10/17/2018: Fort Richardson, AK, USA

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Occurred : 10/17/2018 11:34 (Entered as : 10/17/2018 11:34 AM) Reported: 3/1/2023 10:40:10 PM 22:40 Posted: 3/6/2023 Location: Fort Richardson, AK Shape: Disk Duration: 3 - 5 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, The object changed color, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Craft was hovering in place over hangers, flew south-west and upwards faster than any commercial or military craft I've seen. I was headed towards the airforce DFAC for midnight chow, the sky was dark so the timeframe was during the winter solstice - this event occurred on JBER, AK. When I noticed the craft, I pulled over to get a better view. It was disk-shaped, emitting a series of green lights across the middle. The lights switched to a bright yellow before zooming south-west towards Downtown Anchorage, and it seemingly disappeared as it elevated into the atmosphere, past the clouds. It did this in only a matter of seconds, the only "comparable" example would be shooting a tracer round at a target 300m away, scale that out and that's how fast and how far it went. The size could not be determined, it is unknown if it was a commercial drone or something else.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 10/17/2018 11:34 (Entered as : 10/17/2018 11:34 AM)
Reported: 3/1/2023 10:40:10 PM 22:40
Posted: 3/6/2023
Location: Fort Richardson, AK
Shape: Disk
Duration: 3 - 5 minutes
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, The object changed color, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object

Craft was hovering in place over hangers, flew south-west and upwards faster than any commercial or military craft I've seen.

I was headed towards the airforce DFAC for midnight chow, the sky was dark so the timeframe was during the winter solstice - this event occurred on JBER, AK. When I noticed the craft, I pulled over to get a better view. It was disk-shaped, emitting a series of green lights across the middle. The lights switched to a bright yellow before zooming south-west towards Downtown Anchorage, and it seemingly disappeared as it elevated into the atmosphere, past the clouds. It did this in only a matter of seconds, the only "comparable" example would be shooting a tracer round at a target 300m away, scale that out and that's how fast and how far it went. The size could not be determined, it is unknown if it was a commercial drone or something else.