NUFORC UFO Sighting 178381
Occurred: 2023-09-18 20:33 Local
Reported: 2023-09-20 13:05 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Carthage, MS, USA
Location details: Over field

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Animals reacted

Multipe Flashing lights hovering over field.

Three bright lights lowered over field and each began flashing eradically for around 10 minutes. Dogs all over area began howling and our dog began growling.

Posted 2023-10-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 173347
Occurred: 2022-11-09 19:30 Local
Reported: 2022-12-10 11:55 Pacific
Duration: Few min
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, TN, USA
Location details: At front of my house 2 cylinder orange shaped UFO few hundred feet from ground the ground

Shape: Cylinder


2 orange cylinder shaped few min I have pic hundred ft from ground, no noise slow at speedn it was glowing orange round

2 cylinder glowing orange.. low to ground slowly moving no noise few hundred ft from groundTrump says up to 10 countries set for peace with Israel. Be ready! Bible prophecy is being fulfilled before our eyes, whether you like President Trump or not (hold your thumbs, this isn’t about him nor do I care to hear it) he has already fulfilled one of the last prophecies in the Bible prior to Jesus’ return. Moving the US Embassy in Israel back to Jerusalem and recognizing Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel is one of the prophecies that must be fulfilled. No other President in history has done this, but Donald Trump did.
We haven’t seen nothing yet!! What the world is experiencing right now is Just the tip of the iceberg!!!
Just in case anyone wonders where I stand: The 7-year tribulation will be worse by far than anything anyone could imagine. If you think this is our last Pandemic or "natural" disaster you are sadly mistaken. Read the book of Revelation. As a Christian, I’ve heard about the corruption and debauchery of the end-times most of my life. It appears the book of Revelation is unfolding right before us. We shouldn’t be shocked either, given the state of immorality in our world. Every day, the boundaries of sin seem to be pushed further and further. The line between right and wrong has slowly been erased by society, television, and pop culture. Witchcraft, spiritualism, “New Age” belief systems are being celebrated and exalted, even among some professing to be Christians. We have been removed further from the world God created and intended. We need to take this time to re-evaluate ourselves. We need to prepare and repent. Jesus will return just as His Word tells us. This is a huge wake up call, and I am taking it seriously. I want to go Home to my Father, when my time is up.
Until the Lord calls me away from this world to the next, I want to make it clear that I believe in Jesus Christ as the true Lord and Savior. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, was sacrificed on the cross, died for our sins, and rose again. He loves us all dearly (far more than we deserve) and forgives our sins if we repent. His Word says "whoever believes in Me, will not perish but have everlasting life”.
This is the best challenge I have seen on Facebook, so if the Holy Spirit moves you, and you’re not embarrassed, just copy and make this your status update.Trump says up to 10 countries set for peace with Israel. Be ready! Bible prophecy is being fulfilled before our eyes, whether you like President Trump or not (hold your thumbs, this isn’t about him nor do I care to hear it) he has already fulfilled one of the last prophecies in the Bible prior to Jesus’ return. Moving the US Embassy in Israel back to Jerusalem and recognizing Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel is one of the prophecies that must be fulfilled. No other President in history has done this, but Donald Trump did.
We haven’t seen nothing yet!! What the world is experiencing right now is Just the tip of the iceberg!!!
Just in case anyone wonders where I stand: The 7-year tribulation will be worse by far than anything anyone could imagine. If you think this is our last Pandemic or "natural" disaster you are sadly mistaken. Read the book of Revelation. As a Christian, I’ve heard about the corruption and debauchery of the end-times most of my life. It appears the book of Revelation is unfolding right before us. We shouldn’t be shocked either, given the state of immorality in our world. Every day, the boundaries of sin seem to be pushed further and further. The line between right and wrong has slowly been erased by society, television, and pop culture. Witchcraft, spiritualism, “New Age” belief systems are being celebrated and exalted, even among some professing to be Christians. We have been removed further from the world God created and intended. We need to take this time to re-evaluate ourselves. We need to prepare and repent. Jesus will return just as His Word tells us. This is a huge wake up call, and I am taking it seriously. I want to go Home to my Father, when my time is up.
Until the Lord calls me away from this world to the next, I want to make it clear that I believe in Jesus Christ as the true Lord and Savior. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, was sacrificed on the cross, died for our sins, and rose again. He loves us all dearly (far more than we deserve) and forgives our sins if we repent. His Word says "whoever believes in Me, will not perish but have everlasting life”.
This is the best challenge I have seen on Facebook, so if the Holy Spirit moves you, and you’re not embarrassed, just copy and make this your status update.
Can I get an Amen for being a believer in the Father, Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit?
Can I get an Amen for being a believer in the Father, Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit?

Posted 2022-12-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 179164
Occurred: 2022-10-07 17:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2023-10-29 17:56 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Carthage, TX, USA
Location details: county road 209

Shape: Cylinder


A white 30 ft tic tac shaped object descended down out of the clouds and flew over the very nearby treetops.

I was visiting a previous co worker at his farm. he had a large dying tree next to his house that he wanted to cut down so he had propelled himself up the tree with a rope system and a truck and I was on the ground close send up tools using the rope system. I was looking up the tree to where he was roughly 100ft in the air when I noticed a white object decend from the clouds heading our direction. as it got closer I started yelling for everyone to look as it flew over the trees near by. I looked like it was landing in the cow field on the next property. it was solid white with no body lines or windshield and no engine noise.

Posted 2023-12-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 151791
Occurred: 2019-12-21 22:15 Local
Reported: 2019-12-21 19:53 Pacific
Duration: 5 Minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Carthage, NC, USA

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

Saw a Fireball UFO glowing Red/Orange. It moved around in all directions. Very cool! The last time I saw a Fireball UFO was in Great Falls, Montana, on the 4th of July 2012.

Posted 2019-12-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 138499
Occurred: 2018-01-19 20:35 Local
Reported: 2018-01-20 16:53 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Carthage, NC, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Was on back road in country was talking to my daughter on cell phone and to my right out of nowhere, two Triangle shaped ufos popped up, My mouth dropped open, and I was really freaking out, they were pretty low and they were not going fast at all and they were very close to each other and i heard no sound from them, they had white lights going up each long side of triangle sides, but nothing across the bottom and they had a red blinking light up at the top point, I have never seen anything like this in my life,

I was honestly to scared to stop and try to get pictures and i will regret not doing it forever, tried to call the newspaper today to see if anyone else reported them but got no answer today but i will be calling monday, They are just burnt into my mind i can't believe what i saw.




NUFORC Note:

We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she seemed to us to be quite sincere, and sober-minded. We suspect that she is a very good witness. PD


Posted 2018-01-25

NUFORC UFO Sighting 133216
Occurred: 2017-03-19 20:00 Local
Reported: 2017-03-19 19:49 Pacific
Duration: Evening
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, NC, USA

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

Emergency sirens Aberdeen, North Carolina 8:38 pm.

Sighting of 2 UFO(s) Saturday March 18, 2017, at 8:18 til 8:23pm. Two (2) flighter jets military planes flying in formation seems to be chasing object. The blinking ufo on the left was traving towards the ufo light that was blinking around, the light blinking was moving left, to right Around 8:23pm, lights wasn't blinking as airplanes do so. etc..

Shooting star 8:48pm over Pinebluff, North Carolina, 28373: Aberdeen, North Carolina 28315 Another sighting tonight. See compass. The ufo had blinking lights... Off and on 30 seconds, pausing light two planes traveling pass it at or around 8:36pm.

Posted 2017-03-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 182639
Occurred: 2015-11-30 17:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-08-13 21:23 Pacific
Duration: 2 mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Carthage, MS, USA

Shape: Fireball
Color: Orange and red flame
Viewed From: Land
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 100 yards
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Made a sound

Witnessed actual large fireball hovering right at the below tree tops

I was hunting one afternoon I was in a tree stand and I heard a faint humming noise I looked over to my right and seen a glowing fireball literal fireball moving slowly just under the tree tops maybe 100-160 yards from me the sighting lasted maybe a minute to two minutes but definitely left a mark in my head I have no idea what it could've been

Posted 2024-08-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 117203
Occurred: 2015-02-06 21:00 Local
Reported: 2015-02-06 19:27 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Carthage, MO, USA

Shape: Fireball


Slow fireball that floated across the sky for a couple of minutes and did not die out like a meteor would have.

I saw a fireball-like object. It was difficult to determine the size since it is nighttime and I am not sure how high it was (although it didn't appear to be too high over the houses in the neighborhood), but I would guess it was at least 2-3 feet in diameter. It moved very slowly over the houses across the street, and while it flickered and was the color of a flame, it stayed approximately the same size and did not die out (I watched it until it disappeared behind some trees). There were no sounds coming from it, nor were there any vehicles or aircraft operating in the area. It was moving far too slowly and lasted too long to be a meteor or anything similar.

Posted 2015-02-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 108358
Occurred: 2014-04-05 20:30 Local
Reported: 2014-04-06 09:14 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, NC, USA

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

Light orb (not blinking) with a wobble in trajectory.

A steady non blinking light orb relatively low approximatly 5,000 to 10,000 feet approached from the south moving north easterly with a slight wobble in trajectory.

The craft was much brighter than any craft I have seen before aside from previous unidentified sightings.

After approximately 5 to 10 minutes the craft decreased in light intensity and disappeared in a manner the can only be described as "out of thin air."

Posted 2014-04-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 90577
Occurred: 2012-07-06 21:40 Local
Reported: 2012-07-06 20:19 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Carthage, NC, USA

Shape: Sphere


Orange glowing object East of Moore County NC towards Fort Bragg

I am a veteran law enforcement officer with over 12 years experience, so I know how to observe things.

While on my porch tonight I noticed a round orange glow towards the east, from 90 degree it flew straight and disappeared at around 150 degrees south east. The object appeared to be approximately 400 feet high. It made no sound.

The sky was partly cloudy, no rain, no lightning, very quite outside, I live in the country, We have no ambient light that could have made such a reflection. I star gaze almost nightly, but this time I had just stepped out to check on my sick dog and I noticed the object, it was moving at an approximate speed on 100 MPH, yes I ran radar for years and was damn good at estimating speed.

I was not drinking, tired, or anyway impaired when this occurred.

My 14 Year old, and friend also stepped out when I told them to come look at this. It was a solid light, dull orange glow, it was about as large as a 30 to 40 foot circumference with no flashing, blinking, lights and made no change in shape or color during my observation.

There is a small airport nearby, but this was no plane or helicopter, it was no balloon or satellite I know, Im near fort bragg and it was going that way, if it was military its like nothing I have ever seen.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2012-08-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 90375
Occurred: 2012-07-03 23:45 Local
Reported: 2012-07-03 22:22 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, MO, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Landed

Moved very fast and made no sound.

My father and i were comin home from a movie and wee see a red circle in the sky moving rapidly i thought it was a helicopter but there was no sound it was a dark red and moving very very fast it was on our atmosphere is what my father said he is a former worker for the pentagon.

The craft was in plain sight for 25 seconds or so and then just zoomed off to the east also looked like it was about to land.

Posted 2012-07-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 85322
Occurred: 2011-07-18 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2011-11-15 12:47 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Carthage, TX, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Black triangle UFO close to I-20 in East Texas

I was travelling along Hwy 59 North from Carthage to Marshall. About 10 miles out of Carthage I began to see bright, white strobe lights ahead of me. They were very bright and low to the ground. I thought that it was a helicopter. As I approached the aircraft, I had to slow down because I thought I was going to run into it. As I went under it, I noticed that there was a bright, white light at each corner and one round, red light in the middle of the craft. The body of the craft was so dark that I could not see it. The only way that I could tell its shape was by the strobe lights. The red light in the middle was not flashing. It hovered slowly over my vehicle from right to left and immediately in front of me. It made absolutely no sound. I had rolled down my window to hear if it sounded anything like a helicopter until I noticed that by its shape and lights it was not. It moved to the left side of my vehicle and flew beside me right above the tree! line. I was going approximately 55 miles per hour and sped up to 70. My window was rolled down so that I had a clear view of it. It stayed beside me for approximately 10-15 minutes. My three year old daughter was in the back seat and could see the aircraft also. She was describing it as I was driving. I looked to the right side of the road and there was another craft simply hovering above the trees. I passed it, and soon noticed another even higher up. It was simply hovering as well. As I approached I-20 in Marshall, I no longer saw the triangular aircrafts. Until that moment I had never heard of a triangular shaped aircraft.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2011-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 81637
Occurred: 2011-06-02 22:30 Local
Reported: 2011-06-03 12:36 Pacific
Duration: approx 5 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Carthage, TN, USA

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

Yellow ball of light appears then fades away over Carthage, Tennessee

My husband and I were sitting on the roof of our current home, we were looking at the stars and watching airplanes go by over head.

At approximately 10:30 p.m. (central time)we were looking to the south, south east, right above the tree line and suddenly a bright ball of yellow light appears, out of no where. There were several airplanes (commercial jets) in the distance and the bright ball of light was much larger and brighter than those of the airplanes. The airplane lights were blinking red and blue but the ball of light did not blink.

It appeared from the south west and quickly moved to the east before fading out and completely disappearing. The ball of light simply faded out but not as if had gone so far in the distance that we could no longer see it. It was more like watching a flash light fade from loss of battery power.

The ball of light was probably close to a mile away but no where near as high up in the sky as the airplanes. My husband saw the ligh! t as well as my 9 year old daughter and our room mate. The ball of light only appears for 5-7 seconds before fading away.

The object has appeared for the last 4 nights in a row. The object always appears around 10:30 p.m. central time. It generally appears in the south east, just above the tree line and moves eastward before disappearing. Sometimes the object is higher in the sky than others and sometimes the object moves quicker than others. We could hear NO sounds of helicopters or jet engines (and as you know, the sound of helicopter propellers and jet engines can be heard for miles away).

We (the witnesses) tried to come up with a logical explanation, but the light was like nothing any of us has ever seen before. The area that the ball of light seems to be flying above is an extremely rural area. The area has a lot of farm land, wooded areas and hills. On the third night that the ball of light was seen ( 6/1/2011), the object appeared, out of no where at 10:26 p.m. central time, it hovered then flew to the east before fading then r! eturned approximately 45 minutes later from the south west.

The object appeared as it had the nights before only this time, instead of flying eastward above the tree line, it flew eastward then dipped down behind the tree line and faded away. We could catch glimpses of the light as it flew behind the tree line through the trees, then it simply faded away and vanished. The ball of light flies faster than a jet plane at a very high altitude, but not so fast that it looks like a streak of light. It is very startling.

We have caught the object on a digital camera twice, when zoomed in, the ball of light turns from yellowish to an orange/yellow color. It is a very bright light but almost looks foggy or dull at the same time.It is very hard to explain. As I said before,the light is much larger than that of the commercial planes you see in the sky. In the second photo we captured, you can see the object and off to the right you can see the red blinking lights of an airplane. You can clearly see the contrast between the two. The ball of light is much more visible than the lights from the air plane.

We are completely baffled and somewhat disturbed from this sighting. We are hoping someone can give us some answers, or a logical explanation. I got on the internet and looked up ufo sightings in Tennessee. I found several video clips of the same thing that we are seeing. One video clip was found on Youtube and it was recorded in Kingsport Tennessee.

We also found another video on Youtube, recorded over a Holiday Inn in Tennessee. The only difference between what we are seeing and the objects captured on video is that the ball of light captured on the videos is hovering instead of flying. However, the ball of light captured on the videos also appears out of no where then fades out before vanishing. Please help us find out what this is!

Posted 2011-06-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 77960
Occurred: 2010-02-10 20:40 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2010-09-23 17:37 Pacific
Duration: 3 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, TN, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

A small yellowish-white light was hovering in the sky outside my window.

My friend and I were sitting in my room then we noticed a small yellowish-white light hovering in the sky. We looked outside my window to check it out. There was a single light staying in the same position. At first we thought it was an airplane, but the light never moved from that spot. We watched it stay in that spot for the rest of the night until we fell asleep. It had disappeared when we checked in the morning. The light only appears when my friend is over at my house.






NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD


Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 55991
Occurred: 2006-11-11 01:30 Local
Reported: 2007-03-28 21:33 Pacific
Duration: 5 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, TX, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams, Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects

Chased by three lights in Carthage, TX.

Driving through Carthage TX my brother spotted 3 lights on the horizon and pointed them out to me. I thought it looked like an airplane at first but then the lights changed colors and started moving back and forth and moving like no airplane we had ever seen all while changing colors every 20 seconds or so.

We kept watching the lights until we lost them behind some trees on the side of the road. Every once in a while we would catch site of them as the trees cleared and they seemed to be getting closer each time we spotted the object. Eventually we came to a stop sign and again had a clear view of the object. It appeared to be at least a mile away and stationary.

After watching the lights for about 15 seconds they started coming towards us at a very rapid speed. I was starting to get scared so I told my brother to drive. He made a left turn and I stuck my head out the window to get a better look at the lights and see where they were. This may have been the scariest moment of my life. The lights were directly above and behind us maybe 50 feet. I was too scared to sit there and stare at it so I put my head back in the window. Meanwhile my brother asked where the lights were and I yelled that they were "right here" and told him to drive.

As my brother was driving (still accelerating to the speed limit) a green white light shone on our vehicle. My brother yelled out a curse word which I thought was funny for some reason. After 2 or 3 seconds the light went out and the object was gone. I looked for it again about a minute later when I regained my composure but did not see it.

Posted 2007-04-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 50380
Occurred: 2006-05-01 21:20 Local
Reported: 2006-05-01 18:47 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, NY, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object

Red and blue sphere shaped object in the trees flew away

We were driving along route 3A when in the trees to our right we saw a sphere shaped object with red and blue flashing lights. The object appeared to be in the trees very low to the ground. We then turned the car around to go back and see what it was but it was literally moving away quickly and the lights turned off. It seemed as if it was disappearing before our eyes. We kept driving back and forth trying to spot it but there was no sight of it and it seemed to disappear into the sky..



Posted 2006-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 49542
Occurred: 2006-03-11 11:00 Local
Reported: 2006-03-11 22:44 Pacific
Duration: 5-10minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, TX, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail, Changed Colo

Shooting star streaks and then changes direction.

daughter and i were outside looking at sky when we saw a shooting star. it streaked across the sky and right before it crossed the tree line it quickly changed direction. was the strangest thing i've ever seen. don't know if it was a natural occurence or not but i've surely never seen anything like it.



Posted 2006-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 46266
Occurred: 2005-09-14 20:58 Local
Reported: 2005-09-14 19:53 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, IL, USA

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

it looked like a big roman candle shooting off

As my girlfriend and I were coming home she was driving and I'm in the passenger seat looking to the east and notices a 1 row of 8 big white lights shooting upward too the night sky. And then suddenley out of the same row of light 5 more lights appeared to swift to the right making a backward 7. Then not seconds later a row to the right of the first set of lights began to start lighting, up making another backward 7 ocne again .

Posted 2005-09-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 29241
Occurred: 2003-06-15 16:00 Local
Reported: 2003-06-16 22:15 Pacific
Duration: 25 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Carthage, MS, USA

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

saw something weird on the 15th

this is gonna sound weird. two nights ago, i saw something in the sky. i'm from a small town in mississippi and at first thought it was the space station. i had heard a report or something on being able to see it. i've seen the space station from my shaded backyard before and it was nothing of this shape, texture...glow.

it was weird though. and now all these things are being said about one thing or another...i'm not conspiracy theorist...by the way and could frankly care less but for some reason i feel compelled to say something about what i saw. it wasn't what i think i saw...it was what i saw.

i often look to the sky in my wanderings between unemployment and the usual day-to-monotonous-day upon which my life is centered. and i've often searched the skies for an answer to something more great than life. though, when i saw the sun-cloud hovering i was speechless. i wanted to say 'over-here freakin pick me up'. i couldn't. i couldn't scream a word; which is not like me usually.

so think of it what you will. today is the 17th and i would say i saw it in the southeastern sky the 15th. carthage, mississippi is the closest town.

just kindof been on my mind.

they or it was like a really bright flashlight...except it had a flashlight behind it, a larger one....it looked like the suns corona but smaller...truthfully, i was a bit taken aback by it...



Posted 2003-06-18

NUFORC UFO Sighting 160966
Occurred: 2001-06-18 21:30 Local
Reported: 2020-12-05 18:54 Pacific
Duration: 10
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, MS, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

TRIANGULAR SHAPED CRAFT MAKING NO SOUND WITH 3 LIGHTS ONE ON EACH CORNER OF VEHICLE.

WAS OUTSIDE ENJOYING THE EVENING AND SAW A TRIANGULAR SHAPED VEHICLE TRAVELING FROM EAST TO WEST APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET IN THE AIR AT A VERY SLOW AND STEADY SPEED MAKING NO SOUND AT ALL ALSO THERE WERE 3 LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE ON ON EACH CORNER.

THERE WAS NOTHING THAT NIGHT IN THE AIR NO AIRPLANES AT ALL AND QUIET NOT A SOUND TO BE HEARD NO DOGS NO COWS NOTHING AS WE WERE OUT IN THE COUNTRY.

I WATCHED THE CRAFT UNTILL IT WAS OUT OF SIGHT. I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT SAW THE MYSTERIOUS VEHICE THAT NIGHT. I WENT INTO OUR CAMPER AND TOLD THE WIFE ABOUT IT.

THE NEXT NIGHT THE CRAFT APPEARED AGAIN AT ROUGHLY THE SAME TIME PERIOD.FOLLOWING THE SAME FLIGHT PATH AND APPROXIMATELY THE SAME HEIGHT AND SPEED.

I WAS WORKING ON MY TRUCK AND HAD A SPOTLIGHT TO USE WHILE WORKING SO I SHINED THE LIGHT UP AT THE VEHICLE AND AN INTENSE BRIGHT LIGHT FROM THE CENTER OF THE VEHICLE SHOWN DOWN FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. ONCE AGAIN I TOLD THE WIFE ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND WHAT HAPPENED.

THE FOLLOWING NIGHT JUST LIKE CLOCK WORK THE CRAFT APPEARED AGAIN SAME DIRECTION OF FLIGHT EAST TO WEST SAME SPEED SAME HEIGHT IN THE SKY AND THIS TIME I CALLED THE WIFE OUTSIDE AND SHE TO SAW THE CRAFT.

AFTER THAT NIGHT THERE WERE NO MORE SIGHTINGS OF THE CRAFT.



Posted 2020-12-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 10341
Occurred: 1999-10-26 04:30 Local
Reported: 1999-10-26 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2hr
No of observers: 1

Location: Carthage, TX, USA

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

I was traveling west on Hwy 79 and there was a super-bright star in the sky with a light going up the back and two red lights on the sides. It looked to be stationary, but slowly moved away.

It was a super-bright light in the west with a trail of lights going upwards and 2 red lights on the sides at the bottom. it was moving very slowly. I called the police and they tried to tell me that it was a weather balloon. I called one of my friends voice mail 3 times talking about it and none of them were on there.

Posted 1999-11-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 3291
Occurred: 1995-07-15 23:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1998-03-08 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Carthage, IL, USA

Shape: Light


Light in the sky that moved unusually and flashed. What I saw lasted approximately 2 minutes and in no way could it have been an aircraft or meteor.

I was at a friend's house in his driveway talking. I was looking at the sky, toward the north, at around 11:30 pm. The sky was very clear and I was looking at a group of stars that seemed to be in the shape of the little dipper, but it was neither the big or little dipper. This grouping of stars was much smaller. Aproximately 1/10 th the size. As I was looking at the stars one seemed to just disappear as if sucked into the darkness. I thought this was funny and Iblinked and kind of shook my head to make sure I wasn't seeing things and when I looked up again the place were the star or so I thought was a star was just darkness. I looked at my friend and said did you see that. He had not seen this so we started to watch the sky in this area. Within a minute of seeing the star or whatever it was disappear we both saw a light flash. The light was kind of an off white color almost like the color of light produce by a house lamp. This light was in the sky next to where the star/UFO was but the light I noticed when it flashed was quick and concentrated, not like glare you may see coming from a light source. About a minute later we saw another flash in the same general area and of the same nature as before. This went on for about 3 minutes. All three flashes were in the same general area according to our location. Then the flashes stopped. My mind at this point didn't know what to really make of it at the time but I kept watching to hopefully see something else to make some sense of it. With in a minute or two we saw a streek in the sky of the same color light as the flashes but the streek was moving in an S-shaped pattern. I drove home that night scared out of my whits and a little excited. There was no aircraft in the area and nothing unusual about the night except for the light. The light was farther away as in out of the atmoshere of the earth or right at the edge of the atmoshere. Up until a few months ago I never really thought much of it other than I couldn't explain it. I was watch a ! documentory on U.F.O.'s and they showed one that took on this S-shaped pattern and one that seemed to become longer and then shorted as it moved. Which if something moved in an S-shaped pattern, if seen from the right angle it would appear get shorter and longer as it moved. I would appreciate a response and if possible some more information on how to get reports of recent sightings around the nation.

Posted 1999-01-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 7996
Occurred: 1994-08-20 22:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1999-06-11 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Carthage, MO, USA

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

Unidentified large flying object

I picked up my wife at work in Joplin. We live in the country, so we take the back roads home. It was a unusally dark night. We were about a mile from home. As I went by the river, something came over just above the trees. It was going very slow. I stopped the truck and got out for a better look.I left my truck running and could hear no other sound. I was only 150 to 200 feet away. Curious I walked toward the craft. As I did three illuminated triangles came from it and started my direction. Scared for my safety, I ran to the truck and raced home. I was busy driving. My wife said one of the triangles passed through a telephone pole. When we got home we checked the time to be sure none was lost. Two of our children were with us. We don't talk about it much. The craft must of been dark in color as I could'nt make out a shape. It had nine large lights . Six were gold, with three red in the middle. They were very bright abd I stared at them. That could be why I could'nt see a shape. The newspapers the next day reported mysterious lights in the sky.The triangles had squares around them with a circle in the middle.

Posted 1999-06-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 27505
Occurred: 1993-10-10 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-02-03 18:12 Pacific
Duration: Less than 1 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Carthage, TN, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams, Changed Colo

1 object with green and red lights

I lived out in the country at the time, and was outside on my front porch. I seen this, it was like a clear glass ball and in the middle of the ball all the way around the ship was this silver piece that had red and green blinking lights,and it like had this beam of light that came out of the bottom. I was so scared and shocked that I couldnt speak to ge tthe person with me to turn around. It was just hovering over the trees. Then all of the sudden it vanished.



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD


Posted 2003-03-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 43760
Occurred: 1975-06-01 21:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-05-01 20:29 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Carthage, TX, USA

Shape: Unknown


I'm an amateur astronomer -

a neighbor & I were out in the back yard with my 6 inch reflector - we both saw it (not thru the scope) - it came from the east to the west - very low - 500 (?) feet high - moving slow - no sound at all - due to the black sky,

we could not determine the shape of the craft - we saw three windows in the side or bottom of the craft - these windows were oval shaped & rather large & I feel that the craft was large because of the large windows -

I was looking into the windows - the color of light inside was a light lime/green color - I was speechless - I think about it often - even after all these years -

I've never seen anything like it before or since. I've seen the space station, shuttle & etc come over many times - this was LOW & SLOW - and I could see windows. Other than my wife, this is the only time I've ever told this.

Posted 2005-05-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 74992
Occurred: 1974-07-15 14:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2010-04-12 12:52 Pacific
Duration: 2 Hours
No of observers: 1

Location: Carthage, MS, USA

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

The object did not move in the night sky for over an hour and then it streaked across the sky and was gone!

At the time I saw this object, I was 15 years of age. I was intrigued with the night sky and loved to look at the stars. I had been waking several times during the week around 2:00 AM and would look out at the sky from my bedroom window. My window faced the east. I knew where each star should be.

On the night I saw the object, I saw a bright light above the trees located across a pasture in front of my house. I knew it was not supposed to be there according to the time on the clock. I continued to watch the bright light to see if it might be a helicopter or something like that. The object did not move.

I continued to watch the object for almost two hours. All the other bright lights (stars and etc.) moved upward, but this light did not. It stayed in the same position.

Without any warning, the light started to move ever so slowly in a southerly direction. It continued to move very slowly and then all of a sudden it moved faster and faster and then it zoomed out of site, like a streak across the night sky and was gone.

I awoke my father and told him. We went outside to look, but it was gone. Thank goodness he believed me.

That incident made me a believer in life off of earth.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date is approximate. PD


Posted 2010-04-13

NUFORC UFO Sighting 60972
Occurred: 1973-10-20 23:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2008-01-18 13:46 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Carthage, IN, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects

Fireball above tree line

The date given is approximate because it was over 30 years ago. Back in that day they didn’t have computers, the Internet, or any other way that we were aware of to report such things as this. In order to understand the event it is necessary for me to describe the circumstances. At this time in that area jobs were difficult to come by and those that were available barley paid enough to live on. We lived on a farm and grew our own vegetables and hunted and fished in order to survive. My friends and myself would sometimes supplement our meat supply by hunting rabbits on the roads outside of town at night. It’s not as dangerous as it sounds because as this was mostly large farms at the time the houses were two to three miles apart in places so there was little if any chance of hitting anyone or anything with a small 22 cal. rifle. I had become an expert marksman and it was not uncommon for me to make shots of 150 to 200 yards. Hunger makes you a good shot I guess. I can approximate the year because I was 16 at the time, The month, November, coincides with the beginning of rabbit season, about the 15th. Obviously we weren’t all that concerned about the law as it was illegal to hunt from a car but if you took rabbits outside of season for consumption you ran the risk of contracting what we called rabbit fever. I estimated the time to be around 2300 hrs. because we didn’t go out any earlier to lower the risk of running across the police, and we had just started. OK, all of that being said, here is the story.

On the night in question myself, and two friends, were cruising around in my car with the top down. It’s cold in November but the top of the windshield made a perfect shooter’s ledge to steady the rifle. The older of the two, a fellow about 25 years old and a Viet Nam vet, was driving. He was a large individual and was pretty much scared of nothing. My other friend, the same age as me, was in the back seat, and I was in the front passenger seat. We had driven a mile or two East of town and had just turned South onto a long straight road. I don’t remember the name but could probably locate it on a map. After traveling about a block or two I saw a rabbit about 200 yards in front of us. I told the driver and he slowly proceeded to with about 150 yards and shut off the engine so the vibration would not throw off my shot. I took my position, acquired the animal in my scope, accounted for bullet drop and windage, held my breath, and squeezed the trigger. The rabbit dropped immediately. A perfect shot. As I put the rifle back between the seats the driver got out of the car, to relieve himself I think. My friend in the back wanted out too so I had to get out being it was a two door.

We were facing South and to our right was a field approximately 400 to 500 yards wide and I would guess about ¼ of a mile long. At the West edge of that was a line of trees ranging from about 75 feet high to 50 feet high that ran the entire length of the field. I was facing East and my friend from the back was facing West. I heard him say “look” and as I turned around I saw this orange ball floating just above the tree line. I would estimate it to have been approximately 75 to 100 feet in diameter. At this point I’m not scared, just interested. I came around to the driver’s side and just leaned on the trunk and watched. The ball was moving very slowly from South to North just above the tree line. I followed the tree line exactly, up and down as it continued. The object made no sound of any kind. It was completely silent. At this time my younger friend and myself didn’t know what a UFO even was. The object continued to glide along the tree tops until it was straight across from us at which point I got my rifle from the front seat and pointed it towards the object. I wasn’t going to shoot at it I just wanted to look through the scope to see if I could see any better. At that point the object began to change from orange to a bright yellow. The light it gave off was almost like the sun as best as I can describe it. My friend that was driving grabbed the rifle out of my hands, threw it in the car, got in and tried to start it but for whatever reason it wouldn’t start. I doubt it had anything to do with the UFO, it was just junk. Within a few seconds the object seemed to shrink and disappear towards the Northwest. Looking back I doubt that it shrank but more probably just moved away so quickly it appeared that way. I estimate that this whole event occurred over a period of about 20 minutes or so.

My friend was still trying to get the car started and I noticed that he seemed to be terrified. Not scared, terrified. He was visibly shaking and I think he might have been crying. It was a long tome age. I found this strange as he had seen combat in Viet Nam and would fight anybody at the drop of a hat. When the car finally did start, he put it in reverse and I had to jump over the door to get in because he wasn’t waiting. He wouldn’t even pull up so I could get my rabbit. We headed back to town at well in excess of 80 mils per hour and I was more afraid of his driving than I was of the UFO. I finally got him to pull over and let me drive. I put up the top, turned on the heater, and headed back to town. After he calmed down he began to explain to us about UFOs and having seen them before. I got the feeling that there was more that he wasn’t telling but he didn’t seem to want to talk about it.

We went and found my step-father, who was town marshal at the time, and started to relay to him what we had seen. At first he thought we had been drinking (we hadn’t) or we were joking. After talking to us for awhile he decided we were serious and sober so he checked with the airport in Indianapolis to see if there any planes, helicopters, ect., in the area and was told that there were not and that nothing had shown up on the radar. He also relayed our report to the Rush County Sheriff’s Dept. Of course nothing ever came of any of it.

Let me end by answering the skeptics. I spent a great deal of my time as a youth outdoors in the woods at night, coon hunting, trapping, ect. I have seen ball lightening, it wasn’t that. There are no swamps anywhere near that area. There were no power lines overhead. You cannot see the airport search lights from there. I never saw anything like that before that time or since. Later in life I move to Ohio and became a police officer where I served for 20 years and worked a lot of midnight shifts. I spent a lot of time looking but never saw anything like that again. To this day I don’t know what to make of it but there it is.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2008-01-21