NUFORC UFO Sighting 174151
Occurred: 2022-12-07 22:06 Local
Reported: 2023-01-27 06:21 Pacific
Duration: 5-8 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Vinton, IA, USA
Location details: Farm 7 miles outside of town

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

My wife and I were sitting in the car. When I looked out my window to the South. there was a very bright and vivid red light and blue

My wife and I were sitting in the car. When I looked out my window to the South. I made an animation of what I saw. there was a very bright and vivid red light and blue light just hovering. They stayed not moving for about 1-2 minutes. Then the blue light disappeared and moments later it appeared on the other side of the red light. still the red light had not moved was just hovering. about a minute later the blue light vanished again and appeared back on the other side of the red light again where it had started. Then both lights started moving from West to East. Then again, they stopped and hovered and the blue light again switched side's twice but when it came back the second time it was yellow not blue the red light remained red The whole time. They were both so very bright and vivid the whole time. At this point my wife had grabbed my phone and I started videoing the object. In the video you can see it pass between then moon and mars. The objects looked much closer with my eyes then it appears in the video! There was never any sound and as you can see on the video the night was perfectly clear and very quiet. There is no flashing light like you would see on a plane or helicopter. and the lights just seemed so strangely bright and vivid! In the video you can see it is moving rather fast when passing between the moon and mars. In the year and a half, we have lived here I have seen airplanes, Helicopters, the International Space Station, And even Starlink "which is an AMAZING SIGHT" But I have never seen anything like this.










Posted 2023-03-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 172199
Occurred: 2022-10-06 19:47 Local
Reported: 2022-10-06 18:37 Pacific
Duration: 2:31
No of observers: 2

Location: Vinton, VA, USA
Location details: I was in my backyard scanning the sky to see and meteors and saw this

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

I looked up and saw one light flashing then that one went off and another one above it came on they were doing that simultaneously

I was sitting on my back porch scanning the sky for meteors tonight and saw a bright light flashing I thought it was an airplane but when that one cut off another one right above it cut on as soon as that one cut off and they were doing it simultaneously I recorded it would like to know what this could be




Posted 2022-10-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 146624
Occurred: 2018-08-04 07:30 Local
Reported: 2019-06-04 19:00 Pacific
Duration:


Location: Vinton, IA, USA

Shape:


I was video taping a video I had taken of the birds in my yard. The original recording was on a different phone that I uploaded to my laptop. Due to hacking of my computer I was unable to upload this video to my new phone so I recorded the original recording on a new phone. When I viewed the video an image appeared in the video. The image looks alien and is a face that is not human looking. The image has a mouth that looks human. The eyes do not. I have tried to find out how this image showed up. I used a phone to record this video from my laptop and was in my home. Again the video I was recording was a video I had taken outside of the birds and was in my yard. I had uploaded it to my laptop. This video was taken from a different phone so I wanted to record it on my phone. I have tested what I did when recording and I am unable to reproduce this image. I tried to copy and paste the image here but was unable to. I have had other people view this ! video and many believe it is alien form. Some say it could be a spirit. I can email this image to be viewed. Thank you.

Posted 2019-06-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 126808
Occurred: 2016-04-10 21:45 Local
Reported: 2016-04-10 19:12 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Vinton, VA, USA

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

Never seen a flash like that, white flash, the dog was acting strange.? the possible explosion seem to flare out like a donut black ctr

I was walking my dog and cat facing NW there was a bright flash like a do-nut, at first it appeared to be a strobe from a plane, but I did not see it continue. The flash was between the moon and the star Polaris. If the Zenith is 90 degrees it was approx 45-65 Deg.

The skies were high stratus broken where the flash was seen.

Posted 2016-04-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 109581
Occurred: 2014-04-27 13:45 Local
Reported: 2014-05-14 16:25 Pacific
Duration: unknown


Location: Vinton, VA, USA

Shape: Rectangle


Rectangular object in the sky caught in a photograph taken at a car show.

I was at a car show in Vinton, Virginia, on 24 April, 2014, at the Vinton War Memorial.

When I returned home, I was editing the photographs that I had taken at the event. In the top right-hand corner one of the photographs, I saw a small rectangular object.

I did not see this when I took the picture, as I was focused on the car I was photographing. It did not look like a bug, or anything stuck to the lens.

It only showed up in the one photograph. I enlarged the image in the area of the object to get a closer look.

The object was rectangular with what looks like a protrusion from one side. The object was west or northwest of my position.

I will send digital images to you.




NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information, so we are unable to contact him/her, in order to have the witness send the photo(s). PD


Posted 2014-06-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 93092
Occurred: 2012-09-26 20:00 Local
Reported: 2012-09-26 20:07 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Vinton, IA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

I seen a circle object that was red, it shimmered like a fire. It was somewhat low in the sky and flew towards the west side of town and disappeared. When it went over us there was absolutely no sound. I heard the neighbor say I seen it what ((deleted)) is that in the sky. It was really exciting to see as I'm a true believer in UFO's and extraterrestrials. I'm hoping someone else will see this report and come forward. I got a picture on my phone but I couldn't zoom in very far and it just looks like a red dot.

Posted 2012-10-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 89544
Occurred: 2012-05-06 15:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2012-06-12 13:17 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Vinton, IA, USA

Shape: Triangle


transparent triangular shaped object

First week of May 2012 My oldest daughter and I were driving east on highway 150 out of Vinton about half way to Urbana. The sky was clear but for a few Fluffy white clouds (Cumulus clouds) it was about 3:30 in the afternoon. I noticed the outline of a triangular shaped object. It was transparent you could see the sky through it. But the edges and the sky seen through the object were blurry and slightly darker then the rest of the sky. I watched as the object Rolled to were it grew very thin were you could hardly see it and then continued to roll and was seen the same as before. I watched as this object did this for about 1-2 mins. Then it rolled and was just gone!! That is when I heard my daughter Say “DID YOU SEE THAT TWO!!!” That is when I first realized she had stopped talking to and had been staring at the object to. I am not sure how far away the object was but it was about half way from the horizon to the noon position. So easily seen through the windshield. The size was the same width as t! he road when you would compare the road and the object.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2012-06-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 67711
Occurred: 2008-12-13 18:00 Local
Reported: 2008-12-29 16:02 Pacific
Duration: 2 or 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Vinton, VA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

the green colored objects formed a triangle shape

i was taking my dog outside to use the bathroom and when i went outside i sat down on the back stoop of my house for some reason i looked in the sky and i saw three circular green colored objects that had a little white haze around them the objects looked equally spaced in a triange shape they didnt move they just hovered over my neighbors backyard i looked to see if anyone had been shining a light but could not observe any kind of light be shined upwards and this is what i came up with maybe you all can tell what it is

Posted 2009-01-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 34761
Occurred: 2004-01-27 23:20 Local
Reported: 2004-01-29 12:42 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Vinton, IA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

BRIGHT LIGHTS FAST MOVING IN THE SKY

I was driving down a gravel road near our home and out of nowhere I saw 2 bright white lights in the sky ahead of me. One was to my right and one to my left.The lights were similar to a large aircraft you would see flying very low, but the speed and agility could only be described as similar to a helicopter. They both moved at the exact speed coming towards each other meeting directly in front of me but still at a distance from me and then immediately with the exact speed started descending down. At that point I stopped my truck and said to myself, What are they going to do? Land on the highway? I was a little nervous to see what "they" were, but again started moving forward and soon realized that they were gone. I didn't see any lights to my right or my left. There should have been lights trailing off in some direction somewhere, but nothing. They were gone just as fast as they appeared.



Posted 2004-01-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 33806
Occurred: 2003-12-14 20:00 Local
Reported: 2003-12-14 20:50 Pacific
Duration: 2 sec
No of observers: 2

Location: Vinton, CA, USA

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

large meteor like object surrounded by bright green light

Object somewhat larger than a shooting star. In path and duration it was similar to a shooting star, and seemingly disappeared in mid-sky. There was not cloud cover sufficient to obscure an object this bright, nor were there mountains to block it. The object was surrounded or followed by bright green light; both the light and the object disappeared at the same time.



Posted 2003-12-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 528
Occurred: 1995-05-26 22:45 Local
Reported: 1995-05-29 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 sec.


Location: Vinton, LA, USA

Shape:




Posted 1999-11-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 173592
Occurred: 1992-09-18 03:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2022-12-27 01:56 Pacific
Duration: 2 to 5 minutes max
No of observers: 1

Location: Vinton, VA, USA
Location details: 200 timberline trail Vinton Virginia/Bedford county

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

Triangular backed craft hovering above tree line, no sound

My year, date, and time are all approximate as I was 10 or 11 years old at the time of my siting, and I am now 42. The year is between 1991 and 1992. The date could have been anytime when it was still warm, and the time was sometime in the middle of the night.
My brother and I shared a room, and we had bunk beds. I slept on top as I was older and my parents thought it was safer for me than him. There was a rectangular window up high that I could perfectly look out of while laying or sitting on my bed. We lived in a mobile home so if you are familiar with mobile homes of that period, they had these windows up high in some rooms. It probably measured 8 to 10 inches tall and maybe 3 ft wide. My window faced the front yard, and across the street, was a woodline, with these super dense pines. The woods were so dense that the trees didn't get enough sunlight to grow, so the top of the trees were all around 20 to 30 ft. Uniformly. This wood line sat a few feet higher than our front yard and was approximately 40 to 50 yards from the wall of our home. These are all my best guesses from my recollection . The address was 200 timberline trail Vinton Virginia. There are photos of the address with the same mobile home and the same tree line and woods across the street on Google maps.
One night, I woke from sleep. I don't know or remember why, but I remember it was the middle of the night. For some reason I pulled back my curtain and looked out my window. It was a clear night, and we lived in an area with no light pollution in the sky. You could see every star in the sky. There were no clouds I can remember, and I can't remember the moon, but it had to have been fairly full because it was what allowed me to see what I saw.
Across the street and hovering maybe 30 or 40 feet above the trees, I saw a triangular object. It made no sound and from what I witnessed shortly after, I must have been looking at the back end. I can't remember the color or maybe I couldn't see a color, but it had what we would call afterburners on our military aircraft. There was one at each corner. The after burners were either soft white, but bright in color while it hovered over the trees, and when it flew off they turned blue in color. Blue like the color of a flame. This image has been seared in my brain for all these years and I can recall it like it happened yesterday. It's funny I have problems with remembering events of my life and important days but I remember this incident so vividly. That's why I don't think there was a middle burner.
I remember being slightly scared, because I was a child and instantly thought of it being a UFO. Even though I was scared I couldn't look away. The craft hovered over the trees for a few minutes as I watched it, and then all of a sudden the afterburners grew bright blue and it took off , up and to my right into the night sky. It was so fast I had trouble keeping my eyes tracking it. We do not have anything on earth capable of that speed or agility. It left a blue tail behind it and I watched as it climbed and got further and further away until it disappeared in amongst the stars. Once it took off I only saw the blue trail moving until it was just gone. And it literally was in the stars and so it had to have been in space. I can still picture it in my head right now, as I'm writing this. The sky was so clear and full of stars everywhere. It only took a matter of seconds for it to be above the trees and then gone amongst the stars. Literally less that 15 seconds.
I continued to look out my window, for several minutes, up at the stars hoping to see it again, but I never did. Finally I lay back down and went back to sleep. I told my family the next morning, but no one believed me. They all thought I had a dream. But I know better. You don't remember a dream in this detail, 30 years later. If you need to remove the physical address you can. I just wanted to give the exact location.

Posted 2023-03-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 89545
Occurred: 1981-07-29 18:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2012-06-12 13:27 Pacific
Duration: 5-6 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Vinton, IA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

It was Black as night, triangle shaped, with three lights underneath one in each corne

It was the last week in July or the first week of August in 1981. I was only 12 years old. I have only told about three people of me and my friend’s Experience. We lived in rural Benton County. I was spending the night at this friend’s house. We were going to camp out in a ravine in the pasture behind his house. We went out at around 6:00 PM and had just started a small fire.

As we were putting wood on the fire I noticed a big black object in the sky to the west of us. It was heading in a southward direction. We were trying to figure out what kind of plane it could be. When it changed direction and was headed right toward us. Being kids as we were we started thinking it was the DNR coming to get us for our fire. (Quite a silly thought now that I am older). We were trying to put out our fire as it approached we realized this was no plane it was Black as night, triangle shaped, with three lights underneath one in each corner they were like spot lights very bright bluish white light, and one white light right in the middle. There was no sound coming from this object. And it was moving very slowly between 10 and 15 mph. My friend and I ran up under the tree on the hill. This thing was about half the size of a football field.

The leaves on the trees were moving a lot but I can not remember if I could Feel a wind or not. I could see the lights coming through the trees. The very next thing either of us remembered was running up the hill until we reached the fence, we were scared and nervous. We watched this object Flying of in a southeast Direction toward Cedar Rapids, and Palo. We raced to his house and when we entered the clock said 12:07 AM. Now mind you the place we were going to camp that night is only about a five minute walk to the house and with in sight of the house. I cannot say what happened in the time between about 6:25 PM and 12:07 AM.

I can go with out thinking of this all year but even now 28 years later this occupies my mind in the last week of July and the first week of August. And here it is I am writing this on July 29th. I have always been curious if anyone else had seen what we did. Even living out in the country someone had to have seen this thing. A farmer in the fields or someone!!




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2012-06-14