NUFORC UFO Sighting 183843
Occurred: 2024-11-03 14:30 Local
Reported: 2024-11-04 10:38 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Location details: My backyard

Shape: Sphere
Color: Light silver
Estimated Size: 5 or 6 feet in diameter
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: North
Angle of Elevation: 90
Closest Distance: 300 feet or less
Estimated Speed: 60 mph


Observed small metallic sphere fly low directly overhead.

Observed a small sphere approach at a low altitude. It had silent propulsion and flew in a straight line parallel to the power lines near my house. It's speed was constant and not so fast that I couldn't get a good look at it. It flew directly overhead.

Posted 2024-11-08

NUFORC UFO Sighting 183014
Occurred: 2024-09-05 19:05 Local
Reported: 2024-09-12 16:38 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Chevron
Color: Black
Viewed From: Land
Angle of Elevation: 45


Aircraft seen descending behind mountains in Hudson Valley

I was observing the sky from the roof of my apartment building in Poughkeepsie, looking toward the Mid-Hudson bridge. I saw a craft that was shaped like this: ￣V￣

It was all black and I initially thought it may be a bird or a drone, but was far too large for me to see it at such a distance above the mountains on the other side of the bridge. The craft would descend a bit, then "jump" back up a little, then descend a little more, jump up, and descend again until it disappeared behind the mountains. I wanted to get a video but was too late.


Posted 2024-09-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 174329
Occurred: 2023-02-06 06:58 Local
Reported: 2023-02-06 04:10 Pacific
Duration: 15 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Location details: In front of moon

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Zig zagged across face of moon

Driving my kids to school. Some clouds, but none near the moon. Noticed an almost black area towards the notion left. Moved to the right side over the crater, and then to the middle, Middle left of the top

The closer it got to the top, the smaller in height, not width, it became, until it was gone, as if it went around. There was nothing above the moon, no clouds, no aircraft, after it disappeared

No lights, just a black mass


Posted 2023-03-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 170890
Occurred: 2022-08-03 09:56 Local
Reported: 2022-08-04 08:12 Pacific
Duration: Less than a minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object

I was going to work and I saw this very odd shaped thing in the sky and I thought it was a plane but it wasn’t. It was silver

It lasted for a short period of time
I was about to take a picture of it but it literally disappeared at a blind of an eye
Usually If you see a plane or something move from its spot you can easily find it again with no problem but this disappeared in half a second
It was weirdly shaped and it was silver
Very shiny

Posted 2022-09-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 157047
Occurred: 2020-06-12 12:00 Local
Reported: 2020-06-15 07:28 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 7

Location: Poughkeepsie, CT, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

7 witness “day star” at noon in Poughkeepsie NY

3 of us were eating lunch on a curb, I saw what I thought was a white ballon very high in sky. I pointed out to the 2 guys with me, after 5 min of debate, a cloud passed n front of the object which wasn’t moving, the white object appeared to turn black or grey in the cloud, then bright white like a star in the day once the cloud passed. At that point 3 women walked out of an adjacent pharmacy. I asked them as they passed us if they could first see the “day star” then If they could identify it,... no one could explain it away. Another construction worker passed, we showed him, he pointed out,with polarized lenses, there appeared to be a purplish ring around object.

We had to unfortunately return to work at that point, after taking 2 short videos with my iPhone The weather this day was partly cloudy/mostly sunny. 80 degrees, 38% humidity- Object never moved, only got blurry, and brighter then clear.



Posted 2020-06-25

NUFORC UFO Sighting 148729
Occurred: 2019-09-07 23:00 Local
Reported: 2019-09-08 19:56 Pacific
Duration: 2 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Distant object, rotating, 3 blinking lights then 5. White and bluish lights. Over Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Looked to be rotating. Difficult to see craft shape, but likely a disk. 3 then 5 blinking lights. Lights were white then blinked to a bluish color.

Posted 2019-09-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 138422
Occurred: 2018-01-12 15:55 Local
Reported: 2018-01-17 08:39 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Single perfect sphere of white light in clear blue sky over Hudson River. It soon dipped down behind low-hanging cloud formation below, and did not reappear.

At first I guessed that it was a reflection off a plane (2 airports are nearby), but I don’t see how that’s possible because the sun was behind it.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2018-01-17

NUFORC UFO Sighting 122752
Occurred: 2015-10-11 19:00 Local
Reported: 2015-10-12 05:47 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Fireball


3 bright orange orbs and 1 dark color one flying over Marist College New York

Was waiting to pick up my son who was visiting a friend at Marist College near Donnelly Hall when while sitting in the car we noticed two bright orange objects in the sky following each other, while trying to figure out what we were looking at, we noticed another dark oval shape object following behind the first two with another bright orange object following behind the dark one, all travelling slowly in a straight line. Bright orange objects appeared to flicker and dim and just disappear. It was a wide open sky with no obstructions and objects were gone. Drove around the campus quickly to see if we could see anything in the sky and nothing. Sighting lasted for about a minute.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2015-10-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 120062
Occurred: 2015-07-04 20:47 Local
Reported: 2015-07-04 22:35 Pacific
Duration: 4:47
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object

Craft appeared with green and white strobe lights. Unable to determine shape. Flying object appeared 4x's. Each time during and after fireworks from neighbor were setoff.

Empirically, this object moved at incredible speeds (vertical and horizontal in particular); object moved across the sky to where fireworks were igniting in sky.

Besides the speed, what caught my attention was the object displayed two quick on and off light display. As if it was taking a picture.




NUFORC Note:

We have amended the time above, and reposted on July 10, 2015. PD


Posted 2015-07-06

NUFORC UFO Sighting 119812
Occurred: 2015-06-28 21:30 Local
Reported: 2015-06-28 21:00 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Triangluar flying object with white lights on each angle and green light in the middle. Traveled at un-normal flying speeds

While driving with a couple friends and myself, I saw a flying object, which appeared to be an airplane in the distance, and had a blinking, bright green light. It was traveling in the same direction (parallel) as the car.

It was moving at intense speeds, but I thought nothing at the time, for it is like watching the moon while in a car; it seems to follow you. (For what i thought).

The aircraft changed course perpendicular to my car. It flew right over the car and thats when everyone else in the car noticed it. As it was directly over the car, we all saw it was a triangular flying object, which had white lights on the bottom of the aircraft on each angle.

Also, a blinking green light in the middle of the triangle. (Hence, the bright green light I saw first.) It zoomed pass us in the perpendicular direction at an un-normal speed and disappeared in a heartbeat.

(ALL WITNESSES SAW THE SAME EXACT THING, WE WERE IN SHOCK. Also, we were all sober.)




NUFORC Note:

Witness corrects date. Terrestrial aircraft do not have blinking green lights. PD


Posted 2015-07-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 98507
Occurred: 2013-06-09 22:35 Local
Reported: 2013-06-09 19:05 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Large glow of light

Large glow of red light moving close and getting brighter then changes direction and move sideways then disappear. I try to get a picture but couldn't. My daughter was very scare when she saw the object moving close to the house when it suddenly stated to move sideways.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2013-07-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 96422
Occurred: 2013-02-24 21:30 Local
Reported: 2013-02-24 20:10 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 0

Location: Poughkkepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Circle


I noticed objects in the sky that appeared to be hovering, glowing lights that were red and white in color.

On February 24, 2013 at approximately 9:30PM Eastern Standard time at Poughkeepsie, New York, I cited UFO’s in the night sky.

The night sky was overcast. I was looking towards the southeast when I noticed objects in the sky that appeared to be glowing lights, red and white in color.

At first I saw approximately three of four glowing objects (they were not twinkling like a star but constant light) lined in an indiscriminate pattern resembling a box.

The sizes of the objects were similar to planets that are seen with the naked eye in the winter night sky of the northeast. The angle that I first sighted the objects was about 30 degrees.

I then witnessed another four objects that seemed to rise up from the horizon and then join the other objects. The objects then rose to approximately 45 degrees in the southeast sky where they silently hovered.

I turned from the objects for about one minute. Turning to see the objects again, they had disappeared. Taking a short car ride to find them, I could not locate them again anywhere in the night sky.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2013-02-28

NUFORC UFO Sighting 96173
Occurred: 2013-02-02 05:50 Local
Reported: 2013-02-02 15:24 Pacific
Duration: unknown
No of observers: 0

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Diamond
Characteristics: Lights on object

It came down at a 45 degree angle toward Rt 9 going north between Fox street and Vassar hospital above trees and hovered at an angle

Posted 2013-02-04

NUFORC UFO Sighting 91621
Occurred: 2012-08-08 11:00 Local
Reported: 2012-08-08 21:26 Pacific
Duration: 25 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

As soon as i left my house i saw a white lighted triangle craft which i lost track of then found and then dissapeared.

3 huge white lights in a triangle format that seemed kind of low to the ground or huge and i lost it in the trees and drove quick and saw it and all i remember was that i saw it again and i recall their being red lights on the craft at that point.



Posted 2012-08-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 82615
Occurred: 2011-07-19 22:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2011-07-21 08:40 Pacific
Duration: 5 mins
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Fireball


Fireball hovering in the night sky

It was around 10 pm, I was leaving my job with my co-worker as I noticed something in the sky. It was a amber- orange colored light that looked like a large fireball.

We both stopped in our tracks to look at it and I noticed that it seemed to be hovering. At the same time that we were looking at it a plane passed by so that's how we both knew it couldn't of been a plane.

After about 5 minutes of watching it I noticed it started moving very slowly straight up. I found it weird because it didn't move at an angle at all, it was moving directly north.

I wish I stayed longer to watch it, but I felt like staring at the sky in the middle of a mall parking lot was long enough lol




NUFORC Note:

Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate, which we do not understand, given that it had occurred only 34 hours before the report was submitted. PD


Posted 2011-08-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 74307
Occurred: 2010-01-20 19:00 Local
Reported: 2010-02-07 09:23 Pacific
Duration: about 15 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Emitted beams, Changed Colo

Alien ship appears near synagogue.

I was walking from my car to my synagogue to go to religious school when I saw a giant bright saucer emitting strange lights in the sky. It also was flashing from blue and green and sending laser lights to the ground. It then emitted a humming sound. I do not know what happened next because I had to go in to get to class, but about 30 seconds after I went in, I heard a louder humming noise and a crash outside. I did not see anything else because I was inside.



Posted 2010-02-14

NUFORC UFO Sighting 72888
Occurred: 2009-10-17 08:30 Local
Reported: 2009-10-17 18:38 Pacific
Duration: two hours still happening
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

four lights expanding and then converging moving with me while I was driving...still visible outside

Got off 87 going to my girlfriends house and saw four lights up in sky. Ive never fully believed this stuff just got a little frightened by the videos. But this shit was crazy. I noticed these four lights and they converged and then expanded out then converged. This was weird but I thought maybe it was just searchlights. But the lights moved with me from the right of me to the left of me. Still converging and expanding and it followed me down around turns all the way to the MidHudson bridge. Then it was lost in the light pollution. But I got to my girlfriends house and it is still visible outside.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2009-12-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 66400
Occurred: 2008-10-23 23:00 Local
Reported: 2008-10-23 20:53 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Chevron
Characteristics: Lights on object

Very faint, reddish, V shaped object observed 20 seconds.

At about 11:00 pm, October 23, 2008, (tonight) I was outside of my house looking at stars debating whether to try some time lapse photography as the sky was fairly clear.

Looking North, I noticed a very faint, red to pink colored V or chevron shaped object moving from North to South at about a 2 o’clock high position. The "arms" of the V seemed one solid mass, as opposed to a string of lights.

I held my hand out at arm’s length and the sides of the V measured just slightly less than my forefinger. The shape was symmetrical, and the object did not change course or speed. A very quiet whine was heard, low pitched, and barely audible, and in truth may have come from another source other than this object as there is a busy road not too far away. The object seemed to be at a high altitude, and seemed very large.

I purposely observed how stars were blotted out by its passing, and as it passed directly in line of sight to the star cluster commonly called the Seven Sisters, I could see that there was no central structure, but one of the object’s side legs did completely blot out the stars of this cluster as it passed.

I observed the object for approximately 20 seconds until it passed out of sight.



Posted 2008-10-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 60907
Occurred: 2008-01-10 20:05 Local
Reported: 2008-01-16 08:33 Pacific
Duration: 3 mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Electrical or magnetic effects

1/10/08 Poughkeepsie,NY 20:05 Circular/Sphere with 4 pods 200 feet above ground

I am a registered nurse who does not believe in UFO's and am skeptical about their sightings. On January 10, 2008 while walking my dog, I saw the following after I had researched all unusually shaped aircrafts and found absolutely none that looked like what I had seen that evening.

The object was a saucer shape with 4 rounded pods protruding from the sides. It was white, possibly light grey in color. Under each pod there were alternating dull red/blue lights under each pod. The craft was approximately 200 feet above the ground, no sound just gliding. When it came directly over me, there was sort of an emptiness to the environment sort of a black hole if you will. It hovered over me for a few seconds then came a sound of the engine revving up. The space craft then picked up speed, travelled approximately 2 miles then disappeared into the air.

After this incident, I looked up the hill where I was and saw a dark figure with a bright blue light that did not reflect light as a traditional flashlight would walking towards me. My Labrador Retriever kept looking in the direction of this image and wanted to go towards it. I ran towards my home all the while pulling the dog. When I came into the house, the dog ran up the stairs and looked out the window and began to bark incessantly with his hair standing on end. I no longer saw the image. I did not want to call the police because I thought that they would think I was unstable. I am writing to you at the prompting of a few friends who believe this will be helpful.



Posted 2008-01-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 54541
Occurred: 2007-01-06 19:00 Local
Reported: 2007-01-06 19:55 Pacific
Duration: 2-4 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Unknown


7-9 dull red balls of light seen in high speed chevron shape

While debating whether to take out my telescope, I was looking at the night sky when 7-9 dull red balls (?) in an incomplete cheveron shape (only two lights on one side with 5-7 on the other) streaked due directly South. Appeared to be very high altitude, did not seem like one solid craft as light sources seemed to lurch forward, then slow independently of one another.

Maybe a meteorite had broken up? Did not look like any other meteorite I've seen as all light sources appeared steady in brightness, and chevron pattern did not change. From visible horizon to horizon is several seconds.

Posted 2007-02-01

NUFORC UFO Sighting 49513
Occurred: 2006-03-08 20:00 Local
Reported: 2006-03-10 08:03 Pacific
Duration: 15 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Full lighting flanking each side. One side all red and one side that was green. Hovering in place for most of the time, then abruptly moved to another area in sky for a few moments and then disappeared. The lights blinked.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2006-03-11

NUFORC UFO Sighting 48294
Occurred: 2005-12-13 00:14 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-12-13 21:46 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Other


object came from north to south very slowly, very low. Appeared to almost look like a rectanglular parachute. I tried to snap off a couple shots with my camera, but all I got was the flash off of the window. Was app. 1,000 feet or less off the ground.




NUFORC Note:

We spoke with this witness, and he sounded quite credible to us. Please see other reports for this time and date. PD


Posted 2005-12-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 47350
Occurred: 2005-10-31 18:00 Local
Reported: 2005-11-01 14:20 Pacific
Duration: 1 1/2 hours
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

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

Several bright lights moving erratically for extended periods of time, including growing in size and brightness, and disappearing.

On the night of halloween, October 31st at 6:00 to 7:30 PM in Poughkeepsie NY two college students observed several unidentified flying objects, over a course of an hour and a half.

It could have been one object disappearing and then reappearing, or several different ones. It was a large, bright, orange light the size of a large planet that was moving erratically for continuous periods of time ranging up to 30 minutes. It was moving, stopping, hovering, then moving, going up and down, side to side, and in curving arcs with akward angles.

It appeared to move fast and with great agility. In addition there was a sharp, crisp, but slow-moving streak of light across the sky as an outlined object descended consistently in a straight line over a large area of the sky and heading directly to the large orange object described above.

This streaking object disappeared right before reaching the actual object. This orange object eventually disappeared behind the trees. It was found later at another point in the sky - on the opposite horizon. This appeared suddenly - in a point in the sky earlier scanned - it had not been seen there moments before.

This one moved erratically for two minutes as before and then suddenly grew in light, color, and size - to an overwhelming and startling appearance - this flash/flare was 2 seconds in length, after which it disappeared entirely.

Finally another bright orange orb appeared, moved consistenly in one direction across a large portion of the sky before akwardly and suddenly reversing direction, angling downwards towards the horizon.

This object then grew in intensity and brightness and size, with sharp and protruding white light, in such a fashion as to create the distinct impression that it was coming closer to the viewers - approaching the point of observation. This action caused fear for the viewers as well as immense apprehension, to the point where one viewer began running away towards the vehicle out of fear and panic.

The object quickly thereafter diminished and turned to another direction.

The final phenomenon was a different bright red light above the horizon to the East that both viewers saw clearly at the same moment. It then disappeared from view - vanishing - while in the periphery of both viewer's vision and was afterwards nowhere to be found.

This occurred from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm on Monday, October 31st, 2005, over the Vassar College Farm in Poughkeepsie New York.

Posted 2005-11-03

NUFORC UFO Sighting 41604
Occurred: 2003-11-15 11:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-01-23 09:27 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 min
No of observers: 3

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Light


Red light in the night sky.

it was late on a saturday night in november, two of my sons were playing video games and i was waiting up for the oldest to come home from his job as a waiter. i wanted a cigarrette and decided to go outside since i just watched a commercial on second hand smoke. it was a little warm for november so it was enjoyable. i had taken my boys out at night for years to look for satellites and had no issue distinguishing between jets and other aircraft. the sky was cloudless and as starfilled as you can get in a small city. my front door faces east and slightly off to my right is the orion constellation. i see what appears to be a satellite coming through orion in my dirrection. no blinking lights, very uniform motion, however it was deep red in color. i call for the boys to come see this and they ran out quickly. it was clearly visible to them without any need for their eyes to adjust. it maintained its course but started to slow down until we were looking straight up to see it when it stopped. it remained stationary for a few seconds then started to ping pong around for lack of a better term. it would move in on dirrection then change course instantly with no noticible deceleration. as it was doing this it started to become fainter until it faded out. my youngest sons science teacher has a home high on a hill in a rural area and is an avid skywatcher. she began telling the kids about a very unusual light she observed the previous saturday night when zack spoke up and described what we had seen. their stories matched exactly. it was a sat. night in november 2003 at approx. 11:30 however it could have been the 15th or 21st.



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD


Posted 2005-01-27

NUFORC UFO Sighting 19873
Occurred: 2001-10-13 00:45 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2001-10-16 10:30 Pacific
Duration: 45 min
No of observers: 4

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

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

Triangel in the sky

It was last sat night.10/13/01. My wife, myself and two friends where driving back from a haunted hay ride in poughkeepsie,NY. We where driving south on the NY state thruway back to NJ. It was a nice night and very clear. I opened the sun roof and was looking at the stars. As I was looking at the stars and saying how nice they where tonight, the others started looking at them too. Then I think it was my wife sitting in the backseat with her friend sayed look at that really bright star, she asked me if it was the north. I said no because we where looking east and low on the horizon. As I really looked at it, it appeared to move . I asked my friend to pull over. We stoped and really took a good look at this thing. Thier is no dout in my mind what we where looking at was no a star! It was moving in odd formations. So we thought it was a pland moving across the sky. But after a minute or two it was still in the same spot,but moving up then to the left , right ,down, it would even dim then become very bright again. Then move in ciculare motions, then dim out completely . Then BAM brighten up again.The shape of this THING was a triangel and very bright, I don't know what it was but.. It was something and I hope I have the oppertunity to see it again.



NUFORC Note:

If the sighting occurred "Saturday night" at "12:45 p.m.," we suspect the witness means Sunday morning at 0045 hrs.. We have changed the report accordingly. PD


Posted 2001-11-20

NUFORC UFO Sighting 14718
Occurred: 2000-10-28 21:00 Local
Reported: 2000-10-28 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 45 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Emitted beams, Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects

Observer Background: Male age 30. Highly educated, M.A. Columbia University. Works with learning disabled population. Observer has a learning disability and has been in counseling regarding this issue. Given these facts, he is a careful observer, and takes care not to overreact to any situation. Observer saw 3 lights in the sky.... brighter than all others, which seemed to outline a triangular shape... black in color... which seemed to be rotating along a verticle axis. Object outline about 100 yards wide. No noise detected. Observer looked around at the rest of the sky and noticed no stars whatsoever on this night... and wondered as to why just these 3 lights were visible. Observer noticed " beam of light " that seemed to go back and forth among the 3 lights, which changed coler from red, to brown, to blue. Observer out of curiosity decided to flash car headlights in a sequence in the direction of these lights. Object seemed to flash its lights and disappeared. It later reappeared. Observer is careful not to jump to conclusions and wonders if there were any other reports in the area.

Posted 2000-12-02

NUFORC UFO Sighting 11609
Occurred: 1999-12-25 19:30 Local
Reported: 2000-01-07 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 30-35 sec.
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Chevron
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

While standing on the deck of my home, I happened to look up to the NE and saw a large chevron/boomerang object moving from the north to south making no sound....

At 1930 Christmas night I was on my the deck of my home using a brand new telescope I had recieved that day. The weather was partly overcast at that time with a cloud ceiling of approximately 2,000-3,00 ft. I looked to the NE and saw a large chevron/boomerang shape moving slowly under the cloud layer. At first I thought it was an airplane but this object had no fuselage or tail. I watched for about 7 sec. and stuck my head in the kitchen door and called a friend outside to try to get another point of view. She came out and I asked her if she saw the object or heard any sound. At this time the object was passing overhead at about a 15 degree angle. She could not see it, I supposed because her eyes were not yet accustomed to the light. I continued to observe and I got a real good look at it. There was no moon to the south/east/north so it was not a shadow. I could not see a defined leading edge of the "wing", it looked so black and impossibly thin. It almost reminded me of smoke. I kind of thought it was a flock of geese, but it did not change shape. As I continued looking I could see the faded orange glow of the Poughkeepsie Galleria mall lights along the rear edge. I could see surface texture so the object was not smooth. The orange glow was jagged, and there was a small "squarish" bump on the right side. The craft still made no noise. I continued to study the object untill it dissapeared from view in the treeline. I estimate the size of the object to be approximately 200 to 300 feet wide from tip to tip. It was flying just under the clouds and looked to be flying under 100 mph. I still havent figured this one out. No drinking or drugs were involved.

Posted 2000-01-07

NUFORC UFO Sighting 22889
Occurred: 1993-12-05 01:00 Local
Reported: 2002-05-16 06:03 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object

Five lights over my car in the Catskills.

While driving north on the Taconic State Parkway, early in the morning, the fog very dense in patches, I noticed a light shining down on the north side of the parkway about 50 yards in the distance. The light seemed to come from what I thought was very late night construction. As I drove closer I noticed how strange it was that there were no cars behind me. I slowed as I approached and stopped directly under five lights that were in a pentagon pattern about 10 - 15 feet apart from each other and about 20 feet above me. I stared up through my windshield and opened my window to see better. My heart was racing. I noticed no sound, from anywhere. Everything seemed very quiet, strangely quiet. Fear overcame me and I drove off, watching the light fade in my mirror. My normal travel time for this trip was always about 2.5 hours. That evening it took me 4.5 hours to arrive. Never thought I sat there for more than 10 minutes.



NUFORC Note:

Date may be approximate. PD


Posted 2002-06-12

NUFORC UFO Sighting 176746
Occurred: 1993-05-07 11:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2023-07-13 16:26 Pacific
Duration:
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, AR, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Missing Time

It was just tree top height it made no noise

Me and the lady I was working for were in the yard and we saw a shadow and looked up it was just setting tree top high we looked at each other looked back and it was gone we lost a hour it was triangle shaped all black didn't see any windows

Posted 2023-07-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 77566
Occurred: 1989-03-01 20:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2010-09-01 19:59 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 5

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Chevron
Characteristics: Lights on object

V-shaped formation on Vassar College campus

The month and the time listed are approximate. I was walking across the Vassar College campus from my residence, Davison Hall, to a music rehearsal in the Main Building.

I first saw the V-shape formation of lights as I was walking near the Strong residence hall toward the Main Building. It was nighttime and dark outside. I'm guessing it was between 8pm and 9pm, possibly later. It was a very clear night. I just happened to look up and see a V-shape of white lights moving slowly and silently across the sky in formation. There must have been at least 9 or 10 lights total. I'm guessing they were about half a mile up, maybe less, maybe more. I remember trying to tick off the possibilities and really coming up blank as to what I was seeing. Birds? No, the shapes were moving too slowly and precisely, and they were lit up. Planes? No, there was no noise and no other light. Helicopters? Again, not enough noise and lights, and the formation and the movement was too slow and precise. I thought perhaps it was a military exercise of some sort. I did not see a wedge shape above the lights or anything to indicate that they were attached to a! larger craft. They seemed separate, but all moving at the exact same rate of speed. Some of the lights would "trade places" from one side of the formation to the other and then continue as before, which struck me as very odd. When this movement occurred, the lights moved at the exact same rate of speed as when flying in the V-shape formation. The lights continued moving over the Main Building and disappeared from view within about a minute. There were other witnesses - I estimate that there were at least five other students looking up at the lights. Some of them commented out loud about what they were seeing, standing in the street in front of the Strong residence hall.

After doing some research, I believe that what I witnessed was part of the "Hudson Valley" wave of sightings in the 1980s, as described and illustrated recently in Leslie Kean's book, UFOs.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2010-11-21

NUFORC UFO Sighting 37362
Occurred: 1983-07-15 21:15 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2004-06-05 01:03 Pacific
Duration: 3 Minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

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

1500-2000 foot UFO seen above Mid-Hudson Bridge by Poughkeepsie, NY in July 1983.

I was the passenger in a car that crossed the Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge to Poughkeepsie, NY at about 9:15PM. As we wended our day at about 25 mph (speed limit) down the serpentine on-ramp from the toll booths, both bridge stanchions were visible directly ahead of us. For less than 30 seconds, they were blocked from view as the road took us through blasted out rock. When we took a left turn out of the rocks and onto the bridge, an immense object was directly ahead of us, hovering just above the bridge(less than 100 feet). Though no surface was visible on the object, it's outline was traced by thousands of multi-colored lights, many in motion. My friend and I simultaneously shouted, "holy shit," as we drove across the span, which the bridge authority later told me was about 3,000 feet. Parked at our end of the bridge, it's length extended 2/3rds+ of the way across it, or approximately 2000 feet, and certainly no less than 1500. As we drove across the span, it was visible out of every window in the car for most of our crossing. About halfway across, I rolled the window down and looked directly up at it, as my friend white-knuckled the steering wheel, repeatedly uttering, "I'm not stopping, I'm not stopping." It was completely silent, and many of the lights underneath were apparently rotating around a central axis at speeds that were changing often. The strange thing is that they didn't appear to accelerate or decelerate, but were instantly going different speeds, like the speeds were quantized. Some of the lights were detached from the main object and rotating around the central point at some distance. A glowing spherical orb of an orangish color was about 25 feet from my head, just beyond the bridge girders, moving with us. About a half mile south of the bridge, a smaller lighted object was hovering above the river channel, which may have been the more commonly seen-then and there-chevron shaped UFO seen edge on. As we got across the bridge, to the top of the hill, at Market! street, I turned and saw that it was still there, in the same position it had been. Note that this immense object had to have silently moved out of nowhere to just above the bridge in the 30 seconds that it was not in our line of sight.

The night of this sighting, the local radio stated that 1500 people reported seeing it, including numerous police, doctors and nurses at Vassar Hospital.



NUFORC Note:

Time and date are approximate. PD


Posted 2004-06-18

NUFORC UFO Sighting 182688
Occurred: 1982-05-08 19:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-08-18 14:57 Pacific
Duration: 36 hours abducted
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Location details: vanwagner road

Shape: Circle
Color: bright lights shiny
Estimated Size: hard to say 40-50 feet
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: north east
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: feet
Estimated Speed: unknown
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Landed, Possible abduction, Missing Time, Marks found on body afterwards

Saw white light went to see about it and 36 hours later I was aware again.

I know this sounds weird, and I have been reluctant to even discuss it. I was called liar, weird etc. and have harbored this for 40 plus years. Well here goes, please do not ridicule me, I was heading to meet up with my friend about 7 p.m. in early may 1982. Yes, 1982. I saw this bright light in the north eastern sky and followed it as it seemed to go behind trees in an area of fields about 2 miles away. I went driving the back road and saw a bright, glowing light about 400 yards across a field, knowing the area well , I took a dirt road as far as I could and parked. I could see a blue white , Hot White Light, glow and followed on foot then, well this is where it gets weird, I think I remember a calm feeling as if being assured all is okay, no sound though, all was quiet, I feel as if I am being mindfully assured to come forward and well the next thing I remember is being back by the car and it was 36 hours or so later , when I tried to explain to my friend later that day , he said I don't know who she was but I would not tell people that story it might get you locked up. I am shaking now and feel it all coming back. I am now almost 65 and in my early 20's then.

Posted 2024-08-22

NUFORC UFO Sighting 42482
Occurred: 1979-10-10 00:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-02-26 13:26 Pacific
Duration: 15 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Chevron


1/4 moon-like, its 'chord' or flat side parallel to horizon, bright orange-red glow, completely silent, no features.

My wife & I were returning home from a late Sunday doubles tennis match at our local indoor club (Cross-Court Inc) near midnight on New Hackensack Road in the town of Poughkeepsie, NY, proceeding W, with no other cars on the road at that time since on a Sunday night almost everything is closed in the town.

I then noticed in the SW direction that a fairly bright and large '1/4 moon' was visible, but was kind of 'odd-looking' in that it was featureless and had a bright orange-red 'glow' in a very overcast sky with no stars visible at all that night. It just didn't look right at all; so I pulled my car off the road along the road's shoulder to look at the object further. We even got out of the car and crossed the road near a field to look at it further.

Then all of a sudden, the '1/4 moon' began to rotate itself slowly so that its flat part was then completely aligned up with the horizon. The object then started to move slowly across the sky from the SW to SE, and in complete silence.

At this point my wife and I truly began to feel scared and at risk and decided that we ought to return to our car. Furthermore we agreed that if it looked like the object was about to head in our direction, that we would quickly get out of there and make a run for it!!! However, the object completely stopped in the sky and then began to retreat from us, faster, and faster and faster, until it reduced its size to a pinpoint of light and then eventually disappeared.

I contacted the local police, the state police, and the local airport to report the incident but they had no corroborating evidence. Finally I contacted Mr. Hyneck (who was the Air Force Blue Book director at that time) who gave us forms to fill out and mail in to him. My wife and I indepedently filled out the forms and then compared our observations. We both, as common eye-witnesses of this same event, described the event independently and found that our descriptions, regarding the facts and details, were also in perfect agreement with each other.

Interestingly enough, a check on the position of the moon on the next night showed that the moon was located in the NW, NOT in the original SW location of the object when first observed. And this time also the moon looked its normal self.

We never again ever saw such a sighting as the above. In the past, as a Ph.D. scientist, I had always treated news on UFO sightings as mere illusions, mistakened observations, overly eager people, or plain hysteria, or combination of all of the above. After this eye-witness sighting above, seen together with my wife right by my side (which also remains fresh in our memories after all of these years), I am now NOT so skeptical or cynical about ufos's; and also have no logical explanation whatsoever regarding the event ..... other then that it occurred exactly as related above.



NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that date of sighting is approximate. PD


Posted 2005-04-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 163364
Occurred: 1975-08-01 20:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2021-05-22 00:07 Pacific
Duration: 15 min
No of observers: 3

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Possible abduction

Circular craft with green, white/yellow lights hovering over front yard in Poughkeepsie, NY seen by two adults and one child

It was a summer evening. I’m guessing in 1974-76. I was around 4 to 6 years old. I was outside our house, in the front yard, standing with my mother and our neighbor, who was also an adult. I’d always been aware of a vague memory of us seeing a ufo in the front yard that night. I half dismissed it as a dream. Decades later, I saw something on TV and felt the memory rush back very real, and I asked my mother that night over the phone if it really happened. She said it was real and remembered it quite well. We both remember it as circular, and it hovered above us silently with green and white or yellow lights. She said it was up in the sky and later just went away. I believe at some point the lights appeared in more colors and slowly blinked in an entrancing way. I think I remember them pointing at it and speculating what it could be. My mother said we never found out what it was. I also have a vague memory of running back to them from the side yard as they w! ere calling for me. I can’t remember whether I saw it first, then wandered off or vice versa. I have another strange memory of later hearing my mother say to my Dad, “How does a child just disappear? That child vanished. I was holding her wrist. I’m telling you she vanished.” I knew they were talking about me. I wish I could remember more and know for sure what really happened that night.



Posted 2021-07-31

NUFORC UFO Sighting 48131
Occurred: 1965-12-01 17:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-11-25 10:38 Pacific
Duration: 5 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Early evening encounter at intersection near Arlington High School with object hovering obove interestion, then quickly disappearing.

Was driving to Arlington High School for a basketball game (therefore probably a Friday night). It was still daylight (getting near dusk, so the date of Dec. is uncertain as it has been a long time).

As I approached an interstection with Route 55 (?) from a rural road just east of the high school, I saw a very distinct object hovering at very low altitude above the intersection as I approached. I stopped and had a visual sighting for several minutes (there was no other traffic on this back road I was on.) I believe the object was traingular in shape, but it did have what I remember to be 3 blinking lights on its perimeter. They were different colors.

Then as the lights changed colors, the object quickly and silently took off in a westerly direction.




NUFORC Note:

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


Posted 2005-12-16

NUFORC UFO Sighting 68697
Occurred: 1071-06-16 13:48 Local
Reported: 2009-02-16 23:33 Pacific
Duration: Between 3 and 4 minutes.
No of observers: 2

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Location details: We were standing center of the Mid-Hudson-Bridge in Poughkeepsie on southside walkway.

Shape: Disk
Color: Bright shiny Silver
Estimated Size: Hard to determine but close estimate of 40ft wide
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Southwest
Angle of Elevation: 74
Closest Distance: guessing 1,200 ft.
Estimated Speed: when it moved it looked like speed of light East


Approximately at 15:00 my friend spotted object in sky. He said to me "hey there is one of those UFO's they talk about". I thought he was just kidding. I must tell you he was a non believer. I really had my doubts.

When I looked where he was pointing in the sky sure enough, I saw it myself. This was in broad daylight. It was just above the clouds over the Mid-Hudson-Bridge in the southwest sky. I would say about the same height as the cumulus clouds. It stood still for abound 1 to 2 minutes, then suddenly flipped on its side.

It was visible as heck. The Sun shown a reflection off the craft and it was unmistakable. It seemed to have a small dome on top. Then it flipped parallel again to the horizon. Stood there for quite a few seconds, then suddenly took off, faster than the human eye could trace. It was metallic and shiny.

There is no doubt in our minds even today of what we witnessed. To this day I know we witnessed something beyond this Earth. I just wish I did not wait so long to report this.

We both seen it in broad daylight, and I assure everyone, this was real and not of this Earth.

Updated 2/7/2025:

Saucer/Disk appeared to have small dome with windows around it. Never seen anything like this since and I am 72 years old now. Unfortunately my lifetime childhood friend who was with me passed away in 2016 and still lived in area then. We talked often about the experience and I do not think he seen anything since then.

Posted 2025-02-09