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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 25, 2014 · 5:45 PM · LIGHT
Coatbridge (UK/Scotland) · United Kingdom
After a few minutes it disappeared. Then to my horror, I saw 3 larger objects, which I believed to be meteors, but again, they were not moving. The moon was low in the western sky and clouds began to obscure the 3 objects. I became quite afraid as I thought about the meteorite that landed in Russia last year. They resembled the photos I had seen from Russian TV. I am a degree educated former teacher of maths and science, and am quite sceptical about these type of experiences. However, they did not resemble anything I have ever seen in the night sky before. They disappeared after around ten minutes. I immediately phoned my friends and family to share this experience, as I am confident what I witnessed were UFOs. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 24, 2014 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Keighley (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Wife and child looking up at night sky looking for santa and ISS cloudy sky then cleared one bright light moving slowly and approx. 12+ smaller white lights also moving looks like stars/cluster all moving at same time and speed
December 12, 2014 · 6:30 AM · LIGHT
Isle of Man (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Looking south, I observed a very fast moving light diving towards the horizon. The object then veered sharply upwards and disappeared. Maybe it was a meteorite but the sharpness of the turn and the absence of a vapour trail was unusual.
December 1, 2014 · 6:50 AM · LIGHT
Hearthill (UK/Scotland) · United Kingdom
Seen a light appearing then disappearing about 3 times after disappearing for last time seen a light shooting across sky at super speed.
November 25, 2014 · 2:45 AM · CIRCLE
Barnsley (UK/England) · United Kingdom
At approximately 2:45 am, I whitnessed 4 spherical lights around 40-50 feet in the air. The sky was clear, as it was a cold winter morning. 2 of the lights were white in colour, and 2 were more yellowish.. There was no noise to suggest farm machinery, etc., or an aircraft. What drew my attention to the lights initially was the fact they appeared to be moving in a rapid figure 8 type motion. At first I thought they were flashlights belonging to poaches, however as I stopped my car to watch them I realised they were way too high to be this. I stopped in my car for around a minute to observe the lights when they appeared to stop as though they were looking back at me. I definitely could not see a single craft of any sort, but these lights moved with such fluidity and speed. I've no shame in admitting I became very uneasy; something about the situation just did not feel right. I travel that road every day around the same time. I admit I have never really been a believer in phenomenon etc but this incident really has made me think. It has affected me to the point I feel uneasy to travel that road now.
November 23, 2014 · 8:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Manchester (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 19, 2014 · 1:00 PM · OTHER
Coventry (UK/England) · United Kingdom
I was in my parents car, driving at about 20-30 mph, heading to Compton Verny. Out of the window, I spotted a small, white dot in the sky, moving very quickly, several miles in the sky. I know for certain that it wasn’t a plane because a) It didn’t have any sorts of wing or tail and b) it left no trail at all what so ever and c) it moved about 4x as fast as any commercial airliner I’ve ever seen moving in my life. After about a minute the craft vanished completely just like that, in to thin air. All I know is that it looked a bit like a very bright star, though it was quite clearly daytime, just passed midday.
October 16, 2014 · 8:18 PM · DISK
Blackpool (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Standing in my back garden, looking at the stars, and noticed to silver disk objects shining amber light then dissappeared and then reappear with all white colours shinning which I no plains can't do has it was a clear sky...the ufos were in a stationary position which is impossible for our technology to do..then the ufos were moving in all directions and changing shape like a cigar then round like a ball they then disappeared no smoke from behind or even a noise from them and today I was outside waiting for a friend then noticed 4 lights in the sky alltogether has one but then they changed to a deep red and then all white it kept appearing and dissappearing everytime I come to my partners property I always see them I don't wear glasses or contacts has my eyes are perfectly fine but I no the difference between a man made object to a ufo well more advanced and high technology..- can't get video or photo evidence yet has need a night vision camera but will get o! ne soon to show more proof but their out their without a doubt thanks. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 7, 2014 · 6:39 PM · LIGHT
Oxford (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Five 'stars' moving across the sky. No defined shape, just five individual lights. One further behind with four up front. Each vanished around the same point. It is a clear night. No wind and aircraft are easy to pick out
October 3, 2014 · 8:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Swindon (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Observer: One male adult pedestrian Location of observation: Drove Road (near Magic Roundabout Intersection), Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1, UK Visibility: Very good Ambient light: Just after dusk. Streetlights in the area Description: A triangular craft was seen floating above the quiet residential area immediately to the east of Drove Road Swindon for a short period of time before moving away, in a manner inconsistent with a sighting of any conventional craft. The craft was seen to be floating perfectly still and in complete silence very close to Drove Road at a low altitude above houses. It is difficult to estimate the altitude of the craft but it was perhaps ~50ft from the ground, and certainly what would legally constitute ‘low flying’. The craft was very close to the observer and so it could be seen with great clarity. It was very conspicuous and easy to observe. It was clearly not any form of conventional aircraft or any other known object. The planform of the craft was a perfect triangle in shape and was larger in area than any one of the houses over which it loitered although it did not appear as large in area as two such houses. At each of the vertices of the visible underside were very large, powerful circular lights (one at each vertex). The character of the light was very similar to that of the surrounding street lights. I.E. a bright flame yellow hue. There was a subtle difference of colour between the light and that of the street lights. Namely, it was of a slightly more brilliant character: less burnt and slightly more saturated. The craft itself was of a dark or black colour and with no noticeable surface features. It was not possible to make out the texture of the surface. There were no signs of landing gear or wheels or indeed any other protrusions. The triangle was perhaps a bit broader in the axis of motion. At the centre of the underside, seemingly fixed directly to the bottom of the craft, was a pulsing red light far smaller than the others. This appeared to be very similar in character and frequency if not identical to a standard red anti-collision beacon of the sort used commonly in aviation. The craft loitered perfectly still without any movement or instability and in complete silence over a quiet residential area for an observed period of approximately 3-4 minutes although it was already in-situ when first sighted and so may have been there for a while. It could not have been present for more than 15-20 min as the area was traversed in the opposite direction using the same route approximat! ely this length of time prior to the start of the observation window. It was obvious during the observation that the area immediately underneath the craft must have been very brightly illuminated by the powerful lights. Anyone beneath the craft would have been dazzled/blinded. The planform seemed to be entirely parallel to the ground while it was stationary. After about 3-4 minutes, it moved off without any noticeable acceleration. It moved very slowly – perhaps no more than 15mph based on comparisons with moving traffic on Drove Road. Interestingly, it moved with one of the vertices leading, as though that were the nose of the craft. No fins or signs of a tail could be seen. It remained horizontal as it moved away and no instabilities/roll/etc were visible. Almost immediately after beginning to move, the large lights were all switched off. The lights continued to glow and hence remained visible for the duration of the 30-40 seconds it took for the craft to attain diminished visibility to the observer. The afterglow was very distinctive and allowed the craft to remain visible for much longer than would otherwise have been the case. Perhaps a qualified lighting expert might be able to identify the type of light involved: the glow was a burnt dim orange-yellow hue and faded very slowly. This also gave the impression that the lights were more powerful than had originally been thought. Slight concentric grooves were apparent within the lights as with powerful search lights and floodlights perhaps. The craft was moving in a straight line of constant altitude towards the portion of Queen’s Drive near to the Magic Roundabout. However, before reaching that position the craft banked to the right at a very steep angle (nearly vertical) giving an excellent view of the craft from below, something that would not be seen in conventional aviation.
October 2, 2014 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Nuneaton (Warwickshire)(UK/England) · United Kingdom
Witness does not indicate a time for the sighting, so we have assigned an arbitrary estimated time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information, so we are unable to contact the source to confirm the time. PD
September 26, 2014 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Oldham (UK/England) · United Kingdom
It was my nephew's birthday, and after the party myself and my sister and my daughter and my sisters partner were stood in a carpark and we all seemed to look up and see a light that looked odd to us. This object was circling above us then froze and it felt like it was looking at us. At this time the light changed colour to red and green like 1 row of 3 red lights and 1 row of 3 green lights. The object then landed in a nearby field and as it landed we saw sparks coming up. We have some video footage
September 14, 2014 · 4:00 PM · OTHER
Ludlow (UK/England) · United Kingdom
I sleep under my skylight so see a lot in the sky day and night today I caught a disk shaped object grayish black in color travelling at speed in a smooth motion it was close as the object was clear. What made it unusual though was that there was another in parallel to it travelling at the same speed and the same direction but slightly behind. The objects made no sound. I thought maybe a balloon but it was travelling at speed and it did not change course due to wind or anything plus the other object was following in perfect timing. The object was close as it was clear and had no lights or wings just plain the same as the other object I followed it into the distance as it got smaller the following object disappeared before the first which was weird. As iv said iv seen a lot in the sky which i put down to satalights stars planets or balloons but this was in daylight and iv never seen anything like this before or reported it for that matter. I just thought it would be interesting if anyone else saw the same thing today? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
September 13, 2014 · 12:57 AM · CHANGING
Chester, CHESHIRE · United Kingdom
I was having a cigarette in the garden when I noticed a glowing ball rumbling in the sky and began to take photos. Shortly after a brighter glowing ball appeared to the right of the screen with a human like figure appearing from the new glowing ball and advancing to the original darker glowing mass. The darker mass then expanded and the two looked to be communicating with each other above the glowing human shaped feature their was a glowing white light which can be seen and I witnessed shadows in this which seem to be waving/jumping up and down. Only 15 at the time I was scared. It then began to move closer to me coming to be overhead of the house where I ran I with my dog and locked the door. Pictures are grainy due to it being taken back in 2014 on a camera phone. Hoping I can possibly enhance with help more images available
August 26, 2014 · 11:00 PM · FORMATION
Peterborough (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Diamond shape formation (UFO's) in Peterborough. Appearence resembled faint stars. Seen surrounding a bright star and then swiftly moved diagonal, then switched between a diamond formation to a slight square and back. The bogus contact information the source of this report provides makes us wonder whether it is a serious report, or a hoax. PD
August 12, 2014 · 4:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Leigh on Sea (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Went into yard to spot Leonids. Was too bright moon to see stars well, but I noticed three bright stationary lights in a triangle. Looked like star formation but too bright and regular. After a few seconds the lights dimmed and disappeared. I continued to look where the lights were, but there was no sound and I couldn't see anything moving. We suspect that this is a serious-minded report, but the witness does not indicate a time or date of the sighting. We have assigned an arbitrary time and date, until we hear back from the source of the report. We have written him, a public servant in the UK, on two occasions, but have not heard back from him yet. PD
July 30, 2014 · 3:24 AM · RECTANGLE
Fleetwood (UK/England) · United Kingdom
i was in back garden, as i looked at stars, a star like object crossed other stars, so i noticed it was not on a straight flight path and grabbed the camera, on zooming in i relised this wasn't a star shape but a rectangle, but as i got to 40x zoom it changed from circle to rectangle to brick like shape, and changed color so many times i lost count, here is the video i recorded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy8yX0aKtVc
July 29, 2014 · 11:15 AM · TRIANGLE
St. Albans (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Good light and clear sky with a few streaks of stratospheric clouds. Saw glinting which I thought was a high altitude large aircraft. Very high, ~40,000 ft. Got binoculars. Amazed to see it was triangle with lights on tumbling. One bright light on one end. Not reflected from sun as light stayed in same place on object. Regular tumbling motion as it moved across the sky. Looking at the scene were three of these objects in total. identical in size, attributes and behaviour. They were evenly moving together. I'm used to tracking planes, space station and satellites, but these were not. I'm not a UFO believer but am not scared as I am a practicing Catholic, and soI called on Jesus to save us and prayed the St. Michael prayer, as whatever these things are in the heavens - military, natural or supernatural, they cannot be from God or for our good.
July 22, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
The Longwood Estate (Hampshire)(UK/England) · United Kingdom
The Longwood Estate (near Long Wood Road, Owzlebury). I ventured out one night and drove the 14 miles or so from my home to a particular area of Hampshire (famed for its outstanding beauty and interesting history) and parked up at a favourite spot of mine that is sign-posted as a path (for walkers and horse-riders). Having left my vehicle, I proceeded to walk on down the path that goes through a large wood, which after quite a way splits off into bridleway's signposted left and right/straight ahead or back the way I had came (I have walked this path many,many times over the years and have alway's felt there is some-one else there the whole time watching me(though of course there never is any-one there at all.......)walking through particular spot's along the path always make me feel particularly uncomfortable but the whole path is itself Incredibly un-nerving,errie And Very Creepy(this as I said at the beginning is to do with it's long history and certain reputation and you can guess the rest and the reasons why......)! anyway upon reaching the junction I decided to walk straight ahead which takes you up hill and around a blind sharp bend which is scarey in itself (particularly at night) as you cannot see what is around the corner until you walk round it. But having walked up hill and around the corner and stood for a while rather than walk on up to the top (which I usually do)but on this occasion I decided not to because I felt particularly scared and as I was making my way back down the hill it was at this point that I saw a very bright and Quite large white light at a very low altitude streak down at an angle from the sky(to my left)very close to where I was walking as I say I saw it fall from the sky but because I did'nt see it land on the ground (as somekind of craft would do)nor know the exact location of where it landed other than it being very close to where I was walking (if it did indeed land) then I don't know weather it was just a Shooting star or something else entierly.
July 15, 2014 · 11:50 PM · CIRCLE
Upper Rissington (UK/England) · United Kingdom
I was outside having a smoke when I was looking at the stars I saw a round saucer like craft flashing red blue white lights and flashing and after watching for 30 mins went back to white light and red blue single light to four is no sound plane was flying over and craft continued to hover in same place satelite passed over too was a clear night no cloud cover and object was not in atmosphere but hovering in our sky as I could tell from satelite passing over but was on course with ufo but unfortunately was not passing over in the tradgegtary of ufo this is now my third sighting and keep looking watching the sky my eyes dont play tricks as im young have excellent long distance eyesight and know what I saw and is still flying outside and needs investigating looking into object was north west facing away from my neighbours house if had a camcorder with a 1000mm pixel lens I would of taking video but dont have and needs to be looked into from mr grierson as I w! ant to know why ufos visit upper rissington frequently and just fly for hours and no sound very strange expecially strange glowing bright lights then fade go out come back straight away and is no aircraft explanation what object is and have video of ufo from camcorder taken in september 2010 at 2pm and need an expert to see go through my video as nothing has been modified or done to make it fake ever and needs to be seen from ((name deleted)) 1 blenheim close upper Rissington cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 2QX united kingdom
July 11, 2014 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Swansea (UK/Wales) · United Kingdom
Hello, In the sky to the south west while driving home I saw a light, like a star but much brighter. It was a clear evening, very few clouds and being around 7.30 to 8 pm, it was still very much light. The "star" was white and seemed to be at least double the size of how Venus or Jupiter would look on a clear winters night, yet this was in daylight. I'm an educated man and have an interest in astronomy. I said to my partner who was sitting in the car next to me, I think Betelgeuse has gone supernova. I was so excited and couldn't believe it. I tried to show her where but she didn't see, I viewed it for what seemed like 10 seconds and then over a period of around 1 second it faded to nothing. I knew then that if a star like Betelgeuse had indeed exploded it should be visible for weeks or months. I rushed home and put on the news in case there were any reports of such things, there were not. I mulled this around in my mind that night. The light was not moving, when it faded there was nothing, no object at all left in the sky. I found this website and thought I should report it. I would like to add that I am in my 30 s and have never seen anything like this before. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. For some reason, witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD
July 1, 2014 · 1:00 PM · OVAL
London (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Unidentified flying object seen flying over residential neighbourhood on a hot summer's day in north west London. Object of oval shape, size difficult to judge due to high altitude, at least 1 meter in diameter. Object hovered at around 3mph or walking speed in a straight line until disappearing into country area sky. Object appeared metallic or plastic in nature, due to sun glint on the edges, and possessed a red glow on the underside.
June 19, 2014 · 11:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Barnsley (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Reddy/orange slow flashing light moving south slowly & changing direction in a step formation. Then it disappeared. This was not a Chinese lantern.
June 12, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Derby (Derbyshire) (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A brilliant white light passed over my back garden from north to south. The sky was perfectly clear. The light was in a perfect straight line with no sound. The object was in our atmosphere as it was brighter and much larger than any star or satellite emitting an 8 point like lense flare/rays. It took a minute to disappear into the distance keeping the same strength but getting smaller as it got further away. The light was emitting like a ball rather than directional as an aroplane would do. I have never seen such a vibrant white ball of light like this.