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UFO. United States

ID #1623171231
Added Tue, 08/06/2021
Author July N.
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Incident date: 
07.12.2004 21:00
Location: 
Джонсон-Сити, TN
United States

A large number of UFOs in the sky, including a low-flying one that was almost silent, and something like a diamond with 5 lights. 

My neighbor came on the phone and mentioned that while we were in the store, she was knocking on our door to show us a UFO that she had spotted in the sky. It's not something I usually take as a possibility, but about a month before I noticed something strange in the sky, as did some others, but it was too high up to know exactly what it was.

My wife went outside to smoke a cigarette, and my neighbor was returning to his apartment when I heard them both calling me to go see something. They sounded like it was urgent, so I grabbed my son out of his playpen and headed outside to see what was going on. They were pointing at the sky, and there was a bluish, rather dim light that was almost like stars, but moved across the sky in a straight pattern. 

They were flying fast enough, but not faster than an airplane can fly. But then we looked around and realized that there were more of them, and not all were flying in the same direction. Someone walked straight, and someone bent. 

Others flew by with reddish or yellow lights. I've seen a lot of planes, but they haven't flown like planes, helicopters, or other types of aircraft I've ever seen. Not to mention, some of the lower flyers seemed to have more than one light, and they tended to be shaped like a diamond/triangle. 

My neighbor, my wife, and I all stood there, awestruck, for a few minutes, pointing at each other as another one flies into view. It was all really amazing, but there was more to it than that. Suddenly, we saw one fly MUCH lower than all the others, and it was flying quite slowly (slow enough for the plane to stall), from where we could clearly see its shape and lighting. It's very hard to explain, and I wish I'd remembered to bring the camera, but I was in shock and couldn't think straight until it was out of sight. 

The lights were mostly blue and were shaped like a diamond with 5 lights, although some of the lights alternated between red, blue, and green. The back of the object was slightly longer than the rest. There were no corners or points on the object... it was completely smooth and rounded, but still had the shape of a diamond. It was no more than 500 feet above us, and when it flew right over us.

I could vaguely see the shape of the disk at the bottom and some strange markings that were slightly illuminated by the lights, but it was hard to make out and really didn't look like anything I had seen. It was also almost completely quiet. I couldn't hear it at all, but my wife said she heard a slight humming sound. It was obvious that it wasn't a helicopter or a plane, because I could hear them both flying at that altitude, and they were making a LOT of noise. It didn't do much good. 

I had to adopt the baby, as it got very windy shortly after, but apparently a few minutes later my wife noticed two more diamond-shaped UFOs. I asked my wife to look after the baby so I could take another look at the sky, and I noticed a few other lights ... this time flashing in the sky. Obviously, these were planes (there are about 5 of them). They were flying around the area, sort of circling around, like they were looking for something. strange lights over Washington County, Tennessee-watching the night sky.

I witnessed the appearance of a light in the sky, moving along a trajectory that is best described as an accident at a distance. the light was bright white with a faint orange trace, about half the radius of the light. After a moment, I spoke to a friend and told him what I had seen. he and another friend approached them and sure enough, they both saw the same thing in another part of the sky around 9 p.m. 

I didn't witness the second event, but the description was similar. Then there was a huge amount of aircraft activity above us. we counted 35-40 aircraft in a period of less than 1 hour. They seemed to be conducting military maneuvers. The plane was mostly heading for the places where we saw the lights. suddenly, a flash of green light flashed across the sky directly above one of the planes. Later, another, fainter flash occurred in front of another plane.

Original news

Date: December 7 2004
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Time: 21:00
Summary: A large amount of UFO’s in the sky, including a low flying one that was nearly silent and a sort of diamond shape with 5 lights. My next door neighbor came over to use the phone and mentioned that while we had been to the store, she was knocking on our door to show us a UFO that she had spotted in the sky. That’s not the sort of thing that I usually accept as a possibility, but about a month before this, I spotted something odd in the sky as well and so did a few others, but it was too high up to be sure exactly what it was. My wife went outside to smoke a cigarette and the neighbor was heading back over to her apartment when I heard them both call for me to come see something. They sounded like it was urgent, so I grabbed up my son out of his playpen and headed outside to see what was up. They pointed up to the sky and there were bluish, rather dim lights that almost looked like stars, but they were moving in a mostly straight pattern across the sky. They were going reasonably fast, but not any faster than an airplane might fly. But then, we looked around longer and realized that there were more of them, and not all of them were flying the same direction. Some where going straight and some were curving around. Others flew by that had reddish or amber lights instead. Now I’ve seen lots of planes, but these did not fly like planes or helicopters, or any type of aircraft that I’ve ever laid eyes on. Not to mention, some of the lower flying ones appeared to have more than one light, and they tended to be in a diamond/triangular type shape. My neighbor, wife and I all stood there awestruck for minutes pointing out to each other when another one would fly into view. This was all truly amazing, but there was more to come. All of the sudden, we saw one fly across MUCH lower than all of the others and it flew quite slowly (slow enough that an airplane would have stalled out), where we had a plain view of the shape and lighting of it. It’s very hard to explain and I wish I had remembered to grab my camera, but I was in shock and could not think straight until it had already passed out of sight. The lights were mostly blue and in a diamond shape with 5 lights, although some of the lights alternated between red, blue and green. The rear of the object was a little longer than the rest of it. There were no corners or points anywhere on the object…it was completely smooth and rounded, yet it still had a diamond type shape. It was no more than 500 ft in the air above us, and when it went right over, I could vaguely see a disc type shape on the bottom, and some sort of strange markings that were illuminated slightly by the lights, but it was hard to make out and really unlike anything I’ve seen. It was also nearly completely silent. I couldn’t really hear it at all, but my wife said she heard a slight humming noise. It was obvious that it was not a helicopter or plane, because I’ve heard them both fly over at that altitude, and they made LOTS of noise. This made almost none. I had to take the baby in, since it was getting really windy not long after this, but apparently my wife spotted two more diamond shaped UFO’s a few minutes later. I had my wife come in a watch the baby so I could look at the sky some more and I noticed several other lights…flashing this time in the sky. Those were obviously airplanes (about 5 of them). They were flying around the area, sort of making passes, like they were searching for something. strange lights over washington county tennessee – while observing the night sky i witnessed a light appear in the sky, which was moving in a trajectory that would be best described as a crash in the distance. the light was a bright white with a barely visible orange trail, about half the radius of the light. a moment later i spoke with a friend and informed him of what i saw. he and another friend came over and surely enough they both saw the same thing in a different part of the sky at about 9 pm. i did not witness the second event but the description was similar. then there was a tremendous amount of aircraft activity above us. we counted 35-40 planes in a period less than 1 hour. they seemed to be doing military maneuvers. the aircraft were dominantly heading to the locations where we had seen the lights. suddenly a flash of green light streaked across the sky directly above one of the aircraft. later another, more faint flash happened in front of another aircraft.
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