The UFO Traffic Report for Wednesday, April 29, 2009, includes 10 selected sightings over eight states, according to witness statements filed in the past 48 hours with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database.

Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If MUFON investigates and reports back on any of these cases, I will update this page. You can read my selected cases by type of UFO report at the UFO Traffic Report main page. These reports and their headlines are unedited.

Four cases of triangle-shaped UFOs seemed like the most unusual reports today over Texas and New York skies.

Two triangle UFOs were spotted flying in formation by this mechanic and private pilot, while it appeared three military jets were attempting to intercept the object.
Texas, April 22, 2009 - 2 triangular "vehicles" in formation.

Approximately 10:30 AM Wed.22 Apr. 2009

I work at an automotive repair shop in a N.E. Dallas suburb and I was examining a vehicle outside the shop on the N. side of the building. There is a constant inbound and outbound flow of light,commercial and military aircraft, including vintage aircraft, due to our proximity to DFW, Love Field, Addison airport and Dallas Naval Air Station as well as other municipal airports. I am also a Private Pilot.

When this event occurred, the prevailing wind was from the south, about 20mph, the temperature was approximately 58 degrees F., and there was about 20% cloud obscuration primarily to the north and northwest from my location. At this time, I heard the roar of a turbojet engine from the south of my location, but my sight line was blocked by the shop building.

In a matter of several seconds I saw a military fighter climbing to the north at a high rate of speed,and the pilot may have been using afterburner thrust as it was much louder than the usual jet noises.The jet crossed over at an estimated altitude of 8000 feet. I've seen many training scenarios, mainly radio intercept operations like this all around this area, and I assumed this was simply another one.

I then looked to the east, and saw another aircraft heading westbound as if on an intercept course with the jet from the south. I then noticed a third jet to the north on a southern course.The aircraft from the east and north were both generating exhaust contrails as they were higher and in colder air. After I'd noticed the jet to the north, I saw other motion to the left, or west, of my field of vision.

I saw what at first appeared to be 2 jet aircraft in "wingman" formation, but as I focused my attention on them it became apparent they were not aircraft, at least not aircraft in the conventional sense. Both appeared to be 6 to 8 times larger than the military jets, but from the distance I was observing all this, I can't be certain. Both were triangular shaped, but all 3 ends were spheres joined by what looked to be black tube or beam structures that formed the triangle shape. The spheres were silver iridescent, and at first appeared to be translucent, until I realized they were reflecting the blue of the sky and sunlight.

Both maintained an east direction of flight at approximately 100 knots air speed at a right angle to the prevailing wind.It didn't make any change in attitude, direction or altitude, or any unusual maneuvers.

My immediate thought was that this was all a prank or hoax, and I reasoned that someone had built these "machines" from balloons and pvc tubing, but balloons would tend to fly with the wind, not across or into it.

I went inside the shop to obtain a pair of binoculars from our front office in an attempt to get a better look. I was back outside the shop in less than 20 seconds, but both "machines" had simply vanished and the 3 jets had all turned 180 degrees relative to their flightpaths and were all converging on the location where I'd last seen the "machines".

I've related what I've experienced to 1 family member and 1 very close friend today, and now to MUFON. I don't have any fear or dread of what I witnessed, and I don't have any worry of being ridiculed.

I consider myself detail oriented and analytical both in my profession and hobbies. I try to maintain an open mind to any and all possibilities.
This witness in Beaumont, Texas, first thought he saw an orange light, but then saw a triangle hovering with six "greenish lights" moving in sequence. The object hovered for about 10 minutes, moved quickly, stopped and hovered again, and then vanished.
Texas, April 27, 2009 - Late night swimming and saw orange and greenish lights!!

Just moved into a new home in Beaumont Texas and decided to do some late night swimming after unpacking all day. The wife and kid were sleeping and I was just floating in the pool. The wind was blowing very bad and I looked up at the neighbors palm tree when I noticed an orange light. I wanted to run inside and get my camera but things were still in boxes and I would never have found it. I got out of the pool and climbed on the roof. The triangular craft was hovering with 6 blinking greenish lights. The lights seemed to be going in some sort of sequence. After watching the craft for a few minutes it moved very quickly to the northeast and hovered some more. It was incredible! I would have sat there all night watching it. I hopped off the roof and grabbed my flashlight and climbed back up. I don't know what I was thinking, I just wanted to make some desperate attempt of communication, so I started flashing and waving my light. Haha. I estimated the craft to hover for about 10 minutes before it vanished. I didn't move or anything, it just shined a little brighter then it was gone. This was truly amazing. I have always believed, but this just strengthens my belief.
A New York witness first thought he saw something on fire, but then observed three lights in a strobing pattern and shaped like a triangle.
New York, April 28, 2009 - 3 horizontal red lights moving slowly, low to horizon, strobing

Me and my girlfriend were driving down Rt. 72 in Potsdam NY at night about 9:30 pm when we first noticed something that looked like it was either on fire or melting in the sky, then the trees blocked our view. we kept our eyes on the sky in that direction and noticed a thin, horizontal blinking light. It was in front of us at this point. We then turned right onto County Route 58 so the blinking light was at 7oclock from the drivers position. It seemed far away, until when we were somewhere in between High Flats and Wildwood (still on County Route 58). As we drove past an opening in the trees I looked again towards were we saw the blinking light. I swear to god this was unlike any other lights I've ever seen in the sky. There was three red/dark tan lights about 20 degrees from the surface. they were horizontal, the middle one being a tiny bit higher than the other two on its wings. the lights were like an old, dim street lamp except they were perfect circles. there was no light beyond the edge of the circle, like almost a perfect circle. All three stayed lit for about a second, enough time for me to look at her and say 'holy *%&^ *%&^ did you see that.' I then turned back towards them and saw all three still lit, but immediately starting from the right they all quickly turned off their lights, and there was just nothing there again. We kept driving and saw 3 lights, strobing in a pattern. The three lights made a triangular shape, the top one strobe with the bottom left as the bottom right was invisible. then they all went invisible. then the top one strobed with the one on the bottom right while the bottom left was invisible. then they all went out. And that pattern repeated a couple times, each light staying on for about a half a second. Then the lights went invisible and we didn't see them again. I've never seen anything like this before, I've never seen lights react that way.
And a second New York witnesses is recounting his UFO encounter from April 2000, where he saw three white and one red light, but thought at first it was a plane crashing. He describes this object as large, silent, with blinking lights and hovering over his neighbor's house.
New York, April 2000 - Triangular, Three White Lights, One Red Light

Was talking with my girlfriend when I noticed a bright white light emerging from the trees. Stepped outside and continued talking. When it got closer it looked like 3 white lights right next to each other. I told my girlfriend I thought I might be seeing something strange. I thought it might be a plane going to crash or something because it was so low. As it moved over my neighbors house it appeared as the above description. Was very large, not making any sound nor were the lights blinking. It just hovered there. I hung up the phone and tried to wake my mother and brother, the thing was still there when I got back out. I got in my car and called 911 and started driving away. I felt an immense state of fear and panic, horror, confusion and absolute terror. I lost sight of it while speeding away, it seemed to follow me for a bit then took off in another direction. I actually drove across my neighbors lawn I was so scared. It was like living in a nightmare, I hope to never experience something like this again.
Two cases now where the witness admits that the object they saw could be manmade.
Oklahoma, April 21, 2009 - Triangular object, lights in rows in arrow configuration.

I was driving westbound on I-40 east of Elk City at about 10:00 PM. Out of the left window I noticed a slow-moving object coming toward the car from the south. It seemed unusual because of it's sort-of-triangular shape, the unconventional lights, and it's perception of slowness. I rolled down the window for a better view. After a few seconds it made a sharp right turn displaying a line of lights in the direction of flight and secondary lines of lights to the sides, forming a sort of triangle with lights longitudinally fore and aft. It was traveling apparently slowly for it's size, but because it was dark it was hard to tell how big it was or how far away. I could hear no noise from it, but there was engine and wind noise from my car so I can't say it was 'noiseless'. It traveled eastbound for less than a minute and then made an abrupt turn toward the south and then disappeared.

Upon reaching home the next day I did some research. There is a small, old airport with a very long runway at Burns Flat, Oklahoma. That would have been about 6 or 7 miles south of where I saw the object. Further research shows that airport to be the home of Rocketship Global, a company that is developing a 'space tourist' craft. Depictions of the "Rocketship XP" online show it to be roughly the size and shape of a bizjet.

What I believe I witnessed was a night-time test flight of the Rocketship XP, with the plane landing at Burns Flat. It must have lights along the belly and wings as described above.

I'm guessing that night-time flights of this puppy are going to spur a number of reports of triangular lighted object sightings.

Louisiana, April 26, 2009 - Disc shaped object @ very high altitude traveling west to east.

I was standing outside of my place of residence looking at the stars when I spotted a strobing light rotating in a circular fashoin at a very high altitude on the western horizon moving eastward. I times it by counting 1 one thousand, 2 one thousand and so on to a 6 second count to cross the horizon at my point of view. My first impression was, "that's really moving!" 2nd impression - it struck me as being man made. But it was HUGE even at that altitude and silent. I deemed it to be man made because it had windows around it which were visible by the rotating light. I lost sight of the object when it cleared my field of view on the eastern horizon.
Moving on, we have three Bright Light cases over Tennessee, Indiana and and Florida. In this first case in Tennessee, the witness says the object was 200 to 300 yards away and only 50 feet off of the ground.
Tennessee, April 28, 2009 - Bright Lighted Object over the Tennessee River in Knoxville

Around 5:30 this morning I spotted a bright lighted object about 200 to 300 yards, outside my living room window. It had strobing red, white and green lights and other white lights along its sides. Altitude was 100 feet or less, and it was completely silent, no rotor or engine sounds at all. Its length was about 50 feet or so between the strobing outer lights on the object, and was moving very slow through the sky .

It was heading south for the river and crossing it when I lost sight of it (due to building obstruction). The object turned to the right and I saw it again heading west on the other side of the river. I lost sight of it when it went behind the hills. Total time of the sighting was 2 minutes or so.

With its strobing and lighting on it. It looked like the object I saw on the night of January seventh of this year. I wish I would have seen it in daylight to see what shape it was.

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Indiana, April 17, 2009 - Strange light moves erratic makes a funny noise.

"On the morning of Friday April 17, 2009 at 5:30 A.M, I woke up to my cell phone alarm clock and went to use the restroom. The blinds in the bathroom are almost always up since we live in the country and the bathroom faces the woods in the back. I caught a glance out the bathroom window and noticed a blinking bright light that kept moving around really fast. I saw this same object about two weeks ago and told my parents about it. By the time I made it to their bedroom to wake them so they could see it, it was gone. This time I happened to have my cell phone in hand because my alarm was not yet completely disarmed. I turned on my cell and video recorded the UFO in the sky. I didn't think that it was going to show up since my cell doesn't record well in the dark. I tried it anyway. I opened the window to the bathroom so that I wouldn't get a glare. Once the window was opened I could hear noises that seemed as though they were coming from the UFO. It was like a humming swirling buzz sound that would get louder then quiet like it was going fast & slowing down. The neighbors dogs were also barking and an airplane was flying right over the UFO. I couldn't guess how far away it was because it was too dark outside for me to tell. The moon was to the right of the UFO and was easily triple the size of the UFO. I caught several 30 second videos with my phone until the object got too far away to video with my cell phone. The UFO did show in the videos as a small white light and does show the movement I saw. I couldn't tell if the object had color to it or not. I thought I saw some rainbow coloring but not for sure because it didn't stay in one place long enough to really focus in on it.

Once my dad woke up I showed him the video. He went outside to check things out & didn't see anything. He told me to show the videos to my step-mom so that she could analyze them. I was asked to write this report to explain what I saw. I have always been a skeptic until this incident."

Florida, April 24, 2009

I believe I saw a UFO tonight. After spending an enjoyable evening with friends at St. Armands Circle in Sarasota, Florida, I got home around 9:30 p.m. I wish to declare that I did NOT consume any alcohol beverage at any time during the night. I want to get that out of the way, so doubters cannot use that excuse as an influential substance to enhance what was about to happen next.

I watched TV for a half an hour, and then decided to go to bed. While shutting things down in my condo, I walked over to the slider that leads onto my lanai, when a very bright strobing light caught my eye and I stood there mesmerized.

I went out onto the lanai to get a better glimpse of this amazing sight and noticed the colors of the strobes, which were blinking white, blue, green and red, extremely fast. I'd seen this strange phenomenon many times before, but never could determine what it was, but this was different, as it was so intense.

Back to last night's sighting, I immediately put on my "healthy skeptic's hat" and watched closely to see if there was any movement to this object. I also tried to discern if it was a conventional aircraft or other logical airborne vehicle, as they can appear to not move if they're headed toward or away from you. There was no indication of movement in any direction.

I then ran to get my binoculars and focused them on this strange strobing light of many colors. Again, no movement. It was quite large in size and appeared to be elongated and somewhat flat from the angle I observed it from. More and more, I began to believe I was viewing a UFO.

I ran to get my portable phone and called a friend in my condo complex to calmly tell her what I was seeing. All of a sudden, during my conversation with my friend, it blacked out and was gone!

I thought it might be due to cloud cover, but I am not sure.

I do wish to state that just prior to this "black out" I did witness some slight movement to the south before it disappeared entirely. I stayed up until 1:05 a.m. to keep watch, but the object never returned to this position, at least.

I have seen these colored strobing lights before in the night sky when I lived in Arizona and performed an experiment. As the Earth turns, any visible stars or constellations will change position in time, but not these lights. They remain fixed in their position ALWAYS.

So, there you have it. While it may not be classified as an Unidentified Flying Object, I will state that it IS an Unidentified Stationary Object. Another twist to the USO controversy.
Finally today a story we've heard before - this time a red orb over Alabama shooting up from below a tree line and moving in what appears to be a controlled manner.
Alabama, April 21, 2009 - Strange red ord and a bit of a light show.

I was out on my deck smoking and looked out towards I-10. Suddenly a red orb shot up from below the tree line, hovered for a few seconds. then a bright ring of red light emitted from it and it shot straight up and out of sight. A few seconds later my home shook but there was no sound at all.

Earlier there was a helicopter in the area, have been helicopters in the skies here for the last few weeks. I don't know what to make of it but it was impressive to say the least.