that came over him and his neighbor as well as the light in the sky communicating with the ground lights, he tends to believe this to be the strangest and unexplained.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2019-03-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 135734
Occurred: 2017-08-13 19:30 Local
Reported: 2017-08-15 18:45 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Essex, MA, USA

Shape: Chevron
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

Chevron appears north of Boston

Was sitting out on my back deck just before twilight watching the civilian aircraft circling in the Logan approach pattern and the high altitude military aircraft flying south over Boston. What caught my attention was fast mover that had the afterburners kicked in moving north away from Boston at a very high rate of speed. It is not unusual for military aircraft to be cruising in this area. But it is unusual to see them with the afterburners kicked in with such a dense air traffic area.

As I was watching the fast mover a single chevon shaped object momentarily appeared ahead of the interceptor and disappeared. Had no way of gauging the distance between the interceptor and the chevron shaped object. After the object disappeared the interceptor continued north towards New Hampshire at a slower rate of speed.

Posted 2017-08-17

NUFORC UFO Sighting 135811
Occurred: 2016-08-20 07:56 Local
Reported: 2017-08-20 20:47 Pacific
Duration: Few seconds
No of observers: 0

Location: Essex, CA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object

UFO caught on Snapchat while on a plane.

I was on a plane going to start my first semester in college a year ago.

I was sitting on the window seat when some lights in the nearby sky caught my attention. These lights looked like they were just hovering. I had never seen anything like it. As our plane got closer I proceeded to Snapchat what I was seeing.

This object was oscillating its lights and didn't look like it was too far away. It looked pretty big from what I remember.

It disappeared behind a cloud formation and I didn't see it again.

I don't know what it was but I'm finally submitting it. I will be emailing the video and location.

I can't explain what it was.

Posted 2017-08-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 124218
Occurred: 2015-08-05 01:00 Local
Reported: 2015-11-20 18:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Essex, MD, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object

Close view of large two-level object within 50 feet on clear night at tree top level

I opened the front door to let my dog out. At the end of our street is a small wooded tree area. An object came from behind the house at the end of the street. It barely flew over the trees and was clearly visible. It was a clear, cloudless night. The object appeared to be oval & made no sound at all, not even a hum.

Separating the two levels were long, tall, red & white alternating lights. Before I saw the craft, I heard laughter coming from the trees that sounded like little kids going, "Hee hee hee". As soon as the object passed over the trees, the laughing stopped.

It was coming from the north & headed south. Going very slow. The object went straight for less than 30 feet then turned to the right towards the west. When it turned it didn't turn like a plane would, dipping it wings. It just made a perfect, level turn & followed the path of the street across from my house, then slowly disappeared.

The next day I saw the owners of the home outside! & I said this to them, "I was just wondering if anyone heard or saw anything unusual last night." And the man said to me, "Oh, if you mean the UFO's, they fly over here all the time".

Although we live near an air national guard base/small airport, the object was too large to land at this airport.

I know what I saw that night, and it was definitely not from this world.

Posted 2015-11-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 118439
Occurred: 2015-04-04 21:00 Local
Reported: 2015-04-09 19:45 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Essex, MD, USA

Shape: Orb


Bright white orb over Essex, Maryland.

On 04 April, 2015, at approximately 2100 hours, (9:00 PM), in Essex Maryland over looking the Chesapeake Bay, near Heart and Millers Island and viewing the night sky, the following was observed. A very bright white circular light was observed traveling from the south to the north. The object was at a great altitude, unknown as to the altitude level. The object would resemble the likeness of the planet Venus, showing very brightly in the sky as an example to the size and shape, but much brighter. I would estimate this object to have been traveling approximately 10,000 mph at least. It covered the entire length of the sky in about 15 to 20 seconds. This was not a meteor, as there was no tail etc. This object covered the sky at an enormous rate of speed.

In this area and at the time of sitting, is Aberdeen Proving Ground, a US test site for weapons, etc.. Over the Proving Ground was the governments test blimp for the part of the entire east coast. My understanding is that this government test blimp, records and monitors any and all aircraft, missiles etc, and anything in the air over the entire east coast. If so, this test blimp had to pick this object up on their radar.

Posted 2015-04-17

NUFORC UFO Sighting 116201
Occurred: 2014-12-29 18:00 Local
Reported: 2014-12-29 17:53 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Essex, CT, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

Purple, green and white bright colors. Fast, like shooting star, but very bright and very close.

shooting star like, but very close and very bright. purple, green and white bright colors. fast.

Posted 2015-01-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 96810
Occurred: 2013-03-27 18:00 Local
Reported: 2013-03-27 19:09 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 4

Location: Essex, MA, USA

Shape: Fireball


5 headlight looking lights traveling north up against a cloud blacken sky.

Five headlight looking lights that appeared about .5 to 1 mile away, traveling north up against a cloud blacken sky in broad day light.

This is the 4 ufo experience in the last 40 plus years.

Posted 2013-04-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 91986
Occurred: 2012-08-19 20:20 Local
Reported: 2012-08-20 07:11 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 7

Location: Essex, VT, USA

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

Fireball/Orb over Vermont 8/19/2012

About 8:20pm, I was outside standing in the street speaking to my neighbor when my son said "what is that in the sky?" We looked up and right above us was a fireball moving north at a high rate of speed. The sphere/fireball had a glow around it that was white. It did not make any sound whatsoever.

At this point both of my neighbor's kids as well as my wife and other child were called out to observe this. My neighbor started to video record it with his cell phone. The quality is not bad considering it was a phone. We watched it continue north then it changed appearance and became a black orb in the sky, as if it were able to turn its lighting source off.

At this point we observed it sharply turn to the west and we continued watching until it was out of our sight due to trees and roof lines. About two to three minutes passed from the time it was first observed by my son and the time all of us lost it in our view as a black round orb. Moments after we! lost sight I noticed a commercial jet passing overhead traveling east. This is a typical international route so the plane was at cruising altitude and you could hear the engines, which it very normal and occurs about twice an hour at our location. Clearly this fireball/orb was not a commercial aircraft as it was at least ten times brighter, traveling much faster than a typical aircraft and much higher in altitude without any sound.

Posted 2012-09-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 124217
Occurred: 2012-08-05 01:00 Local
Reported: 2015-11-20 18:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Essex, MD, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object

Close view of large two-level object within 50 feet on clear night at tree top level

I opened the front door to let my dog out. At the end of our street is a small wooded tree area. An object came from behind the house at the end of the street. It barely flew over the trees and was clearly visible. It was a clear, cloudless night. The object appeared to be oval & made no sound at all, not even a hum. Separating the two levels were long, tall, red & white alternating lights. Before I saw the craft, I heard laughter coming from the trees that sounded like little kids going, "Hee hee hee".

As soon as the object passed over the trees, the laughing stopped. It was coming from the north & headed south. going very slow. The object went straight for less than 30 feet then turned to the right towards the west. When it turned it didn't turn like a plane would, dipping it wings. It just made a perfect, level turn & followed the path of the street across from my house, then slowly disappeared.

The next day I saw the owners of the home outside! & I said this to them, "I was just wondering if anyone heard or saw anything unusual last night." And the man said to me, "Oh, if you mean the UFO's, they fly over here all the time". Although we live near an air national guard base/small airport, the object was too large to land at this airport. I know what I saw that night, and it was definitely not from this world.

Posted 2015-11-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 68557
Occurred: 2009-02-11 11:00 Local
Reported: 2009-02-11 00:02 Pacific
Duration: 20-30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Essex, NC, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Clear daylight sighting of a bright object which rapidly accelerated and disappeared.

My sister and I were standing on the front porch of her office, enjoying the unseasonably warm and clear weather. I noticed the apparent reflection of sunlight off an object in the air Southwest of our position, traveling in a Northerly direction, at what appeared to be roughly the same altitude and speed as commercial airliners.

I called it to my sister's attention because the reflection was much, much brighter than I had ever seen from an aircraft at that altitude and it left no contrail as other aircraft were doing that day. My sister said "Wow, that looks like it's vertical." (i.e., oriented perpendicular to the Earth's surface, rather than parallel, as an airliner is.) We watched it for 15-20 seconds, during which time it traveled about the length of my index finger (held at arm's length, maybe 8-10 degrees of arc), then just disappeared.

What made this sighting unusual was that after the reflection disappeared there was a brilliant flash of light further along the approximate track of the object. This flash occurred maybe a half-second after the reflection first disappeared, but the gap between disappearance and flash was about the same distance as the object had traveled during the initial (continuous) observation.

So, during the gap between disappearance and flash, (using the formula Distance/Time=Distance per UnitofTime) the object seems to have accelerated to somewhere around 400% of it's initial speed in less than a second.

Posted 2009-03-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 20918
Occurred: 1982-08-15 22:00 Local
Reported: 2001-12-28 16:27 Pacific
Duration: 35min.
No of observers: 3

Location: Old Woman Mountains area, CA, USA

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

color changes, sound, lights on and off

At Approximated 2200 hrs, at date stated above, during a prospecting venture, and bedding down for the night, myself and 2 partners, noticed a bright light coming in from the north, at first we thought it was an aircraft, as it approached closer, there was no sound, as it leveled off, approximatey a quater mile from our campsite, it remained motionless, the approximate size was 50-100 ft. this is a guess, but as it remained in mid-air, it released another object from its bottom, which looked like a big ball, the ball starting circleing the craft, and then started our way, all of us stood by the campfire watching, the larger craft, started our way also, as it got closer, the ball, gained altitude and went in a northern direction, the larger object, then passed over us, and made 3 passes in about a 100-200 yard circle it was approximated 500 ft, off the ground , we could see that it was circular, and it seemed to wobble, a little, at that point the object went about 200 yards south of our position, and began to decend, it did not land, but it changed colors, from an dull blue to orange, it then gained altitude, came over us again, circled, and then we could hear a low huming sound, it was approximated 200 feet, above our camp, we all watched, my 1 companion started praying, my brother started praying also, I was fascinated, and watched, I moved to a position, out of the camp fire glare, and watched, My friend started to run, my brother right behind him, after that, the craft gained altitude, and went in a southern direction, my brother/friend returned to the campsite, and we talked about this, my friend, and my brother, both reported this to the minister of there choice, I did not report this incident for fear of being classified, unstable, or other excuses, I have kept quite for many years, but I thought I might share this with those who are searching for an answer.



NUFORC Note:

Date and time may be approximate. PD


Posted 2002-01-11