Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning.
In this episode we're talking about South Dakota UFO reports.
That's correct, South Dakota UFO reports.
I found these over at newfork.org.
As always, lots of cool stuff over there.
This first sighting happened on 12/30/24.
Says duration 5 minutes. Observers for location.
Rapid City, SD now describes this as a light and says the
color on it was white, that it was viewed in that 45° angle,
and the direction from the Bureau was S characteristics.
Lights on object or a haze around object.
Pulsating. Vibrating orb.
At around 9:30 PM we spotted an orb like light in the sky.
Despite cloud covering, no visible stars, the light was
very bright and stationary. It began moving slowly in a
meandering pattern, almost vibrating or shaking with the
light pulsating, brightening and then dimming before brightening
again. This occurred approximately 4
times during the 5 minutes we observed it before the object
suddenly disappeared. One member of our group
intermittently noticed that red and green lights attached to the
UFO, though these were not consistently visible.
So it doesn't sound like a drone, OK, Because think about
it. The lights are dimming in and
out, they're pulsating. One of the observers says, hey,
there's red and green lights that were showing up.
Maybe some of the other people weren't seeing this.
So it's almost like we have this personalized perception going on
And then after they watch it for about 5 minutes, it says that it
just suddenly disappeared. Just boom, gone.
That's that Sounds more like a UFO than a drone to me.
Very cool sighting though. The sightings dated 12/10/24
Duration one minute observer one location Sioux Falls, SD Details
for location says Sycamore Ave. and 57th streets.
Shape, formation color yellow, white.
Estimated size large, possibly consisting of 11 to 13 lights
viewed from vehicle direction from viewer facing toward 57th
St. while traveling down Sycamore Ave.
Angle of elevation 45°, approximately a few miles away.
Speed slow and steady. Lights on object or a haze
around object. Description The lights were
arranged in AM slash debia shaped pattern, all facing
toward me without blinking. No sound was heard until the
object was to my right. While driving, I saw lights that
I initially mistook for stadium lights.
They were arranged in a formation resembling an M, with
an additional lights at the ends, also forming AW shape.
The lights remained oriented toward me as they approached,
passing directly in front of my vehicle a few miles above.
They moved across my windshields field of view and off to the
right. I only heard a sound after the
object was no longer visible, and I cannot determine whether
it came from the object or a conventional airplane.
The object was large with yellow and white lights.
My son was with me and heard my reaction, but did not observe
the object himself. That's wild.
Sounds like quite a large object or formation, whatever this
thing was. I mean, the way they described
this thing, it must have been huge.
This Sightings dated 9/28/24. Duration 10 seconds.
Observers 2. Spearfish SD backyard deck near
the center of Spearfish SD Shape Chevron collar black slash
white. Estimated size approximately 1
mile viewed from land direction from viewer northwest to east.
Angular elevation 70°, low Earth orbit, high altitude
approximately 523,440 mile per hour.
I guess they've done some math to figure out how fast I think
it was. Lights on object or or haze
around object. Description A craft larger than
a football field flew across the sky in less than 10 seconds.
As an astrophotographer, I'm familiar with a nice sky
including high and low Earth orbit satellites, Starlink,
Northern Lights, rocket launches, and military aircraft.
Due to a major Air Force Base in Rapid City, these often
interfere interfere with my astrophotography and I
frequently observe them. The night sky between Spearfish
and Wyoming is typically clear and stunning.
However, what my wife and I witnessed on September 28th,
2024 was extraordinary and defies any conventional
explanation. While stargazing from our
backyard around 8:00 PM Mountain Time, I noticed an orb with a
grey haze surrounding it streak across the sky in approximately
6 seconds. It appeared unusual and I
mentioned it to my wife who did not see it.
I tried to dismiss it as a possible illusion, but as I
pointed out the area where I saw it, a massive right angled
shaped craft appeared from the northwest and crossed the sky to
the east in about 10 seconds. The craft was not precisely V
shaped, but formed a perfect right angle to my eyes.
The craft appeared to be in the upper atmosphere or low Earth
orbit, with an estimated size of multiple football fields.
Several planes were visible in the sky and this object was
significantly higher than them, but lower than the Starling
satellites. The craft had clearly visible
white under lights in a structured pattern, surrounded
by a grayish white hazy aura, giving it an ethereal, almost a
ghost ship like appearance. As it passed overhead, both the
lights and the structure were discernible.
It moved silently, guiding smoothly, gliding smoothly like
a Stingray without changing direction.
We had only about 10 seconds to observe it, insufficient time to
capture it with astrophotography equipment as its speed would
have caused a blurry image. Based on my experience,
satellites typically take up to two minutes to cross the sky,
but this object took only 10 seconds and had a visible
structure. Its speed far exceeded that if
any, military aircraft or satellite in the area and was
approximately 3 times slower than a shooting star.
To ensure accuracy, my wife and I went inside and independently
drew what we saw without discussing it.
Our drawings depicted the same craft.
We later created a Photoshop image of it, which I will attach
based on my research. A typical low Earth orbit
satellite travels at approximately 17,500 mile per
hour and takes about 5 minutes or 300 seconds to cross the sky,
covering roughly 2340 kilometers.
In contrast, this object covered a similar distance in just 10
seconds, indicating a speed of approximately 523,440 mile per
hour. For comparison, the Lockheed,
the Lockheed Sr. 71 Blackbird, the fastest down spy plane, has
a top speed of over 2200 mile per hour.
This object was moving approximately 238 times faster
than the SR71. Yeah, these things are fast,
man. I mean, like they're approaching
lightspeed. Some of them.
Some of them may be beyond lightspeed, if that's even
possible. Yeah, really cool siding,
though. This one happened on 7/24/20,
4:15 minutes observers to Belforge, South Dakota.
It says approximately 2 to 300 feet in altitude shape or blue
size 4 to 8 feet viewed from land N angle of elevation 45°
estimated speed, variable change color, pulsating, rotating white
rings. They've got video of it like 15
seconds long, and it's this really kind of bright Violet
blue collar. I mean, it looks like an orb to
me. Blue orb UFO with white rings?
During the last two weeks of July 2024, I observed A
pulsating blue, occasionally a Violet orb with rotating white
rings, hovering over houses in my neighborhood.
The object appeared to react when observed, rapidly
accelerating and flying off at incredible speeds.
It made no noise. I witnessed this object three
times during this period, but only during the second sighting
on the night of July 24th, 2024 was I able to record it with my
phone. During the first sighting, I ran
into my house to retrieve my phone to record the incident.
However, when I returned to my porch and it raised my phone,
the pulsating blue object made a 90° turn and speed off to the
east at a high rate of speed. The second encounter occurred at
night in front of my house. Initially, I mistook the object
for a star, but quickly realized it was moving.
I activated my iPhone and recorded the object for
approximately 1 1/2 minutes as it moved SE hovering past a tree
in my yard. The object then rapidly
accelerated and disappeared. Yeah, pretty, pretty cool
sighting and you can tell from the video that it it's
definitely seems authentic to me.
Very cool. The signings dated 11/22/23
duration 35 seconds. Observers one location Sioux
Falls, SD Louis Avenue Walmart parking lot shape Chevron or
Hazen round object aircraft nearby low flying silent craft
with stealth coating. At 1025 PMI pulled into the
Walmart parking lot on Louis Ave. in Sioux Falls.
A large Chevron shaped craft was moving at a very low altitude,
100 to 150 feet, approximately 300 feet in front of me.
The craft travelled slowly at around 30 mile per hour, just
clearing the top of the Walmart building.
It was roughly the size of two city buses and moved without any
noise. The craft surface appeared to be
coated in a light absorbing material, giving it a black
Chevron shaped appearance against the backlit sky with a
subtle shimmer around its edges. The craft emitted no visible
light and seemed to absorb light entirely.
Without the city limits illuminating the sky, it would
have been invisible and silent against the lit sky.
It appears it appeared as a Chevron shaped void as it
crossed over the store heading north at Bank East, possibly to
avoid an airplane that had just taken off in the airport on the
north side of the city. By the time I parked my car to
get a better look, the craft had moved into a darker part of the
sky and was no longer visible against the night sky.
That's crazy, isn't it? This giant Chevron shaped craft
just flying over the local Walmart.
I mean, wow. And the fact that they say there
was a airport nearby too and I don't know, weird.
This one's dated for 2024. Duration 20 seconds.
Observers to Crooks, SD Details east of the Interstate north of
Sioux Falls. Shaped triangle called a black.
Estimated size 10 feet wide. View from land angle of
elevation 75°. Closest distance 100 yards, so
pretty close. Stationary.
Shimmering appeared and disappeared.
A 10 foot wide black triangular object was observed near power
lines east of the Interstate north of Sioux Falls, SD.
The object remains stationary, unaffected by the high winds.
It shimmered and disappeared from view, reappeared
approximately 100 yards away, shimmered again, briefly
alternating between visible and invisible, and then disappeared
completely. My travelling companion and I
witnessed the object. We were sober listening to a
podcast at the time. I often point out various bird
species while driving, but this was unmistakably not a bird.
It did not resemble A quadcopter and showed no forward, backward,
upward, or downward movement. Oh man, just like it's almost
coming in and out of our dimension or something.
Very cool sighting. This sighting happened on March
7th, 2024. Says duration 20 seconds.
Observers 2 Military location Sioux Falls, SD details over
Louis Ave. in Sioux Falls shape, Chevron collar, black slice,
transparent, estimated size, Football field viewed from land
W to north, angle of elevation 45°, less than 1/4 mile away.
Approximately 50 mile an hour for the speed or haze around
object, electrical or magnetic effects.
Another one of these chevrons, a very large Chevron shaped craft
descending at approximately 2:45 AM.
We observed a very large building sized Chevron shaped
craft appears suddenly a few 100 feet above the ground descending
over the highway. We have seen similar craft
multiple times before and they appear to follow a consistent
flight path. The craft was extremely large
with a clearly defined Chevron shape and squared off flat
sides. It appeared as a hole in the sky
defined by shimmering edges. This was the closest we had seen
one, allowing us to discern geometric details in the
shimmering. The craft was approximately 500
meters away, silent, and emitted no visible light except for the
shimmering edges as the craft descended behind the buildings.
We jumped into our car and drove to the other side of the
business within 30 seconds, but the craft was no longer visible.
Earlier that night we observed 2 smaller Chevron shaped craft of
the same type following the same path.
In the past we witnessed a similar large craft on this
flight path which turned E to avoid an airplane taking off
from the airport to the north. Wow.
These craft appear highly camouflaged, absorbing light and
blending into the sky. They are most easily spotted
against a backlit sky for the second time.
We attempted to record them a video, but the shimmering caused
the camera to lose focus and produce artefacts.
Note I am experiencing issues with my compasses and I have 3
and they are providing inconsistent directional
readings. However, I believe the craft was
West of my position moving N over Sioux Falls.
That is pretty amazing. They're having these repeat
sightings of these giant Chevron craft.
All seem to be in the same area. Got to wonder if maybe these
things aren't here doing some kind of reconnaissance work
involving, you know, our military bases.
We certainly wouldn't know about it at the war.
The sighting here is dated January 16th, 2024.
Duration 10 minutes, it says. On the way to work.
Observers 2, Aberdeen, SD Location details Open area with
minimal development. Shape changing triangular.
Triangular orbs Bar shaped color orange, blue, red.
Estimated size Approximately size of three houses viewed from
land. Direction from viewer S angular
of elevation 65°. Closest distance above treetops
beside my car, Comparable to a helicopter for triangular
shaped. Others appeared to teleport.
Characteristics Lights on object emitted beams change color.
Electrical or magnetic effects. Triangular craft and orbs
appearing and disappearing across the sky.
On the morning of January 16th, 2024, while driving to work, I
experienced an extraordinary event.
As I approached the end of the block on the 16th Ave.
Northeast in Aberdeen, SD, I noticed a strange orb in the
sky, pulsating between red and blue, appearing to move.
Suddenly, 3 orange orbs, which I initially mistook for a plane,
descended and flew just above the rooftops of houses to my
right, extremely close to my car.
I noticed that the object was silent with widely spaced,
unblinking lights. Terrified, I called my mother
and put her on speaker and described what I was seeing.
At that moment, the object shifted from moving toward me to
flying alongside my car. My mother stepped outside and
reported seeing nothing but what she thought was a plane.
However, after work, when I recounted the orange lights, she
mentioned seeing similar high altitude lights, one of which
was bar shaped and appeared to blink, possibly due to its
distance. While still on the phone with
her, I observed white orbs appearing and disappearing
intermittently across the sky. Their rapid changes in direction
and the variety of sizes and collars ruled out conventional
explanations. The last sighting before I
entered my work, my workplace was a bar shaped light streaming
downward with blinking lights. This experience was unlike
anything I had witnessed before. Despite having seen unusual
phenomena over the years, the proximity and clarity of these
objects were both extraordinary and unsettling, leaving me with
nightmares and a fear of leaving home for weeks afterwards.
I am convinced that we are not alone and that there is tangible
evidence of this worldwide, with sightings occurring regularly
and spanning centuries. Oh, man, you know, it's almost
like these things were, I hate to say it, but it's almost like
they were just they were stalking her or something, you
know, maybe looking for an abduction.
And I think, I mean, if I was just going to guess, maybe I'm
totally out of the line here. You can tell me in the comments,
but it's all like it's almost to me, like maybe when she got her
mom on the phone that somehow that spooked him a little bit.
I don't know. It seems like these things are
predatory and they prefer to take people when they are alone
and isolated without witnesses. That's what it seems like to me.
But I maybe I'm reading too much into this.
Either way, really a cool sighting.
This one's dated 11/12/23. Says duration 10 minutes.
Observers 2, Castle Rock, South Dakota Shape Orb color bluish
white. Estimated size 10 feet.
Is a compressed orb at least 30 feet 30 feet when expanded.
Viewed from land direction from viewer E angle of elevation 20°,
closest distance approximately 1 mile.
They think it might have been a rocket, and we'll have a look
here. Bluish white orb moving and
expanding into gaseous material. On the weekend of November 12th,
2023, a cradle mass ejection CME was forecasted to hit Earth.
So we drove on. So we drove N on Hwy. 79 past
Newell, as we have frequently done in 23 and 24, to view the
Northern Lights. We pulled over on the side of
the road just outside Castle Rock and waited.
In the early morning, as we prepared to head home,
disappointed, we noticed a bluish white orb of light appear
in the sky to the east. Initially we mistook it for
Venus, but it moved upward, then downward toward the ground and
then upward again. Doesn't sound like a rocket to
me. Suddenly it expanded
significantly into what appeared to be a gaseous material.
It remained in the state for about a minute before before
contracting back into an orb. The area was extremely dark and
we were in a remote location, making it difficult to estimate
the distance, but I would approximate it was about a mile
east of our position. We spend considerable time
outdoors at night observing the sky, yet we have never witnessed
anything like this. It was the first time in nearly
12 years that I saw my spouse visibly frightened.
One year and one month later, the memory remains vivid.
Well, that could be a little frightening.
I mean, it's just something that you really weren't expecting and
I really can't explain either. We'll go ahead and do three more
here before we wrap this up. This sighting happened on May
9th, 2018. Says duration approximately 1
1/2 minutes. Observers to Edgemont, South
Dakota. Shaped triangle color black,
comparable to a large car, but wider viewed from land.
Direction from viewer directly above moving N northwest.
Closest distance approximately 800 feet.
Speed 15 to 20 mile per hour. Black triangular craft with
lights slowly becoming transparent between 6:30 and
7:30 PM. A friend and I were walking down
a road in Edgemont, SD when we looked up and noticed a black
triangular object directly above us.
It was significantly lower than typical aircraft that frequently
fly over the area, close enough for us to discern details.
The evening was mostly clear with some wispy clouds, thicker
at high altitudes, and the sky was still blue due to lingering
daylight. We stopped in the street and
observed the object for approximately 1 1/2 minutes.
It moved very slowly at an estimated 15 to 20 mile per hour
in a N northwest direction. The craft was triangular with a
noticeable size roughly comparable to a large car, but
wider. Its underside featured round LED
like lights along the edges, with four or five evenly spaced
lights per side positioned equidistantly between the outer
and inner edges. The edges protruded, creating a
recessed triangular section in the center which contained one
large glowing circle surrounded by a smaller ring of tiny
lights. The craft surface was an
extremely deep black with a slight Sheen.
As it moved N northwest, the craft gradually began to blend
into the sky, maintaining the same altitude, speed, and
direction. It did not appear to become
fully transparent, but whether faded, resembling the invisible
effect of Wonder Woman's jet where the edges remained faintly
visible. Eventually it disappeared
completely, as if it had never been there.
Other people were outside in their yards at the time, but no
one else appeared to notice the object.
This was one of the strangest experiences I've ever had, and I
have been unable to find a conventional explanation.
I have not witnessed anything like it since.
It's also strange how not everybody notices these things.
These two people notice it, but the people next to them are the
off from the road, at the sidewalk, whatever.
They're just minding their own business.
They don't even bother to look up and see it.
Very, very cool. This one's dated.
Come back at 7/15/2005. Duration 30 seconds.
Observers 13 Location Eagle Butte SD Shape changing
characteristics or haze around objects emitted.
Other objects. Golden lights transforming into
angelic or eagle like shapes. On the evening of July 15th,
2005, my son, his wife, their nine year old son, 9 neighbors
and I were outside talking in Eagle Butte, SD.
My son called me reporting that lights had just passed by to the
north resembling UF OS. He also contacted his brother
who works in law enforcement. I went outside and looked N
suggesting we stay to see if the lights would return and laughed.
The neighbors confirmed they had all seen the lights and were
amazed at their speed. As I looked, NI noticed a small
white light, initially mistaking it for a star, moving slowly and
South toward us. It then accelerated and about a
half a mile north of the housing area, the light split into three
lights within 10 seconds. They moved extremely quickly and
were directly above us, pausing in mid air.
Without any sound. The lights turned gold despite
there being no moonlight that night.
The objects then transformed into shapes resembling golden
flying angels. Some neighbors describe them as
looking like Golden Eagles from their vantage point.
Within a second, the three objects angle the southwest and
disappear completely into the dark night sky.
I ran inside to call the Police Department requesting they
logged the incident and their dispatchers record.
We discussed the siding with the neighbors for a few more minutes
and I spent the night at my son's home feeling uneasy about
returning to my own, which was 19 miles away.
The speed of the objects was indescribable and watching them
change the shape was an eerie experience.
This sighting has convinced me that we are not alone and I will
never dismiss UFO accounts again.
Can't blame you there. That is a spectacular sighting.
Just imagine being out there looking up in the dark sky in
South Dakota. I'm sure not a lot.
Not a lot of light pollution. They see what they thought was a
star initially come down, split into three stars just to send
right down on them. And then these things transfer
into some sort of well, what they describe as angelic beings
or they look like eagles. Maybe they're putting on a show
for sure. And I don't blame this this
person for one minute for not wanting to drive that 19 miles
back to their place alone. Let's take a look at one last
one here. This last sightings dated
February 4th, 2006 says Duration one minute Observers 1 Sioux
Falls, SD Shaped triangle characteristics Lights on object
followed by a bright sphere shaped object, triangle object
with bright white lights followed by sphere and so many
times we see these triangles associated with these escorts of
spheres. On February 4th, 2006 at
approximately 7:30 PMI was driving eastbound on 57th St. in
Sioux Falls, SD when I noticed a small group of extremely bright
lights. The lights intrigued me because
there are no tall buildings in the area to which they could be
attached, and they resemble stadium lights and intensity.
And that's the second time we've heard someone talk about stadium
lights. It tells me these things were
really bright. As I approached, I realized the
lights were attached to a large triangular shaped object.
The object had solid white lights at each tip of the
triangle and appeared to be hovering, remaining stationary
for some time. It then seemed to rotate, slowly
moved north, and gradually increased speed in northbound
direction. Notably, the craft displayed no
collared or blinking lights, only the extremely bright solid
white lights. I attempted to follow the
objects northbound path along Marion Rd. but soon lost sight
of it. Continuing north in hopes of
seeing it again, I reached the intersection of 20 6th St. and
Marion Rd., where I observed a single extremely bright white
sphere descend straight down from the sky, appearing as if it
might collide with the ground. The sphere was northeast of my
location, but I could not accurately judge its distance.
It appeared small, but intensely right.
At 7:40 PMI contacted the Sioux Falls Police Department to
inquire whether anyone else had reported unusual sightings.
At that time. They had received no other
calls, but noted they would keep my report in mind.
Additional reports surfaced. Yeah, I think you can bet that
one made it directly to the circular file.
What a cool sighting though. Just driving along seeing this.
Another one of these triangle shaped UFOs, specifically with
these really bright lights. They describe them as stadium
lights on the edges of them out there in the middle of nowhere
in South Dakota. Got to wonder what these things
are doing. Until next time, this is UFO
warning over and out.