r/PortalExperiencer

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"Baja California, Mexico, October 2026"

This 1 minute 6 second recording is presented here as a community-exclusive resized edit, created specifically to bring the object substantially closer within the frame and permit a more detailed close-up examination while retaining sufficient surrounding sky for contextual reference. The enlargement is intended as an examination aid, allowing the object's appearance and behaviour to be assessed more readily than in the much wider circulating presentation; it does not create detail that was not present in the source material.

The underlying recording began circulating on 4 October 2026 and is attributed only to Baja California, Mexico. No municipality, exact filming date, camera operator, capture time or independently verified point of origin has been established. Although the orange and grey sky has been described as a sunset, no independently sourced time accompanies the recording, so the colour of the sky should not itself be used to establish the time of capture.

The circulating claim, verbatim, is:

"This cameraman captures this UFO against his scenic orange sky. You can see the reflection off the metallic surface!! Baja California Mexico. Oct 2026."

This wording should be treated as an aggregator caption rather than a first-hand witness statement. No camera operator, original account or direct witness attribution was supplied with the circulating copy, and the available provenance does not establish that the account responsible for circulating it was in direct contact with the person who filmed it.

The available source trail is therefore incomplete. The earliest currently established circulation point for this exact file is 4 October 2026. Analysis of the media and post identifiers places the media upload at approximately 21:08 UTC, followed by the associated post approximately two and a half minutes later. Those timestamps establish when the file entered the social-media infrastructure through which it circulated, not when the underlying footage was originally recorded.

The supplied circulating source is not a native phone-camera file. It is a social-media re-encode measuring 720 x 900 pixels, encoded in H.264 at approximately 245 Kbps and 30 frames per second, containing 2,040 video frames. Its audio is AAC stereo at 44.1 kHz and approximately 128 Kbps.

The container records a creation time of 4 October 2026 at 21:11:01 UTC and carries a platform-generated muxing signature consistent with social-media processing. This should not be interpreted as the original phone's recording timestamp. Original device information, phone make and model, GPS coordinates and native capture metadata are not present.

A later 1280 x 720 copy has also circulated, but examination indicates that it is a stabilised and upscaled derivative of the same lower-resolution material rather than an independently recovered higher-quality original. It does not contain additional resolved detail. No confirmed native-resolution or earlier-generation version of this exact recording has been located.

The audio heard in this community-exclusive resized edit is carried directly over from the original circulating upload and has not been added or replaced for this presentation. The atmospheric music was already embedded in the version supplied by the uploader and therefore forms part of the circulated source file rather than an alteration made during the community resize.

The available provenance search has also produced several other Baja California UAP recordings from 2026, but these must not be conflated with this case. They include separate material from the Ensenada and Los Olivares area in late June, sphere recordings associated with San Quintín in July, a different elongated-object recording near a commercial aircraft at Tijuana in August, and other Baja-region material from September. The present recording has a separate source trail and, on the evidence currently available, cannot be connected to those events. It is likewise unrelated to early-October fireball footage from Acapulco or the previously identified Falcon 9 trail recorded over Baja California Sur.

AI Assessment:
AI-generated: no positive evidence found.
Obvious CGI/compositing: no positive evidence found.
Consistent with an ordinary camera recording: yes.

Witness/camera operator: Unidentified
Source: UAPWixy (@UAPWixy) (X)

The footage is presented for serious examination and discussion. Users are expected to engage constructively and contribute in a respectful, evidence-based manner. Dismissive comments, debunking, ridicule, and contributions that add nothing of substance will be removed immediately. Users who engage in this behaviour will be permanently banned. No warnings, no exceptions. We uphold that principle without compromise.

u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 4 days ago
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"Everett, Washington, United States, 4 October, 2026"

This 2 minute 55 second recording documents a reported UAP sighting on 4 October 2026 at 8:49 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, along Interstate 5 in Everett, Washington, United States. The footage was reportedly captured using an iPhone 14 by one of two witnesses travelling together in a vehicle. The recording presented here is the highest-quality original-file version recovered during our investigation, preserving the complete recording, its original resolution, audio and higher-bitrate encoding without additional community editing or recompression.

The original public submission was published on 5 October 2026 at 04:34:47 UTC, corresponding to 4 October at 9:34:47 p.m. PDT. This places the initial publication less than an hour after the reported sighting. The associated automated comment containing the witness's structured report was published four seconds later. These timestamps establish a documented and closely timed publication history connecting the witness's report, associated media and original public discussion.

According to the sighting report, the witness reported one object, classified as triangular, with an apparent size comparable to a basketball held at arm's length. The closest-distance field was completed as "above the trees", which represents the witness's qualitative estimate rather than a measured distance or altitude. The object's reported movement was described as "floating around". The observer indicated a southerly viewing direction, two witnesses were present, and the reported observation lasted three minutes.

The original report identifies a capture timestamp of 5 October 2026 at 03:48:54 UTC, corresponding to 4 October at 8:48:54 p.m. PDT. This agrees closely with the reported observation time of 8:49 p.m. The recording runs for 2 minutes 55 seconds, consistent with the witness's reported three-minute observation.

Our subsequent technical investigation included nine available copies associated with this sighting, including three additional recordings submitted for final quality comparison. SHA-256 checksum verification established that seven of these files were byte-for-byte identical copies of the same higher-bitrate recording, while the remaining two were identical copies of a more heavily compressed version. Examination of their video streams, frame counts and corresponding frames confirmed that the files contained the same recorded sequence rather than additional independently captured footage.

The original-quality recording selected for this community submission has a resolution of 1080 × 1920, H.264 Main Profile encoding, approximately 30 frames per second, an average video bitrate of 7,484 Kbps and AAC mono audio sampled at 44.1 kHz. It contains 5,279 video frames, runs for 2 minutes 55 seconds and has a measured file size of 166.08 MB. These specifications identify it as the highest-bitrate available version recovered during the investigation.

The original-quality version has been selected to preserve the best available source material for examination.

The proposed observation location lies within the wider Everett aviation environment, with Paine Field situated southwest of the estimated recording position and additional commercial aircraft movements occurring throughout the greater Seattle region.

Historical aircraft tracking was also investigated through a replay centred on the reported Everett location for 5 October 2026 at 03:54 UTC, corresponding to 4 October at 8:54 p.m. PDT. However, this timestamp falls after the expected end of the witness recording, which would have concluded at approximately 03:51:49 UTC if the archived capture time is accurate. Although the replay interface returned an aircraft count of zero during attempts to access the historical data, no independently verifiable aircraft identifiers, positions, altitudes or flight trajectories were successfully retrieved. Consequently, this result does not establish an absence of aircraft during the sighting. The proposed aviation explanations remain interpretations requiring a more precise comparison between historical flight movements and the original recording.

The witness's personal identity, precise geographical position and independently verified circumstances of the observation remain unconfirmed. No earlier public publication of this particular recording, or demonstrably higher-quality source, has been established through the investigation.

Witness Testimony:

"My girlfriend and I were on our way to go visit a friend, when I had made a joke about how the 3 dots looked like a UFO and right after I realized that there were no mountain lights or buildings and how close it was threw me off, so I started recording and this is what I captured."

"Too fast to be a balloon and too close down to be an aircraft nor was there any tall buildings around had 3 lights in a triangle, triangle shaped body and moved to other parts of the freeway"

Witness/Camera Operator: Unidentified
Source: (Reddit)

The footage is presented for serious examination and discussion. Users are expected to engage constructively and contribute in a respectful manner. Dismissive comments, debunking, ridicule, and contributions that add nothing of substance will be removed immediately. Users who engage in this behaviour will be permanently banned. No warnings, no exceptions. We uphold that principle without compromise.

u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 4 days ago

"Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England, United Kingdom, 9 October, 2026"

This 50 second recording was taken near Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England, United Kingdom, on 9 October 2026. It relates to a sighting of a seemingly metallic UAP observed moving slowly across a ploughed field.

The sighting is registered with Enigma Labs under case identification number 337226, titled "Round metallic orb moving rapidly upwards". The report identifies two witnesses to the event. The witness places the encounter along Cleveland Way, the National Trail passing through Saltburn-by-the-Sea and continuing along the northeast coast of England.

According to the witness's written statement, the incident occurred at 13:00 on 9 October 2026. However, the Enigma Labs case listing displays a timestamp of 22:09 BST on the same date. The reason for this discrepancy has not been established, and it remains unclear whether the displayed case timestamp represents the reported observation time, submission time or another recorded time associated with the case. The time supplied directly by the witness is therefore retained as the reported sighting time, without treating the separate case timestamp as confirmation of when the recording was made.

The supplied video file runs for 50 seconds. Although the Enigma Labs report identifies two witnesses, the available case information contains one written eyewitness statement. No additional testimony independently attributed to the second witness has been provided. The precise filming position along Cleveland Way, the recording equipment used, the total duration of the observation and whether any additional recordings were obtained have not been established from the available information.

The witness describes the incident as a possible "Buga Sphere" sighting. This terminology is preserved as part of the original account and should be understood as the witness's interpretation rather than an established identification or confirmed connection to any previously reported incident.

Witness Testimony:

"Possible Buga Sphere sighting, Cleveland Way, Saltburn by the sea 13:00h on October 9th 2026 Round metallic orb manoeuvring low to the ground over fields then heads upwards and away."

Witness/Camera Operator: @thebugasphere (Enigma Labs)
Source: @thebugasphere (Enigma case #337226)

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u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 4 days ago

"USA, 7 September, 2026 (unverified)"

This 23 second recording was circulated on 8 September 2026 with a claimed filming date of 7 September 2026 in the United States. Although the accompanying description attributes the footage to an American sighting, an extensive investigation has not established the original witness, camera operator, precise filming location or independent confirmation of the reported date.

The earliest identifiable publication of this specific recording located during our investigation appeared on 8 September 2026 at approximately 00:46 UTC. Its accompanying caption described an unidentified luminous object reportedly making abrupt changes in speed and direction. The publication identified the United States as the location and 7 September 2026 as the recording date, but provided no city, state, witness identification or original source documentation supporting these claims. It has not been established whether the publishing account obtained the recording directly from the camera operator or redistributed material already circulating elsewhere.

Examination of the supplied file established a duration of 23 seconds, with a resolution of 720 × 880 pixels and a nominal frame rate of 30 frames per second. The recording contains H.264 video and AAC audio. Its metadata identifies processing through X's media system, with an embedded container creation timestamp of 8 September 2026 at 00:46 UTC. The associated media identifier corresponds to 7 September 2026 at approximately 19:42 UTC. These timestamps establish aspects of the recording's social-media processing and publication history, but neither confirms when the original footage was captured.

An additional provenance lead emerged through Japanese-language social-media discussions. On 8 September 2026, at approximately 12:48 UTC, a Japanese account quoted the circulating recording and commented:

"Isn't this the UFO that was all the buzz in Japan the other day?"

The original Japanese wording was:

"これって日本で先日話題になったUFOじゃないの?"

This comment is significant because it suggests that the person recognised the recording, or something resembling it, from earlier discussions in Japan. However, the commenter did not identify the original witness, provide an earlier recording, specify a Japanese filming location or establish that the footage had actually originated in Japan. The statement must therefore be treated as an unverified lead concerning possible earlier circulation rather than evidence contradicting the claimed American location.

Further examination of Japanese-language discussions identified other accounts concerning reported unidentified objects and unusual aerial movements during the same period. However, no earlier Japanese publication containing an independently confirmed match to this specific recording has been recovered. These accounts cannot reliably be connected to the footage without direct comparison with their original recordings.

Additional searches across indexed social-media publications, video-sharing platforms, American local reporting and publicly accessible UAP sighting records have not identified an independently documented incident conclusively corresponding to this recording. No verified earlier witness upload, additional camera perspective, contemporaneous local report or corroborating account has been established.

The available recording is a processed social-media copy rather than an identifiable original camera file. No higher-resolution camera-original recording, independently sourced cleaner version or uncompressed original has been located. The file does not contain recoverable original camera identification, GPS coordinates or an independently verifiable filming timestamp. Its available technical metadata is consequently insufficient to establish the location, date or circumstances of the original recording.

The original witness and camera operator remain unidentified. No first-hand witness statement, precise filming location, recording equipment details or independently attributable documentation has been recovered. There is also no verified evidence establishing whether the reported date and location originated with the person who captured the footage or were introduced during its subsequent circulation.

The Japanese-language response remains a potentially useful investigative lead, particularly concerning the possibility of earlier circulation under a different geographical attribution. However, the available evidence does not establish that the recording was filmed in Japan, nor does it independently corroborate the claimed American origin.

Until an original witness source, independently documented earlier publication or additional corroborating evidence is identified, the United States location and 7 September 2026 filming date must remain unverified. The earliest confirmed circulation currently identified is the 8 September 2026 publication, with the recording's original provenance still undetermined.

Witness/Camera Operator: Unidentified
Source: @UAPWixy (X)

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u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 4 days ago
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"Delgosha Garden, Shiraz, Iran, 10 January, 2025"

This community-exclusive compilation presents all three original witness-captured recordings of a reported metallic spherical object observed over Delgosha Garden in Shiraz, Iran, on 10 January 2025, at approximately 11:00 a.m. local time.

The three original recordings, with a combined duration of 1 minute 15 seconds, are presented in the precise chronological order described by the witness/camera operator. They are followed by three stabilised and digitally zoomed versions, which Reddit user u/R2robot took the time to create and share, stating: "I stabilized them and zoomed in a bit."

For this community-exclusive presentation, we have additionally resized the three stabilised versions to provide an enlarged viewing perspective, allowing for closer observation and examination of the recorded object.

The sighting was publicly reported on 22 September 2026, approximately 20 months after the reported event. The original submission included three witness-captured video recordings and an accompanying annotated location image identifying the reported observation area within Delgosha Garden.

According to the submitted report, the observation lasted approximately five minutes and involved four witnesses. The witness described a single spherical object, with an estimated closest distance of less than 50 feet and an apparent size comparable to a basketball viewed at arm's length. The witness reported facing north-east during the observation. The recordings were captured using a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, model SM-G935F.

The three witness-submitted video files were archived at 1920 × 1080 resolution, with frame rates of approximately 30 frames per second.

Recording 1: 17 seconds, approximately 17,067 Kbps. The archived file contains no audio and is identified as having been re-encoded.

Recording 2: 22 seconds, approximately 17,401 Kbps, with AAC stereo audio.

Recording 3: 35 seconds, approximately 17,303 Kbps, with AAC stereo audio.

The second and third recordings retain Samsung device metadata identifying capture timestamps of 07:33:04 UTC and 07:34:41 UTC respectively, corresponding to 11:03:04 a.m. and 11:04:41 a.m. Iranian local time on 10 January 2025.

These timestamps are consistent with the observation period stated in the original sighting report, although the metadata alone does not independently verify the event's date or location.

The source archive identifies the second and third videos as original device recordings. The first is the witness-submitted, audio-removed recording, which the archive identifies as re-encoded.

Witness Testimony:

"The first video has my own voice in it because I was talking during a video call with my family, so I removed the audio for privacy reasons. The video itself was not edited."

"I was on a video call with my family while visiting Delgosha Garden in Shiraz, Iran, when a strange object in the sky caught my attention. It was coming toward me and passed close by before moving across the garden.

The first thing I noticed was that it was completely silent and moved so smoothly that I felt like I had never seen anything move that smoothly before. Its surface reflected the sunlight, and I believe it had some kind of texture on its surface. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a completely smooth, featureless orb.

I have three videos of it, but they were recorded with my old Samsung S7 Edge, so the quality isn't very good, especially with the zoom and camera shake.

In the first video, I was still talking to my family on the phone, so I removed the audio. The second video starts after I finished the call and continues until I could no longer see the object because of the trees.

The third video starts from behind one of the garden buildings. The turn to the right is obvious in this video. For a few seconds, the object appears to stop moving, which scared me, and that's why I didn't record anything after that. I didn't actually watch it disappear myself because I was scared, but it started moving upward into the sky, which can be seen in the third video.

I showed the videos to my family and friends, and they thought it was probably a balloon or a drone. That's why I never published them before. I'm still not sure what it was, but I wanted to put the videos out there anyway, even if it turns out to be just a balloon."

Additional Witness Statement:

In the original submission, the witness provided the following additional explanation concerning the reported object's unusual characteristics:

"I don't know for sure what it was, but what made it strange to me was how it moved. It was completely silent and moved extremely smoothly, especially when it came close to me and then changed direction across the garden. It also seemed to stop for a few seconds and then move upward. The way it reflected sunlight and the details on its surface also didn't look like a normal balloon to me. It could still be a balloon or a drone, but that's why I don't think it was an ordinary object."

In a subsequent response to the original report, the witness described an additional feature resembling a ring attached around the object. The witness believed this feature made its reported right-hand turn more apparent, particularly in the third recording, but acknowledged that the recording's limited image quality made the finer surface details difficult to distinguish.

Witness/Camera Operator: u/OrbAbsorber (Reddit)
Source: u/OrbAbsorber (Reddit), u/R2robot (Reddit)

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u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 4 days ago
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"Quebec, Canada, 31 March, 2021"

This 1 minute 28 second recording is attributed to Quebec, Canada, on 31 March 2021. It was recirculated on 12 September 2026. The original filming date, precise location and identity of the camera operator remain unverified.

The available recording is a portrait-format MP4 measuring 640 × 1136 pixels. It contains original Quebec French dialogue involving two speakers. This is a social-media distribution copy, not an authenticated original camera export. Its resolution and compression characteristics cannot be assumed to represent the original quality. It is unknown whether the circulating recording represents the complete original footage.

No verified copy exceeding 640 × 1136 pixels has been recovered.

The original recording device, frame rate, capture settings and any processing applied before the footage was circulated remain undocumented. No reliable measurements of the objects' altitude, distance, dimensions or velocity are available.

The recording was republished on 12 September 2026 at 04:02 UTC with the caption:

"Massive luminous ORBs appear in the sky over Quebec, Canada. March 31, 2021."

No original smartphone export, authenticated camera metadata or independently verified first-generation upload has been recovered. It is therefore unknown whether the circulating recording represents the complete original footage.

Research identified potentially related reports published during the first week of April 2021.

An article reproduced on 3 April 2021, attributed to the Italian publication Segni dal Cielo, describes a family recording multiple luminous spheres with a smartphone in Saint-Raymond, Quebec. The account gives the observation date as 30 March 2021.

A separate French-language article published on 4 April 2021, drawing upon earlier reporting by Vérité Ailleurs, also attributes an observation involving multiple luminous spheres to Saint-Raymond. This account identifies the filming date as 31 March 2021.

Both historical reports describe an observation involving an increasing number of luminous objects, reaching four.

The similarities make these reports potentially relevant to the recording presented here. However, the original videos accompanying the historical articles have not been conclusively matched to this particular footage.

The reports may also derive from overlapping sources rather than independent investigations.

Consequently, Saint-Raymond cannot presently be confirmed as the filming location, and the discrepancy between 30 and 31 March remains unresolved.

Neither historical account has provided a verifiable identification of the camera operator.

The recording contains a conversation between at least two individuals speaking Quebec French. No independently verifiable personal names, street addresses or specific municipalities have been established from the available recording and accompanying information.

The wider Quebec attribution is therefore retained without assigning the footage to a particular city or municipality.

Witness Testimony:

The following is the complete supplied English translation of the original Quebec French dialogue, reproduced verbatim.

"We've got two more new ones. What's that going to do, we don't know, and they're closer."

"now. They are"

"closer."

"Yeah, they"

"are"

"evenly spaced as well."

"Well, maybe we'll go and see them ourselves."

"They're going to eat my chocolate chickens."

"It's coming this way, pretty much, I think, yeah."

"Yeah, look closely."

"No, but now they're close"

"now. Yeah."

"Look at that."

"Right now, those other people don't see what we're seeing."

"You know,"

"anyway, we can say that we're going to…"

"Yeah,"

"we're going to hear about some of this. I don't know, I can't say. I can't make them any bigger than this, but I know that it's getting closer,"

"because the lights are brighter. You can't see it on the video, but the lights are brighter, yeah."

"It's not moving at all."

"Yeah."

"Yeah."

"Ah"

"okay. The fourth one, earlier it"

"there was,"

"[unintelligible]."

The reported March 2021 filming date predates the widespread availability of modern consumer generative-video systems.

A separate fabricated recording circulated in Quebec during the same period, depicting alleged UFO activity at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. That production was subsequently identified as a student-created exercise associated with Polytechnique Montréal. The airport production is an entirely different recording.

AI Assessment:
AI-generated: no positive evidence established.
Obvious CGI/compositing: no positive evidence established.
Consistent with an ordinary camera recording: yes, based on the available information.

Witness/camera operator: Unidentified (original platform unknown)

Source: UAPWixy (X)

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u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 4 days ago

I saw it jump to hyperspace. 10/7/26 Maricopa, Arizona 8:30pm

I saw this blinking orb from my backyard, oddly big compared to an airplane or helicopter lights I usually see from that distance. After remaining stationary for a minute or so I decided to get my phone to begin filming, within a minute of filming it jumped to hyperspace. It had to have been huge, or the propulsion system caused the lights? I almost dropped my phone, no idea what I saw and genuinely freaks me out every time I watch the video.

u/FISTINSTEIN — 3 days ago

Sighting on 10/7/26 in Greenbush, MI

I witnessed this on 10/7/26 in Greenbush, MI (NE MI near Oscoda area) looking west just above the horizon over Cedar Lake. Time was 10:42 pm.

It began as three glowing orbs in a triangular formation but quickly dispersed in all directions once I started to record. After that, the orbs went in and out of sight for approximately 10 minutes. I was only to capture one specific that seemed to stay around. It was finicky, often flickering out when I tried to record it. If you look at the zoomed in footage, it appears as a shapeshifting spectrum of interchanging colors. It made no sound and was able to move up, down, left and right. Shortly after the sighting, an aircraft was seen scouting the area.
I also saw a meteor steak across the sky in the same area.

I felt absolutely amazed watching this. I would also like to add that I have been having strange vivid and lucid dreams for the past four months, synchronicities, and one OBE. Not sure if they are related, but it felt worth mentioning.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this! 💜

u/OliveLost — 4 days ago
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"Albuquerque Orb, New Mexico"

On 26 June 2026, at approximately 9:02 p.m. local time, a witness in Albuquerque, New Mexico, recorded an unusual blinking light in the west-northwestern sky.

The observation lasted approximately six minutes and involved a single witness in an urban area. The light reportedly blinked irregularly, appeared to move erratically and was estimated by the witness to be several hundred feet above the ground.

The witness felt that its appearance and light pattern did not resemble a conventional aeroplane or helicopter and believed that it represented a genuine UAP. However, the available material does not currently include original camera metadata, independently verified flight-tracking records, additional witnesses or sufficient visual reference points to establish the object's distance, altitude, speed or physical form.

Although the original report argues that Albuquerque's controlled airspace makes an ordinary drone unlikely, drone operations can legally take place with prior FAA authorization. An authorized or unauthorized drone, a distant conventional aircraft, atmospheric distortion and camera-processing effects therefore remain possible explanations.

Regarding the missing audio: the source record lists "Sound: None," and the circulated file appears to have been supplied without usable audio. This may mean that no sound was heard, that the phone did not record sound or that the audio was omitted during uploading or conversion. The silent file alone does not establish that the object itself produced no sound.

At present, the light remains unidentified based on the publicly available information. Viewers are encouraged to examine the footage carefully and offer grounded observations or possible conventional explanations.

Original source credit: u/Sentient_Orbs

u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 11 days ago
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"Los Angeles, California, USA, 15 August, 2026"

This 1 minute 12 second recording is presented here as a community-exclusive resize edit of the only public copy located. The original vertical recording contained an embedded narration caption across the upper part of the image which duplicated information carried by the audio and unnecessarily obstructed part of the recorded frame. For this version, the footage has been cropped and reframed using digital enlargement to remove that caption. The original audio remains intact.

The recording is sourced to X. The accompanying source caption identifies the location as Los Angeles, California, and dates the sighting to 15 August 2026. Those details originate from the source caption and are not independently established by information contained within the video itself. The woman speaking during the recording is presented as the witness, but her identity and original social-media account have not been recovered.

The available source file is a 720x1280 vertical phone recording running for approximately 72 seconds at 30 frames per second. No uncompressed original, higher-resolution version or independent second recording of the event has been located.

The file itself contains no embedded location data, identifiable date stamp or other recoverable information that independently confirms Los Angeles or 15 August 2026. The location and date should therefore be treated as source-attributed information rather than independently verified details.

No independent radar record, second camera angle or corroborating witness material has been located. The available 720x1280 copy also does not provide sufficient resolved structural information to establish the nature of the recorded sources.

Witness/camera operator: Unnamed woman (account unidentified)
Source: UAPWixy (X)

The footage is presented for serious examination and discussion. Members are expected to engage constructively and contribute in a respectful, evidence-based manner. Dismissive comments, unsupported debunking, ridicule, and contributions that add nothing of substance will be removed immediately. Users who engage in this behaviour will be permanently banned. No warnings, no exceptions. We uphold that principle without compromise.

u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 11 days ago

"Chongqing, China, 11 May, 2025"

This 1 minute 33 second recording was is attributed to a sighting in Chongqing, China, on 11 May 2025.

The available source information identifies Chongqing as the location, but no more precise district, neighbourhood, coordinates or filming position have been established. The witness and camera operator have not been identified.

Witness Testimony:

"When shooting the sunset, suddenly saw that the aircraft at the same viewing angle height has a four-point longitudinal arrangement of unidentified flying objects close to the aircraft."

Embedded logo: 同领地 ("Tóng Lǐngdì"; rendered in English as "Domain")

Witness/camera operator: Unidentified
Source: 同领地 (Domain) (Douyin)

The footage is presented for serious examination and discussion. Users are expected to engage constructively and contribute in a respectful, evidence-based manner. Dismissive comments, debunking, ridicule, and contributions that add nothing of substance will be removed immediately. Users who engage in this behaviour will be permanently banned. No warnings, no exceptions. We uphold that principle without compromise.

u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 12 days ago

"Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Mexico, 1 August, 2021"

This 2 minute 33 second recording is presented here as a community-exclusive resize edit of the only public copy located. The recording has been slightly enlarged to remove the burned-in English translation overlay from the lower part of the image while preserving the complete recorded sequence and original audio. The removed overlay was not a faithful phrase-by-phrase translation of the Spanish-language conversation and introduced assertions that are not made in the recorded speech, including statements that the object came close or grew larger, that a plane had gone, and that the wind was going to pick up. The witness audio is therefore translated directly below.

The sighting was reported as having occurred during the afternoon of Sunday 1 August, 2021, in Ecatepec, State of Mexico, in the vicinity of the Las Américas and Jardines de Morelos residential developments.

The only public copy located was supplied at 640x358 pixels. No uncompressed original or higher-resolution version has been located.

The available file itself contains no embedded location information or date stamp independently establishing the circumstances of the recording. The date and location are instead supported by contemporary reporting identifying the sighting as occurring in Ecatepec on 1 August, 2021. No named witness or camera operator has been identified, and no original witness account has been recovered.

Unfortunately, the camera operator repeatedly fails to keep the object centred in the frame, instead drifting away to record empty sky and unrelated areas. Properly framing and tracking the subject would have preserved far more useful visual information.

Witness Audio Translation:

"With mine you can actually see it clearly, dude."

"I'll send it to you in a minute."

"Yeah, dude."

"Yeah."

"Yeah, it is a ship."

"Hell yeah, we should take the day off."

"No way, it looks intense."

"No way, dude."

"We're screwed."

"Well, nobody."

"Well, nobody, but it even looks like a starfish."

"No, it really didn't give a damn."

"No, yeah."

"It didn't give a damn."

"No."

"It's moving hard."

"Intense."

The translation above represents the spoken witness audio only.

Witness/camera operator: Unidentified
Source: Milenio Estado de Mexico (@milenio_edomex) X

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u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 12 days ago

"Pingdingshan, Henan, China, 29 October, 2025"

This 42 second recording is presented here as a community-exclusive resize edit of the complete uploaded recording.

The recording was published on 29 October 2025 at 18:08:56 China Standard Time. The accompanying information states that it was recorded at approximately 1:00 PM on 29 October 2025 above a hospital in Pingdingshan, Henan Province, China, and that people at the location gathered to observe and photograph the unidentified aerial object.

The hospital is not identified by name. No reliable evidence presently establishes which specific hospital in Pingdingshan appears in the recording, so the location cannot be narrowed beyond a hospital in Pingdingshan, Henan Province.

The stated 1:00 PM recording time originates from the information accompanying the upload rather than independently recoverable camera metadata. The available uploaded file measures 852 × 480 pixels at 30 frames per second and does not retain original camera, GPS or capture-time metadata capable of independently confirming the stated time or precise filming position.

The identity of the person who made the recording has not been established.

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不明飞行物 - "Unidentified flying object"

Witness/camera operator: Unidentified
Source: 鸭蛋UFO (Bilibili)

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u/TheWhiteWizard65 — 12 days ago