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People who described a beam of light

111 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 6vanishing suddenly 4moving in formation 3screaming or howling 3more than one witness 2

Where it comes up most

Las Vegas, NV (2) · Pelican Lake, WI (2) · Stafford, TX (1) · Bayfield, CO (1) · Plains, PA (1) · Commerce City To Henderson, CO (1)

When people reported it

1960s4
1970s5
1980s4
1990s22
2000s42
2010s31
2020s1

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

The accounts

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…

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…

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…

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…

2013-12-27

On Tuesday November 26th, 2013 I was driving south on Hwy 151 from Madison, WI going back to Iowa after seeing a concert at the Red Zone which ended around 11:30 PM. My wife was laying down and trying…

1990-05-30

It was late May 1990 and some of my friends and I were camping on the north side of Lake Ray Roberts. It was 12:30 AM when we decided to go fishing. We walked about one mile when my friend Russ looked…

2001-10-29

Elk Camp 2001 . . . VERY LOUD and LONG VOLCALIZATIONS! The night before the incident, I aimed my 2,000,000 candle power spotlight to the cliffs and caves above the camp. As usual the relatives were ar…

2020-01-20

My husband and I were driving home down Winchester Southern Rd toward St Rt 22 around 9:00pm on 12/20/2019. It was completely dark outside by this time. We were going around 60mph. My husband was on h…

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