I finally finished proof-reading 1,283 accumulated reports, and they were posted to the NUFORC website on Friday night, October 31, 2008.  We will be posting again within the next day or two.

If any of the visitors to our site note errors in the reports that have escaped my attention, I would be most grateful if you would please send me an e-mail, apprising me of the oversight.  The items that I attempt to detect and delete include 1) profanity in the reports, 2) the inclusion of personal information about the party who submitted the reports, and 3) reports that are of sightings of stars, satellites, the International Space Station.  Given that I often proof-read the reports during the wee hours of the morning, the likelihood that I have missed any of the above is high, I suspect. 

If an error is detected, please copy the ‘header” that accompanies the report, an example of which I show below, and include it with your message: 

Occurred : 8/15/2008 22:15 (Entered as : 08/15/08 22:15)
Reported: 8/12/2008 9:39:05 PM 21:39
Posted: 10/31/2008
Location: New York City (Times Square), NY
Duration:  2 minutes

 This information allows me to identify, and access, the report very quickly.

 In the near future, I will be updating the website with photos and illustrations that have been sent to our Center over recent months.  In addition, I will post statements as to what witnesses should do, in the event of a UFO sighting, and how they should prepare a report, so as maximize the accuracy of the information they include in a follow-up written report.  I would very much like to improve the quality of the reports we post to our site.

 In the meantime, I thought the readers might like to share in two interesting cases, which we have received in the last two days.

 MALE, MALDIVES, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 05, 2008, 19:30 HRS. (LOCAL)

On Wednesday evening, November 05^th, two airline pilots witnessed a group of lights in the distance, which appeared to them to be connected to one object.  The lights maneuvered across the sky, changed direction, and apparently disappeared by passing over the horizon in the distance.  We include here  the written follow-up report from one of the pilots, with who we spoke at length via telephone.   

Date: 11/05/08
Time: 19:30
Duration: 30 minutes
City: Male
Country: Maldives
Witnesses: 2
Number of Craft: 3-7(1)

Colleague and I witnessed 3-7 lights moving slowly in unison across the night sky.

I was recently having dinner with a colleague of mine on a rooftop restaurant in Male’, Maldives, when he noticed a grouping of 5-7 white lights moving in unison in the sky. He pointed it out to me as he thought it was a large aircraft coming into landing at the local airport.

We then realized it was nowhere near the airport and the lights were not bright enough to be landing lights and we came to the conclusion it was moving too slowly to be a commercial jet.

We continued to watch it as it went in-behind buildings, at which point we lost sight.  Minutes after we saw it emerge and change to the opposite direction it was moving originally.  

The configuration of lights changed from about six scattered lights to 3 in the shape of a triangle with 1 trailing light in behind, all of which were moving at the same speed.  We continued to watch it move left to right for about ten minutes.

During the time we witnessed the lights they had changed direction once, originally right to left, and then left to right.  The formation, color, and quantity of lights also changed.  

If I had to guess the distance of the formation I would say it was 10-50 miles away, if that is true then the formation would have been 1-2 miles wide.  In relation to the moon it would have been any where from 3 to 4 times the width of a full moon.

NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 04, 2008, 21:20 HRS. (LOCAL)

A young woman was driving at 40-45 mph along Lake Cook Road, when her car suddenly lurched to the right for no reason that was apparent to her.  There were no cars within sight on the road, and she had not seen any pedestrian or animal near the car.  She stopped her car immediately, got out, and apparently was flabbergasted by the appearance of the left side of her automobile. 

The investigating police officer could not provide an adequate explanation for the damage.  He noted that there was no damaged paint, and no animal hair, feathers, or blood, evident on the damaged area of the car.   NUFORC has passed the case along to Mr. Sam Maranto, Illinois State Director for the Mutual UFO Network (“MUFON”), for follow-up investigation. 

We have no reason to believe that the incident was UFO-related, but we have no explanation for how the extensive damage to the car could have occurred.  If any of the visitors to our site have ever witnessed this type of damage to a car, we would welcome comments or suggestions.   

Date: 11/04/08
Time: 21:20
Duration: 5-10 seconds
City: Northbrook
State: IL

The entire left side of my car appears to be scorched but no paint was removed.

I was driving 40-45 miles per hour heading north toward I-94 East towards Chicago on Lake Cook Road. While I was in the middle lane, I felt a nudge on the left of my car which made my car shift to the right.  I did not swerve out of the lane and gained control back quickly. 

I slowed down and as I got my bearings, I realized that my left side mirror was knocked off and so I turned right onto Revere Drive and put on my hazard lights. 

I got out of the car and saw that I had several dents on the side of my car.  There were two that were deeper and larger than the others; one was located in front of the rear wheel and the other was in the center of the driver door. 

I called 911 to file a police report and the officer said that I was side swiped by another car but, there were not any cars around me before or after the hit and also there were no paint scratches from other cars on my car.

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After 32 years in the Seattle area, the National UFO Reporting Center is moving to a new locale in eastern Washington, a decommissioned U. S. Air Force ICBM missile base, located between the towns of Davenport and Harrington, WA, in Lincoln County. This photo of our new "digs" shows the property as it looked in the early 1960's.  Click here for highres. Once the facility is cleaned and renovated, which may take up to a year, our headquarters will operate out of this facility, which was the first underground missile complex commissioned by the U. S. government.

Our telephone service should operate smoothly, since all incoming calls to our Hotline will be automatically forwarded to our telephone. In addition, we anticipate that our internet services will be uninterrupted, although it may require several days for us to activate our new high-speed internet connection. Hence, please be patient while we get these services set up, and operating smoothly. Although our telephone number and e-mail address will remain the same, our postal mailing address will change to the following:

National UFO Reporting Center
P. O. Box 700
Davenport, WA 99122

However, we will maintain our old mailing address for the next year, or so, and all mail will be forwarded to the new address, so either address is suitable for mailing items to our Center.

Thank you!
Peter Davenport, Director