NUFORC UFO Sighting 180014
Occurred: 2024-01-12 15:45 Local
Reported: 2024-01-14 05:01 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds (?)
No of observers: 1

Location: Grahamsville, NY, USA
Location details: DEC Bald Eagle Observation Site

Shape: Cigar
Color: Grey - Black
Estimated Size: ?
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: SW
Angle of Elevation: 25
Closest Distance: ?
Estimated Speed: ?
Explanation: Aircraft - Possible


After doing some eagle photography object was seen at home when images were viewed from the SD card

These images are the first and last photos of a 10 image burst taken with a Canon R7 mirrorless camera using a 400mm telephoto lens. They are smaller versions of the original and unprocessed jpeg files. I also have raw files of the same sequence. I was doing some wildlife photography at the DEC eagle observing parking area along rte. 55a just outside of Grahamsville along the Rondout Reservoir. Fortunately an eagle was perched nearby to the south of me making for an easy target. Eventually the eagle flew from its perch and I tried to follow it with my camera as it left the area. When I got home I looked at the images and luckily I caught some decent images of the fly away. After looking at the sequence I noticed an elongated object in the distance that appeared in all ten of the frames. At first I thought it may be a smudge on the lens but its position changed as I panned with the eagle. After looking more carefully the object does seem like it moved slightly to the right during the sequence. Could it be a plane? The images were taken between 3:30 and 4:00 so the natural light was waning. The date and time on the metadata for the images are not correct. The camera is brand new and I did not set the date and time on it yet. The camera was set at its highest burst rate (15 fps). The entire sequence is 10 consecutive frames so maybe a second of time. The SD card has a write rate of 200mb/sec. I do not remember any sound from an airplane or jet at the time although I can't be 100% sure as I was concentrating on taking pictures. I send the images and summary to Linda Zimmermann for further examination.




Posted 2024-02-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 99028
Occurred: 2013-06-16 21:50 Local
Reported: 2013-06-30 08:07 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Grahamsville, NY, USA

Shape: Light


Faster than satellite, constant speed, constant direction changing bright to dim randomly for 5 to 10 sec at a time

I've seen this type of object four times now in different locations, but the one that I can site the time and date is this event.

My fiance' and I arrived at my parents house after visiting with family, we had my grandmother's wake. We got out of the car and were marveling at the stars. They were extremely bright that night. I could see many satellites, planets, a few meteors passed by, but this light moving at a constant speed appears high up in the sky. It (they) move faster than a satellite, do not blink but become very bright, then dim randomly at intervals of say 5 to 10 seconds, but there is no pattern. At one event where I saw one of these lights when it went dim it looked reddish, when bright it looked white. They move across the sky not changing direction. I watch the stars every night when its clear and have never seen this type of object until starting around the end of May 2013 up until last week. This seems reoccurring, not just a random! event seeming that I've seen this type of light four times, my fiance' being there twice to witness it with me. I'd like to know what it is if it can be explained. It certainly doesn't look like any satellite I've ever seen.

Posted 2013-07-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 66964
Occurred: 2008-11-17 04:00 Local
Reported: 2008-11-17 21:29 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Grahamsville, NY, USA

Shape: Light


Saw a light circling a mountain.

I was sitting on a pulloff looking over the rondout reservoir and noticed a bright blue shooting star. Shortly after, i noticed a light moving from behind a mountain on the horizon. I originally thought it was a plane but it then started circling the mountain at great speeds. I stepped out of my car and heard nothing, so i got back in and watched. After a few minutes the object rose up into the sky and dimmed, after about 3 or 4 seconds it lit up instantly and started doing bigger faster circles around the mountain, even coming close to the reservoir at times. Once i saw the object's circles starting to get closer to me i got scared and turned my car on and drove home, very frightened.



Posted 2009-01-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 44643
Occurred: 1989-08-22 22:15 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-06-29 13:07 Pacific
Duration: 5 MIN
No of observers: 3

Location: Grahamsville, NY, USA

Shape: Rectangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

LARGE AIRCRAFT CARRIER FLOATING APPEARANCE WITH NO SOUND

THE OBJECT WAS VERY LARGE,MAYBE THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD,NO APPARENT SHAPE ONLY THE OUTLINE PROVIDED BY THE LIGHTS THAT WERE VISIBLE.THERE WAS NO SOUND,IT WAS VERY QUIET,WE WATCHED IT PASS SLOWLY OVERHEAD,IT SEEMED LIKE A VERY LONG TIME BUT IT LASTED ONLY ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date of the event is approximate. PD


Posted 2005-07-05