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People who described a beam of light

134 accounts in the record mention this, spread across 1960s to 2020s. It is one of the rarer things people report, which makes it worth more when two accounts share it.


0.26%
of every account in the record mentions a beam of light. When two strangers both do, the engine weighs that heavily.

What else those witnesses noticed

a triangle shape 9hovering 6an orange orb 5moving in formation 4vanishing suddenly 4green light 4

Where it comes up most

Nouvelle-Calédonie, France (3) · Las Vegas, NV (2) · Pelican Lake, WI (2) · Ardennes, France (2) · Aisne, France (2) · Oise, France (2)

When people reported it

1960s4
1970s7
1980s10
1990s24
2000s48
2010s38
2020s1

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

The accounts

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…

2005-04-09

I was on the BFRO's West Virginia expedition this past April. The expedition lasted ten days all together. I participated from April 7 to April 11, as did over a dozen other people. The base camp was…

1982-01-17

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

undated

Location: Taney County – 3 miles north of Forsyth – under-developed area comprising multiple 10-acre lots, heavily forested, served by a dirt/gravel road. Late summer (July/August) 1998 Time: 8:30-is…

2013-04-28

On April 28, 2013 at midnight, a female driver observed the repetitive and winding movements of a whitish glow in the sky at low altitude. Her passenger also observed the phenomenon. Only one question…

2017-04-17

One night while fishing with 2 friends on a creek outside town, it was nearing 11:00 pm. pitch black night. Fish were biting decent. But to pass the boredom my one friend found 2 sticks laying on the…

1980-10-11

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. Th…

undated

It was late October of 2008, unsure of the exact date. At approximately 2:30 am, my oldest son called me on his cell phone. I was upstairs doing some research on the computer & he was downstairs on th…

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