Witness Accounts: Volume 37

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Somewhere in the Skies w/ Ryan Sprague
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August 11, 2025
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Tier 1First Person EncounterFirst-Person Account
Experiencer: Nicole Skelties

Analysis Summary

Program Intel Profile
interviewTopic: otherIntel Value: 8/10

Nicole Skelties

Contact Experience Triad

Hynek: CE1

The Encounter

Nicole Skelties is a musician and writer who had her first UFO sighting on July 25, 2025, while at a festival in Northern Yorkshire, England. She and her partner Bill noticed a bright object in the sky that appeared stationary before darting quickly in different directions. Bill, a former pilot, confirmed it was not a known aircraft. The object reappeared after a few minutes and exhibited similar movements. They also saw a smaller object with three green lights that moved in an unusual way. The encounter excited Nicole and changed Bill's skeptical view on UFOs. After the sightings, they felt motivated to organize a festival to explore the question of extraterrestrial life, indicating a significant impact on their beliefs and activities.

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Program Intelligence Analysis

Executive Summary

The video features personal accounts of UFO sightings from various individuals, highlighting their experiences and the impact on their beliefs about extraterrestrial life. The narratives include detailed descriptions of unidentified aerial phenomena and the witnesses' emotional responses to these encounters.

Primary Revelation

Witnesses describe multiple UFO sightings, including stationary objects that maneuver in ways inconsistent with known aircraft.

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Nicole Skelties
witnesspro disclosure
musicianwriter
researching UAPsfirst-hand sightingpartner is a trained observer

I now know after 2 years of digging further and further into this fascinating phenomenon that UFOs are absolutely real in all senses of the word.

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Bill Schaefer
witnesspro disclosure
former pilotengineerPhD in cognitive neuroscience
PhD in cognitive neuroscienceformer pilottrained observer

I think we just saw a UFO.

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Ryan Sprag
journalistneutral
Somewhere in the Skies podcast
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Rick
witnesspro disclosure
multiple witnessesno drugs or alcohol involved

We felt it was looking at us and it stopped in front of us for a reason.

scientificvague

The possibility of life elsewhere is not only quite probable, some feel it is there without a doubt.

Source: Nicole Skelties
non human intelligencehighly specific

On July 25, 2025, I observed a bright object in the sky that was stationary, then darted to the right and moved in the opposite direction at a very fast rate.

Source: Nicole SkeltiesEvent: 2025-07-25 | Claimed: 2025-07-25
non human intelligencespecific

The object made no noise and maneuvered like no known manufactured or natural aerial object.

Source: Nicole Skelties
non human intelligencespecific

Bill, a trained observer, confirmed that the object was not a known aircraft and was alarmed by its behavior.

Source: Nicole Skelties
internationalspecific

There is a military base called Alen Brook barracks located near the festival site where UAPs are frequently spotted.

Source: Nicole Skelties
historical eventspecific

In 1952, there was a well-documented series of UFO sightings over RAF Topcliffe during a NATO exercise.

Source: Nicole Skelties
non human intelligencehighly specific

Bill Schaefer witnessed a black triangle UFO in 2007 that was silent and moved at incredible speed.

Source: Bill SchaeferEvent: 2007-08-28 | Claimed: 2007-08-28
scientificspecific

Bill Schaefer's video recording of the lunar eclipse captured a time distortion effect where memories did not match the tape.

Source: Bill Schaefer
non human intelligencehighly specific

Rick witnessed a flying saucer in October 1973 that hovered silently above him and his friends.

Source: RickEvent: 1973-10-01 | Claimed: 1973-10-01
historical eventspecific

Witnesses reported seeing strange lights over the river in New Richmond, Ohio in October 1973.

Source: RickEvent: 1973-10-01 | Claimed: 1973-10-01
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Encounter Context

Factual Details
2025-07-2510:00 PMYear: 2025

Boulders Lee Park near Thursk

Thursk, North Yorkshire, united_kingdom

ruralpark
Connected Encounters (1)
Alen Brook barracks
2 witnesses mentionedBill
Connected Events
UFO sightings over Topcliffe RAFSeptember 1952

Encounter Research Breakdown

Phenomenological Analysis
physical sightingCE1
Low Evidential StrengthScore: 10/21commentary
Detail & Specificity
1/3
Corroboration
1/3
Physical Evidence
1/3
Unpredictability
2/3
Perceptual Clarity
2/3
Timely Reporting
1/3
Witness Credibility
2/3

The transcript contains multiple anecdotal accounts of UAP sightings, but lacks specific verifiable details and corroboration. The witnesses are not identified as trained observers, and the descriptions are often vague or generalized. The emotional impact of the experiences is noted, but this does not enhance the evidential strength.

initial sightingminutes

The experiencer first notices a bright object in the sky, initially thinking it is a star, but it quickly becomes clear that it is not.

Suddenly, I noticed a bright object that I initially thought was a large star appear high up in the sky

observation of objectminutes

The object performs unusual maneuvers, darting and disappearing into clouds, leading to excitement and disbelief.

It maneuvered like no known manufactured or natural aerial object

end of sightingminutes

The object disappears after a series of movements, leaving the experiencer and their companion in awe.

The object suddenly reappeared in exactly the same position in the sky where I first spotted it

visualextraordinary
8/10

Bright object in the night sky, performing unusual movements

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Shapeunknown
Colorbright white and green lights
Luminosityself luminous
Soundsilent
Movementdarting, hovering
Five Observables (4/5)
positive lift low observability hypersonic velocity trans medium travel instantaneous acceleration

The object exhibited bright lights and performed rapid, controlled movements in the sky.

What makes this encounter unique

The experiencer's transition from skepticism to belief in UAPs after witnessing the object, alongside a trained observer's perspective.

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Analysis Summary

Program Intel Profile
interviewTopic: otherIntel Value: 8/10
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Nicole Skelties

First-Person

Contact Experience Triad

Hynek: CE1