The skies over an Air Force base in Indiana have recently been illuminated by an array of fast-moving, glowing orbs, sparking intrigue and concern among local residents.
The town of Kokomo, situated a mere 13 miles south of Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base, has become the epicenter of these peculiar sightings, with numerous residents reporting hovering, flickering lights that seemingly vanish into the ether. One local resident, who managed to capture the phenomenon on film, exclaimed, "What is that? I think those are UFOs and I really don't feel comfortable going to sleep tonight."
According to the Daily Mail, these unusual sightings, most of which were reported on October 7, mirror recent UFO occurrences near military sites. For instance, officials at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia reported seeing "flashing red, green, and white lights" that were "moving at rapid speeds." The Indiana sightings, however, were shared by civilians online, where experts have been attempting to decipher the source of these mysterious objects.
Some have suggested that the lights could be flares dropped from planes, possibly military aircraft. However, one witness presented doppler weather radar evidence of a "huge rectangle" UFO with a "clearly defined vapor shock wave" seen the morning after the sightings, on October 8. The US Air Force has yet to provide a public explanation for the UFOs, which appeared as both reddish-orange orbs hovering in the sky and a white orb executing a swift zig-zag maneuver.
Christina Sharp, a local resident, expressed her confusion in a TikTok video, saying, "I don't understand what those are," as young children nearby marveled at the glowing reddish-orange lights. An anonymous local submitted a report to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) on October 8, describing a brief incursion on doppler weather radar that resembled a large rectangle UFO speeding nearby, estimated to be about half the size of Disney World.
The witness stated, "I've seen many easily explained radar anomalies over the years, but never a huge rectangle with a clearly defined vapor shock wave and trail." The witness further noted that the rectangle would be approximately 20 miles in length, with a compressed vapor trail exceeding 150 miles.
While it remains uncertain whether this peculiar radar return is related to the previous night's wave of strange lights, several seasoned analysts of UFO videos told DailyMail.com that the citizens of Kokomo most likely witnessed military flares. Alejandro Rojas, an advisor to tech start-up Enigma Labs, stated, "These look very clearly to be military flares. The tell-tale signs are the lights being in a row and lighting up and disappearing in succession."
Rojas, who has served as the official spokesperson for the citizen-led Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), noted that he has personally witnessed and videotaped how uncanny military flares can appear under the cover of darkness. He said, "I live in the Phoenix, Arizona area and they often drop these flares while doing exercises at the Barry Goldwater Range. Sure enough, they are also often mistaken for UFOs and sometimes the media will call me for a comment."
Rojas, who has co-founded a new nonprofit to investigate "unidentified aerial phenomena," UAP Discovery, explained that the night sky can obscure more obvious signs of flares, like smoke or the aircraft that dropped the flares in the first place. He told DailyMail.com, "Witnesses have argued that smoke can be seen from flares, but that is typically not the case. I made this video to show that smoke often cannot be seen. My video is similar to most of the ones being alleged to be UFOs. I was about 150 miles from the flares when I took this video."
DailyMail.com has reached out to the public affairs specialist at the Grissom base and also to the relevant staff with Indiana's Air National Guard. A public affairs representative for the Grissom base has told DailyMail.com, "Grissom has KC-135 Stratotankers [a large, Boeing-made, aerial refueling tanker aircraft], and they don't have flares."
The peculiar incidents in Indiana occur just weeks after new government records surfaced about other UFO waves near military sites, including 17 nights in December 2023 when swarms of UFOs were tracked over Joint Base Langley-Eustis. These audacious incursions over Langley, home to at least half the Air Force's F-22 Raptor stealth fighters, led to two weeks of emergency White House meetings.
To date, the mystery UFOs at Langley have eluded identification by the Pentagon, police, and even NASA's high-altitude research plane, the WB-57F, which was called in to investigate. General Glen VanHerck, the commander with North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD), who led the mission to takedown the infamous Chinese spy balloon back in February 2023, described the Langley wave as unlike any other known case. He told the Wall Street Journal, "If there are unknown objects within North America, go out and identify them."
Senior ex-Pentagon security official Chris Mellon told DailyMail.com last week that the UFOs were "swarms of smaller craft" released by "motherships." He explained that the episode last December was "part of a much larger pattern affecting numerous national security installations." Mellon emphasized, "Two of the notable aspects are the fact our drone signal-jamming devices have proven ineffective and these craft are making no effort to remain concealed. In fact, in some instances, it is clear they want to be seen as though taunting us."
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