NUFORC UFO Sighting 183202
Occurred: 2024-09-25 20:26 Local
Reported: 2024-09-25 20:18 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Appleton, IL, USA
Location details: (40.9348141, -90.1613785)

Shape: Light
Color: Red white green
Estimated Size: Unknown
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: East
Angle of Elevation: 40
Closest Distance: Unknown
Estimated Speed: 55
Characteristics: Lights on object

We witnessed a series of 4-5 lights in formation flashing in a sequence that hovered and moved.

We were driving home from prayer meeting around 8:20 when we noticed flashing lights to the southwest. We were driving south. They moved from their original location to the east where they hovered for some time. They flashed in a sequence and seemed to be outlining an object, but we could not be certain because it was difficult to see at that distance. After we observed them I messaged a couple from the area who was able to observe them as well. They saw them until approximately 8:45 when they reported that the lights shone brightly and then disappeared.













Posted 2024-09-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 177945
Occurred: 2023-08-30 19:00 Local
Reported: 2023-08-31 15:46 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute once we noticed
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA
Location details: Headed E/NE of our neighborhood

Shape: Other


Light out, clear skies, silent, white tic tac/capsule w/ propellers around center, went fast.

My husband & I saw this object so clearly. We live by the airport, so this is very strange indeed! We were outside when I spotted 1 oddity in the sky. It was on Wednesday August 30 2023 at approximately 7 pm. I pointed & asked my husband if he could see the object? He said Yes! It was like a white chunky tic tac/capsule shape. It had many propellers around the center with a "sheer-like" quality. It was moving silently, at a fast pace. I ran to the end of our driveway, to try & capture pictures. I zoomed in & couldn't see it in my camera phone, it had disappeared. It was there one second & gone the next. Now we are watching the sky more often.

My husband & I do not drink or do recreational drugs. It's fair to say, that we thought twice about reporting this, due to the possibility of ridicule. However after conversing, we felt it could be of importance. Thanks for your time.

Posted 2023-09-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 170877
Occurred: 2022-06-08 19:30 Local
Reported: 2022-08-02 22:13 Pacific
Duration: 3-5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA
Location details: 725 W Elsie St

Shape: Cigar


Silver stainless steel cigar shape, no engine or navigation, clearly visible, 500 yard up, watch leave orbit with bright star burst

Sitting in back yard talking with son. Looked up to my right to see stationary 5 block long by 2 blocks heigh silver cigar shaped object. Son turn and looked as I stood pointing at it. It had no seams, engine or navigation, no lights or markings, incredibly perfect stainless steel looking tube, rounded at both ends. Horizontal to ground along length, due south at 45 degrees up from my viewpoint, 400-500 yards up. Silently start moving east, slow at first, accelerating up and way doubling speed each second. It was quickly at satellite altitude, 1 minute or so. Continued straight towards edge of horizon. As it left atmosphere a bright burst of light, star burst like, caused us to squint and it was gone. It was still daylight, clearly visible and not far away at first siting. Everyone in Appleton should have seen. As it climbed and left orbit, everyone in the Midwest should have seen it. We both had cell phones in pocket but too mesmerized to even think about taking pictures. We do not consider it a UFO, but an alien spacecraft.

Posted 2022-09-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 167602
Occurred: 2022-04-23 21:45 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2022-04-23 20:54 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

while driving i saw a very low craft with three white lights move strangely just above the trees

I saw three white lights which i first thought to be a very low airplane, so low that i was alarmed. i watched it move west, then it came suddenly to a totally stop and switched directions, now moving east at the same slow even pace. i rolled down my window as i got close thinking it was a drone or maybe a helicopter but there was no sound at all. i was less than a block away and it was just above the trees and seemed way to big to be a drone. i could see little lights that seemed to move clockwise between the three white lights. something was reflecting light above the three lights as well, like metal, and seemed to be moving counterclockwise. the object again stopped and suddenly changed directions, now heading north. i watched it move for another 20 seconds, then it came to a stop again. i looked at the road and back and it was gone. i spent the rest of my drive watching but it never reappeared.

Posted 2022-05-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 162829
Occurred: 2021-04-22 20:50 Local
Reported: 2021-04-22 20:01 Pacific
Duration: 20+ minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Metallic triangular shaped object appearing to tumble in the sky.

April 22nd, 8:50pm central time I was taking the garbage cans to the street and I had an intense feeling that I should look up.

In the southwest sky there was a triangular shaped metallic object that appeared to have a tumbling motion even tho I didn’t really see it move positions in the sky.

I ran inside to grab my phone and unfortunately it doesn’t show up very well but you can still see the shape and tumbling motion. There was no sound associated w the object but it was very far away About 9:10 it was still there and I went back into the house.

I am a retired seargent detective for the Grainger County Tennessee Sheriffs Department. I also worked as a paramedic and firefighter for that county.

Posted 2021-04-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 157787
Occurred: 2020-07-20 21:45 Local
Reported: 2020-07-20 23:43 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 3

Location: Appleton, WA, USA

Shape: Sphere


The object was observed with binoculars heading from West to East.

The object was a very bright white ball of light and moved without any kind of sound. The object appeared to move at a much faster speed than satellites and appeared to be much brighter and lower in the sky. We are occasional sky watcher's and had just been viewing the Comet in the northwestern sky.

Posted 2020-07-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 158697
Occurred: 2019-07-04 21:00 Local
Reported: 2020-08-18 14:50 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

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

Reddish orange blurred flying object on 4th of July 2019.

My friend and I were outside and she saw the first one before I could grab my phone to get this second one. Her phone was too blurry, so I shot this one. It was a reddish orange color and didn't move like the medical helicopter or planes that sometimes fly over. We often like looking up at the sky, I am a storm spotter, and my friend identifies stars for NASA that haven't been discovered yet.

Posted 2020-08-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 146687
Occurred: 2019-06-06 20:00 Local
Reported: 2019-06-06 18:43 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Appleton, NY, USA

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

the most unexplained thing I have ever seen in my 36 years of existence.

Walking through the field back home in Appleton, NY, from a day at the lake. Looking down there was red laser beams like an small formations. I thought that from being in the sun for a long time, maybe my eyes were getting adjusted to the lighting outside as it was sundown.

My friend said, omg, do you see that and my other friend said she seen them too, so were walking wondering what in the world it could be as there was no buildings, towers or anything around we were literally walking back through a corn field, and I jokingly said it's like a ufo...the aliens are watching us.

Just then my girlfriend turned around and said omg it's a UFO... myself and other friend turned around and there was a triangle shape VERY bright light of some sort with a trail behind it, it was not a plane, jet, helicopter or like anything ANY of us have ever seen before, and it was around for about 20 minutes or so and vanished.

Posted 2019-06-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 137090
Occurred: 2017-10-30 22:30 Local
Reported: 2017-11-02 19:56 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

I was driving to work and seen in the sky, in the distance over Appleton 2 bright white lights spaced probably 10 meters apart. They hovered motionless for about 2 minutes and I watched as they disappeared. Try would have been bright enough to see behind the clouds so I think they faded instead of moving away.




NUFORC Note:

We assume a nighttime sighting, and have amended the time above. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous, so we are unable to confirm the time. PD


Posted 2017-11-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 129180
Occurred: 2016-08-11 20:50 Local
Reported: 2016-08-11 19:27 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Changed Colo

Bright object seen over the city of Appleton WI.

One object. Super bright light. No sound. Directly over the city of Appleton.

Was still in the sky for about a minute before tracking slowly to the northeast.

After about one minute it accelerated at a much higher rate of speed and turned red in color as it disappeared.

Posted 2016-08-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 125402
Occurred: 2016-01-22 20:00 Local
Reported: 2016-01-22 20:21 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Landed

Ball of light in the sky was falling to the ground.

I was riding my bike and while I was doing that I was looking up at the sky. It was nice and clear, for the most part.

I was clearly looking at the Big Dipper, then when I went to put my head down to look at the road, I realized a star was falling, but when I started to turn like when a airplane is about to crash...you know know doing circles because it can't go straight. It was going down to my right side the it made a sharp left turn then just dropped all the way down to the point I couldn't see it because of the houses.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2016-01-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 120604
Occurred: 2015-07-23 22:40 Local
Reported: 2015-07-23 20:11 Pacific
Duration: 1 second
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Left a trail, Changed Colo

Light flashed downward in the sky turning to a bright green, way too fast for a shooting star.

Saw a red light appear in the north sky while driving north on 441. The light stayed for a half a second and shot straight down in a bright flash. It moved way faster than any plane or shooting star.

Posted 2015-07-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 119727
Occurred: 2015-06-23 22:30 Local
Reported: 2015-06-23 21:47 Pacific
Duration: 4 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Fireball


3 Fireball Objects Flying in Formation in Appleton WI 22:30 on 6/23/15

As I was driving home at 22:30 on 6/23/15, Northbound on Northland Avenue/OO in Appleton, WI, I looked up, as I was nearing the Ballard intersection, and saw 3 fireball type objects flying in formation. They appeared to be flying quite low, about the height of a radio tower.

I snapped 2 pictures with my phone right after I spotted them. They continued to cross over the highway and once they were behind me I did a U-turn so I could continue to watch. I rolled down my window and turned off my radio to see if I could hear any sound from them but I could not.

Right after I turned my car around, the 2 at the edges blinked out at almost the same time and the middle one faded and blinked out within 15-20 seconds afterward.

I pulled over on a side street near where they blinked out and got out of my car to see if I could see or hear anything, but I could not, and they did not reappear within the 5 minutes I stayed there.

I am a social worker and I had another sighting which I reported on August 8, 2014, in which I saw 6-7 similar unexplained objects with one other witness, and was able to collect a video that time.

Posted 2015-06-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 119683
Occurred: 2015-06-21 21:30 Local
Reported: 2015-06-21 20:56 Pacific
Duration: ~11 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Bright white object heading ESE.

It was originally about 200 ft. off the ground, then leveled off just above treeline.

Posted 2015-06-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 117272
Occurred: 2015-02-09 21:21 Local
Reported: 2015-02-12 07:31 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape:
Characteristics: Lights on object

I saw a weird flying object with bright lights hovering above Little Lake Butte des Morts.



Posted 2015-02-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 106516
Occurred: 2014-01-20 17:10 Local
Reported: 2014-01-20 19:09 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

At first looked like set of car headlights soaring in the sky, Thought it was a plane at first. Got closer and the lights faded out..

I was traveling southwest, and what I saw was traveling south. At first, I thought it was another plane. Two bright lights, slowly traveling across the sky, but no flashing light. They seemed to be more like headlights of a car. I kept my eyes on the lights as it soared closer to the road I was driving on. Right when we would have crossed paths, the lights faded out quickly and was no where in sight.

If it was a plane that shut the lights off, I would have seen the silhouette of it. There was just a enough sunlight in the sky to allow me to see if there was indeed an object (like a plane) containing these lights. The problem is, the lights simply disappeared and there was no object behind the lights. . .

Posted 2014-01-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 106016
Occurred: 2013-12-24 19:35 Local
Reported: 2014-01-04 18:41 Pacific
Duration: 4 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Three of us saw eight illuminated orbs hovering near us in a moving vehicle for a few minutes.

My husband, daughter, and myself were in a truck heading to the local movie theater when we saw eight small orbs hovering in the sky. The colors were either yellow/orange or red, and they gave off a glow. Since it was Christmas Eve I was joking it was Santa.

The orbs lingered around the same area until we moved out of sight. We watched them for a few minutes while they were visible until the distance and city lights blocked them out.

The objects moved in all directions, but very slowly. The overall direction of movement was north to northeast. They were not in any kind of formation. They were too small and close to each other, and moving too slowly to be local aircraft as we do have an airport near the sighting area.

At first I thought they were Chinese lanterns, but then realized there was a slight breeze so it didn't match the orb movement. The orbs were fairly close to the ground (few hundred feet or so above us) and stayed at about that level.

We did not have cell phones or camera with us at the time it happened so we do not have any video or photo evidence.

Posted 2014-01-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 101468
Occurred: 2013-08-23 20:30 Local
Reported: 2013-08-23 20:32 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Lights on object

3 white flashing lights moving east then west twice and disappeared in the western sky.

3 flashing lights moving across the sky. Started out in a triangle formation. Went across the in the south sky, moved east then west, approx 3 miles, both ways. The three lights flashed 3 times, not at the same time, then disappear for a second then flash again. This was not a continuous flashing light like an airplane. The lights moved east to west 2 times then disappeared in the west. The lights moved relatively fast and there was no sound.

Posted 2013-08-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 99083
Occurred: 2013-06-30 22:00 Local
Reported: 2013-06-30 23:32 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 5

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams, Aircraft nearby

flash above

Me and my family were outside lighting off fireworks and my wife noticed a light going across the sky andwe looked up to see this star moving from a southern direction to the north and when it got directly overhead wr saw a flash of light come down but did not illuminate the the surrounding area, then a 30 seconds later a second star shape was on the same trajectory as the first but a little dimmer and then it faded out of site as the first,

then a third one came from the north towards the south just a bit off to the west of the other two objects a minute later, not saying anything is strange except for the fact that out of 5 years of living here and looking up with the kids and their telescope never have seen this and being from Texas as a kid I could recognize a satellite pretty quick but never seen a flash or so many at one time,

like to know what was going on in my "neighborhood" at the time.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2013-07-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 99090
Occurred: 2013-06-01 02:30 Local
Reported: 2013-07-01 15:29 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Light


satellite looking object coming to a complete stop.

I contacted you earlier in the night to basically report a satellite that I witnessed so later in the night I stepped back out side to see if I could catch another look and about 20 min later I noticed a satellite looking object coming from the east towards the west and I just figured it was another satellite until I noticed another satellite looking object coming from the south to the north looking as if they were going to collide but right before they got to the same spot they came to a complete stop, that was when I called my wife outside and we continued to watch the same spot and it seemed that the lights dissipated and 5 min later we saw a flash of baby blue light just to the east of the position of where the lights were and 5 min after that a light came from the same position but it was not white it was multi color and shimmering and it traveled to the north and with the way it was shimmering we could track it until it went to the horizon then it all ! stopped and I sat outside for the rest of the night and saw nothing else except a couple of shooting stars and no more satellites.



Posted 2013-07-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 98417
Occurred: 2013-05-29 01:00 Local
Reported: 2013-06-05 06:22 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Circle


Nine orange fireballs

While walking the dog after work, I looked up for some reason and noticed a line of nine orange fireball looking objects. It was cloudy, and they were clearly below the cloud cover.

They did not move very fast, but eventually faded from sight as they rose above the cloud cover.

Posted 2013-07-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 97708
Occurred: 2013-05-10 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2013-05-10 18:55 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Color changing orb expands into three yellow orbs at low altitude, high rate of speed, no sound

I was on the second floor balcony of a hotel that overlooked a bar. I was a teenage boy at the time. I was watching adults hanging around outside the bar and chatting with a friend. A light was moving from left to right slowly across the horizon. It never looked like it was very high in the sky. It looked to be very far away. The object was changing colors. Red, white, blue, red, white, blue, in smooth transition, color changed ever five seconds or so. No blinking or flashing. It appeared to be one light. As the object got in a 1:00 position it started getting closer and closer at a very high rate of speed. Faster than any aircraft I've ever seen. When it got to be about half way between me and it's original position the light got bigger. When it was about 300 yards in front of me the single orb split creating three yellow/gold glowing ovals that were layed horizontaly and stacked in a triangular formation.

O O O

The object flew over the bar in front of us and then over our heads what looked to be no more than 60 yards above our heads. The orbs didn't seem to emit light like the headlight from a car. The light seemed "contained". It made absolutely no sound. I could not see a center to the object. It looked to be one object the way the lights moved in formation but I can't be certain. It looked like the lights took up about the same space as a full size van...maybe a bit bigger. My friend and I looked at each other and our mouths dropped because we both had no idea what we just saw.




NUFORC Note:

Date is flawed. PD


Posted 2013-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 95449
Occurred: 2012-12-23 07:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2012-12-23 18:47 Pacific
Duration: 3-5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Fireball


5-6 fireball shaped object floting across the sky

we were in the back yard when we saw 5-6 fireball shaped object move slowly across the sky, as they flew over head, they just faded away






NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD


Posted 2013-02-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 94719
Occurred: 2012-11-21 17:00 Local
Reported: 2012-11-22 18:26 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Changed Colo

Evenly spaced yellow orange fireballs traveling across the sky.

I was walking to my car in the Festival parking lot and saw another guy staring up at the sky. I looked too, the two of us stood there trying to determine what these reasonably even spaced, traveling rather slowly fireball looking objects were. I suggested perhaps they were some sort of helicopter but the guy next to me pointed out wouldn't we hear them? Because they were a distance close enough that you would expect to hear some sort of sound. They proceeded as if they were following each other. Neither one of us could determine what type of known flying object they could be. Seemed within the possibility of what a human could invent, but seemed odd and not like anything I had ever seen.

Posted 2012-12-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 91085
Occurred: 2012-07-21 23:00 Local
Reported: 2012-07-22 09:52 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 5

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Changed Colo

Reddish-orange shimmering lights in the sky, moving eastward in a symmetrical pattern

My husband first noticed the lights while sitting on our porch around 23:00 and yelled for me to come outside quickly. When I arrived there were 3 other witnesses on the street observing the same lights. They were a reddish-orange color and seemed to shimmer and shine and move in an eastward direction. After passing our location they vanished and could not be seen in the east. The objects were sphere or orb-like and were in a pattern of symmetry. The event lasted a couple of minutes as they continued to appear and then disappear. There was no sound present for such an event. We were in such amazement at what we were viewing that we never thought to grab our camera and capture the moment.

We didn't want to take our eyes off of the lights. We have never seen anything like this before.

Posted 2012-08-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 87565
Occurred: 2012-03-09 22:12 Local
Reported: 2012-03-09 23:06 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

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

a dozen or so noisless orb like flaming balls of light that moved west across the sky and disapeared.

I showed up at a friends house at around 10:12 pm. When i went up to his door i glanced around and happened to see a bunch of strange lights through the trees that divided his property from the neighbors property. My friend was on the phone when he answered the door, and when i saw the lights i became curious and decided to walk back towards the edge of the property where i could better see them. As i stood watching them i noticed that the lights were moving. There was a group of about 8 to 10 lights congregated and 2 lights that seemed to be following the larger group from a distance. The larger group of lights seemed to be spaced apart from one another in a way that formed a kind of half moon shape. Each light that was in the half moon shape seemed to be at almost a perfect distance from each other. There were also a few lights around the half moon shape that were not part of this alignment. As i realized that what i was seeing was something i couldn't exp! lain i decided to call my friend over and point out what i was seeing. Once my friend saw the lights we continued to watch and follow them on foot as they moved west. They didn't make any abrupt movements, however some of them moved up and down in the sky and some seemed to hover in one spot while others moved more quickly. After a short period of time some of the lights began to dim. It was like one of those touch lamps with different settings of brightness on it. Some of the lights seemed to dim quicker than others, but before disappearing completely they looked white like a star. There also seemed to be a red blinking light that became more visible as the light dimmed. The lights at their brightest looked similar to an orb or candle flame if you could control the shape of flame to a circular shape. My friend was able to capture a short video of the two lights that seemed to be following the larger congregation of lights. Whatever these objects were they did not give off ! any sound. Also, at one point one of the lights moved towards one of t he other lights. When the light got close to the other light it dimmed out and disappeared.

Posted 2012-03-13

NUFORC UFO Sighting 85332
Occurred: 2011-11-15 21:30 Local
Reported: 2011-11-15 20:22 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Aircraft nearby

Two lights (initially looked like airplane lights) lower than airplanes should be, were blinking. The light on the left disappeared while the other light remained, but then there were multiple lights In a line (4 or 5 lights directing downward from where the light disappeared). All the lights then went out. This all happened within less than a minute.

However, I checked 15- 20 minutes later and 2 planes flew overhead, higher than the first two (one from the northeast and one from the southeast coming in the same direction and proceeded west with one another), my guess is that those lights were actual airplanes.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2011-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 83408
Occurred: 2011-08-19 22:00 Local
Reported: 2011-08-24 16:44 Pacific
Duration: 4 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Disk


Appleton, Wisconsin UFO Silhouette Descending Towards Downtown.

I was sitting on my porch in the Colony Oaks neighborhood of Appleton, WI, after watching a Packer game on TV and I looked up and saw the silhouette of a UFO descending west towards downtown.

It was very quick and there were no lights on the object I saw. It was perfectly saucer shaped, almost like two cymbals connected at their undersides. It was parallel to the horizon, and descending diagonally. The lights of the city lit up the clouds overhead so I was able to see the silhouette.

It flew behind a big tree across the road. It took a moment for me to come out of shock to get up and try and see where it went but it was gone.

Posted 2011-10-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 78344
Occurred: 2010-10-06 09:30 Local
Reported: 2010-10-13 16:14 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

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

I was walking with my friend as we were taking the dog out. As I go to catch up with him, he spots this bright bulb of light that seemed to be hovering several thousands of feet above the apartment buildings in which I live at and spinning in a counter-clockwise pattern. Also, the lighting pattern was very sperratic. Anyways, the anomaly was hovering for about two minutes and then it started moving eastbound, first very slowly and then picking up speed, and then it disappeared into the horizon. I don't know what it was, but both my friend and I rule out the fact that it was a plane. Also as we go back into my friends house, we realize that his mom received a bizarre phone call; the number was labeled "unavailable." If an investigator wishes to contact me, please do so via email. Thanks.

Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 76667
Occurred: 2010-07-20 12:35 Local
Reported: 2010-07-19 22:03 Pacific
Duration: 3/4 second
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, NY, USA

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

mysterious green light in sky cited in Appleton, NY

Green orb surrounded by white corona-like light. Descended from low cloud, turned and disappeared.

Posted 2010-07-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 75942
Occurred: 2010-06-26 03:15 Local
Reported: 2010-06-26 02:01 Pacific
Duration: 5 min
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

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

A circular object from the sky fell to the ground with a loud wooshing sound.

My cousin and I were sitting in the car driving in the outskirts of town. We were on our way to highcliff. Our tire blew so we had to pull over to change it. When the car was jacked up we heard a loud wooshing sound. We were conviced it was the wind of the storm, but it continued to accelerate in volume. So, we looked around and in the field to the right of us there was a blinding light similar to lightning, but it was lingering too long to actually be lighting.

We looked up to see a circular shape moving across the sky in a painstakingly slow straight line. Then, we saw a half of a circle fall to the ground.

We immediately grabbed the flashlight to find this object and nothing was there.

Posted 2010-07-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 66527
Occurred: 2008-10-28 22:00 Local
Reported: 2008-10-29 11:23 Pacific
Duration: About 5 Seconds
No of observers: 0

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

As I was riding my bike I noticed this small blue and white bright circular figure at about 10 pm in Appleton, Wisconsin. At sometimes it seemed to be just a bright dot in the sky; I know that what I saw wasn’t an airplane or an aircraft. I looked up to the sky, and I saw the light after about 5 seconds it went at a speed that no other aircraft can achieve. Then it disappeared in plain sight as if it had gone into some sort of teleport.



Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 65474
Occurred: 2008-08-30 23:22 Local
Reported: 2008-08-30 21:36 Pacific
Duration: 1 Minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

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

Fast moving craft in the night sky

Tonight while smoking a cigarette outside of my apartment facing and looking to the east, I saw a UFO. It appeared just below the bottom left star of what appears to be the big dipper.

At first it looked like a star, then all of a sudden with in a few seconds of me noticing it, (because I always am looking into the sky because of previous sightings I had but did not report) it moved at a very high rate of speed very close, within 200 yards I would say.

Then as fast as it came it flew away at an even faster speed, and disappeared.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 59222
Occurred: 2007-10-12 21:30 Local
Reported: 2007-10-12 19:06 Pacific
Duration: Over a half hour
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

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

Blue circluar ufo

Two circluar objects of a light blue color making a circular pattern and zig zaging. The two would make a circle almost as if in orbit then zag close. THe pattern was random. I am a big ufo hunter and know alot about them.



Posted 2007-11-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 153324
Occurred: 2000-02-16 09:35 Local
Reported: 2020-02-15 23:42 Pacific
Duration: 6 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Emitted other objects, Electrical or magnetic effects

3 fiery orbs mimicking a large plane

3 fiery yellow orbs surrounded by small blinking lights roughly 100 feet off the ground and 150 yards away moving in a formation that mimics a plane. There was no noise and no plane body seen, and the 3 brightest orbs never blinked. It made a full circle around my house and appeared to me that to anybody else in a different position closer to ground could mistake it for an aircraft. We watched as it slowly in a circular flight pattern until it dipped down in the presence of a tree line. A street light had started to react as it was dipping down into the tree line A couple nights earlier we had seen 3 blinking or pulsing objects appeared in the sky all area of the sky flying all flying in different directions, they would appear mundane to the average person who does not watch for strange objects, but the fact that 3 objects appeared in the same part of the sky eerily close to each other would suggest something is out of kilter.

Posted 2020-02-25

NUFORC UFO Sighting 10840
Occurred: 1999-11-16 18:05 Local
Reported: 1999-11-16 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 25 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

While stepping outside to take out the trash, I saw a large yellow-green fireball traveling west to east about 30 degrees above the horizon. It looked almost like a firework with a glowing ball and a trailing stream that flickered like a flaming tail.

Since there was no noise that I could hear, I assumed that this was a large meteor. Shortly after I saw the green fireball moving west to east, I saw 4 more familiar looking meteors, which were very quick streaks of white light which diminished quickly, and they all moving from north to south. The green fireball, moved much slower, in a different direction, and was the same brightness all the while I observed it. I lost sight of it when it was obscured by my neighbor's house. I thought this object was unusual enough to report since I have never seen anything like it. Other than the above, I really couldn't give you any more info. I am A regular Art Bell listener so I was aware of your reporting center.

Posted 1999-11-17

NUFORC UFO Sighting 7655
Occurred: 1998-12-31 23:59 Local
Reported: 1999-01-05 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 10

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape: Teardrop
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects

I was at a party waiting for 1999 I saw 6 crafts which formed a triange.

I was at a friend's house for New Year's eve party. When the clock read 11:59 I was getting ready for the 10 second countdown when I heard a sound like a computer starting up except it was much louder. I looked up and saw 6 tear droped objects shaped like a triangle the lead one was the biggest it was a red glowing color. The other five were smaller and were a yellow glowing color. They were flying to the south-east.They started circling in the air on top of me. I told my friend and they looked and asked what is that? When my friends started the ten second countdown I looked away. When I looked up the shapes were gone. I work at a plane muesem thirty minutes away from my house. I have never seen anything like those things before. I was wondering if anyone else has ever seen anything like that before.

Posted 1999-05-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 8352
Occurred: 1978-06-15 00:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1999-07-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 7

Location: Appleton, MN, USA

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

I woke up and saw it hovering noiseless over the neighbors horses and the highway. I awoke the whole family

I was a young teen, and awoke in the middle of the night and looked out my window. It was noiseless. it was right above the highway only about 50 feet up. The neighbors horses were running and rearing. I awoke everyone in the house so that they could see it. I was sure glad that it was still there. My family acted so srange. They were mad for being awoken. Everyone got extemely tired and went back to bed. I stayed up and watched it for as long as I could. I fell asleep at the window. I woke up before daylight and it was gone. Years later as an adult it haunts me. I saw the neighbor lady one time while taking the kids to visit my mom. I risked humiliation by telling her that I saw it. She lit up like a switch and told me that I was not crazy.



NUFORC Note:

Time and date are approximate. We have assigned an arbitrary time and date so that the report sorts to the summer of 1978. PD


Posted 2002-01-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 12164
Occurred: 1973-08-01 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2000-02-29 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 30 - 40 secs.
No of observers: 1

Location: Appleton, WI, USA

Shape:


Object seen: circular orange glow at back of laboring hum like deisel or electric motor sound. 3-4 lighted globes ejected object w/orange glow

I was the only witness to my knowledge - there were no subsequent news reports that I saw thru the years. I was on the sidewalk in front of my home at Approx 10:00pm when I heard this sound discribed above coming my way but hidden by trees - when the sound was directly over head I saw nothing until the sound was past me - I saw a circular glow accompany the heavy hum before it went behind trees again. Maybe 10 secs later I saw it again when bright balls appeared to float off of the UFO and down behind trees in a densely populated area of the city. It was moving too slow to be an airplane and WAS NOT A HEPICOPTER. I am curious if you had similar reports from that time and city. I have told noone

Posted 2002-09-19