NUFORC Sightings Report: 01/1985

This document is a compilation of eleven UFO sighting reports recorded by the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) for the month of January 1985. The reports span various locations across the United States, including Pennsylvania, Oregon, California, North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida, as well as an incident over the Atlantic Ocean. The descriptions of the phenomena vary significantly, ranging from lights and circular objects to cylinders and irregular shapes. Notable reports include an observation by an E-3A AWACS crew over the Mid-Atlantic, a sighting of a large object with 500 lights in South Gate, California, and a report of a large, silent, irregular object in Largo, Florida, which was reportedly dismissed in the press as space debris. Other accounts describe silent movement, flashing lights, and rapid vertical ascent. The document serves as a chronological log of these civilian and military-observed events.