Several Missouri witnesses traveling southbound on I-435 stopped to observe as many as 125 low-flying, orange objects that moved up from the tree line and traveled away at about the speed of a helicopter, according to May 16, 2011, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

All of the objects moved in from the north low on the horizon and then moved south - each object splitting into five smaller objects - before moving into cloud cover.

"As they spread and slowly began to disappear into the clouds above (low ceiling), a larger and brighter orange object at a faster speed, about 1-2 degrees above the horizon, behind the tree line, and then as it started to ascend, split into five smaller orange objects, again radical in flight, without formation, and slowly ascended into the cloud cover," the reporting witness stated. "This occurred about 20 times over a 25 minute span. They all came from the North (low on horizon) to South and then turning toward the East and then into cloud cover."

 The event occurred over a 25-minute period and stopped after the largest object was seen - also splitting into five smaller objects.

"At one time, I observed over 15 in the sky at one time. At approximately 9:58 p.m., the largest ball at a faster speed flew, split into 5 smaller objects, they followed the same path as the previous objects, and then the event seemed to stop. There were other vehicles on the shoulder of the highway observing this event. I got one person's name and phone, and the next day he related that he talked to another individual who also saw this phenomenon."

The witness also observed a "jerky motion" to the objects

"Once they all rose above the tree line, I would approximate their speed at approximately that of a helicopter. But the jerky motion didn't make sense, and the coloration from a side view made no sense, as the sun had been down for over an hour and the low altitude above the eastern horizon would pretty much rule out solar reflection. I would guess that over the period that I observed these objects, there were approximately 125 of them."

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No town name was mentioned in the MUFON report, which was filed on May 16, 2011. The event occurred on April 13, 2011.

Missouri MUFON reports that Chinese Lanterns have been ruled out in this case due to the observed speed of the objects. "A second witness is sending me photos from their cell phone," Assistant State Director Margie Kay stated. "A third witness cannot be reached but was at the scene. I am obtaining a photograph of the orange orbs from one witness." In addition to the above report, the following two cases occurred over the weekend in Missouri.

10:30 p.m., Saturday, May 14, 2011: Anonymous witness called me today: She saw a lighted craft just above the clouds on Saturday night at approximately 10:32 p.m. over Independence, MO, South of 39th Street and Lee's Summit Road headed in a NW-SE direction. It was not defined and difficult to see - only the large bright circular white light was clearly visible.
 

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