A South Carolina witness at Ridgeville reported watching an “egg-shaped object” that moved quickly to ground level twice before shooting away, according to testimony in Case 97164.

The witness and friends were returning home at 12:15 a.m. on August 12, 2018.

“I noticed (what I believe is a military, stationary drone that flashes all kinds of colors) a stationary object that I’ve noticed for the past few months. But it was really active and bright and flashing very fast and with different colors.  So, I stopped and at this time I was in my brother’s yard—he lives a few hundred yards from me. When I stopped, I could feel a presence and noticed something just above the illuminated yard from the yard light. It was making quick and short lines and turns and then it came down into the illuminated yard. And about three feet from hitting the ground, it slowed just enough for me to get a permanent illustration in my head of the shape and the same feel and visualization as a live object with a clear outline of it before shooting straight back up. And once above the illuminated yard it disappeared. I asked my friend, who was in the passenger seat, ‘did you see that?’ He said, ‘see what?’ and I said nothing. So, after a few seconds of gathering control of myself, we proceeded to my house and when we got out and started walking towards my house, it came down again. And so quickly we both ducked at the same time, because we thought we were going to be hit by it. But it changed direction and shot straight back up into the sky. This thing was about five to six feet long and two to three feet wide and had a dull, white glow and made no sounds and had no visual propulsion. And the second time, it came down between a palm tree and an oak tree that are nearly touching. I do not believe anyone can maneuver something that fast in such a tight area by remote control, and it wasn’t big enough for a man to be in it. I ran inside my house and told my wife what I saw and the next day I told my sister and her boyfriend. And described it as an egg or teardrop shape and I googled UFO on the Internet. And that’s when we saw the Navy jet encounter with the UFO and that’s exactly what it looks like.”

South Carolina MUFON Field Investigator Steven Schumpert and State Director Cheryl Ann Gilmore closed this case as an Unknown-Other.

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A Colorado witness at Parker reported watching “a UFO orb-type object with reflective qualities,” according to testimony in Case 94086.

The witness was on a flight home from Tucson, AZ, to Denver, CO, at 5:06 p.m. on August 12, 2018.

“I saw out of the window of the plane an orb-like object hovering beside the wing of the plane,” the witness stated. “I first thought it was something on the window, but the UFO moved up and down in the same position. This made me curious about what this object really is. The object flew past the wing and I never saw it again.”

Colorado MUFON Field Investigator Jeffrey Hastings closed this case as an Unknown Aerial Vehicle.

“The witness provided two photos and one video,” Hastings stated in his report. “Photo #1 (Snapchat): I ran this photo through Fotoforensics. The ELA showed where the circle had been drawn by the witness, the JPEG quality was 95 percent. There were no hidden pixels but there were no ‘dates’ associated with the photos. I’ve not reviewed Snapchat photos in which someone has circled a portion of the image, so I’m not really sure what I should see. However, there was no reference to the use of additional photo editing software being used.

“Photo #2: I ran this photo through Fotoforensics. The ELA did not highlight any anomalies, the JPEG quality was 96 percent. There were no hidden pixels and all of the dates matched. There was no reference to any photo editing software being used.

“Video: Only reviewed it two dozen times. I simply don’t have the tools necessary to determine if a video has been altered. However, since the photos did not appear altered, I will place the video in the same category. I found the video to be very interesting.  The witness felt the object was small; however, I disagree. I believe the object to be as large as an aircraft and much farther away than what the witness believed.

“During the first part of the video, I saw what at first I thought to be contrails; however, the color was darker instead of lighter, which is what I would be expect when a condensation trail is created. After a few more viewings, I became convinced that what I was seeing were not contrails, but a disturbance in the top boundary layer of the cloud below.

 “The video moved around, and the focus came and went. This actually helped. When the focus went from outside to the window, that allowed me to determine that what was being videoed was not something as simple as something on the window. When the witness zoomed in, you can see lighter colors on the top and bottom. These are either wings from a standard man-made aircraft or an energy source emanating from both above and below the craft.”

Parker is a home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, population 45,297.

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An Illinois witness at Godfrey reported watching a cigar-shaped UFO the “size of a cruise ship,” according to testimony in Case 94081.

The witness was watching a meteor shower with seven other friends around 2:10 a.m. on August 12, 2018.

“After seeing several meteors, one friend pointed toward the northern sky and showed everyone what appeared to be two stars moving in synchronicity,” the witness stated. “They stayed the same distance, and we then noticed they were connected by something, which appeared to be transparent, but made the sky look different. It seemed to be a cigar-shaped craft about as large as a cruise ship around the same height as a private airplane. It was heading southeast from the north. It turned slightly toward the tree line, dimmed its lights and hovered. Before we saw the craft, there was the sound of coyotes from approximately three different locations west, south and northwest of us. They increased in volume until we sighted the craft. At that point, every sound from the nearby forest ceased. At that point, I stood from a sitting position and requested everyone leave and head toward my father’s home, which was approximately 300-500 yards from where we were sitting. Everyone resisted, saying they wanted to see where it was going. Five of the eight of us heard a sound sort of like a mechanical trumpet, or as one witness described it, ‘an auto-tuned semi-truck horn.’ It was coming from the east-southeast and echoed from the vicinity of Beltrees Road. Right around then, my cousin and I had an overwhelming feeling of calm and restraint, which felt unnatural. She reported feeling dizzy and I felt absolute panic and a heaviness associated with the silence of the woodland creatures. Another witness reported feeling unbridled rage followed by silent crying. A fourth witness said she had a feeling of missing time, and a fifth said he felt followed as he left the property until he reached the nearby town of Alton, Illinois, which is approximately 10 minutes away. All eight witnesses saw the craft. Six reported noticing the animal silence. Five heard the sounds. Four were emotionally affected. Two, including myself, felt contacted telepathically.”

Illinois MUFON Field Investigator James Wolford closed this case as an Unknown Aerial Vehicle.

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An Illinois witness at Tinley Park reported watching two red lights that hovered while one of the lights released five smaller, white orbs, according to testimony in Case 94525.

The witness received a phone call from a brother three miles west at 9:50 p.m. on August 10, 2018, asking him to look west for two red orbs hovering in the sky.

“I stepped out of my front door and there were the two red orbs hovering in the sky around airplane elevation,” the witness stated. “At this time, I ran back inside my home and told my wife and kids to come outside so all six of us could witness orbs. We took pictures and tried to take video, but the orbs did not show up very well on videos. My kids and I sat outside for about 30 minutes observing the UFOs. The UFOs just hovered in the sky while the air traffic continued in the area. It did appear as if at least one plane noticed the light because a plane changed course as it approached the area where the UFOs hovered. At about the 20-minute mark we noticed the lower UFO ejected about five small, white orbs (much smaller than the UFOs) that just disappeared after being ejected. After 10 more minutes, the higher UFO light faded out and about two minutes later the other UFO faded out and vanished.”

Illinois MUFON State Director Sam Maranto and Assistant State Director Roger Laurella closed this case as an Unknown Aerial Vehicle.

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