NUFORC UFO Sighting 100450
Occurred: 2013-05-31 21:30 Local
Reported: 2013-07-24 22:21 Pacific
Duration: 5-8 minutes
No of observers: 6

Location: Cassadaga, NY, USA

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

We had 2 sightings of multiple craft within .25 mi area, within a span of one minute, 2 very different types of craft.

First sighting (of two): At 21:30 on May 31, 2013, driving south on Route 60 in Cassadaga, NY, I saw from the rear seat what appeared to be a tall tower of light. I asked the others in the car "What is that? What are we looking at? It looks like a tower of light." The driver said "There is no tower of light in that field." As we watched, the white lights seemed to be emerging from the earth or from Cassadaga Lake, 1,000 feet or so to our left (west). There appeared to be dozens climbing vertically, one after another, at a relaxed speed. When the craft reached an altitude of approx 500 feet, they leveled off and headed east. They were traveling ahead of the car and, in a split second, I had to turn my head back to continue seeing them, now behind us. I cannot say if there was missing time, but it was a strange sensation. Each of these crafts had 2 or 4 very bright white lights and were climbing as if on an elevator, one after another. At one point it appeared that the tower of light were falling over, but it was an optical illusion as they started leveling off and heading east. They appeared to be moving fairly slowly and yet we observed them for only one minute or less and they had moved quite a bit in that brief space of time. We could not see the body of the crafts, only the bright white lights.

Second sighting: The driver had not slowed down, nor had he looked towards the lights, as the remaining 3 of us had. Within .25 miles, we made a right turn onto Dale Dr in Cassadaga ( now heading west). As we turned, I was still looking above us at the night sky and saw more lights. I called out "Stop !" "Stop !!!" and when the driver kept driving, I said "Pull the car over !!"

We all got out of the car and stood under the lights, which appeared to be triangular. The reason I say triangular is because each set of 3 lights vibrated slightly as they traveled east-south-east. The vibrational movement was horizontal and each set of 3 lights moved as one. We had missed several lights, but we watched 3 of these triangular-shaped craft flying in absolute silence, directly above us, at a speed of perhaps 30 mph.

A car stopped to ask if we were OK, we said "yes". That car drove on. A second car stopped and the man asked what we were looking at. I said "We're watching UFOs go by." He said "Thank God! I thought people would think I was crazy!"

He stopped his car and then he and his mother stood with us watching the remaining craft go by. He had first seen the lights from his home and got in the car to get closer to the lights. As I observed the lights they appeared to be made of fire. They were circular and under the crafts. Others described what they saw as red lights, or yellow lights or orange lights. The crafts were flying in a straight line formation. After the 3 sets of 3 lights went by, there were 2 more crafts with single lights and they were not following the same straight line pattern, they were off to the sides.

All of these craft, in the second sighting, were emitting a thick black smoke from the edges to camouflage the lights. It looked like cloud material, only black.

There were pictures taken with cell phones, with some blurred effects on one and with only 2 of the 3 lights showing on another. It was difficult to estimate the altitude of the dark crafts, possibly 100 feet to 400 feet above us?

After the sightings: The next day, June 1st, 2013, I was told of a woman who saw 30 lights in the sky around 21:30 on May 31, 2013. I have since spoken to her and she told me that she saw them while sitting at her computer on her front porch. She counted 30 lights, which were the same ones from our second sighting, but we caught the tail end and saw only 3 of at least 10 triangular craft traveling in a one line formation. She was located slightly west-north-west of us at the time of her sighting.

Conclusion: It would appear that at least the White Light crafts were emerging from Lake Cassadaga or very nearby and the possibility exists that the dark triangular-looking crafts may have emerged from the same location, at almost the same time. This area is a well-known vortex and Lake Cassadaga is known to be quite deep with some type of connecting spring system running beneath it. Was there a meeting occurring just before our sightings ? or is this a coincidence ? My background: I worked for a major Canadian airline for over 32 years, staring in 1973. I never witnessed any unexplained phenomena/ sightings in my career, although I heard of many sightings/experiences from pilots over those decades.

Backgrounds of the other witnesses: The driver of the car is an accountant. One of the other ladies in the car is a nurse. The other woman works in mediation, if I'm not mistaken. The woman who saw 30 lights was a legal secretary for many decades.

Posted 2013-08-30

NUFORC UFO Sighting 84913
Occurred: 2011-07-30 22:00 Local
Reported: 2011-10-26 22:50 Pacific
Duration: 5-7 minutes
No of observers: 6

Location: Cassadaga, NY, USA

Shape: Fireball


Yellowish/orange sphere witnessed by 6-8 people in Western NY

Cassadaga NY 14718

We were sitting on the hotel porch on July 30th 2011, as is customary for tourists and residents on warm evenings. Lily Dale is a Spiritualist Community which runs a summer program and has done so for many years. There were at least 6-8 of us passing the hours before bedtime when an orange sphere floated over the trees from the north and drifted south. It was an orange sphere that I identified as a possible hot air balloon as I tried to find words to describe it. Never having seen a UFO, I was open to the possibility and watched carefully but trying to normalize the experience. It did not speed up, slow down, or change direction and moved at a speed I thought was consistent with a hot air balloon-- but could not understand how one could navigate safely at that time of night nor why it appeared completely lit up. It was about 10:00 pm.

While the sphere was orange, there were areas that appeared more of a yellow color, which someone suggested might be a source of heat that mig! ht be heating the air, were it hollow. At least 4 to 6 of us got off the porch and went into the parking lot beside the hotel for a closer look. It appeared to drift across the sky and we lost track of it as it cleared the trees and continued south. We made no attempt to follow it, as we would have lost our view quickly had we tried. We returned to our conversations and rocking chairs on the porch feeling relatively satisfied we had an explanation that satisfied us, or at least somewhat satisfied me. The Jamestown airport is not far away and I found there is a hot air balloon rental business in the area as well. While I had found solace with my explanation, apparently another disagreed. One resident got up from his seat grumbling "hot air balloon, my ass!" and left in a huff.

It was not until I heard an interview with Peter Davenport on the Rense Radio Program weeks later that I reconsidered the experience with bewilderment. They interviewed a woman who had the same name as mine and who described a sighting in exactly the same words, "a hot air balloon" and there was discussion about similar incidents of orange fireballs in other locations. Bewildered and curious, I looked at several You Tubes of photographed images similar to what I had seen. BINGO. It's what I saw...or something so similar it might have been the object my associates and I had seen.

Lily Dale is located on the east side of Upper Chautauqua Lake at an elevation of approximately 1325 ft. Its coordinates are 42°21'06" North, 79°19'27" West (42.351725, -79.324211). I am not experienced in judging height but It appeared to me to be about 6, maybe 8 story's high and my angle of observation was about 45 degrees. According to Weather History for Lily Dale the evening of our observation it was 70 degrees that evening and the wind was 5 mph.

I was reluctant to add my observation as a good deal of time has passed and our location might prejudice readers and we might not be taken as credible witnesses. I don't think an orange fireball that didn't move in any exceptional manner would be anything that any of us would have thought of as a UFO or worth reporting... and as individuals we are not prone to talk about what happens on our visits to Lily Dale. Cassadaga NY 14718 We were sitting on the porch at the hotel on July 30th 2011, as is customary for tourists and residents on warm evenings. Lily Dale is a Spiritualist Community which runs a summer program and has done so for many years. There were at least 6-8 of us passing the hours before bedtime when an orange sphere floated over the trees from the north and drifted south. It was an orange sphere that I identified as a possible hot air balloon as I tried to identify it. Never having seen a UFO, I was open to the possibility and watched carefully trying to normalize the experience. It did not speed up, slow down, or change direction and moved at a speed I thought was consistent with a hot air balloon-- but could not understand how one could navigate safely at that time of night nor why it appeared completely lit up. It was about 10:00 pm. While the sphere was orange, there were areas that appeared more of a yellow color, which someone suggested might be a source of heat that might be heati! ng the air, were it hollow. At least 4 to 6 of us got off the porch and went into the parking lot beside the hotel for a closer look. It appeared to drift across the sky and we lost track of it as it cleared the trees and continued south. We made no attempt to follow it, as we would have lost our view quickly had we tried. We returned to our conversations and rocking chairs on the porch feeling relatively satisfied we had an explanation that satisfied us, or at least somewhat satisfied me. The Jamestown airport is not far away and there is a hot air balloon rental business in the area as well. While I had found solace with my explanation, apparently another disagreed. One resident got up from his seat grumbling "hot air balloon, my ass!" and left in a huff.

It was not until I heard an interview with Peter Davenport on the Rense show weeks later that I reconsidered the experience with bewilderment. They interviewed a woman who had the same name as mine and who described a sighting in exactly the same words, "a hot air balloon" and there was discussion about similar incidents of orange fireballs in other locations. Bewildered and curious, I looked at several You Tubes of photographed images of what I had seen. It's what I saw...or something so similar it might have been the object my associates and I had seen.

Posted 2011-12-12