SIGHTING: SALEM, OREGON (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"August 22, 2017, prepared to watch total solar eclipse from my front porch, but was a better view to sit on corner of bottom porch step. i laid my cell phone close, and tablet to use cameras to take photos of eclipse since this was an amazing event to witness. it was shortly after 9am, about 9:10am, the sky darkened to a hazy grey, a cool breeze was felt, and the moon what seemed snail like, but yet also quickly covered the space in the sky of the sun. a bright fire like ring, was in the sky very large in size where i was looking north east. i quickly held my phone to the sky to take photos of this ring of what looked like a circus ring of fire. i put down my phone, then picked up tablet and took a few more photos. the eclipse ended and i was happily going to look at my photos, expecting to see the amazing ring of brightness. i looked at my photos, over and over, and saw what was a bright light above a ufo shape, like i have seen in photos over the past years of my life. i looked at all of my photos, then i could see the bright light, the sun i think, and in front, a tipped glowing disk shape, each photo, the shape slightly moved a little to the left of where i had been looking when photos were taken. at the time that i took photos i did not see with my eyes what is shown in these photos. i have not known how to enjoy the amazement of these photos. i have shared with a few trusted people. i do not want to take away from the amazement of my own secret event of taking these photos. "