File 1107 · Late August or early September 2026, nighttime
Strange Glowing Objects with Trails Over Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Opened 9/4/2026 · Revised 9/9/2026
Sighting photograph. Image pulled from the public post. — WVTM 13
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
12-year-old filmed glowing objects with trails moving erratically over neighbor's house in Tuscaloosa. Video shows quick direction changes and bright trails. Witnessed with grandmother. Late summer 2026.
What was claimed
A 12-year-old boy and his grandmother observed and filmed several glowing objects with luminous trails moving erratically and changing direction over a neighbor's house at night.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
In Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 12-year-old Jett Johnston recorded video of several glowing objects with luminous trails moving through the night sky over a neighbor's house. The objects appeared to change direction quickly. Jett and his grandmother can be heard on the video trying to determine what they were seeing. The family speculated about the unusual movement and trails. An astronomy professor who reviewed the video suggested possible conventional explanations such as drones but noted the trails were difficult to explain. Jett found the experience strange and exciting, commenting that there must be more life in the universe.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
The station, the trains, and the rest of the known sky were already there. Hold the claim next to them.
1998 —
International Space Station
A bright, steady moving star. A few minutes to cross. No strobe. Occupied since 2000. NASA publishes the pass times. Not unidentified.
2019 —
Starlink trains
A line of equally spaced lights after a launch. The most common string of orbs in current reports. A satellite deployment, not a formation of craft.
Always
Venus and the bright planets
A fixed brilliant point. Does not streak. Does not hover over a street then leave. Often the first misread light in a rural report.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
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