NUFORC UFO Sighting 187622
Occurred: 2025-02-09 18:57 Local
Reported: 2025-02-09 16:54 Pacific
Duration: 30 min
No of observers: 3

Location: McDonough, GA, USA
Location details: By the planet fitness on Jonesboro rd in McDonough ga

Shape: Circle
Color: White
Viewed From: Land
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: Very far
Explanation: Chinese Lantern - Possible


The power went out at the gym and when we left we saw 4 lights in one spot in a straight line the disappeared one by one

The power went out in my gym and when leaving the gym we saw four lights lined up in almost a straight line . They were completely still and then moved one by one . They disappeared.







Posted 2025-02-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 178024
Occurred: 2023-09-03 20:31 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2023-09-03 20:18 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 0

Location: McDonough, GA, USA
Location details: I was Highway 81 passing the new BJs on my right Traveling south.

Shape: Diamond
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted beams, Changed Colo

diamond shaped glowing green and white

I was on hwy81 when I saw this odd shaped diamond that looked like it was shot down from the sky above me going towards the shell on 20 next to subway. But right before it could hit or touch down from anything I could see it completely vanishes. Like a black hole type of gone.

Posted 2023-09-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 172403
Occurred: 2021-08-18 12:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2022-10-23 09:43 Pacific
Duration: Maybe 5 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: McDonough, GA, USA
Location details: Above my home in broad daylight

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Emitted other objects

We saw something like a sphere shape in the middle of other sphere shape objects circling it

I was in the garage, and my two children, my 15-year-old daughter at the time and my 6-year-old daughter, were standing outside. They both saw something in the sky that appeared to be a sphere shaped object, with possibly four other sphere-shaped objects rotating around it. They called me outside to look up and see what they were seeing. I came outside and saw the object or objects rotating above my house in the sky. The objects just sat there for a good 5 minutes before slowly moving away.I then went back into the garage to get my phone and told my daughter to get her phone so we could try to record it, but when we tried to put the picture on the phone, it wouldn't let us.As we tried to capture what we were seeing, the object slowly moved away, with the smaller sphere shaped objects rotating around it. We tried everything we could to capture what we were seeing on camera, but it was not showing up. I wasn't going to come foward, which is why it's been a year. However, I kept hearing about other sightings and decided to report my own. I refuse to reveal my identity because I still cannot believe what we witnessed. My daughters and I are not insane, so we know what we saw, and it was terrifying

Posted 2022-12-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 146179
Occurred: 2019-05-19 21:35 Local
Reported: 2019-05-20 13:11 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Very bright light moving northeast over our home. The object did not have any flashing lights and was ten times brighter than the North Star. The moon is full maybe adding to the brightness.

Posted 2019-06-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 146203
Occurred: 2019-05-19 21:35 Local
Reported: 2019-05-18 19:10 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Very bright light moving northeast over our home. The object did not have any flashing lights and was ten times brighter than the North Star. The moon is full maybe adding to the brightness.

Posted 2019-06-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 141535
Occurred: 2018-05-13 17:30 Local
Reported: 2018-05-14 16:48 Pacific
Duration: 45 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

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

Christmas-star-objects.

Looked like a bright star, mostly red and blue twinkling lights. There were five in a semi-circular formation that were stationary in the sky. The largest and brightest one, began to move with fairly rapid speed.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2018-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 131475
Occurred: 2016-11-26 18:30 Local
Reported: 2016-11-26 16:24 Pacific
Duration:
No of observers: 3

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

3 lights in the night sky one was bigger the others were smaller.(no sound) when we saw them one of them took of REALLY fast.

What we saw was 3 lights one was bigger with two lights and the other were just smaller lights, (they were not planes). When we saw them tone of the small ones took off really fast, when we went away from them for about 5 min they were gone when we came back there was 3 of us that saw them. I have them on video.

Posted 2016-12-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 123048
Occurred: 2015-10-24 00:10 Local
Reported: 2015-10-22 21:30 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

gold/green ball of light (oval shape) descending eerily out of nowhere over our house No impact heard or seen.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2015-10-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 122831
Occurred: 2015-10-13 07:03 Local
Reported: 2015-10-15 04:11 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object

6 Bright lights in line formation.

I was driving down Highway 2081 and saw 6 bright lights about 4,000ft in the air. They were solid white in color and they weren't moving. They then slowly faded away till they disappeared.

Posted 2015-10-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 122589
Occurred: 2015-10-06 07:00 Local
Reported: 2015-10-06 04:23 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Bright flying orbs in Hampton georiga.

I saw two bright flash orbs that weren't moving at first but then moved quickly in different directions. One was flashing different colors the other one was solid white. This is not the first time I've seen these orbs. I have seen them several times in the last year.

Posted 2022-12-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 112797
Occurred: 2014-08-22 10:00 Local
Reported: 2014-08-22 19:07 Pacific
Duration: 1 min
No of observers: 4

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

Floating object disappeared into sky.

Posted 2014-08-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72824
Occurred: 2009-10-12 11:00 Local
Reported: 2009-10-13 08:20 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 5

Location: Mcdonough, GA, USA

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

We were outside filming a highschool project when someone saw a flash over head. we looked up and saw 3 or even 4 crafts with no distinct shape circle over head. Then we went inside to tell someone and returned to see them fly off.

we came in a 11:12 or so, but the weird thing is we were only gone for 10 minutes or so and we went back out and it was 12:30 500 Lights On Object0: Yes

Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72596
Occurred: 2009-09-24 22:00 Local
Reported: 2009-09-24 22:40 Pacific
Duration: 10 Seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Orb


Observed a large circular orb of dense greenish-white light falling relatively slowly straight toward the ground.

My husband and I were driving at approximately 10:15 p.m. when looking toward the moon in the southwestern sky, I saw a circular orb of dense light falling relatively slowly straight toward the ground. The light was a light greenish white. Possibly a white center with a thin ring of green on the outer edge. There was no tail or trail. There was no smoke. No crackle. Did not appear to be any sort of debris. It was fairly close, I'd say within a 1/4 mile from where I was traveling in the car. Or it was extremely large. I lost sight of it when it passed below the tree tops.



Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72519
Occurred: 2009-09-19 20:00 Local
Reported: 2009-09-21 04:29 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 minutes
No of observers: 8

Location: McDonough, NY, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

Large bright white light with beam witnessed in New York state.

It was night so all we saw was a light but it was definitely unidentified. It seemed to be a few miles away and maybe a mile in the sky. It was a huge white light shining straight down. There were no blinking lights like you would see on a helicopter. The light was completely steady and stayed on for at least a minute then just disappeared. No sound, nothing and it was gone.

Witnessed by 4 collage educated, sober adults, 37-39 years of age and 4 kids under 8 years old.



NUFORC Note:

Missile launch. PD


Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 66825
Occurred: 2008-11-09 20:47 Local
Reported: 2008-11-10 06:25 Pacific
Duration: 2 Seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

Bright Blue Elongated ball

My brother and i were fixing our paintball guns, and we looked out my window and saw a elongated bright blue light about relitve size to a bottle cap but it was low, about tree level and was completely visable. And it made no sound but traveled at an amazing speed.




NUFORC Note:

Student report. PD


Posted 2009-01-10

NUFORC UFO Sighting 59767
Occurred: 2007-11-13 00:00 Local
Reported: 2007-11-12 06:01 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Diamond
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Electrical or magnetic effects

Diamond like crafts flying low.

i was going home from a party and a diamond 2 diamond shapes shot above the house circled around the disapeared

Posted 2007-11-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 59637
Occurred: 2007-11-03 00:00 Local
Reported: 2007-11-05 06:14 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 0

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Changed Colo

The ufo was very disturbing because i have never seen one before.

I was just playing baseball with my friends around 11:30 at night when 30 min. later I saw something flying through the air.

It had a light beam and then it said something which i cannot explain at this moment because ia ms so petrified.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2007-11-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 57428
Occurred: 2007-07-03 23:12 Local
Reported: 2007-07-03 21:45 Pacific
Duration: a few seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Me and my friend were playing tennis, when i saw the ufo. My friend saw the ufo over my head and didnt think much of it. It first appeared like a airplane, a slow moving light, almost a cylinder shape. i saw the light it was very bright and very white. It was moving slow, the speed of a aircraft. Although the ufo wasnt very high off the ground, possibly a mile to 2miles high max. The slow moving light got brighter and shaped more like a cylinder and sped away at a extremely fast speed. The ufo was only in my sight for about 3seconds. The light was bright enough and big enough to know it wasnt a plane, and it wasnt a shooting star because the object was moving slow, then sped away at a very fast pace. It was a awesome sighting, my first sighting i could say without a doubt it was a ufo, very cool. key points about the ufo, it made no sounds. The ufo was very low, and it was very bright. The bright light was white in color, and the ufo changed it shape into a more cylinder shape when it started to speed away.



Posted 2007-08-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 43662
Occurred: 2005-04-14 22:00 Local
Reported: 2005-04-26 20:55 Pacific
Duration: Appx. 1 hour
No of observers: 4

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Changing
Characteristics: Lights on object

Georgia UFO Group---Witness Debriefing-Changing Object





CASE BACKGROUND On 15April05 the Georgia UFO Group received a call on the 'Hotline'. The caller identified himself by name and address i.e. a middle-age disabled resident of McDonough Georgia (McDonough is about 26 miles SE of Atlanta). He stated that the previous night he, along with his wife and a neighboring couple, had observed a highly unusual object in the sky. He went on to describe the event (duration about one hour), indicating that he was pretty amazed by what they observed. After getting the basic details, this investigator instructed the Primary Witness (PW) to prepare a detailed account, plus a sketch, both to be forwarded to this writer. PW also provided the phone number of the second witness (W2).

This investigator phoned W2 and found him to be a retired firefighter, and afterwards a hospital security officer by profession. He provided basic details of the event and also agreed to forward an account and a sketch to GUFOG.

After receiving all of the above described documents on 18April05, this writer again spoke with the PW and W2 within a few days.

The final detailed account summary contains more information than the preliminary recap sent to GUFOG members in the group's bulletin.

WITNESS ACCOUNTs- SUMMARY PW stated that at about 10:00PM on 14April05 (and continuing until about 11:00PM) he observed what he thought was a "falling star" out of his bay window. When it did not briefly extinguish as expected, he went outside to observe more closely. Looking to the NW, he continued to watch a brilliant light which began to dart back and forth, up and down, zig-zagging at about 1/2 of the way off of the horizon. PW retrieved his binoculars (10X50) and continued to watch. Under magnification, he at first observed a "pancake-like" object which seemed to have red, blue, and silver lights on the bottom. During subsequent observation, it seemed to get closer and MOVE to give a view of DIFFERENT SHAPES......a triangle, later a shallow "C" shape almost like a boomerang, then a classic lens shape with a protuberance similar to a cupola, each profile displaying the aforementioned lights. PW indicated that the rapid movement reminded him of the electronic indicator on a heart monitor in a hospital, but after he thought on it some more, perhaps looking through the binoculars had caused some of that due to his natural hand and arm tremor.

After steady observation, the PW called his neighbor, W2, who also came out to take a look.

W2 told this investigator that he watched the object both with the naked eye and the binoculars. He estimated that it was about the size of a LARGE MARBLE held out AAL, at about 45 degrees off of the horizon, shaped like a TRIANGLE with blinking blue, green and silver lights. During his observations, he too noticed very rapid movements. PW added that it seemed to him that the object had a SHINY METALLIC-LIKE COLOR ON THE BOTTOM ALONG WITH THE CHANGING LIGHTS. During his observation using the binoculars he also noticed a GRATE-LIKE SURFACE at one point, which resembled "criss-cross" like openings.

W2 added that he got the impression that this object was beyond our atmosphere and would be HUGE in order to allow for what they observed.

Local conditions during the observation was a typical mild, clear, Southern spring night, tending to the cool 50's and 60's, with little or no wind noticed.

INVESTIGATOR'S COMMENTS This writer is intrigued by the many shapes attribute to one object over the course of an hour's observation. However there is a similar recent report on file from the same general area, to wit; On 3Aug04 at about 5:15AM, a Stockbridge Georgia resident (Stockbridge is about 8.7 miles NW of McDonough) reported to GUFOG via 'Hotline' that he was watching an UNUSUAL LIGHT back in the direction of MCDONOUGH. Said light darting up and down, back and forth, and then as the two of us spoke, he stated that it began to change into a BOOMERANG or V SHAPE. (See NUFORC entry: Stockbridge Georgia; Occurred 8/3/2004; Reported 8/10/2004; Posted 8/11/2004; Shape: Changing; Duration: Appx. 30 minutes) OTHER FACTORS In considering prosaic causes for this described event, celestial bodies were reviewed as should always be done for most night reports. The planet Jupiter is brighter than normal during early April05, estimated about -2.5 magnitude, but BY MID-APRIL is actually FARTHER away from the Sun and Earth than normal. Venus, due to it's current close proximity to the Sun, is not a factor herein.

GUFOG Special Advisor Mark Ausmus of Atlanta reviewed the sky for 14April05 between 10:00PM and 11:00PM via his "Starry Night" software. Mark found no dazzling bodies that might be brilliant enough, even if viewed through unusual atmospheric conditions, to produce anything remotely resembling what has been described. Jupiter is off to the SE.....Saturn to the west, but less than dazzling.....Sirius to the west, up about 30 degrees, but again not a suspect.....Capella to the NW, another non-suspect in this particular circumstance.

Witness descriptions obviously do not fit with any artificial satellites, nor meteors. Both the PW and W2 were found to easily recognize local commercial air traffic for exactly what it is.

Any citizens of Henry County or the south Metro Atlanta area counties with similar observations during the mid-April time frame can contact Investigator Tom Sheets at the Georgia UFO Group office in Fayetteville at 678-817-4555 or email at <<>>> GUFOG protects the identity of ALL witnesses.

Tom Sheets, Founder GUFOG....Mark Ausmus, S.A. GUFOG

NUFORC Note:

We express our gratitude to Mr. Mark Ausmus and Mr. Tom Sheets (Director) of the Georgia UFO Group, for sharing this case with NUFORC. PD


Posted 2005-05-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 23637
Occurred: 2002-07-05 23:45 Local
Reported: 2002-07-06 16:50 Pacific
Duration: 2min
No of observers: 0

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

It made no sound and moved very slow!

I had walked outside to see what was the matter with the airconditioning,for the house. I had a flashlight and set it down on the heatpump so i could see inside. after a min or two I noticed the light was very bright. I picked the flashlight up and it was off! I looked up, i dont know why,and saw a v shaped object about 500ft above tree line with very bright lights. It was moveing very slow and with out no sound what so ever! I watched it slowly move out of sight! I walked back in the house telling myself it was a airplane, but airplanes make noise and have to move about 200mph to fly! ones as big as i saw anyway. I hope someone else saw it to so i want thank im crazy! It was V shaped with a bright light in front it made no sound because i tryed to hear something as it passed,i heard nothing! I would say about 50 yards across the widest part and about 100yards long!

Posted 2002-07-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 27322
Occurred: 1997-03-22 20:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-01-27 00:27 Pacific
Duration: 1-2sec
No of observers: 1

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

I saw the UFO behind Comet Hail Bop,it came frome behind and below the comet,almost like a sling shoot.

This is what i can rememer of my account,this is when comet hail-bop was visible to earth by the eye,i wish i wrote down the date,but i didnt think that was the important part,the important part is a saw a ufo that night,it was toward the end of the veiwing cycle,i think it was 6days or more.I was facing i would say north west at about 8:00pm est. and comet hail bop is moving right to left(not visible ofcourse)and from behind and below the comet came a ball of light with its own tail in what was a half circle then dissepered.The oblect of light was about 1/10 the size of the comet,and im guessing even smaller because of shinning light factor,it might have appeared bigger.

I dont know how ive held all this in,im glad i did a search about comet hail bop's ufo and stumbled upon this site where i could releive myself in away.I know there was alot of hype around that time because of heavens gate,I really beleived it was true when i saw the ufo that night,it was either the day after the suicide or that night,i felt so good that i saw it,i know it sounds weird,but i did,im among the few,but many now,i hope someone else experienced the same thing.I know i could have searched for the dates of the suicide to make it look more accurate,but i know the truth,and i dont need to prove to someone else,but i wanted to share this in the way i see it every day,not accurate but real,and the way i remember it.I really want to share this,and see if other people have come out to share what they saw that night,i cant be the only one that was looking up at that moment.



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. Hale-Bopp was visible from the northern hemisphere in late March 1997. PD


Posted 2003-03-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 80977
Occurred: 1994-06-05 00:35 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2011-04-22 20:06 Pacific
Duration: <15 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: McDonough, GA, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Left a trail

I and two others saw a reddish orange ball of light with a tail traveling through the night sky under clouds while fishing.

I had come home from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, to enjoy a couple of weeks at home in Georgia. One evening, my brother, my girlfriend, and I decided to go fishing for catfish at a local pay lake in Henry County. We started fishing around 9:00 PM that evening. We hadn’t had much luck. We only caught a couple of small cats about twelve inches or so. My brother had been fishing there before, and he told us that the fishing usually started picking up around midnight. My girlfriend, who was also in Air Force at the time, was ready to go. However, my brother and I talked her into sticking it out with us.

That night, the moon was bright enough so that we could see the top of the tree line against the sky just beyond the damn of the lake. The night sky was littered with patches of clouds all around. Sometime after midnight, we all saw this object in the sky. We were looking in the direction of the damn which was to our right. I believe the damn was to the North of our location. I can’t be sure, as I had never been to the lake before. The object was a reddish orange oval shape that had some sort of a tail or exhaust in the same color as the object itself. It wasn’t like any light that I had ever seen before or since. It didn’t have a constant solid light color as most lights do. Instead, it seemed to be more like a ball of lava. I don’t want to say that it was like a ball of fire, because it had a cooler appearance, almost like the stuff in a lava lamp. The object was at a lower altitude than the clouds. It did not make a sound at all as it moved through the sky. We watched it! for approximately 10 to 15 seconds as it continued its straight path through the night sky. The tail maintained the same distance from the body of the object the entire time. We finally lost sight of it to the farthest right part of the sky.

I have seen all types of aircraft flying at night during my time in the Air Force. I was in Desert Storm, and I was an aircraft armament systems specialist. My duties were on the flight line. I have seen shooting stars and meteors before. I also know what a comet looks like, and they aren’t within our atmosphere the way this thing was. This was something that none of us had ever seen before. My brother and I were talking about it just the other day, and I finally decided to tell someone to see if they had an answer.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD


Posted 2011-05-02