Sailors report unidentified glowing objects over Atlantic Ocean

OPA WIRE, Oct 23 (OPA) — The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) received a submission on October 21 detailing an encounter that began at 3:25 a.m. on October 11. According to the report, the ship's second mate observed a light hovering low above the horizon while the vessel traveled east at approximately 20 mph. The witness stated that the initial orb moved rapidly in various directions before being joined by three or four additional objects that mirrored its behavior.

The crew reported that the objects traveled at speeds they described as unreasonable, frequently disappearing and reappearing in different locations. Despite the visual clarity reported by the sailors, the ship's radar system failed to detect any targets during the 40-minute duration of the event. The report included screenshots of the radar display, which showed no anomalous activity in the surrounding airspace.

This incident follows a separate report from April 2025, in which a resident in Twentynine Palms, California, documented a pulsating, hexagonal object. That witness described the craft as changing shape from a six-sided figure into a circle over a 15-minute period. While some aerial phenomena have been attributed to SpaceX rocket launches—where expelled fuel reflects sunlight in the upper atmosphere—the Atlantic sighting remains unexplained by current data.

NUFORC continues to catalog such reports as part of its ongoing effort to track unidentified aerial phenomena. While the California sighting occurred on the same day as a SpaceX launch, officials noted that the timing and trajectory of the Falcon 9 flight did not align with the witness's account. The Atlantic report provides no definitive explanation for the origin or nature of the observed lights.