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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 4, 2018 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
New Britain, CT
Time and date were corrected by the witness, and we have amended both above. PD
July 4, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Warner Robins, GA
My wife and I were standing in our driveway in western Warner Robins, watching Fourth of July fireworks all around us, both from our neighorhood and from large fireworks displays further away. There were some large fireworks off to the NE that we could see, at which point we spotted a light flying in our general direction. At first we thought it was an ember from the fireworks, as it was the same color as a flame, but embers usually burn out relatively quickly. We concluded it must not be when it kept on going and didn't lose its luminosity. It didn't make a sound as it flew over our neighborhood in a straight line towards the SW at a speed of approximately 15-20 mph and an altitude of approximately 3/4-1 mile. We watched it as it flew off into the distance until we could not see it anymore. A few minutes passed, and another object, exactly the same as the first in every way (same altitude and speed) came from the same location and followed the same trajectory. This time, my wife was able to find my spyglass and I got a closer look at it. It was very dark outside by this point so I could really only make out the light, but there was just enough sunlight where I thought I could make out a dark shape around the moving light, like there was more to the object than just the light. I am not 100% sure about this as it was pretty far away and very dark by the time I got the spyglass.
July 4, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Hilton Head Island, SC
At first white object passed by spinning with white lights on the side. The white light then turned orange and was floating and gently moving in the sky having static motions (jumping) from side to side and kept moving in the same position for almost half an hour before it faded out.
July 4, 2018 · 8:45 PM · DISK
Isle of Palms, SC
Family member pointed out a black disk that flipped over completely as it moved across the sky. The rest of us looked and saw the same thing. It was so high in the sky that it would be hard to point out immediately, but could be followed through the sky once pointed out. It disappeared behind clouds blocking view, but could be seen after passing by, and then became too tiny due to distance to continue watching. This was on the beaches of Isle of Palms, SC, about 15-20 minutes before fireworks started.
July 4, 2018 · 8:35 PM · FIREBALL
Waveland, MS
There was a fireworks show hosted by the Silver Slipper Casino just past Waveland, MS, in a section called Lakeshore. At first, I thought it was a helicopter. I told my son to watch the red lights because it was heading towards us (east - Bay St. Louis). However, it stopped. Around that time I noticed there were two more red orbs behind it in a straight line, but with a lot of distance between them. They started heading East again in a straight line when they just simply vanished. No sound. They were too far up in the sky to get any video from my iPhone. I wouldn't have given it any thought until I mentioned it to my mom. Before I could finish, "Hey.., did you see" my mom said, "The three red lights in the sky?" -... just weird. But, you know, probably swamp gas or maybe flares... There had to be a few hundred people in the general area where I was tonight, possibly more that could witness it from Slidell, LA, or Pass Christian, MS. And, with any luck, someone with an HD camera.
July 4, 2018 · 2:00 PM · SPHERE
Olive Hill, KY
we were flying our drone as high as it would go, and we seen this in the sky. We have it on video from the drone. The object was black and did not seem to move.
July 4, 2018 · 1:00 PM · DISK
Indianapolis, IN
On Fourth of July, 2018 in northern Indianapolis, near Fox Road, and the Marion-Hamilton County line, and Geist Reservoir, at about 1 p.m., I walked into my wide backyard and glanced up. Small, dense white clouds were traveling in a northeastern direction beneath a beautiful blue sky. I was following them across the sky when I noticed that one very large cloud to the near northwest, the exact same color as the rest, was stationary. The big cloud was gently moving, like bubbling or slowly percolating in place, and was thinner or wispier along the edges. The smaller clouds traveled northward above and beside it. Then I focused on something I wasn’t prepared to see. The big cloud was mostly concealing an enormous craft that was not moving. The first impression was of the nose of a cruise ship peeking out of a cloud. The craft’s skin was smooth with no external appendages. Its color was a pale, washed-out, non-reflective gray. There was no sound. There were no lights or lamps. The vessel was close enough that it felt as though I was looking upward from the bottom of a tall cliff. The part of the craft I could observe looked like a 3-layer cake. The top tier was the smallest and had no openings. The second level was deeper and wider, rounded on the end, and had about four black, vertically rectangular openings or portholes that were wider at the bottom. Other openings were probably cloaked or masked by the cloud. The black openings were the most impressive part of the craft and felt ominous, like windows or observation ports. The third layer was wider still and had no openings that I could see. The bottom of this level, and whatever was below it, was concealed by the bubbling cloud. The craft was immense. I have brainstormed the event and tried to measure the vessel with imaginary football fields. It is at least 300-400 meters across at its widest point, assuming that it is symmetrical. I entered and exited my home twice and can vouch that this thing was there for at least 5 minutes. The second time I left the house, it was gone. For various reasons, I did not take a photograph and kept silent for over two years. I have repeatedly brain-stormed the event in order to flesh out this description and make the most accurate possible drawing.
July 4, 2018 · 2:00 AM · CIRCLE
Conway, SC
Seen by two people. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2018 · 12:00 AM · OTHER
Shawnee, OK
After fireworks ended for the night, my brother, sister and I were sitting out by the pool on lounge chairs. In the distance I noticed a weird disturbance in the air about 200 ft off the ground, and coming in our direction. It was either really shiny.. like the chrome bean in Chicago, or it was see through. It made almost no noise, just a whooshing sound as it went over very slowly. I never said anything to my brother and sister, until it was over us.. We all were silent and watching it go over us. It proceeded to move from west to east at a deliberate speed until it disappeared.
July 3, 2018 · 10:59 PM · SPHERE
Burbank/Glendale, CA
Possible sighting of a planet, we wonder?? PD
July 3, 2018 · 10:40 PM · LIGHT
Beavercreek, OH
Totally red light, not blinking with a slight Buzz like a drone. Very high altitude changing direction sporadically.
July 3, 2018 · 10:05 PM · CIRCLE
Citrus Heights, CA
Sitting on back patio of apartment with husband. We looked up and saw an orange globe flying through the sky at a very fast rate. It was not a drone, helicopter or plane. The shape was a perfect circle and about the size of lime from our distance. So it would be much larger up close. Neither my husband or myself have ever seen a craft like this before. We live near two aircraft runways and a local airport so sky crafts are common and we would be very able to tell if this were any of those more common crafts.
July 3, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Auburn, WA
These lights have been appearing nightly for at least two years, beginning at about dark, in the sky either over western Auburn, or slightly farther west. They are not conventional aircraft. They do not have any red/green running lights, they are much brighter usually, and often they flash brighter, systematically. They are composed of what appears to be either one, or as many as 3-4, bright white lights. They hang in the sky for several hours usually, sometimes moving short distances to the left and right (as viewed from east of them, on Lea Hill Road in Auburn), sometimes moving farther to the north. There are normally three or four of these objects which appear at once. The normal air traffic in the area can be seen passing in front of them, and it seems to ignore their presence. Sometimes the objects appear to flash red or blue. They are almost always present for at least 2-3 hours, and sometimes have been present as late as 3 AM. I am a professional UFO author, a witness of at least a half-dozen sightings of alien spacecraft during my life, and an abductee as well. I am not likely to misidentify conventional craft as a UFO. I am familiar with most types of military craft, including stealth craft and exotic craft. I do not know what these craft are, but they cannot be conventional aircraft in my opinion due to their configuration of lights, motion in the sky, presence in the same location for so many nights, and the fact that they are clearly brighter than conventional aircraft’s white lights. They should easily be spotted by radar from Auburn airport, Boeing Field and Seatac. As to the possibility that they could be drones, I tend to doubt that idea. There is no reason that I can think of for drones to take up the same position in the sky, night after night, for literally years on end, when there is nothing of particular interest happening in or around Auburn that anyone would have reason to go to so much trouble and expense to observe. They clearly are unconcerned about being seen, and usually just hang in the sky, moving short distances roughly north or south and then returning to where they were initially. Could they be some type of alien craft? I cannot answer that question, I only know they appear to be distinctly different in appearance to conventional or military aircraft I am familiar with. Someone surely will be able to identify them, from Seatac or Boeing ATC centers. Whether they will do so honestly is another question. It seems noteworthy that NUFORC has received no other reports about the alleged, nightly sightings. We will encourage the witness to obtain high-quality photos of the alleged objects. PD
July 3, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Scottsdale, AZ
Two Blue lights appearing in the low sky East of phoenix (From Scottsdale they were in the direction of Mesa). Both lights blinked and moved around each other in a circular pattern. They remained in that general direction for 1.5 hours. They appeared to have bursts of light a couple times. They were pointed out to us by a neighbor. We had company at our house and we all went outside to witness. We took photos and a video. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
July 3, 2018 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Stratford, CT
Stratford, Connecticut. July 3, 2018 between 10pm and 10:20pm. While watching fireworks at Short Beach, we observed a red ball-shaped object pass overhead towards the south west..and then again coming from the northwest heading southwest. There were no flashing strobes to indicate it was any kind of known aircraft.
July 3, 2018 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Parlin, NJ
On a clear July summer night (2018), I was by myself, relaxing outside, star gazing, when I looked up to my right and noticed a bright glowing circle fireball. I locked eyes on this object floating traveling to the left of me. My first thought was, it’s just a drone flying over me. Once I saw the second and third one following behind one another I immediately pulled out my phone and started recording on snap chat because I knew at that point it was not a drone (there was no noise). Beautiful orange and red fire like motion to it all traveling at the same speed, same motion, in a perfect straight line. I was scared but I was frozen at the same time amazed at what these objects could possibly be. Then once I thought that was it, a 4th, 5th, and 6th object flying directly in line of the others. I followed these objects recording on my phone until I couldn’t see them anymore. I waited a little bit longer to see if there was a 7th or more but that was it. As I’m stu! dying these objects on my phone, I recall seeing almost the same thing as a late teen on the beach at night over the horizon in south New Jersey a new times. The only difference is one fire ball split into 4-5 separate fire balls, hovering over the horizon. Then they all form back into one fire ball then disappeared super fast.
July 3, 2018 · 1:00 AM · SPHERE
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
I looked in the sky and saw an orange ball of light with no movement. I called my brother out to see it as well. I took pictures and it looks like a rocky shape surrounds the ball of light. It looked to be above the edge of the coast. We watched for about 20 minutes and it did not move. My brother wanted to go to bed and I was afraid to stay out there by myself, so I could not see what it did from there. Last night, July 4th, it was there again in the same spot and not moving. Possibly a sighting of a planet? Mars? PD
July 2, 2018 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Erie, PA
The witness works at a bayside outdoor bar as a doorman. He was collecting cover charges from patrons as they entered the bar and appreciating the bayfront skyline, most notably the Port Erie Bicentennial Tower which dominates the skyline view of Dobbins landing which is the name of the district that the bar and tower are situated in. He first noticed the object because he believed that it was a Lifestar medivac helicopter taking off from Saint Vincent Hospital which is near the place of the sighting. It began blinking different colors alternating between red, green and then blue and white at random intervals. It stopped and hovered in mid air and then began making bizarre right angle turns and wild oscillation in altitude before beginning lazy swoops over the bay and then heading over to Presque Isle across the bay before coming back towards the bar. (out of respect for his employers he will let them remain anonymous) it moved from NE to SW, circled the tower a few times and then began to sweep back and forth over Dobbins landing. His immediate reaction was to observe it and conjecture what it could possibly have been. It was too small and too quiet to be a helicopter, but the range was too far for a civilian drone and the night was too dark to be taking drone photography. He attempted to point out the craft to a leaving patron; who was unfortunately too intoxicated to take notice of the craft. The craft then traveled up above State Street proceeding to the S and then ascended above the cloud cover and dissipated into the cloud cover or was obscured by the light pollution of the city. His immediate reaction was to tell his friends and immediately try and write down everything he had seen in complete detail. He communicated this via a smartphone to three of his friends.
July 2, 2018 · 9:55 PM
Carmel, IN
While walking the dog on a perfectly clear evening at 955pm, I observed a orange glowing object traveling in a straight line in a NE to SE direction. At first I thought it was fireworks since it was July 2. Then I thought it was a drone. But the object did not fizzle out like fireworks and there was no sound like a drone or erratic flight. The object was cigar shaped. No flashing lights but gave off a bright orange glow. I followed the flight of the object for several hundred feet before I lost sight of it over some trees. I captured a poor image of the object due to the time of day. It was getting dark and the object was moving at a pretty good speed before I was able to take the picture. I walk the dog at this spot at least 3 times a day and have not observed a similar incident. As an avid sky watcher, I can honestly say this was not anything normal such as drone or fireworks.
July 2, 2018 · 8:30 PM · FORMATION
Clinton, MO
While driving South on Hwy 13 my wife and I noticed 4 orbs in a horizontal formation brightly glowing white to blue. Thinking of all the things the lights could be and considering the fireworks season we didn't immediately jump to the conclusion of UFO, until 4 more lights appeared in vertical formation to the left of the first 4. The horizontal lights then motioned left and right and the disappeared entirely and shortly after the vertical ones did the same. We then turned off at an intersection and quickly found a parking spot to stop and hopefully observe more activity and sure enough 4 more lights appeared out of nowhere a little farther north, 3 in a vertical and 1 off to the right of the third light. They grew very bright white and then vanished same as the ones before. The lights were far to high to be a firework and had no characteristics of fireworks other than being lights in the sky. They appeared from nothing having no sound and moved around as if! controlled. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 2, 2018 · 10:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Deptford, NJ
Me and my wife were driving through Deptford, NJ, heading northbound towards Philadelphia on highway 42 north when we both noticed a ultra bright light up in the sky (due north) that appeared to be the shape of a rough diamond, it also was like burning or shining a really bright light in colors from yellow to pink. I couldn't tell if it was moving or still because of the burning and shining I spoke of earlier. The light reminded me of how sunlight is sometimes reflected in the windows of skyscrapers, but this light was very very brighter then that, there are no skyscrapers in that direction we saw the shape/light.
July 2, 2018 · 8:00 AM · CIGAR
Bennett Springs, MO
Bright silver cigar shaped object moving across the sky from west to east Approximately 15 minutes minutes later 4 stealth bombers flew in the same direction I'm assuming out of Whiteman Air Force Base.
July 2, 2018 · 4:30 AM · SPHERE
Greenwood, DE
Large orb of pulsing light flying just over cornfield several hundred yards south of route 16 heading east. Light appeared several feet in diameter, very bright but hazy with no definite shape. Light gained altitude after passing me and seemed to linger in the distance.
July 2, 2018 · 2:40 AM · DISK
Bethlehem, PA
Shape Saturn-like - Close Encounter CE2 Description - saw huge object from afar (assumed vehicle) taking up whole road, got closer and recognized saucer shape and forbidden (?) startled badly (C.M.S. Case number - 93046)