Appearance / Description of Object(s)

yellow/orange spheres that appeared to have a disc shape from beneath. they appeared to have an internal light source of their own. not real bright though. we have these "piss yellow" street lights here & they were comparable in color to these as far as I could tell. they were approximately 3-5 ft. in diameter & didn't really illuminate the night sky around them much, just the objects themselves

Size of Object(s)

3-5 ft. diameter approximate size

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

altitude 50-60 ft. & at farthest about 3 miles away & as close as 100 ft. or less away

Description of Area / Surroundings

very close to the Missouri river traveled south to very close to Offutt Air Force Base just on the eastern outskirts of Bellevue Ne.

Full Description & Details

At approximately 8:30 P.M. on Saturday,09/12/2009, my wife & 13 year old stepson took our dog for a walk across the street at the park. A couple of minutes after they left, my stepson came back in & told me that my wife wanted me to come outside & identify some lights. I did. When I got to where my wife was & didn't see anything at first. Then, as she began to tell me about the orange lights they saw, pointing to the northeast, one appeared. It was moving slowly, maybe 15 - 20 m.p.h., from the north to south & became visible from behind a neighbors tree. I was in the middle of the street, watching the object, & some folks were leaving the park & drove right past me slowly. I'm sure they saw it too but we do not know who they are. Our line of sight was then obstructed by another tree as the object was moving, so I walked maybe 60 ft. to the south & waited for it to clear the tree but it didn't. At that time I went back in the house & started my car by remote while heading back out. My stepson & I both got in my car & I headed down the hill to see if we could sight it again. We went down by the local K of C hall just off of Harlan Lewis rd. & I turned the car around to point northeast in a parking lot & parked. At that time we could see not 1 but 3 yellow/orange spheres. 2 were close to the ground,maybe 20 ft. up & the third was about 50 ft. up & appeared to be centered above the others. The three remained still for about 30 seconds & then the highest object again began moving toward the south. It was moving very close to our position & at the same time, the other objects, one by one, moved straight up to approximately the same elevation & began moving south. They appeared to be following each other. We were about 100 ft. west & 50 ft. or so below the first object as it passed by us so we both got a pretty good look at it before it disappeared into a very low, thick cloud about 100 ft. south of our position. The cloud was moving northwest fairly quickly & the other 2 objects were swallowed up by it before they could pass by us. My stepsons eyes can be trusted more than mine & as the first object passed by us he said," It's a disc." I couldn't believe it. My vision isn't the greatest at night & I am color blind. He told me that he could see a definite disc shape as it passed almost directly over our heads. A few seconds after the last of the three slipped out of sight into the cloud I saw two more of the same type & color & sized objects. They seemed to be about three miles north of us & moved from what seemed to be ground level to about 100 ft. in elevation & the first of these 2 moved south & quickly into the same clouds. The last object moved east directly over Council Bluffs Ia. before we lost it in the same clouds. I have seen a lot of crazy stuff in the 47 years I've been alive. In the early eightys, I was in the U.S.A F. I was stationed in southeastern New Mexico & I worked at a bomb range in the New Mexico desert. I am a disabled veteran & am receiving V.A. compensation for my service connected disability. I cannot lose my V.A. comp so I'd prefer my identity to remain confidential. I have heard horror stories about what happens to people who don't & I will not put my family or myself through any grief over this, but I can't seem to forget this incident . If the first object continued on the same path after we lost sight of it , then it went directly over the runway at Offutt Air Force Base.& I would think that should be of great concern to the military. I do know that on that particular weekend, the base was in the midst of an exercise, yet at the time of the incident,the base was very dark & very quiet. To me, that in itself seemed quite strange, but maybe it just happened that way. I don't know. Another neighbor of ours saw these objects too & I am certain many others must have witnessed this incident as well. the hwy. 370 toll bridge is just east of where we first saw these things & the toll takers must have seen this as well as the many people who were coming into town on 370 from the Iowa side of the river. I have mentioned this incident to a few select friends who I know I can trust. A couple of months ago I went to the local paper & told this story to the editor. He said he'd check into it to help me find if there is a logical explanation for what we saw. He said he'd get back to me on it but I haven't heard from him yet & probably won't. I don't think I'm going to ask him about it either for fear that his connections on base may know of find out my identity. I just have too much to lose & we noticed heavier than usual military traffic after I talked to him & that scares me.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

I don't know I would say they looked kind of like a lighted orange 3 ft. diameter balloon but somehow intelligently controlled

Witness Background

see report

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

Before this incident i was pretty open-minded about the possibility of ufo's & have been witness to some pretty bizarre things so i was also intrigued by the" what if" factor. Now ,"what if," is pretty much just "what?"

Other Comments

I'll try to make an attempt at making a drawing to mail to you. stupid me forgot to get a camera on the way out the door but if they come back I am prepared with 2 cameras ready to go.

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