NUFORC UFO Sighting 182160
Occurred: 2024-07-01 01:05 Local
Reported: 2024-07-03 11:52 Pacific
Duration: About a couple h
No of observers: 1

Location: Cortland, IL, USA
Location details: Ring camera

Shape: Light
Color: White
Estimated Size: Not sure
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Facing North
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 1-1.5mile if not closer
Estimated Speed: Not sure but seemed slow
Characteristics: Lights on object

Ring captures odd light craft

My ring camera captures a strange light,which is seen behind a tree, then comes up behind a house and slowly starts ascending into the sky before disappearing. Start at 1:05am until ground 3:30am almost 4am.







Posted 2024-08-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 157920
Occurred: 2020-07-23 23:00 Local
Reported: 2020-07-25 23:50 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes


Location: Cortlandt manor, NY, USA

Shape: Light


I was over at my sister's house, in the backyard. The sky was clear and I happened to glance up to look at the stars when I noticed one particular "star" twinkled a little too bright. Then I realized it started moving! It was too high up to be a plane or any other object we know of and made no sound. The light pulsed brightly every 5-8 seconds and was moving in a strange pattern,almost like a zigzag motion. The object easily camouflaged within the stars. After a it seemed like it completed a circle in the sky it start ascending higher until it was no longer in sight.

Posted 2020-07-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 148110
Occurred: 2019-08-06 06:30 Local
Reported: 2019-08-07 13:44 Pacific
Duration: Didnt notice until after
No of observers: 4

Location: Cortland, OH, USA

Shape: Circle


I was taking photos at the beach. I didnt notice anything in the sky until I was home and looked at the photo I took. The photo right before this was clear.

Posted 2019-08-23

NUFORC UFO Sighting 137375
Occurred: 2017-11-22 22:00 Local
Reported: 2017-11-22 20:38 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cortland, OH, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Circular balloon-like UFO spotted by couple in Ohio

A circular balloon-like object hovered just below the clouds and ambled across the sky. It had luminescence around the edges, appeared to be a ring of dim light at one time.

It stayed within sight for about 2 minutes, and then it gradually flew away out of sight. Spotted by 2 in Ohio.





NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2017-12-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 122571
Occurred: 2015-10-05 02:00 Local
Reported: 2015-10-05 01:27 Pacific
Duration: >15 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cortland, OH, USA

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

3-4 lights moving in an erratic manner while also moving as a whole unit in a creeping sort of manner toward the north.

At first glance, it just looked like a little cluster of stars, but they were a little dimmer than all the rest. I should also mention that the sky was VERY clear tonight and the moon wasn’t in a spot where the sunlight reflection would drown out all the stars so it was really easy to see the sky.

The little cluster of dimly lit stars looked normal until I looked at it through peripheral vision, and then it looked like, a sort of cloudy mass with tiny pinprick bright spots in it. The longer I looked at it, the more I could see that the little lights were moving around in a really weird, erratic manner. There would be three, they’d make a sort of triangle shape, but then there would be four, and it would look like they formed a straight line, then they’d all kind of disperse and not be any kind of shape really but they’d be moving around a little bit and it kind of made me think of the way gnats swarm around in groups. And the cloudy area behind it, along with the lights themselves, all seemed to be moving as a whole in one direction (possibly north) in a slow, creeping sort of way. My partner and I believe this is the first time either of us have witnessed a UFO.

Posted 2015-10-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 121030
Occurred: 2015-08-08 21:00 Local
Reported: 2015-08-10 09:23 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Cortland, NY, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object

3 bright red objects flying in random patterns. Objects would separate from each other then come closer together.

They would repeat this sequence for a few times before disappearing.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2015-08-13

NUFORC UFO Sighting 100079
Occurred: 2013-07-12 20:30 Local
Reported: 2013-07-13 04:00 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cortland, OH, USA

Shape: Fireball


Red-orange fireball travelling from northeast to southwest bright enough to be seen as it passed behind clouds

Posted 2013-07-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 92245
Occurred: 2012-08-25 21:00 Local
Reported: 2012-08-28 12:32 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Cortland, NY, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

A group of about 10 fireball like objects traveling at about the speed of a normal helicopter with no sound. Ten minutes to cross sky.

At approximately 9pm (21:00) on I believe it was Saturday night, August 25th, 2012 I witnessed anywhere from 7 to 12 what appeared to be fireballs (but traveling at about the normal speed a helicopter would be going and at about the same height , about 1000 feet max., but with no sound at all) coming from the Southeast going in a straight line Northwest, and taking about 10 minutes to cross the sky. These objects were traveling in pairs, except maybe 1 or two. It was unusual because they were just orange, like fire, with no sound whatsoever. The sky was 90% clear, I could see the moon. The objects disappeared one at a time into a cloud cover in the Northwest.

When I heard about others seeing these objects also on the Coast to Coast AM Radio show with George Noory as the host on Mondays show (08/27/2012) and mention of the website ufocenter.com to report my sightings I realized maybe what I had seen was not a group of helicopters at all.



Posted 2012-09-24

NUFORC UFO Sighting 87034
Occurred: 2012-02-04 21:00 Local
Reported: 2012-02-05 07:45 Pacific
Duration: 4 mins


Location: Cortland, OH, USA

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

bright red fireball streaking down the sky.

I was sitting on the couch in the living room when I saw this bright red fireball streaking down the sky toward the ground. I ran out onto my deck figuring something had exploded and was going to crash. No crash and no lights from an explosion. There were a lot of cars on the main road (Route 5) so I know I am not the only one who saw this. There is nothing on the news here or in the paper.

Posted 2012-02-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 76271
Occurred: 2010-07-04 23:30 Local
Reported: 2010-07-07 16:34 Pacific
Duration: 5 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Cortland, NY, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object

3 redish orange lights seen over central ny traveling south east direction

It was july 4th evening appox 10pm. I had been invited to my friends new home for a few drinks and some food. There were seven people there in total. We were sitting on the back porch enjoying the nice night. At approx. 11:30pm I noticed two redish orange lights off in the distance to the north of our location headed in a south east direction. Im not positive on their elevation but they were as low as a small prop plane would fly. The two lights were flying side by side at first. One of the objects seemed to speed up ahead of the other. It slowed down just in front of the other then continued in this formation till they were out of my line of sight. I told the others to "look at those lights!" My friend scott looked but blew it off as nothing. Then as has happened to me before everyone commented on how i was seeing things. But i know scott saw the same thing i did. Again, at approx. 11:45 pm a second redish orange light at the same elevation and heading in the same direction as the previous two objects came into sight. This one was moving slowly at first but seemed to gain speed as it traveled. This one was by itself. It traveled in a south east direction and like the other two disappeared out of my sight behind a tree line. I did not mention this object to my friends due to the fact that they refuse to believe even the things they see i guess. I am aware that it was the fouth of july and people were using fireworks all over the country that day but this was NOT fireworks. Im reporting this because i read that there were many other reports of the same thing. And i wanted to share my sighting as well.

Posted 2010-07-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 47683
Occurred: 2005-11-11 18:00 Local
Reported: 2005-11-13 19:30 Pacific
Duration: 15 mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Cortland, NY, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Light faded away and reappered in different location several times.

Driving on Rt. 81 North, I was looking out my window towards the city of Cortland. I noticed an unusally bright white light in the sky. I watched it for about 30 seconds, then it faded away.

It all of a sudden reappered in a different location in the sky. It faded away again after about 10-15 seconds, and reappered in a different location again. I watched this for about 15 mins and could still see it in my rear view mirror while driving.

Posted 2005-12-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 37907
Occurred: 2004-07-02 22:00 Local
Reported: 2004-07-02 20:36 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 3

Location: Cortland, NY, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object

20+ fast moving objects in the span of about an hour, upstate NY, 7/2/04

The objects we (mother, two teenaged sons) saw were going from an east to west direction, going at a very fast speed, way more than the average commercial airliner. They had blinking lights, most of which were 3, white, and circular, and then a red one came on and off, in a diamond pattern(three whites in the front, and red in the back). There were also 2 constant white lights at the back of the aircraft. We observed as many as 20-25 of these over the course of about an hour. Very clear night, full moon, all very visible. They would usually go in parallel lines from east to west, normally in pairs of some distance apart. One was seen going straight up out of the west sky, rather than toward us and overhead. It did this at a very rapid speed, more than the others going from west to east. We were under the impression we were possibly watching military aircrafts until we saw the one going in a totally unpredicatable pattern. No sounds were heard.



Posted 2004-07-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 22594
Occurred: 2002-04-20 22:00 Local
Reported: 2002-04-20 22:26 Pacific
Duration: 15 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Cortland, NY, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object

Seven points of light continuously changing position with each other, yet all moving in the same direction.

My 14 year old son and I were out walking our dog when he suddenly stated, "Wow. What's that!" I noticed he was looking up into the sky. I looked up also and saw approximately seven points of light moving from south to north. We were facing toward the east. The points of light, as I call them, were red in color and did not blink. Although clearly visible, they did appear to be quite distant. As compared to a satellite visible at night, these lights (as a whole group) moved somewhat faster and were easier to see (brighter although not as bright as airplane lights). These points of light were moving together as a group, however the distance between each one was constantly changing. There was no set formation. One light would move forward, another would move back. One would move from one side and another to the other side. They did not move one at a time either. Two or three would be displaying this characteristic at the same time. I was not able to determine any rhythmic pattern to their movement. Generally, they were all travelling to the north, however each seemed to have a "mind of it's own" by switching places with another. This continued for approximatley 15 seconds until we lost sight them. Weather conditions were not a factor as it was a clear night.

Posted 2002-04-25

NUFORC UFO Sighting 34290
Occurred: 1994-04-01 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2004-01-04 14:00 Pacific
Duration: 5-7 Minutes
No of observers: 5

Location: Cortlandt Manor, NY, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

circular craft hovered emitting green and red.

About 10 years ago. I was inside my house with my mother and five siblings. When all of a sudden a loud humming started to vibrate the house. My older sister was the first to go outside to see what it was. She said she saw a disc shaped object over the top of the trees. The object was NOT emitting any light at the time. All you can see was the outline of the object over the night sky. After a quick glance my sister runs inside with the news. My mother then lets us all go to see it. We head out the back door to notice that it moved to the side of the house. This time it was emitting a green and red color. It just hovered there at the same altitude for about 5 minutes. (this is where the classic thing happens) my mother goes inside to find the video camera but couldn't find it. And was to afraid to take to long and that she would miss the object.) After the five minutes past of just hovering there it headed off over the house to exit going 20 to 25 miles an hour immediately followed by three jet fighters aligned in a v formation. When we went inside my mother called the police. Before my mom could finish her description of what happened the officer on the line said, "that the lines were flooding but everythings alright the Air Force called and said that they were doing a test." At the time my mother and all of us completely bought the reason the officer gave us. Ten years later all of a sudden the memory of the event flooded back. what came back to me was that i saw a object above the tree line emitting colors for about five minutes. That is all I remember. After gaining this memory back i asked my mother and sisters about this event. and thats how i got the whole story together and the first time the shape of the object was put into play. My two sisters rememeber a circlular object while my mother remembers a circlular object with a sort of square piece at the back. When I first heard them tell me the shape since it faded from my memory i was surprised that they didn't think it was wierd ! sounding. They replied that it was the Air Force doing a test. When i told them that no U.S plane was circular and could not hover they just said really. At first I thought they were just trying to pull my leg. But after a few questions I realized that they really had no idea how planes work and the great importance of basic aerospace dynamics. They really thought a plane could be any shape. Thats why they sucked up the Airforce's Reason.



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD


Posted 2004-01-17

NUFORC UFO Sighting 47219
Occurred: 1992-06-30 00:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-10-26 03:06 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 minutes
No of observers: 10

Location: Cortlandt Manor, NY, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby, Electrical or magnetic effects

circular vibrating ufo

Alrighty this actually happeded in the early 90's, I had to categorize this as 1969 because my computer is set to that and wouldnt let me type in 1990 for this forum.

Well anyway, I was like 7 or 8 years of age, with my sisters and mother all watching tv after a late dinner. My father was at work and my older brother was sleeping in the basement.

All of a sudden I remember my house being violently vibrated, not like a earthquake vibrate, more like a fast high pitched vibrate. Like a loud bumble bee.

My mother goes outside with me in arms to check it out. We both look up to see a steady hovering circlular plane about a 20 feet from the top of my house. We just stared at it for about 3 minutes and it slowly moves down my street going over all my neigbors houses. Very dark black base with three ports of blue red and green. The colors are faded from my memory.

Anyway, my mother calls up 911 to report it, the operator said she doesnt know whats going on. She says to my mom the switch board over at the control center is lit up with callers from the same area. We get a call back from the operator to let us know that response they got from air traffic control was that it was a military test. Obviously this is bull, or maybe not, a few neigbors call my house to ask about the loud noise, and some call ask about seeing a large object above my house.

I was so young when this happened but it is all pretty clear to me. I mostly remember seeing the fear in my mom's face making me nervous.

When the object was out there, she had tried to video record it but her batteries were dead. Sounds a bit clishea (spelling) ((cliché)) but she remembered charging it to full the day before.

The wierd thing about this story is also that, when I asked all my sisters, neigbors, and mother about the details of what they saw. They all say a different thing. That's what baffles me. My mother said it was triangular, I say it was circular, two of sister say long oval, neigbor says sphere. One sister recalls hearing no vibration just seeing a silent object in the sky. Another sister recalls vibration. I recall it too.

Mother says red, green, and blue portals, siter says pitch black, other sister says one big port in the center. I feel that what happened that night was alot more than I can remember.

I suffered from chronic day and night terrors ever since it happened. No alien dreams or anything, just the feeling of pure fear. I'm getting tired noe and would like to share more but Im going pass out, good night :) :)

p.s this is no bull, i work full time and dont have the time write false crap, but how can I prove that. I guess I can't.




NUFORC Note:

The date shown above is approximate. We will invite the witness to have his family members submit reports, as well. PD


Posted 2005-11-03