An open record of things people cannot explain

People who described an orange orb

1,972 accounts in the record mention this, spread across 1930s to 2010s.


4%
of every account in the record mentions an orange orb. Common enough that on its own it means little.

What else those witnesses noticed

hovering 107a triangle shape 57moving in formation 46vanishing suddenly 33pulsing light 27a photograph or recording exists 19

Where it comes up most

Seattle, WA (16) · Phoenix, AZ (12) · Portland, OR (10) · Chicago, IL (7) · Los Angeles, CA (7) · Vancouver, WA (7)

When people reported it

1930s1
1950s16
1960s10
1970s52
1980s48
1990s314
2000s610
2010s919

Counts follow reporting, not necessarily the world. More accounts in a decade can simply mean more people writing them down.

The accounts

undated

November 15-19. Witness: James Scott. HUNTING. Heard: During the night (whole trip) -Heard what appeared to be loud squirrel barks and trees being knocked down during the middle of the night. -Somethi…

1954-10-02

On October 2 and 4, 1954, several people in the municipality of Poncey-sur-l'Ignon (21) witnessed phenomena that intrigued them. The official report covers two series of distinct events in the same ar…

1984-03---

Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience gained over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change in classification. Thi…

1984-03-05

Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classification. T…

1984-03-02

Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classification. T…

1982-01-17

Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classification.…

1979-07-21

Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classification.…

1980-04-07

Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classification.…

1998-07-25

In late July of 1998 my youngest son (who was 18 then)and I lived in Western Arkansas and took a week-long camping trip to the Wet Mountains in Colorado west of Pueblo. I had done most of the driving…

1985-10-01

During the autumn bowhunting season, in the fall of 1985, my friend, K, his cousin, T, and myself, A, went to K's parent's cabin (along with his parents). We were all 15 to 16 at the time. The cabin i…

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