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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.
114,092 entries
July 21, 2018 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Kansas City, KS
I was returning home off and while walking to my house noticed 3 red lights, upon closer inspection I noticed they appeared to be in the corners of a dark triangle object with a white light in the center, the object was moving fairly slow and very low, but was traveling the opposite direction of the airport. I went and grabbed my dad but by the time he came outside you couldn't make out anything besides red lights in the distance. As I was explaining what I had saw, a second aircraft that appeared to be the same exact design, same relative altitude, followed the first craft but at a much higher rate of speed, higher than any aircraft id ever seen flying that low, I spent hours outside after that watching but no other unusual occurences. Both aircraft made relatively no sound for the speed and size of the aircraft. Will provide sketch and map of where I was and exact direction of crafts if requested by an investigator
July 21, 2018 · 9:40 PM · SPHERE
Beaverton, OR
We have witnessed this object fly over our house for several years. It does not appear every night and does not appear at the same time each sighting. When it does appear, it is usually shortly after sunset to no later than 2 hours after sunset. We had not seen it for several months. It generally moves east though it may be moving slightly northeast or southeast. The intensity of the white light does not change even after it passes over and goes out of sight so it is not a landing light or spot light. The light does not light up anything below it or around it. It does not pulse at all. The light is perfectly round. There are no other lights visible such as the red and green directional lights on the side an aircraft or a beacon light 1that would be on the tail of an aircraft. There are no strobe lights. It leaves no trail. It is completely silent. We have never heard the sound of an engine, rotor, prop, or buzz like from commercially available drones. We have no size reference for it other than it is much larger and brighter than a star such as Sirius. We have watched satellites and the International Space Station go over and this makes them look like tiny little pale pinpricks in the sky. We have no real speed reference though we think it is moving at about the speed of a passenger jet, possibly faster. It does not change direction, stop, hover, etc., but flies in a straight line. We have no idea what altitude it is flying at which makes it harder to try to determine a speed or a size. We are both pilots and are stumped at what this is.
July 21, 2018 · 9:03 PM · FIREBALL
Springfield, IL
Reddish flaming light ball moved steadily across sky as wife and friends sitting on back deck. Moved from west to south in the night sky. No green light nor any kind of flashing lights. About 4 minutes later, a second one going about the same speed goes by using similar path. Interesting ... the ISS went by exacting hour later. What we saw earlier was very much different. I originally thought it was a meteor, but ruled it out when the second one went by. In my 40 years watching the sky since I was a kid, I never saw anything like it.
July 21, 2018 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Ontario, CA
Turned my head and saw a orange circle object fade into the night sky
July 21, 2018 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Chattanooga, TN
I was attending an outdoor concert by the river in downtown Chattanooga. I sat down, after dancing for a while, and was looking up enjoying the sky. I noticed some blinking red and green lights on a black triangular shape moving slowly from east to west. There was a big crowd and I looked around to see if anyone else was seeing this but couldn't tell, as most folks were watching the show and such. It flew in a straight line, and I watched it until it was out of sight.
July 21, 2018 · 8:59 PM · CIGAR
Tampa, FL
On 7/21/18 20:59, I observed a very large red glowing cigar shaped light, or object, fly from south to north over Tampa, Florida. It was quite eerie, as it was a very unusual and intense color of red for it to be a jet aircraft on a landing approach to either Tampa International Airport or nearby MacDill AFB illuminating a bunch of clouds with its landing lights. I have seen many normal aircraft fly through the clouds but never a color or shape like this. The object appeared as a red glowing cigar shape for about 7 seconds, and then instantly changed shape to a much smaller but very intense bright white circular shaped object or light as it continued to fly in a northerly direction for about another 30 seconds. I could see that the object had changed to a pulsing reddish orange glow as it flew away. I never observed any typical red or green aircraft navigation strobe lights. I was able to get several pictures of it from my cell phone, but unfortunately, not quickly enough to capture an image in the bright red cigar shape portion of the sighting. There was never any sound of aircraft engines and there were no NASA rocket launches that evening at Cape Kennedy. The entire sighting was about 45 seconds. I have worked for military aerospace contractors for 15 years and consider myself well read on aircraft.
July 21, 2018 · 8:45 PM · SPHERE
Haines Falls, NY
A friend and I were sitting by our campfire when I noticed a red-orange ball of light moving from right to left (east to west) above the tree line. I immediately mentioned it to my friend who was sitting next to me, and my sister who was just stepping out of the tent. The three of us quickly ran in the direction the object was heading, which happened to be the campsite driveway onto the loop road, where we could get a better view through a clearing in the trees. The object appeared to be about the size of a basketball (if you were extend your arms and hold one out in front of you), however, would have to be much larger since I would estimate its altitude to have been about 300-350 feet above ground and its horizontal distance from us to be about 150-200 feet. It was a perfectly spherical red-orange ball of light that would have to have been extremely bright to be visible against the early twilight sky. It moved silently and steadily at a moderately slow pace across the sky. My sister and friend noticed the object had dropped in altitude and at a sharp right angle to its right slightly before continuing on and disappearing beyond the tree line to the west. We were all baffled and discussing what the object could have been when another one appeared from the east, following the same trajectory (although at an even lower altitude and closer distance than the first). The second object was identical to the first and moved at the same pace, silently across the sky until disappearing over the westerly tree line. I am a consumer drone enthusiast and pilot which is how I was able to estimate the altitude and distance. Also, a popular consumer drone at that altitude and distance would be audibly noticeable. I can easily hear the buzzing of the motors and propellers of my small drone at a 300 foot altitude in a noisy urban environment. These objects were completely silent against the relatively quiet backdrop of the campground. The object in question would have to have been 10 times the size of a small consumer drone and also contain an large amount of extremely bright LED lamps to achieve the same luminosity.
July 21, 2018 · 8:45 PM · DIAMOND
Parsonsfield, ME
Sitting off of Box car Rd. Something caught my eye as we talked. I looked up and yelled to the other 2 people so they also looked up. It was a diamondish shape object, lit up at the bottom with white light
July 21, 2018 · 7:56 PM · TRIANGLE
Las Vegas, NV
At 7:56PM on July 21, 2018, I was having a cigarette outside of St. Rose Dominican hospital in the southwest part of Las Vegas, NV, when I saw what I belive is some new aircraft being tested near town. I was looking to the southwest the right way at the right time to see a plane I think. I do know however it was the fastest thing I've ever seen move through the air. It was the same color as the night sky yet had a greyness to it due to the city lights bouncing off the bottem or "belly." I've flown my whole life, so I tried looking for all the usual suspects, vertical stabilizer(s)? No. Has some kind of fighter front end. Intakes exhausts? No. Maybe a hint of a delta shape with a flat "stealthy" single point kinda like an F-117. No sound none! I was watching airliners depart the valley at the class B boundry. A new plane type looked to me like it was transitioning from class c (or uncotrolled airspace) to class bravo and close to commercial traffic. He made whatever airliner that was look like he was standing still. He was also higer in altitude than the traffic off his left... may I say wing? I watched him fly over the horizon. Not a sound at a speed I never seen before. He flew right over my head I caught him when my head was about 80 degrees to already be watching airplanes so I saw him really good and for a time. No lights of anykind this aircraft I dont think anyone would know it, if it was flying treetop level over there head's right now that quiet and that dark. I'm proud I got to see such a thing.
July 21, 2018 · 8:30 AM · CROSS
Maryland Heights, MO
The craft was coming from northeast to southwest, got close enough that we could see two blinking lights so thought it was just a plane, didn’t come close enough to be able to see clearly that it was a plane, blinking lights were not very far apart. I walked off our deck into the grass, looking away for maybe 5 seconds. The craft was nowhere to be found, skies perfectly clear there is no possible way for it to just disappear being close enough to see blinking lights.
July 21, 2018 · 7:15 AM · OVAL
Denver, CO
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 21, 2018 · 4:22 AM · SPHERE
Soda Springs, ID
At 0422, I stepped out for a cigarette break at work. I am a sidereal astrologer and frequently observe the night sky to familiarize myself with constellations. Upon looking up from my phone, I see a bright, I mean bright, light that could be no less than 55 degrees in altitude. I appeared to be the brightest satellite I had ever witnessed. Intrigued, I continued to watch. Crouching a using a tree as a point of reference, I noticed it wobbling from side-to-side. Furthermore, its speed was constantly changing: speeding, and the slowing (to nearly a halt). It then proceeded to deviate from its original apparent orbital path, heading more South, rather than East (as originally). It began fading and varying in its luminosity. In a clear sky. Now, extremely attentive, I watched as it totally faded from the sky. Only to reappear to the far south, in a span of seconds - much too short for that of a satellite to travel within - Not to mention it was heading a completely different path by this point. Satellites do not deviate from a fixed orbital path so quickly or noticeably. Satellites do not wobble. Conventional aircraft do not have a fixed, steady lighted vehicle that seems to fall side-to-side like a feather.
July 21, 2018 · 4:15 AM · EGG
Pompano Beach, FL
Hi- on or about the date in July, I was awoken at 4:11am. I was troubled by waking up so abruptly due to a dream or some kind of feeling. I turned off the home alarm, went outside. I was facing East which is toward the Atlantic Ocean, there was a large golden sideways egg shape glowing as if it was a gigantic full moon raising. It is not possible for the moon to be in the sky raising at 4:00 am on the east coast or am I incorrectly considering this as an explanation? I watched it, it stayed in the same spot, then went behind a few large tropical clouds, the golden glow stayed. I just starred. I am not sure what else happened other than I though I was losing my mind that the planets seemed to be in the wrong place. It was still in the dark early morning sky when I went back in the house. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
July 21, 2018 · 3:30 AM · LIGHT
Aurora, CO
This is the second night this has happened in a row. The first night was last night, with my friend; he was doing astrophotography and noticed what we thought to be a planet, until it shot to the right quickly. It appeared to be a bright orange-ish light. Just a big, abnormally bright, amber-orange ball of light. It moved like a jellyfish kind of; it would dart left, then float back right a little, and dart left again, but it would change directions quickly. From what we saw, there was no distinct pattern in the flight. I did manage to capture some video. Then, tonight (7/21), we were outside smoking, and look up to see the same amber colored ball outside, same movement type. It has gone on for a the better part of an hour from when we noticed.
July 21, 2018 · 3:25 AM · CIRCLE
Cranston, RI
A singular bright object appeared in the West moving East. It was quite high against a starry night sky and made no sounds. Video zoom revealed it to be shimmering/glowing and a blue and silver color. I viewed/filmed it moving Eastword for about 3 minutes, and then I went to bed.
July 21, 2018 · 2:21 AM · UNKNOWN
Phelan, CA
From West to North East toward Las Vegas, NV.
July 21, 2018 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Omaha, NE
NUFORC Mote: Mars? PD
July 20, 2018 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Coon Rapids, IA
While camping in the remote area of White Rock, with sky's so dark you can see the milky way, my boyfriend and I were observing what we thought was a satellite before we noticed the strange flight pattern. The object was a bright white light similar to a planet or a star.As we watched, the object was slowy moving in a zigzag type pattern for around 1 minute before suddenly taking off in a straight line at a much faster speed. It then flashed bright yellow and took off incredbly fast leaving a trail of light and disappeared.
July 20, 2018 · 11:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Cheektowaga, NY
My son was learning about the moon and stars in school. So we got a telescope just so we can look at the Moon. And then this happened couple days after we started messing with the telescope. It was around 11:30. I went outside to have a cigarette walked out to the middle of my driveway I just looked up to see if I could see anything I could see with my telescope when I looked towards the back of my house I seen six lights they were all white. I have an airport near me that's like two streets away a little Cessna Airport. And then the Buffalo International Airport is about 10 miles from me. As I'm watching these things I'm wondering why I don't see colored lights cuz I'm used to seeing colored lights because of the planes flying by all the time. But then I noticed there was no sound either and being so low I should hear something. As I'm looking at them the one to the left turned towards the Buffalo International Airport and the other one to the right turned flying towards Niagara Falls air base ( which is super far away from my house) so I watch the one going to the Buffalo Airport it flew for a short distance towards the airport and then turned around to follow the other one. I have no idea what it was kind of creepy if I knew this website existed I would have said something about it long time ago when I was flushing my head
July 20, 2018 · 11:00 PM · DISK
Pierson, FL
My husband and I first noticed that what we were looking at was not a star or a planet when we took the time to stand still and we realized that what we were seeing was moving around. The object was hovering over the Lake George area of Pierson, Florida. We got out the binoculars and filmed videos of the object moving in directions that all normal aircraft we know of do not move like. This looked like a star at first, but the object got brighter and dimmer as though it was blinking or pulsating. It also would move up slowly and down slowly and home still and it would dark to the left and the right in directions that you would not see a plane or a star move. We did take photos and pay attention to the height of the object which was just above the tree lines and about a thousand yards away. We continue to observe any object for about 3 hours. Maybe between 2 and 3 hours. And the next night, we saw the object again in the same vicinity and doing the same exact things. The next week and a half went by and we would see the object and just not even pay attention to it because we still haven’t been able to figure out what it is. We do know that it is still here, and our first sighting was 07/20/18, and as of last night, we still saw it, and videotaped and looked at it through binoculars. Last night’s date was 08/04/2018. Last night, the object was in the same vicinity but southeast of where it was the first times that we saw it. We know it is similar if not the same object, and this time we got a closer look. This time there was a red light beam protruding from the bottom of the object and the beam wood appear and disappear just as the brightness of the object would increase and decrease. We got better photos of it last night, and will continue to observe the object because it is definitely here on a regular basis. We discussed our location because where we live there is nothing really as far as much civilization, the majority of what is here is cow fields and Farms, and a very lowly populated Township. The object would be in the same exact vicinity where some small aircraft would fly directly past it also. The object would stop hovering and hold very still and make the lights very dim making the object appear as though it was a star during the periods of time that airplanes got near it. At one point the object divided into two objects while the one on the right State still in the one on the left moved around and then the two objects joined back together as one object. Sometimes it seemed like a white dot, and sometimes it would be closer and look more red, and sometimes you could distinctly see the white on top and the red light being on the bottom. We discussed that maybe it was a satellite and it just appeared to be closer than it really was but that could not be because satellites do not move around in quick motions in 360 degree directions, and the satellite are actually out in orbit and this was much closer. After doing some research online I also considered that maybe this was a drone that we were looking at, but drones also would make some sort of noise if it was that large that it was visible to the eye at that distance. Also I don’t know if drugs that can move that quickly and have a red light beam underneath them. This is definitely something that I would like a professional to look into to find out exactly what this object is. If it is from mankind then that time, but I don’t know if anything that mankind has made that moves like that or acts like that, so if someone would like we can submit video or even to prove that this is not a hoax, I’d be glad to pull up video live on Google hangouts to prove that this is not something that’s computer generated. I am NOT trying to submit personal information including address or name or telephone number whatsoever, and I want to ensure that I’m reporting this to the right agency.
July 20, 2018 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Great Falls, MT
We were at the Great Falls, Montana, stock car races, and at about 10:30 PM,.. My boyfriend saw a huge pink circular flash and pointed it out to me, I looked over right away and saw nothing. Within a couple seconds I saw another large pink flash.. (Which he later told me the first one was twice as large.) And then saw the first one disappear, followed by another teensy but smaller pink circular flash. And then there were no more. We live in a town with an Air Force base, which is on the complete opposite side of town. The flashes were near the airport, but we both agreed there was no way it could have been any kind of identifiable aircraft. It flashed at us 3 times total, with each flash becoming smaller as we watched.
July 20, 2018 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Springfield, OR
Might be an aircraft, but what was weird is the large bright light stayed bright even when it passed to the north. No beacon or strobes of any kind. In fact other aircraft were in the sky at the time and as a pilot I do know the difference. I would say its speed was double of what the other aircraft were traveling at the time. We will be out tonight to see if it reoccurs. Thank you.
July 20, 2018 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL
Oates, MO
I was out burning trash an started in to the house for more coffee an noticed out of the corner my eye a bright light like the moon behind the trees an turned to look an noticed a fireball like the sun moving around doing non plane moves toward the southern sky then just darted off towards the west gave me goosebumps An stood the hair up on my neck then a few minutes later still out there thinking what the hell did I just see when I noticed another ship creep n that was two toned black/ an grey long an like a boat or navy ship carrier length above the yard an darted off like a little light beem flash like the quickness of a shooting star in the same direction of where the fireball sun one darted off out towards the west. An the ship one came in from the north. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
July 20, 2018 · 10:10 PM · UNKNOWN
Kelseyville, CA
Saw a super bright white light with a green light in the rear traveling slowly east to west around 1,500 ft. Couldnt see the shape and made Zero noise. It also made every dog in the neighborhood bark.