NUFORC Sighting 31499

Occurred: 2003-09-15 20:00 Local
Reported: 2003-09-15 21:58 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Marana, AZ, USA

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

More Orbs in Pinal AZ

I just submitted the first of these sightings, which occured on 9/10/03 at 20:10. Again, I was in the front yard playing my guitar when my dog barked to the west. There was no moon and the stars were shining brilliantly. In the same location as before, approximately 3 miles west of I-10 and some 3-5000 feet high, were 4 orange orbs, hovering. They would occassionally disappear and reappear in the same location. This went on for about 10 minutes when the one on the far left (south) reappeared even further south. The second one from the north did not reappear. Eventually, and I'm not sure when, the one on the far south could no longer be seen. I am not sure if it is due to obstruction or if it had disappeared. I did get some pictures which are not developed yet, I will at my earliest convenience. However, I was using an SLR and the film that was loaded. At 400 and without a tripod at night, I can't imagine the photos turning out, but we'll see. Anyway... I watched the two orange orbs for around 20 minutes while I took pictures. At one point, it appeared as if there was a string of lights beneath the one remaining to the north. The string appeared to be in parallel with my angle of view as they were extremely close together and slightly at an angle going from upper-right to lower-left. I am guessing there were 4 or 5 in the string. As in my previous post, they seemed to disappear when known man-made aircraft entered their airspace. But when the aircraft left, they would reappear. I ran out of film and turned my back on the lights to get my other camera, when I emerged the string was gone. The single orb to the north was now very low on the horizon, lower than the mountains to the west so I know for sure they are closer. I managed a few more photos using my truck as a resting point for the camera. I also forgot to mention that at one point two of the orbs were very close together. I'm still a little excited by this, but hopefully my pictures will help me piece the order! of things together. Unfortunately I have no other witnesses to corroborate my story. Suffice it to say, they were exactly the same in shape, size, brightness, and activity as the orbs of my previous post.

I am sorry that I do not have images right now, I am actually hoping that others have seen the same and can confirm what I have seen as either man-made or not.

Posted 2003-09-17