Looking back on 2022

Witnesses in Gisela, Arizona, reported seeing and taking pictures of three lights that changed from a straight line to a triangle to a diamond at 7:08 p.m. on February 2, 2022. National UFO Report Center (NUFORC).

Witnesses were outside looking at the night sky.

“Out of nowhere, I saw three lights appear,” said the reporting eyewitness. “The light went from straight to triangle to diamond to straight back and off.”

A cropped version of the witness image.photo courtesyNational UFO Report Center (NUFORC.org)

A witness was able to take a picture of the object before it disappeared.

A cropped version of the witness image.photo courtesyNational UFO Report Center (NUFORC.org)

Researchers will notice that Starlink satellites appear as many lights in a straight line. These lights appeared to change formation while moving.

This report included three images submitted on February 3, 2022. Gisela is an unincorporated community in Gila County, Arizona with a population of 570. Witness citations have been redacted for clarity. Report UFO activity NUFORC or mutual UFO network (muffon).

Arizona Rating

According to the January 2023 MUFON Newsletter, Arizona ranked fourth in U.S. UFO sightings for January 2023, with 25 submissions. California tops the list with her 62 cases.

There were 69 regional cases reported nationwide in January 2023.

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desert landscape.photo courtesyRobert Murrayuponunsplash

According to testimony from the National UFO Reporting Center, an Arizona eyewitness in Lake Havasu City recalled an encounter with a silent cigar-shaped object hovering nearby on June 6, 1968 at 11:00 a.m. rice field (NUFORC).

It was a hot day with clear blue skies. A witness had just launched his rocket, a three-stage model with a Lizard payload, and was walking through the desert trying to retrieve it. Occurrence dates are approximate.

“I saw a flash of light coming from behind,” said the reporting eyewitness. “I turned around and in front of me was a chrome cigar-shaped object with no lights or markings. It was shaped like a small two-man submarine.”

The object was completely silent. The witness thought it was a balloon and stared at it for about 10 seconds.

Lake Havasu City Area, Arizona.photo courtesyGoogle.

“Then it tilted north and disappeared in an instant. It was so close that it was an illusion. I didn’t tell anyone or remember until the late 90’s. I remember it very clearly now. ”

Witnesses said such a thing never happened again.

This report does not include images submitted on October 17, 2003. Witness citations have been redacted for clarity.