UFO Spotted Above Washington DC during Fox News Broadcast January 2015

Update : As I first reported that this event happened over the White House, I was mistaken.  I'm even more confused about the fact that no one had corrected me.  Tsk, tsk, tsk...

I tracked down the original broadcast footage and uploaded it for you guys to see that the objects did come from footage directly from FOX news.

The original broadcast - forward to 5:35.

It appears that two unidentified objects have been spotted over the capitol building in Washington D.C. during a Fox News broadcast in early January.  Originally reported to MUFON, I came across this interesting sighting during my most recent research report on the phenomenon.  I just had to share it with you humans!

The first object appears to be white meteor-like streak across the sky.  The second appears to come out of nowhere flying towards the first.  Then suddenly both change their course simultaneously in the same direction before vanishing.  I didn't spot the second object until I took a closer look at the footage.

Since the video does come from a reputable source I doubt a hoax is afoot.

The original report:

2015-01-08/ 9:45PM

"I came home from work and turned on Fox News. It was only on for a few minutes, then it showed an image of Capitol Hill. I saw the lights right away and noticed the maneuvers were not normal for our aircraft. I recorded it on my DVR, then video taped the tv."

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USA UFO Report - 01/01/15 - 01/07/15

Greetings Humans!  This was a hard report to get out.  Technical difficulties set me a couple of times.  Learning how to manually edit the KMZ file code was actually required to repair the broken file.  Was frustrating but made me feel very accomplished.

This was a great week filled with a ton of reports.  I don't think orange/red fireball orbs will go out of style any time soon but it does look like the dark triangles are slowly making a return.  Beware of the Chinese sky lanterns that took over the nation at exactly 12:00 AM on New Year's day...haha, you'll see later in this report.  Some evidence of an abduction may have been uncovered.  Great week for videos and pictures.  Check them out!

Click Here For Interactive Map.  No download required but you can download the KMZ file from there and open it in Google Earth.  It takes a while for everything to show up correctly.  My advice is that you load it and wait for a few minutes, close it and load it again for a few minutes.  When you see the custom icons and click them you should see a report pop up on the screen.  You may choose to download them and open the file in Google earth for a must faster and better experience.

Reports gathered from:

MUFON

NUFORC

If you or anybody you know has a sighting remember to take down the date, time, location, and brief description of the object (size, color, speed, distance, etc...).  Be sure to report them to MUFON or NUFORC.

REPORT FOR 01/01 - 01/07

2015

Total Reports Analysed :  189

Pictures & Diagrams Gathered :  20

Videos Gathered :  8

PHOTOS

Here are some interesting photos that were submitted between 01/01-01/07.

Possible New Years Abduction in New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
2015-01-01 12:00AM
"I went outside at midnight to ring in the New Year. The air was still, with high thin clouds, few stars, and a waxing moon surrounded by a moonbow. Towards the SE, over the airport, near Kirtland Air Force Base, I noted 3 lights, small but appearing as dots, bigger than stars, the lowest 15 degrees, the other 2 about twice as high. All were round, glowing reddish orange. Did not pay much attention at first as I have often seen planes taking off in that direction in the 17 years living at this address, and could not hear anything due to the noise of fireworks and gunfire. The largest dot on the left (N of the others) curved in a path over Albuquerque like many aircraft do when taking off. But I first noticed the color of the light was not like that of a plane and there were no running or blinking lights as it turned. It grew brighter and then to my amazement, rose straight up and disappeared -- not continuing W as aircraft normally do. The 2 others, which had not moved, simultaneously faded out. I've lived in NM virtually my whole life and have seen a lot of weird things in the sky, including high weather balloons glowing after sunset, but never anything that I couldn't explain before now. The entire event only lasted a minute or two, but I spent much more time looking up afterwards in sheer wonder and joy. However, my delight was dashed a week later. Last night, I found a fresh scoop mark on my left shin. It was an eighth of an inch in diameter, and about that far immediately to the left of scars left by several others. No memories of anything odd accompany these marks, but a wound has often appeared there at various times since I was about 8, and it feels like tissue has been removed at least down to the bone. They take a very long time to heal, much longer than other injuries. I'm sure this latest mark was not present when I showered two days previously, and I don't think it was there when I got up for some reason the night before at 3 AM. I have no memory of banging my leg. And as I am on a blood thinner, even the tiniest scratch bleeds a lot. There were no traces of blood on the leg, my sheets, sock, or the thermal underwear I wear during the day this time of year. I have a strong feeling that its reappearance at this time is not coincidental. I have included a rendering of my observation of the sky (based on a daylight picture taken this summer), and also a shot of my shin taken just this morning. Brightness and contrast have been altered on the latter to make the scars of previous scoops stand out more. Hope this helps. Thanks!"

Hampstead, MD
2015-01-01/ 1:30AM
"This sighting took place at two separate times during a four hour period and actually began at approximately 9:30PM EST December 31, 2014. It was New years eve 2014, my girlfriend and I were in my back yard enjoying a fire in the fire pit, my mother inside watching TV. We were sitting around the fire just talking when I turned around facing my house and saw several Orange orbs floating across the sky above and to the north of my position. We then noticed that more of these orbs were approaching from the west and moving apparently in single file formation in an easterly direction. I then ran into the house and called my mother out to see as well. We all looked on as each of the eight objects appeared to simply disappear one by one once reaching approximately the same location in the sky. We all discussed what they could have been and couldn't explain any of it. Part Two: Later that same evening at about 1:30AM EST January 1, 2015 my girlfriend and I were getting ready to go in for the night when we saw several more orbs of the same description. Each orb, ten in all, ( 18 total ) was following the same west to east path and disappeared in about the same location in the sky. We got quite a few pictures this time with our cell phones. While we were taking pictures my girlfriends phone shut down three separate times...my phone was not affected in any way. Two of the photos show objects we did not see directly."




Orlando FL
2015-01-01/ 11:50AM
"My wife and I spotted something on the flight today from PHL to Orlando airport. We were able to snap a picture that I can send to you. Here is the flight and observation information: Observation made at 11:50AM Lat Long Course Altitude 36.16 -77.1 SSW 206 360000"







Payne, OH
2015-01-02/ 10:55PM
"On Friday evening, my family was driving home to Payne Ohio. About 8 miles outside of town we observed a bright white light in the sky, appearing to be close to Payne. As we got closer, I asked my wife what it was. To wit, she responded an airplane. I told her that airplanes do not have bright white lights unless landing or taking off and since there was no airport nearby, it couldn't be. She again suggested airplane because it had some blinking red lights with it as well. As we drew closer we could tell it was not moving at all. We got to the point where it was about 2 football fields away from us and about 1000 ft. in the air. At this point we could tell it was not an airplane or helicopter. I rolled the window down to take a couple pics, it was completely silent. At that point it started moving, slowly at first and then accelerated to a speed well over 300 miles an hour as it disappeared from our view within 30 seconds or so."






San Antonio, TX
2015-01-03/ 6:42PM
"There were no planes no helicopters in the sky during this event.. About maybe 10 mins later the sky lit up with planes an helicopters no sound, no clouds in sight very clear sky... The path these objects traveled was south going north east... I witnessed wat I thought was a formation some were side by side with a gap between the two then there were some that created a broken triangle.. The objects were all single objects not one object.. They glowed orangish... As they headed north east the objects accelerated an I noticed sum seemed to blink as they were in accelerating an got smaller an smaller then they were gone"





Lemoore, CA2015-01-03/ 2:00PM"I was in my back yard enjoying the nice sunshine and clear blue sky. I was laying down f with my face towards the sun. I saw an object slowly rising upwards in front of the sun approximately 300 feet away. It had a round shape and was flashing a light as it moved upwards. I thought maybe it was a balloon. The object was continually rising at a slow but steady pace. I was lying down and the object moved out of view. So I got up to follow it and walked out to my back ally. I looked up toward highway 41 and saw 20 to 30 flashing balls of light hovering. Then they moved above the city park of Lemoore and hovered there for about 15 minutes before leaving in a formation at high altitude."

Greenville, SC
2015-01-05/ 11:10AM
I was taking photos of chemtrails.. When I looked at the photos I saw this object in the photos. I went back outside and could see the object with my naked eye. I took more pics and enhanced them. In one of the photos, it appears to be behind the chemtrail. I had two of the photos enhanced. You can see the lights, they appear to be in a pattern. I tried to get video but was too shaky to get a good video. I have never seen anything like this in my life. A little shaken up! After trying to get video, it disappeared. *i have more pictures of this*




Valley Forge, PA
2015-01-07/ 12:00AM
"On this particular evening I was driving home from work. Because of where I live, I always take Gulph Rd through Valley Forge Park to and from work. I was driving NW on Gulph Rd towards Phoenixville away from King of Prussia, when I noticed three very bright lights just over the tree line in the distance (I think I noticed them just about the time I passed the Washington Memorial Chapel). The lights were side by side. At first glance it looked to be an airplane of some sort. But as I drove closer I realized whatever it was, was too bright and too low to be a plane. I actually started to think that maybe they had built a tower in the park with lights at the top of it, but I knew that wasn’t logical because I would have seen this tower/monument by now. I also started to realize that whatever it was, wasn’t stationary. It was moving, but slowly. When I was finally back on a straight part of the road, I had decided that this was just too weird and started snapping pictures. As I got closer it was more apparent to me that this wasn’t a plane or a helicopter. I considered pulling over, but had someone behind me. It was also very dark and 17 degrees outside. But after my car had finally passed the lights (I couldn’t describe anything beyond that because of how bright the three lights were) I decided to look back at it out my driver side window. This is when I realized that it was literally just above the tree line and shaped like a Triangle. Once I was past the lights I could distinguish the shape vividly. After my experience I was a little shaken up. I called my mom, who thought I was just pulling her leg. But after I sent her the pictures, she was convinced. She even went as far as to research sightings in Valley Forge. She came up with two interesting stories. One, was of George Washington, who had reported witnessing a UFO in the now park. And a few years ago someone else had reported a very similar story to mine, which made me feel less crazy. I have been living in the area for almost 5 years now, and I visit the park often. I know this park in and out. I know what the planes flying overhead look like. And I’ve seen my fair share of helicopters and drones. This to me was just so weird and unexplainable. It took me almost a week to even send in my story. I’m open-minded about unexplainable events, but I personally do not come to conclusions without thinking about it first. Even if this was totally explainable, it was still weird and definitely a story worth sharing."




Illinois
2015-01-07/ 5:15PM
"I was driving home from work and noticed bright object in sky. At first I thought it was a bright star or plane but as I drove West the object looked bigger and brighter. At the stop light I took the picture. When I got home in five minutes the object was still in sky but had moved West towards the sunset. I went inside to get husband to show him but it was gone when we returned outside."


Brooklyn, NY
2015-01-07/ 11:48PM
"1. Where were you and what were you doing at the time? In backyard with camera on tripod Hoping to see comet Lovejoy but just settled on testing my camera and aiming at the nearest bright star. 2. What made you first notice the object? I only noticed it after the 3rd shot with an exposer of 10 seconds each and noticed it was not moving in the same direction as the main and backgroud stars I photographed. 3. What did you think the object was when you first noticed it? Lens flare or dust on my lens but moved camera to another object and it was not there. 4. Describe the object and its actions and motions in detail. The object could only be seen through the long camera exposure of 10 seconds. Without moving the camera, background stars drifted to the right while the object appeard to stay in play but was actually drifting to the left. 6. How did you lose sight of the object? It was very cold out and waiting 15 to 20 seconds before taking the next shot starting had my fingers freezing so I went inside. I will be uploading 15 pictures and it would be best viewed as a photo slidshow. The image is oblong ( looks like a comet)located in the middle bottom of each shot. Ignore image on some of the pictures located far right in the middle, it's just a tree branch. It appears that I'm only allowed 10 uploads."

VIDEOS

Here are some interesting videos that were submitted between 01/01-01/07.

Pasadena, CA
2015-01-01/ 8:00AM

"My son and I taped the B-2 Stealth fly-over at the 2015 Rose Parade (8:00 am, 01/01/2015. When I viewed the video the following day, I noticed there was a round object in the background. It is not a clear video, the object is at a distance. I further researched other footage on Youtube, and I did find another video that shows the movement of this object. In the that video,from the beginning the object moves, disappears, and reappears. And below is the B-2 Stealth fly-over at the start of the annual Rose Parade on Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, California. The video I am including is the one my son took. I first noticed the object at home the following day when I reviewed the footage. The other video that reaffirmed my suspicions of a UFO is what I saw on Youtube. I would have liked to include that link, but it is not allowed. Thank you."

Willard, UT

2015-01-01/ 10:31PM
"Son was outside with friend and noticed a bright, hovering object in sky. {dr}3-5 objects hovering, then change of direction. Changing colors"











Wyomissing, PA
2015-01-01/ 12:00AM

"My daughter and I saw the light after going outside to look at the moon. We saw two light together flying fast across the sky. We then went to the front of our house and walked down the street where we saw a single light and then 3 more lights!"


Savannah, GA
2015-01-01/ 1:30AM

"Long Description of Sighting Report Arriving at home at 0130 EST. Looked up as walking in house and immediately noticed fireball in sky. Aircraft. Moved erratically , was like reddish or orange fireball , exhibiting wobbling motion and was not an aircraft ! It was an interesting sighting. It picked up speed as it moved into the clouds and we lost sight of it."

San Antonio, TX
2015-01-01/ 12:00AM

"This is the second time I have captured in my iPhone a UFO watching the fireworks, what is there fascination with them? I was downtown in new years eve recording the firework display when this orb craft came forward hovering over the crowed, it moved back and forth and up and down. I seen this same craft last year when on fourth if July when the fireworks were going off at the lake, I uploaded that video in my YouTube site,"

Nashua, NH
2015-01-02/ 4:28PM

"I caught this from my car the other day. I ended the video (too soon) and I looked away for 1 second and it was gone, nowhere to be seen. It was too slow and it really wasn't moving like a plane. If you can zoom in on it, the trail is way fatter and more billowing then a usual vapor trail it had an odd kind of gliding sideways trajectory that I have never seen before. It was a very surreal and seriously was not moving like a plane! It was much closer and detailed in person. If you can zroom in you can see this a little better but really my phone didn't do it justice. In person it also appeared as the there was a light point or unwavering reflection at the front most point of it. I am just realizing now that there was also no apparent audible sound from it either, which I also find strange. I really really wish I kept the camera on it until it was out of my sight because it really seemed to disappear in a split second!"


Corte Madera, CA
2015-01-03/ 12:00AM

"I was on my way home from work. I noticed two very bright objects in the sky to the left of my direct sight. I was on the phone with my father at the time, and I told him I saw something strange and I had to call him back. The reason these objects looked so peculiar, was because they were on fire. Red/orange and glowing bright. They looked circular, almost like two orbs on fire. I was in shock because I had never seen anything like these objects in the sky before. I pulled over to the side of the road, and started taking a video with my iPhone. As the objects steadily moved closer to me (above me), I got really nervous and jumped back into my car and sped home. I called the police department in my town; I was on the phone with dispatch, explaining what I had seen, and how freaked out I was. I lost sight of the objects as I drove up the hill to my house. The dispatcher told me to go back and see if I could still see the objects. When I drove back down my hill, there was only one hovering. It appeared to be further in the distance than when I had last seen it. The woman on the other line told Me she would have an officer come out and "investigate". The object being so far away at this point, made me feel a bit better, and I ended my conversation with the police department's dispatcher. I then turned around back up my hill, and arrived safely at my residence. About 45 minutes later, I called the police department back, and asked if the officer had come to a conclusion about what it was that was floating in the sky. She told me they were unable to identify the object."

COMMON SIGHTINGS

These are sightings that seem to have more than one report of the same object with similar characteristics in a given distance and time-frame.

PLEASE NOTE:

The review of the 56 reported sightings during the first hours of the New Year, it was expected that the objects people may be reporting could be identified as Chinese sky lanterns.  They are basically small hot air balloons that are released into the air during celebrations and festivals (traditionally).  New Year's eve/day is one of the celebrations that they are most often used in the United States and many other countries.  I have witnessed, first hand, people seeing them for the first time and had I not explained it to them they wouldn't have any idea how to identify them.  Therefore, any sightings during or around the time of 12:00 AM, local time to the area, will be omitted for this report if they hold the same characteristics of a sky lantern.


Disk shaped craft spotted in Charleston, SC

If the time of these sightings is correct then they happened around 18 hours from each other.  The series of events in each sighting are eerily similar.  We can speculate that the earlier sighting at 12 AM may have been a reconnaissance mission.

2015-01-01/ 12:00AM
"My daughter and I got out of my car in a store parking lot. She said look at that thing in the sky.it was disc shaped with a bright orange light. For the life of me I couldn't think of what type of aircraft would have one large orange light on it. It was flying slowly but steadily and then the light went out, comepletely dark but we could still see the disc outline against the stars. There was no sound coming from the craft. The charleston intl. Airport is about 3 miles from where we saw it but as far as we saw, there were no planes nearby or in persuit of the disc. We lost sight of the craft as it flew over a building and out of sight. I have to say that the thought of harm or abduction crossed both of our minds because there are so many stories of that type of thing. It scared and facinated us at the same time. I wonder if anyone else saw it because we were in a busy shopping area of north charleston on rivers avenue.we couldn't have been the only ones to see it. It was obviously not a plane or sattalite but we just kept saying, what was that thing?"

1/1/2015/ 6:00PM
Location: Charleston, SC
Shape: Disk
Duration:1 minute
"We saw a fairly large disc fly slowly over Rivers Avenue. As we watched it, the orange light went out and we could still see the disc shape, because there were no stars visible through the shape. There was also no sound coming from the disc."

More than a dozen bright lights seen over Hughes Springs, NC

Three different reports of sightings during the same exact time-frame tell of at least a dozen lights in the sky above North Carolina.

1/3/2015/ 9:00PM
Location: Hughes Springs, TX
Shape: Circle
Duration:10 minutes
"observed approximately twenty-five red/orange flying objects or balls of light in sky
On 01/03/2014, at approximately 21:05 hrs., I was asked by my wife to come outside to see what was going on in the Southeast sky near Hughes Springs, Texas. From my back porch I immediately observed approximately ten red/orange objects or balls of light hovering in the sky. The flight path of the objects appeared to be traveling from a Southward to a Northward direction. The objects did not appear to produce any sound. I would estimate the objects distance to be approximately five miles from my location. 
The Northern most three or four objects of the group of ten objects made a 90-degree turn to the East, with the rest of the group following what appeared to be the exact same flight path. As the last of the group executed the 90-degree turn, approximately three minutes had passed, I noticed a second group of approximately fourteen to fifteen more objects following what appeared to be the exact same flight path as the first group. 
At this time, I had walked down the steps from my porch to get a better vantage point to capture the event on my phone camera. I watched in utter amazement as the objects traveled at what appeared to be a slow rate of speed. 
The whole event lasted approximately eight to ten minutes. I could not be exact as to the time as I was somewhat excited over the spectacular light show and the precision of the flight path of the group. 
Due to the precision of the 90-degree turn, and the absence of engine sounds, I do not believe the objects to have been fixed or rotor winged aircraft. 
The weather conditions at the time were very light clouds with a high ceiling and zero wind. The wind direction and speed was verified by the lead meteorologist at the Shreveport, LA, National Weather Service, KSLA-TV in Shreveport, and Weather Bug Station in Mt. Pleasant."


1/3/2015/ 9:00PM
Location: Hughes Springs, TX
Shape: Circle
Duration:15 minutes
"On the night of January 3, 2015, while in my friend's backyard, I witnessed orange-colored lights in the sky. There appeared to be around 20 or so of the lights floating in the same direction. 
They floated in a line that lasted for approximately 15 minutes. They made no noise and floated a few hundred feet high. They all seemed to make a turn at the same spot and go a different direction. 
There was no distinguishable formation they flew in."

1/3/2015/ 9:00PM
Location: Hughes Springs, TX
Shape: Circle
Duration:10 minutes
"January 3, 2015 At approximately 9:05pm this date, my Sister phoned me to see if I could hear or see helicopters in our area. There is a landing zone a block East from our home where medical emergency helicopters land so it's not unusual for us to hear or see them as they tend to fly over our home. I did not hear anything so she told me to step outside and look in the sky and see if what she was looking at was helicopters or if I could hear any.
Upon stepping off my back porch I immediately saw red lights in the Southwest sky that were traveling Northwest in a line of succession and getting brighter as they got closer to our area. As they each got to a certain point in the sky they started getting dimmer, appearing to head East, then the lights succinctly disappeared.
I did not count the number of lights I saw, but I would say I saw more than a dozen."

Dissapearing light seen over Eastern skies

This is a good example of how the same object may be seen from two different points over a great distance.  there is a time difference between Alabama and Georgia of one hour.  There is an 18 minute difference between the reports.

Alabama
015-01-05/ 8:00PM
"Object in the sky looked just like a star disappeared as if someone flipped a switch.
I was walking to my car I noticed what looked like one lone star off toto the side. It just disappeared out of nowhere."

Georgia
1/5/2015/ 07:18AM
Location: Conyers, GA
Shape: Light
Duration:3 minutes
"Object seen flying over interstate, increasing in brightness, then vanishing into thin air.
Object seen under the moon flying from north to south towards the observers over interstate.
It was moving quickly and growing in size. It seemed to turn in a slight half circle then briefly appeared to increase in size and intensity of brightness for roughly 3 seconds. The object then vanished into thin air.
Planes could be seen in the same field of vision but were not similar in aircraft lighting. Clouds and air conditions did not play a factor in visibility."

Triangular shaped craft flying 'intelligently' over California
This headline speaks for itself.  Very interesting sightings, one by an experienced astronomer.  There are other reports of the black triangles in the united states that give hints that these type of craft are possibly making a comeback.

2015-01-06/ 6:40PM
"It seemed like around 3 to 5 minutes from Seven Sisters to Diphda. Much faster than an airliner at altitude would be, and no sound so it is highly unlikely it was at a lower altitude. Checked Planes Overhead and saw nothing indicating a commercial flight through that airspace. 
My heart started pounding when I saw the light flare and realized it was bigger than a satellite would be.
I was attempting to observe Comet lovejoy through 7 x 50 Vivitar binoculars from my backyard in Newark, CA. First saw it through binoculars flying very close to the Seven Sisters heading South West. At first I thought it was a satellite, until it changed direction and I saw a brief flare of light from a portion of it. It appeared to be a delta shape, dark gray in color. Changed direction and speed several times with no marking lights, staying close to a South West course until I lost sight of it somewhere around Diphda. Course and speed changes were obvious as several occurred with multiple stars present in the field of view."

1/6/2015/ 8:00PM
Location: Watsonville, CA
Shape: Triangle
Duration:10 minutes
"I seen 1 triangle shaped red glowing craft with no blinkers and could stop and go at will..was definitely intelligently driven, and was flying too fast to be a plane or helicopter.. it was being followed by two smaller sized white orbs that could also move at high. rates of speed and could stop and go down and up and. left to right."

Large "V" shaped craft spotted over Ohio and Indiana
These reports make it a point not to state "triangular" shaped objects, but a V or boomerang-shaped object hovering in the skies.  Similar in the way they describe the lights and shape of this object.

Indiana
2015-01-07/ 8:15PM
"Leaving knightstown at 815 pm from Morgan street going to 40 looked up and saw a shadow looking thing following me looked like a boomer and /triangle had a smoky cloud around it no lights or noise had about 6 to 8 little windows and dim lights on the inside. It was so dark out I loss sight of it.
Shadow looking boomerang hovering over car in the dark dim lights on the inside no lights or noise on out side"

Ohio
2015-01-07/ 9:30PM
"Very cold night and my ears where cold so I move to the other side of hot tub, because that's where the lid is. Thought it would block the wind a little better. 
When I did that I looked up toward the south west and saw what looked like stars, daily faint, shaped in a v, not a triangle, but a v. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but it was moving toward the south east. I watched it for about 5 seconds move out of sight. 
Have no idea how high, how big, but seemed to have 5 or so stars on each side. 
I was using my iPhone with speaker to listen to the radio. Never had time to take photo, but I grabed my phone to text my daughter to tell her what I saw. As soon as I grabed my phone the speaker stopped, and the phone showed no battery. I went in the house, plugged the phone in and it immediately showed 54 percent charge.
Sitting in my hot tub facing south east. To the south east and straight up it seemed clear and I saw many starts. To the west I didn't notice any stars, but that seems to be the norm. Maybe more light pollution. "

Conclusion

There was a lot to report this week.  See what I mean about the triangle shaped craft?  It looks like there may be a New Mexico resident that may have had a very close encounter.  Chinese lanterns really muddied up the waters and I've even read might have been the cause of fires in Texas.   

NUFORC doesn't regularly update their database and I find myself waiting a full week and then finding out that there are more reports put into the MUFON database...it becomes a mess.  If you're following you can expect these reports to usually come out a week behind.  As discussed before; people do not report sightings right away.  

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An Attempt to Debunk The Coffin On Mars

The story about a picture that was taken by the curiosity rover has gone batshit viral.  Some claim it's a coffin, others claim it's a rock.   Do those of us that see a coffin suffer from pareidolia?  Probably, but that's okay, right?  They're only human.

It seems like mass pareidolia has swept the internet again and the media continues to make money off of it.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with pareidolia; it's when you look at a cloud and see that it resembles a bunny, the moon as having facial features, Jesus in a piece of burnt toast, or the famous face on mars.  We perceive patterns or meaning where they simply do not exist.  It's a part of our nature.

Perhaps it's our wild imaginations that flirt with our fascination of Mars and makes us want to believe.  Early astronomers such as Asaph Hall and Giovanni Schiaparelli entertained the idea that intelligent life was on Mars.  H. G. Wells helped us believe the fourth planet from the sun was inhabited by a thriving civilization with the story "War of the Worlds" originally published in 1898.  Generation after generation stories evolving and entertaining our fixation on the small red planet.  All it took was a flyby of NASA's Mariner 4 in 1965 to end all speculation with the first photographs of the Martian surface.  Well...most of it.

Since then there have been a ton of convincing theories about Mars' past and future.  Life could have been there before and life can be there again.  Presently there may be a vampire on Mars and it's not a B movie or crazy book, for some it's real.  Which ever basket you put your eggs into (there are a lot of baskets) please take a moment and entertain mine.

MY THEORY
I believe that Mars may have inhabited some kind of life a long time ago.  I'm not sure if it was intelligent life because I'm not sure we've found intelligent life on earth yet.  What we do know is that a significant part of Mars' evolutionary geology is a result of volcanic activity.  This is not very disimilar from earth.

Here on earth there is a process called columnar jointing.  This happens when volcanic rock cools and contracts.  The result is amazing, rock that forms an array of columns or polygonal prisms with relatively straight lines.  Even more amazing is that in 2009 this type of formation was also discovered on Mars.
It is also believed that Mars is hit by some 200 space rocks (asteroids) per year.  To me, every rock looks out of place.  Like a disorganized rock garden or an unimaginable hell for a monk with OCD.  What a mess.  

MARS                                                        EARTH

Let's just imagine for a moment that a huge space rock comes hurling down into one of these formations of martian rock that resemble columnar jointing.  It throws these rocks every which way for hundreds of miles.  One piece lands in a place that a robot, sent by the inhabitants of earth, will one day take a picture and send it back so some fool could say "hey that looks exactly like a coffin".

Occam's Razor states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.  It's a coffin or sarcophagus left by an ancient martian civilization or it's a rock on a planet full of rocks?  I'm with Occam.

Now, please show me the way to the launch pad.  I need to get off of this planet.

USA UFO Report - 12/21/14 - 12/31/14

Instead of doing this report for the last week and starting the next one off as a 2014-2015 hybrid I decided to finish off the year.  There's really not that much in this report but I'll update it at a future date.  I'm sure that as time goes on more sightings will come through.

Click for Interactive Map for this report.  No download required but you can download the KMZ file from there and open it in Google Earth.

Reports gathered from:

MUFON

NUFORC

REPORT FOR 12/21 - 12/31

2014

Total Reports Analysed :  94

Pictures & Diagrams Gathered :  14

Videos Gathered :  5

COMMON SIGHTINGS

These are sightings that seem to have more than one report of the same object with similar characteristics in a given distance and time-frame.

NUMEROUS SLOW FLYING BRIGHT OBJECTS IN THE SKY OVER THE EASTERN US.  POSSIBLE 4 DIFFERENT REPORTS.  AMAZING?

In the early evening at around 5:03 PM a witness in CT reported seeing fireball looking objects heading toward the SW. An hour later in that direction (200 miles SW of NJ) a witness took a video of numerous fireball-type objects that did not appear to be connected or flying together. A witness snapped a picture of the same looking objects in PA during the same day. Then half an hour later, at 6:30 PM, a witness in FL claims seeing numerous glowing objects flying together then pairing off into threes to the west.

BERLIN CT

12/21/14/ 5:03PM
Shape: Fireball
Duration:10 minutes
"Two fireball-looking objects flying side-by-side in a south-western direction. One of the fireballs emitted what appeared to be droplets of fire from my vantage point. The balls were not connected to each other as they weaved in an out relative to each other."

PA, US

PENNSYLVANIA, US

2014-12-21 12:00AM

"Slow and low flying moving flickering lights unidentified objects. One by one they slowly just melted away and the more followed. Counted about 35 plus."

It is my opinion that this picture (above) was taken later than 12:00AM or around 6:00 PM due to the light on the horizion.  It could be a result of light pollution from a nearby city.  Even if that's the case it's a great photo.

PENNSAUKEN, NJ

2014-12-21 6:06PM

"while driving south on Haddon ave in pennsauken nj I noticed an unusual group of lights in the sky. My wife and daughter were also present. When I came to a stop light I decided to video as this was not normal and have never seen anything like it. When the light turned green I pulled into a gas station and exited the car but could only see 1 remaining objects use to tree obstruction . They were very low to the ground and looked exactly alike."

LAKE WORTH, FL

12-21-2014/ 6:50PM
"I was looking toward the east as I finished my cigarette and I saw a big group of like 9 to 12 glowing orbits in the sky moving west. As they moved they began to separate in groups of 3 forming into triangles after a couple of minutes they were gone"

PHOTOS

Here are some interesting photos that were submitted between 12/21-12/31.

NEW YORK, US
2014-12-21 12:00AM

NY, US

NY, US

"I was aroused from my sleep at 4 am and looked out the front windows. I noticed the light hovering behind my neighbors houses across the street looking north. I observed it hover for about a minute, realizing what it might be, I grabbed my phone, threw on a coat and went outside on the steps to the house and tried taking pics. I managed to take these 2 before it shot out of sight in an instance silently as it was hovering. the sighting lasted 3-4 minutes. this is the 2nd time observing an object Glad I was able to take a picture this time"

CUPERTINO, CA
2014-12-24 10:00PM

Cupertino, CA

Cupertino, CA

"I saw a bizarre light in the night sky last night (December 23rd) to the southwest of Cupertino, CA. It was definitely not a plane or a star because it was moving left and right, up and down, much like a dragon fly. I watched for probably close to an hour then decided it must be the reflection from a search light. Then I saw it again tonight in a different place, to the direct south of my location. I witnessed it change shapes, and pulsate with different colors (blue, white, orange and redish). I am totally amazed, I tried to take pictures but it was with the camera on my phone so it didn't turn out that well. I'm curious if anyone else reported a ufo in the San Jose area last night or tonight? I'm at a loss for words!"

OAKLAND, CA
2014-12-24 11:10PM

Oakland, CA  (I don't think this is a very good photo)

"On the evening of dec.24th at approx. 11:10 pm I had just arrived home after driving some friends to their house. As I pulled up to my residence, I noticed an extremely unusual bright light that looked like a "mini-sun" the usually clouded sky's were clear and could clearly see the stars in the background. This object "re-acted" to my horn honking and my calling my wife outside, At least I felt that way because it changed its direction and "floated" in my direction, I never let my vision lose sight of the object, my wife came outside with the camera and I was able to take a picture of the object, its kinda grainy, its the orange "blip" on the lower right corner of the picture with my neighbors houses across the street in the back ground. The object headed in the direction of the Oakland International Airport, I know the flight controllers had to see it because if they didn't they need to be tested, there is no way this object was man made, I used to work at the airport and I know flight characteristics of "all" known man made jets. This object flew right over me, its center was bright blue, the outer edges were like orange-yellow, it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life because it was alive. It Cruised. I'm used to seeing lots of "traffic" in the skies of Oakland and it can be said sometimes there are some colorful lights on some of the planes coming and going, like I said, this "object" wasn't one of ours. Swamp gas and Venus ? Been there done that. I know what I saw, my wife seen it too, and I snapped a picture."

CHICAGO, IL
2014-12-24 6:44PM

Chicago, IL

"The Wrigley building is north of the river on Michigan ave SE of the Intercontinental hotel. I was walking south,I took pictures of the Wrigley Building, did not see the object until I saw the photos. I looked at the photos I took with my cell phone and this is what I got. I did not see the object. The Wrigley building is stories and high, so it was higher than that."





CLEARWATER, FL
2014-12-25 8:00PM

Clearwater. FL

"I was driving down the road and noticed a very bright light. Didn't think much of it, then I saw another one, and then again another one. I thought, wow that's strange to have so many helicopters flying around. Then the further down the road and closer to them I got, I noticed a sky full of them! I swerved off the road and grabbed my phone to take a video. Shaking I hit the wrong button and could not get the stupid video to turn on. I stood there and watched them as the floated away. Managed to get one pic of 5 of them"






LAKEWOOD, CA
2014-12-26 5:00PM

LAKEWOOD, CA

"I was in my backyard viewing the sky and moon with my telescope approximately around 17:00. What made me notice the object was its shape it seems to look like a Bio-hazard symbol. At first i thought it was just dirt on my lens but i barely had the switched out form the store therefore, i keep on viewing the object. The motion of it was stationary until it eventually turned out to have a other object come out of it. Also in the shape of a circle. both where stationary over the moon until they took off. I was impressed by how quickly it took off. Eventually i lost sight of the object/s when they flew away from the moon."


LAS VEGAS, NV
2014-12-26 8:00PM

LAS VEGAS, NV

LAS VEGAS, NV

"12/26/2014 8pm My husband, daughter and I where out side on the back patio star gazing toward the eastern sky. We noticed what looked like a very bright star or planet on the Eastern horizon. It was stationary and did not move. It was much larger, extremely larger than any other star. The bright pulsating light seemed to change shape as we watched it. First looked kind of star shaped and pulsating light, than looked like cigar shaped pulsating light, etc. We viewed it for about 30 minutes. Did not move. Attached are photos."

JOHNSON CITY, TN

2014-12-27 4:55PM
"From top of Radio Tower on Buffalo Mountain facing SW while watching the sunset, possibly Johnson City but most likely this is in Unincoi (close boarders). Took multiple pictures and did not notice until one day later. Only two pictures included the "green glow." Image 1 shows first location observed which I have enhanced for a closer look; it appears this green glow has a solid base in a shape I am not familiar with (looks like letter T). Within one minute (2 pix later)in Image 2, this same green glow is closer to us. At first, it appeared it was still in the woods but on a closer hilly mountain. After taking another look, it appears this is in front of the tree line where we parked our cars at the bottom of the tower. If that is that case, then it makes it way harder to determine the size of this object. We were also trying out a new HAM radio for fun and made connection with another licensed operator. During the time I was taking pictures, the Radio user began to experience some distrubances but only for about 20-30 seconds and then went back to normal; full clarity. We, of course, didn't think anything of it at the time. Zip File Includes: Image 1: green light from S- SW of sunset Image 2: green light after travelling N (our left to right) Word Doc Containing enhanced imaging (for fun, I'm sure you have a better process) :) I've seen plenty weird things in the sky unaccounted for, but none that glowed green like this... Would be wonderful to hear your interpretation if you have time to reach back out to me... Would be great to hear a second opinion. Thanks for the support!"

TUSCON, AZ

TUSCON, AZ
2014-12-28 5:37PM
Taking photographs of beautiful Tucson sunset. Saw it in the picture when I snapped it. A missile or something else?




VIDEOS

Here are some videos uploaded during 12/21-12/31.  I omitted un-detailed and irrelevant videos for this report.

MAUI, HI

2014-12-25 8:30PM

"My wife and I returned from dinner to Maui Beach Hotel in Maui, Hawaii I was looking at the sky and saw reddish orange golf ball sized objects in the sky moving in a straight slanted line in the upward direction. These objects vanished after a while. We also showed them to a person in the hotel. He thought those were chinese lanterns. I feel they were UFOs. First i saw 3 and then 2. I recorded the video using my iphone.Please ignore small green objects if any. Those are flies. But do focus on the orange objects. I always wanted to spot ufo's. Maybe this is one such sighting."

BURLINGTON, NJ
2014-12-26 10:50PM

"While walking in my driveway at approximately 10:50pm,on 12/26/14, I observed a brighter than normal anomaly which appeared to be a star at first. It was to the left of the constellation Orion, in the clear south west sky. Because I had reported similar sightings in March and April of this year, I recognized the physical characteristics of this object. It appeared stationary, but moved quickly and changed directions constantly. It also pulsated in various colors very rapidly. As I gazed across the many stars that were visible, I noticed a similar appearing anomaly that was extremely bright, in the south east. It had the same characteristics as the other one. No other stars appeared to have such obvious movement and pulsating colors. I obtained my cell phone from the house and captured both anomalies on video, where I could see the orb like shapes moving very rapidly and changing colors. The one to the south east appeared closer. After having my two daughters, age 16 and 8, come outside to witness these anomalies, I obtained my digital camera and took still photos of both. Even while stabilizing the camera, the extreme distance and speed traveled by both objects was apparent. Both objects remained in their positions while I returned inside. I then downloaded the videos and still photos onto my computer and examined them closer, where pausing the videos at various times would reveal the many colors that both objects exhibited. As a certified NJ Field Investigator for MUFON, I have submitted to the official reporting site for independent investigation."

VIRGINIA, US
2014-12-28/ 5:56PM

VIRGINA, US

"Unusual airplane light in the west sky approaching RIA. It looked like a plane on fire coming on for a normal approach to the airport by start in to turn as airplanes do. Then the light abruptly turns to the north with a quickness that no airplane landing at Richmond can perform. The light traveled straight, but seemed to vary it's speed. No sound was heard and usually the clouds make airplanes louder. Density of the air, I believe. Past over a roof top and gone. Photo and video I took are crap. I didn't have time to stabilize."



CLOSER ENCOUNTERS

Not too many of these this week.  This story is good read though.

PENNSYLVANIA, US
2014-12-27 12:00AM
"I was attempting to sleep/astral project.abbout 2-3 am. im feeling a strange presence..unfriendly..atleast unknown...i then experienced my typical sleep paralysis ive beenexperiecing these multidimensional encounters since a child. i believe im a starseed i believe their interrested in me. i also believe mufon is working to create disinfo in the ufo community. but idk who to trust anymore cus the encounters are getting physical now. so im trying to sleep and i feel a presence, i fall into sleep paralysis (when ur body create smuscle atonia to not act out ur dreamms physically which is a side affect of leaving your body) the entity caught me in the middle of leaving my body and held my ethereal body in an uncomfortable place until i let go of all fear and left my body consciously. then..i saw him...bulbous headed grey..taller then the worker hybrids. i then had this crazy reoccuring dream ive been having for alost 2 years now of apocolypptic scenarios in my life,ppl dying and partying weird twisted apocolyptic celebration..like a multidimensional ttransition everyones aware of...everyone knkows their dead...anyways..iwoke up with a clogged nose ive never in my life blew my nose with this much mucus before..and behind it..blood... so i figure.. implant?"


Conclusion

There doesn't appear to be much to report at this time.  I've uncovered some stunning photos and awesome videos this time around.  Not too many common sightings but I'll keep looking.  Until the next report, keep your eyes to the skies humans.

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