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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
5,673 entries
December 17, 2023 · 7:05 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedAlton, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
Sighted tonight, moving randomly . [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
December 13, 2023 · 6:20 PM · LIGHT
Alfreton, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I looked up and saw 3 dim lights moving slowly from west to east. They looked to be at very high altitude, possibly in orbit. They appeared to jump across the sky but followed a straight line across the sky. I suspect these may be starlink assets. But then a much brighter light yellow light appeard. This light appeared traveling much faster than the other 3 on a north south trajectory, slowed to a stop, and disappeared at the line of wher the first 3 lights had been. The first 3 dim lights were still moving away to the east. A few seconds later, another light appeared, moving in fast from the south. This light was brighter than the first 3, but less bright than the yellow one. This light was dim white, and again appeared moving fast. It instantly slowed to around the speed of the first 3 lights. It went past the line of the first 3 lights, but turned, and slowly curved around to come back to the line of the first 3. It the turned to follow the path of the first 3 lights (the first 3 were now almost out of sight and eventually faded out of view around The Pleiades), this 5th light then also disappeared on the line of the first 3.
December 11, 2023 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalChester, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I saw a star moving across the sky but it was pulsating and silently moving towards a particular area of the sky then disappeared. Then another one followed shortly after doing the same thing and disappered. I just kept on seeing them, last count was 20 [NUFORC annotation: Satellite - Probable]
December 11, 2023 · 5:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Fareham, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I was awake at 5am when I saw this thing in the sky not even lying it was moving left right up and down and at some points it was disappearing and then appearing again. At some point it looked like someone peeked out of it? To my view it had 4 round lights on each side. And it didn’t move it was just doing the movements in one spot it always stayed the same place
December 1, 2023 · 7:13 AM · FLASH
Probable conventionalKingfisher Close, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I was out walking my dog and was looking up to the sky when I saw a flashing object moving erratically in a cloud, I watched it for 2 to 3 mins before I thought about getting my android phone out and recording what I was watching. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
November 30, 2023 · 5:26 PM · SPHERE
Chorlton-cum-Hardy, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
A cross shaped formation of approx 40 bright orbs to the south one leader orb very bright after approx 60 seconds the leader orb moved/ rapidly and all the other orbs followed rapidly/quicker than a jet plane.
November 25, 2023 · 5:40 PM · TRIANGLE
IdentifiedWorcester, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
Went to a annual city event ,when we got there saw a fast moving light in the sky ,looked like a star had the same shine but was not moving fast enough to be a shooting star thought it could be a satellite but was moving faster than a satellite would move,that did out of sight then saw 2 planes flying after each other in the same direction with about a 3-4gap between them so took some pics of there flight path then saw a 3rd and final plane follow the same path ,didn't check the pics till the next day and saw 3 distinct cone/triangle shape craft with green/yellow underglow. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Certain]
November 23, 2023 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Rodley, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I felt for some reason the need to look outside the window like if something was calling me. I saw this flying object , from the window, at 75 degrees . As soon as I saw it I knew it was not terrestrial. I went downstairs very quickly and outside my house, to track it . It kept flying almost straight and steady, but oscillating a bit. It didn't make sound. It was slow, and I think it flew for about 2 minutes before disappearing behind the front house. Triangular or hexagonal shape, the colour was black, and it has three lights, they were steady and never blinking. The lights were white and red, and were on the object itself, like you would see on a plane, but there were no wings. I have actually saw this object more than once, not just in this location. It was not a plane, and it was not a satellite. If it had been a military plane I think it should have made a sound, and would have been much faster. But it was not. So what was that?
November 22, 2023 · 9:30 PM · DISK
London, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
Glowing and no sound, very bright.
November 11, 2023 · 5:27 PM · EGG
Wallasey, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
It looked like the ufos you see in movies and was moving horizontally and the lights flashed then paused for a few seconds then flashed again, like a pulse. When I tried getting pictures, my phone started lagging as if something was preventing me from getting an image. I definitely observed one but as I watched it, it felt like something was in my mind. It disappeared and I went inside. Despite how far it was, before and after the encounter I could and can still smell a burnt metallic scent and I can feel something pulsing in my head, the same rhythm as the ship was. This isn’t the first time I have seen it, in fact it is the fourth time. However I dismissed it the first few times
October 29, 2023 · 5:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Cowes, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
In the early morning of Sunday 29 October 2023 at a mid-point of 05:30 for 4 minutes (between 05:25 earliest to 05:35 latest), an unusual large triangular aircraft (Vulcan bomber sized but just a triangle - no fuselage or front cockpit) was seen clearly by two observers as it passed over West Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK. It was on a flight path from the south south-west (e.g.direction of Brighstone, IOW) going over West Cowes IOW where the High Street meets Birmingham Road and went away toward the north north-east (e.g. over The Solent sea channel and toward Netley, Southampton). Only the lights were seen when it first appeared but the whole solid triangle shape emerged as it approached us and passed overhead. Elevation when the lights alone were first seen in the clear, dark sky was ca. 36 degrees according to my inclinometer (below Venus and the Moon), which puts it at about 1,200 feet altitude, then it overpassed us and the solid grey triangle shape showed against the night sky and could be seen clearly. It had non-conventional (illegal by CAA standards for port and starboard illumination?) navigation lights: green constant strip-lights along both wingtips and a powerful red lamp in the central underbelly which occasionally blinked but not in a set pattern. No white navigation lights were seen. The green strip lights seemed inset into and along the front wingtip surface because I could see the grey horizontal top and bottom metal surface lines of the wing sandwiching above and below the green light layer. It flew unusually slowly, coasting as it came toward us in a straight line and the engine sounded so muted that nighttime background noise of street lights and very distant traffic hummed louder, so it was hard to pick its sound out of the background. It looked too large and heavy (60 tons plus?) to stay in the air at apparently near to stalling speed and in the absence of any powerful jet engine roar. The wingspan appeared to be about 160 feet. The triangular fuselage was dull grey but I could see some striations (not perfect linear marks) running from the back to front of the triangle underneath. This aircraft was headed in the direction of, but not going to land at, Southampton Airport as I contacted them and they said local bye-laws for operation do not allow them to receive aircraft before 06:30. I assume this was a new type of US military stealth aircraft but it was not a Northrop B2 Spirit as that design is smaller, lighter and has an incomplete triangle shape (gap at the rear). The Raider was announced recently but it looked even larger than that and the navigation lights on the craft we watched are in different positions to the more conventional lights on a Raider. Also, the rear side of the triangle we watched was almost filled in, not quite a straight edge but close, whereas the two known aircraft which I mentioned have an open gap or zig-zag rear. I tried to photograph it but my phone does not have a night setting so it came out dark. My daughter tried to take a film in the dark (attached - she sent it to me the next day, so that may change the nighttime film's timestamp to daytime?) as it began to go out of sight over the roof line of our house but all she recorded was the big red central lamp. The triangle did not contrast enough to show in the darkness on the film. I have no idea if this was an unannounced human-made stealth aircraft (is the TR3-B real?) or if it could possibly have been something more exotic and not man-made. Has anyone else reported seeing this please?
October 24, 2023 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalStanion, NORTHAMP · United Kingdom
Around 8 to 6 spots of light all in a row. Very straight line. The lights went out one by one then nothing. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
October 22, 2023 · 10:31 PM · CHANGING
Poolewe, HIGHLAND · United Kingdom
Me and my cousin were on a walk when we both noticed a very bright light I kept changing size and had a orb around it there was loads of little lights around it that we’re moving very fast it was also moving quite fast
October 22, 2023 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
IdentifiedLondon, LONDON B · United Kingdom
I recorded a short clip before my late bus came. They were fair clearer than the footage (perhaps the streetlamp in the foreground absored the focus of the camera). Very bright blue lights seemingly coming from above the clouds, rotating as if coming from a circular object (I could not see this object) Stadium light / laser show in Westham, London — Westham Stadium, specifically. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
October 21, 2023 · 10:25 PM · SPHERE
IdentifiedBromley, LONDON B · United Kingdom
Multiple orbs of light were moving horizontally backwards and forwards across a contained area in the sky. I witnessed this for at least 25 mins. When I first saw it I could only see 3 orbs of light and they then multiplied. They were passing each other then going backwards and forwards. I cannot find a rational explanation for this. Stadium light / laser show in Westham, London — Westham Stadium, specifically. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
October 21, 2023 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Dumfries and Galloway · United Kingdom
Initially one craft was observed, the singular craft glided from one point to another whilst being observed. No noise, no trails, just a bright light slightly dimmer than the stars, it was joined by another after moving a fair distance, same type of glow, size, speed. They performed an X in the air, circling each other and doing an X again. They vanished after 10 minutes of observation. The third craft was lone and appeared after a few minutes had passed since its companions had gone. This craft was the exact same but performed high speed maneuvers. Stopping dead in the sky and changing direction before firing off into the North West. Crafts were smooth, Dark metal grey only visible whilst moving and their lights shimmered slightly. Seemed to react to reactions of observers.
October 20, 2023 · 6:21 PM · UNKNOWN
Brentford, LONDON B · United Kingdom
I noticed what I thought at first was two escaped balloons, but as it got closer it looked like two balls attached and rotating round (almost like bicycle pedals). I took a video and the people I showed it to suggested it might be a drone, but having finally looked up different types of drones, here don't seem to be any like this. The video won't upload so I've attached a screen shot from it [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
October 14, 2023 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Crackington, Bude, CORNWALL · United Kingdom
As the lights slowly, almost hovered for a while, then neared us, crossing the sky. We watched them and marvelled (my wife was somewhat unnerved). They approached and then seperated the closer above Cornwall they reached; one by one, they reduced their lights becoming a very faint, barely noticeable I saw an orange glow. This happened as they respectively broke formation, as if, I assume was an exploration—I mean almost impossible to see, they were there in the dark. We had, before this turned all lights out to enjoy the star gazing; we are Midland's folk and our light pollution ruins such activities. I tried to find a decent iPhone for the ladies, recovered one. Sadly instead of the light embued celestial bodies, I captured faint dots, so comparibly anaemic, useless image. They are unidentified it doesn't have to be alien, if they were drones or space junk please let us know.
October 14, 2023 · 2:55 PM · CIRCLE
London, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
The object was observing. An aircraft flew over, showing huge distance between the two. It moves like someone using a joystick or mouse. Glinted in light, but then solid white light [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
October 10, 2023 · 11:00 AM · DISK
BOURNEMOUTH, BOURNEMO · United Kingdom
We saw one of these over Bournemouth flying from west to east towards the direction of Hurn airport, following the course of the river Stour. First sighted them over near Longham Bridge. Tried to take a photo but couldn't zoom in enough. It looked and flew exactly like this, like a doughnut shape tumbling end over end. No fans, no propellor, no sound or lights or exhaust. Thought it was a balloon to start with but there was no string and was flatter than what a balloon would be. It wasn't flying erratically, it moved as if it was being powered. There was no wind either. Never seen anything like it before, it is interesting to see others have seen such phenomena in other parts of the UK and the world! Not saying its aliens or anything but definitely "unidentified"!
October 6, 2023 · 5:10 AM · UNKNOWN
Worthing, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
I woke up after having weird dream about genetic changes in the future and suddenly I woke up because I felt I was being watched and I felt presence in my room. I raised my head and I saw two creatures staring at me and it was something like transparent energy field but I could still see coloured sparks of light emanating from the edges of their shape and I was like really tall persons that they couldn’t stand straight in my room they slowly started backing backwards and after few seconds I heard gentle knock on my glass door to the garden …I was totally terrified and started shaking and I didn’t want to leave my bed because I was scared they might be in my living room … I eventually stand up and looked outside but I couldn’t see any craft or anyone … I never had situations like that… I only saw UFO orb golden light doing high manoeuvres zig zag very fast once in Poland over the Power Plant in 2010 in Jastrzębie Zdrój town, and later in Worthing town West Sussex UK in 2012 it was a bright orange disk light and it headed towards west and suddenly disappeared at very high speed
October 4, 2023 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Near Fareham · United Kingdom
Several red balls like splodges about 9 or 10. Seemed to be following each other. Stopped and hovered occasionally. Watched them for about 15 minutes then they gradually disappeared. I was the only person at home looking out of my kitchen window. I am 69 years old with 20 20 vision and wearing my glasses. I hold a certificate in ufology.
October 3, 2023 · 9:40 PM · DIAMOND
London · United Kingdom
In the evening near Greenwich Park, I spotted a UFO shaped like a diamond. The sighting lasted about 15 minutes. The UFO had flickering lights, and its shape was clear against the night sky. Unfortunately, there were no other witnesses, and my phone didn't work when I tried to take pictures.
September 29, 2023 · 7:47 PM · OTHER
Harden, BRADFORD · United Kingdom
Saw it and took a picture. If you zoom in, it's very weird. The picture was taken outside in a field at night. No reflections or light.