A listener writes “I’d like to share an experience I had in late May of 2024 while camping with my son at Two Rivers State Recreation Area near Omaha, Nebraska.
I’ve spent much of my life camping and am very familiar with normal wildlife behavior and typical outdoor conditions. This was not a remote wilderness area, but a busy campground with roughly forty people present.
On our third night, around dusk, I noticed two unusual light phenomena near the wooded edge of our campsite. The first appeared as a bright white, disk-shaped light, roughly one to two feet in diameter, hovering at about knee to waist height near the tree line. It made quick, precise, almost mechanical pivoting movements. Despite its brightness, it did not illuminate the surrounding grass or ground. The light shut off abruptly, and there was no person or source visible in the area.
Shortly after that, I observed a second light emerge from the woods. It traveled in a perfectly straight line across a grassy field, over a roadway, and directly past our campsite. The light pulsed in brightness, disappearing and reappearing multiple times as it moved. It passed within approximately ten feet of me at eye level. At its brightest, it appeared to be somewhere between the size of a softball and a volleyball, then faded completely with nothing visible left behind. It continued on past other campers before disappearing from view.
Later that same night, after dark, I heard unusual vocalizations coming from the nearby woods what sounded like human-like hooting, followed by a distinct clicking sound. Weeks later, I heard that exact same clicking sound produced by a small bird in broad daylight, which added another layer of confusion to the experience.
Of everything that occurred during that trip, the orb sightings stand out as the most significant and unexplained, primarily because of the close proximity and sustained exposure I had to them. If you find this account compelling, I’d be happy to share additional details or discuss the experience further.
Thank you for your time and for the work you do.”