Two UFO's reported in Alabama during the month of March 2020

It’s the third Friday of the month, so this week I’m giving you an update on UFO reports in Alabama from the previous month, courtesy of the Mutual UFO Network. A search for UFO reports in Alabama between March 1 and March 31 on MUFON’s website, www.mufon.com, resulted in two reports from within our state during that time.

The first incident took place on Wed., March 11, at 8:30 p.m. in Altoona, which is in Etowah County, in northeast Alabama. The witness in this case said he saw a bright, blue light. Oddly, when the witness tried to record the strange object, it wasn’t visible. He noted that it displayed multiple colors and appeared to have windows.

The second incident took place on Fri., March 27, around 11:45 p.m. in Oneonta, which is in Blount County, not far from Etowah County. The witnesses in this case said they was stargazing, when an unusual movement in the sky caught his eye. At first, the witnesses thought it was the stars moving in accordance with the earth’s rotation. On further speculation, the witnesses noticed that some “stars” were staying in place as others were moving in their normal pattern, left to right in the sky.

At first, the witnesses were just looking at one star, but then they noticed that it had a shape. They described the shape as a hexagon, about 300 square yards in area. This shape was spotted with lights that were moving in different directions from the other stars around it.

The witnesses at first thought they were “crazy,” but they called the police and an officer arrived a short time later. At first, he seemed skeptical, but when he looked for himself, he also noticed something out of the ordinary. After about 3-1/2 hours of viewing the object, the witnesses eventually lost sight of the object and went inside.

Speaking of sights in the sky this month, the planet Venus will get about as bright and high as it will all year in a few days. In the evening sky, Venus, which is in the constellation of Taurus, will reach a magnitude of -4.7. In layman’s terms this is bright enough to cast a shadow.

A good time to view Venus in the coming weeks is on the nights of April 25 and April 26. On April 25, Venus will stand out bright, just above the moon, and on April 26, Venus will be to the right of the moon. Of course, this presumes that it won’t be cloudy on either night. Nothing messes up good stargazing like heavy cloud cover.

Before closing out this week, I just want to put it out there again that I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has witnessed a UFO, especially in Conecuh County. I think a lot of other people would be interested in hearing your story too, and I’m willing to accept your report anonymously.