NUFORC UFO Sighting 180262
Occurred: 2023-10-27 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-02-01 17:24 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 1 - Military

Location: Fort Plain, NY, USA
Location details: Intersection of Forbes rd. Night time. Clear skies. Out by dairy farm, no light pollution whatsoever

Shape: Orb
Color: Orange/amber
Estimated Size: Looked to be the size of fist @ airline height
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: South
Angle of Elevation: 71
Closest Distance: Looked to be the size of fist @ airline height
Estimated Speed: Faster than our fastest jets
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

Quick, dark night, large bright orange/amber orb in sky.

Me and my family were leaving our friends house. We had to take a detour that took us the normal route (state 5s) to Cronkite rd due to the bridge being under construction. As you can see on the map this area is farmland and at night it has little to no light pollution. I was talking to my family, when I noticed the night sky looked pretty clear. I looked forward at the road, looked back up and then I saw this giant orange/amber orb in the air. I wouldn’t say it was bright, but it almost looked like a dim fire. The orb was floating and not moving whatsoever. And made no noise. I know this because the windows were rolled down and my radio was not on. Then after about 5 seconds of hovering this massive orb object took off at an impossibly fast pace. Trust me. I lived at Fort Huachuca, fort sill, and fort drumm for awhile while I was in the military. There’s no object that the military owns that can move this fast, especially that size, with no sound. It moved at the directions of what would be south on Google maps and disappeared in a fashion that made it look like it was following the curvature of the earth until it was out of view. The size of the orb is what I could only compare to the size of my fist if I extended my arm and put it out to the sky. It was really high in the air also. By the time I convinced myself I was seeing what I was and got my wife’s attention it was gone. I had never seen anything like this before. It was too big to be a starlink. Please let me know if there’s anything to contradict or explain what I saw.

Posted 2024-02-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 164231
Occurred: 2021-08-03 20:45 Local
Reported: 2021-08-03 18:45 Pacific
Duration: 4 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Fort Plain, NY, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Emitted beams

Red flaming object shot across the sky

During our walk at dusk an object shot across the sky as we walked and faced southwest. This object was traveling at a great velocity (would guesstimate at least a few thousand mph) and had small red flames shooting from the round shape, and these flames were only a couple times the length of the round form, and not long and trailing. This object traveled from southeast to northwest where the Sun had set a couple hours earlier here in Upstate NY. It only took about 4 seconds then it seemed to just disappear while in our view. There was no sound and no visible streak that it made, it also was flying parallel to the ground, not flying toward the ground. It just disappeared halfway across the sky. We weren’t sure what we were seeing.



Posted 2021-08-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 31429
Occurred: 2003-09-12 20:40 Local
Reported: 2003-09-12 20:29 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 5

Location: Fort Plain, NY, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Unknown object viewed through 8" telescope containing 3 bright lights arranged in triangular shape

At a local star gazing session we noticed a possible satellite (no blinking lights) travelling east to west across the southern sky (approximately 20-30 degrees above the horizon). I managed to catch the object in an 8" dobsonian reflector telescope and track it off and on for over a minute. It had three bright lights arranged in a triangular shape and passed in front of the starfield behind it. We all thought it could have been the ISS or a satellite, however, upon returning home, I checked NASA's J-Track software for satellite observations at 20:40 and the only objects remotely visible were 2 small orbcomm satellites (FM7 and FM8). I had a good view with the telescope and have never seen an object like this traveling east to west.



NUFORC Note:

Virtually no satellites have a groundtrack with a significant westerly component to them. PD


Posted 2003-09-17