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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
March 26, 2018 · 5:15 PM · SPHERE
Ridgefield, CT
03/26/18 Late afternoon Ridgefield, CT, single shining light orb flew right across sky then back split into 3 orbs. Looked like something larger was behind it. Was in broad daylight 10 minutes and left.
March 26, 2018 · 4:55 AM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
This is the second day I have seen these 3 lights in the sky over Chicago....there are no stars to be seen anywhere in the sky and there are only a few aircraft in the sky I can see and verified with flightradar24 app. 2 of the lights are to the south of me looking over Willis tower and the other is much closer to my west almost directly over me...these 3 lights do not seem to be moving at all and are brighter than anything else in the sky. My location is: https://www.google.com/maps/place/41.894104318285216 -87.64494731656441/@41.894104318285216,-87.64494731656441,17z
March 26, 2018 · 12:15 AM · OTHER
Breaux Bridge, LA
Looking down at the ground we saw a huge flash from above, which looked like camera flash. It was a quick burst of about two flashes. When we looked up we saw something that looked similar to the space x launch reported recently, except it was much smaller and quickly dissolved into the night sky. There was a point with two streamers but could not tell if it was a craft or not. It was extremely high which appeared to head west.
March 26, 2018 · 12:01 AM · SPHERE
San Jose, CA
On March 26, 2018, about 1 minute after midnight a very loud explosion was heard & felt in the southern portion of san jose, ca (Robertsville area ). Video was taken by a Nest camera. An object crosses the sky from left and then ~ 1 minute later explodes and appears to fall. The explosion/report was heard and felt by many neightborhoods on the NextDoor App.
March 25, 2018 · 9:20 PM · FIREBALL
Visalia, CA
My wife and I observed an orange colored illuminated "object" moving from southwest to the east in the night sky. The object did not produce any audible sound, like rotors, engines, drone hum, or jet roar. The object moved relatively slowly, not unlike a high flying aircraft. However, no red or green blinking lines or tail lights could be observed. Most oddly, the object would flare brightly and then seem to snuff out, like a dying ember, only to flair bright orange again. There was no pattern or rhythm to the flaring or diminishing of the light and no color change was observed. It remained a steady orange color. My wife described it as "on fire" and I would not disagree. I have studied astronomy all my life in Scouts, college courses, and as an astronomy enthusiast volunteering in our National Park. I have spent a great deal of time in the wilderness backpacking and such, watching the night sky from remote places. I have seen Iridium flares and regularly watch the ISS and other objects in the night sky, thanks to smartphone apps. I have seen drones, shooting stars (including big ones) and watched meteor showers. I have watched rocket launches from Vandenburg AFB in the night sky. This was something new to me and something outside of anything easily explanable based on my experience. The object was observed from my side patio where we were eating dinner, then we moved to the backyard to watch it further until it faded somewhere over the Sierra Nevada mountains.
March 25, 2018 · 8:30 PM · FORMATION
Lake Geneva, WI
At approximately sunset saw long vertical contrail with red light blinking moving object going straight up. Around this contrail were hovering stationary white lights about half -way up contrail, which looked like helicopters at first, but remained bright and stationary for over an hour.
March 25, 2018 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Spokane, WA
The object started out appearing like a bright star or planet. Something seemed odd about it. It was staitionary for about five mins, then it defended strait down, and we knew it was not a star. We drove towards it to get a better look. At that point it seemed to start following us. It became a game of cat and mouse for 45 minutes. At one point it hovered over us. When it wasn't in the bright star position, it appeared to have a blinking blue lift, and a blinking red light. It flew over us about 200 feet off the ground, and looked like a flat streamlined jet, no sound, and when it tunned, it remains horizontal no wing tips, gluiding through the air.
March 25, 2018 · 12:55 PM · SPHERE
Beaverton, OR
My wife and I were taking pictures of the sun's halo with our cell phones. After we were done we went into the house. While relaxing later I reviewed mine as the sun was sort of in my eyes so I was snapping photos blindly and wasn't sure how they turned out. I see a blue planet like spot on two of my photos. The first photo shows no object, the second photo shows the object just outside the halo, the third photo shows the object much further away from the halo. I understand this could be something from the sun as we were looking towards the sun as see by the photos. You will note as per the photo, info I sent all three were sent within a 60 second time frame. We see in the photos what we believe are lens flares. PD
March 25, 2018 · 10:00 AM · TRIANGLE
El Cajon, CA
I was in my backyard and looked up to the sky when I heard a passenger airliner flying overhead, I soon noticed a very light gray in color triangle shaped object moving quite quickly in a south direction... There was no sign of a vapor any kind of trail following it as one would see on most jets, military of commercial... I also noticed that the lines did not seem to be sharp angles but almost a roundness to them at the points, one other thing I recall is the body seemed to have a bit of a metallic finish... The object was lost in the high cloud formations...
March 25, 2018 · 5:10 AM · SPHERE
Chicago, IL
from my position there were 2 lights hovering above the willis tower (looking south), and 1 light to the west(looking west and almost right above me). I sat and watched the lights for 30 min and they never changed position in the sky. I observed planes in the air moving in the background behind these objects. I knew the other objects were planes because they had red flashing lights on them, unlike the 3 objects i saw which had no change in light color and never changed in intensity. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 25, 2018 · 4:35 AM · FORMATION
Dallas, NC
Noticed a white boomerang shaped object very high in the sky traveling much faster than comparable planes in the busy sky. We saw it go behind a cloud, and come back into view with an identical craft to the left of it traveling the same course and speed. They both went behind a small cloud, and literally disappeared.
March 24, 2018 · 9:03 PM · LIGHT
Merced, CA
I was locking my gate as I do every night around the same time. As I'm locking I look into the sky only to see a light resembling a star slowly getting brighter as if it was descending. I felt this was clearly not an airplane or helicopter. I ran up my stairs into my apartment to retrieve my phone. I stepped out to the top of my steps, facing to the West, and began recording. As I adjust my aperture on my phone the object goes out of focus then back into focus. There is an airplane in the background heading South-SouthEast. As I proceed to record the object changes direction to the North and it ascends at an unprecedented speed into the stars. During the sighting I was motionless and amazed at the sighting. Almost in disbelief that what I was witnessing was truly happening. Upon reentering my apartment where my girlfriend was watching television. I remained speechless as I tried to gather the words to describe to her what I had seen. I had a euphoric sensati! on and I was extremely happy and excited. An absolutely remarkable experience.
March 24, 2018 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
Butler, MD
Spotted three lights, hovering about a mile up, in an equidistant formation in a line. At one point, the middle one seemed to have ascended further toward the clouds.
March 24, 2018 · 8:15 PM · DISK
Winsted, CT
I was Skywatching at Highland Lake with a friend of mine around 8:15PM. I was still enroute to the lake when I got the sudden urge to speed up a little as if I was going to miss something. We turned a corner to face the lake, when we saw a bright white light above the mountain line. As I drove closer to the lake, it disappeared. That was sighting #1. Sighting #2 was a tiny flashing green and red object, above the mountain line at a different location. That wasn't really anything too "special". The 3rd UFO almost looked like a blue star, however, it moved rather oddly. It would go from one spot to another very very smoothly, and stop suddenly, yet smoothly. When zoomed in, it looked like a flying saucer that was angled at an almost 90 degree angle, as you'll see in the pictures. I was suggested to flash my high-beams in my vehicle, and when I did, the UFO moved very rapidly, although it was a short distance. This happened multiple times when I flashed my lights. Not once did it make any noise. We observed this UFO for about an hour before we decided to leave.
March 24, 2018 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Syracuse, NY
I was looking at what I believed was a very bright planet, when I realized it was moving across the sky to the WNW. It was moving slowly and was about as bright as the brightest planet I’ve seen. I’m used to seeing all kinds of aircraft and have lived near airports and army bases most of my life. This thing eventually left a pinprick of a red spot but faded out before it had gotten far enough away TO fade out. I knew it wasn’t an airplane or a helicopter. I can only assume it was something to do with that Chinese spacecraft coming back into the atmosphere. This thing seemed to follow the curve of the earth. I am in a suburb with some light pollution, but it is VERY clear tonight, with the waxing moon fully visible. I am an amateur sky watcher and took basic astronomy in college. Witness seems to suggest that the object was traveling in a WNW direction. Satellites rarely travel to the west in a retrograde orbit. PD
March 24, 2018 · 7:58 PM · DISK
Houston, TX
Was flying my drone and getting ready to land when I saw a large bright white disk above the cloud tops. I live near an airport so I am used to the usual characteristics of aircraft but this craft flew from one side of the sky to next in 5 seconds max and it was also silent. It had consistent white lighting across the body with no other distinguishable lights or features. It was comparable in size to the moon except it was flying fast and not stopping. I am currently a graduate student in mechanical engineering, and have specialized in the study of fluid mechanics. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 24, 2018 · 7:02 PM · UNKNOWN
Auburn, WA
Observing the sky I noted what I first thought to be a large bird traveling at moderate speed in a westerly direction. As the object was headed west, a commercial aircraft was leaving KSEA (SeaTac) on a southern flight path. I attempted to point out the "bird" to a friend who did not locate it. At that point it was rather small in the sky and was basically a dark object. The sun was low to the SW. I noted a very bright reflection that seemed much large in scale then the sizeof the object. I can completely rule out an aircraft, as the direction of flight would have been an airspace violation. Once I witnessed the unexpected shimmer, I lost sight of it. I estimate that the object traveled from the Auburn valley to I-5 in less than 60 seconds. There was a distinct cloud ceiling, which is was under. Conditions at KSEA are as follows: Conditions at: KSEA (SEATTLE/METRO , WA, US) observed 0153 UTC 25 March 2018 Temperature: 7.2°C (45°F) Winds: from the WSW (250 degrees) at 6 MPH (5 knots; 2.6 m/s) Visibility: 10 or more miles (16+ km) Ceiling: 12000 feet AGL Clouds: few clouds at 3000 feet AGL scattered clouds at 6000 feet AGL broken clouds at 12000 feet AGL broken clouds at 20000 feet AGL The traverse of the sky seemed to match that of a large raptor at approx 1000 feet altitude. The time it took to gain distance, etc. This is what I thought I was seeing, until it brightly reflected the sun for a brief moment. It it were at 5000 feet, it was traveling at approx. 250 knots. At 10,000, triple that. I report this in case others may report a similar or related incident.
March 24, 2018 · 5:00 PM · OTHER
Tice, FL
The 4-engine silent jet UFO # 15,748 flew past the house closer than usual this time. North to south direction all silver with a changing design pattern on its tailfin. Two patterns to be exact. A (>) greater than sign into a funnel cloud shape. Both patterns made in clear-cut glare white. By closer: 1200 to 2000 ft. up and away. I had binoculars (12x42). Always with comtrail but not this time. Some time after 5:30pm. just above the trees. (GPS) Palm Beach Blvd. and Bellaire st. Tice, FL. 33905. Extremely rare first time ever sighting for this type and style jet UFO.
March 24, 2018 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
Bloomingburg, NY
I woke up at 6 in the morning as usual and opened my curtains. As I look East, I thought I was looking at a star flickering (as at times you do see them even in the early morning), but then it began to move. It would seem as though the light would shut off and then come on again in a different position. It then turned on and started moving all over the place so fast. It kept descending over on the Pine Bush area. Then it disappeared. The lights were bright yellow and slight orange. The craft looked circular in motion.
March 23, 2018 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Aledo, TX
In the country, 4 miles NW of Aledo, Texas; 5 miles West of the Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, I was inside walking towards my back glass sliding doors when a group of four very bright lights over my pasture caught my attention. The lights were so low and bright, my first thought was that a plane was coming down right towards my house. I was about to yell for my wife to run out the front in case there was a crash, then I realized that the lights were not moving at all. I heard no noise and would have heard an air craft this close. The lights were so bright that I could not discern the shape of the object. There were 3 lights in a row with the middle slightly lower and one offset and up to the right, as if there was a missing light between them. The object was approximately 200 ft. in the air, 1,500 ft. away, about the size of a half-dollar at arm's length, so it had to be in excess of 40' or more wide. I watched the object for 30+ seconds and ran to get my cell phone camera in the next room. I was gone less than 15 seconds but when I got back, it was gone (and, very oddly, my cell phone went down, then came back on while I was wondering what happened to it). I immediately went outside and searched the sky in all directions, no plane, helicopters or anything else was airborne. It is impossible for any typical aircraft to not be still visible in that time. We are in the flight path of Joint Reserve Base air craft and Care Flight Helicopters from Weatherford to Fort Worth daily. This object did not resemble any of those. It is now 2am and I still haven't been able to sleep. This event was so unexpected all I could think to say was Jeez-Louise! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 23, 2018 · 8:35 PM · LIGHT
Tampa, FL
My wife and I were walking through the parking lot of the Pepin Center in Tampa, Florida, when I pointed out to her two lights in the north-northeast sky at approximately 20 degrees from the horizon. They were about the size and intensity of brightness as Sirius. They were a thumb's distance apart and stationary. I pointed out to my wife that I didn't know of any constellation with stars that bright in the north sky in the Tampa area at this or any other time of the year. After about a minute, the two stationary lights dimmed and then disappeared. Thoroughly perplexed as to what these were - - they were not satellites, meteorites, rockets/missiles,or aircraft landing lights. Their altitude and actual size was impossible to determine. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Good evening Mr. Davenport: It's an honor to hear from you! I am very familiar with the landing lights of all manner of aircraft. I am both an aviation and astronomy buff and am well acquainted with both spheres of study. Within moments after this sighting, I did see a commercial airliner (by engine sound and configuration of landing and navigation lights, likely an Airbus A-319 or A-320 series or a Boeing 737) at about 5,000' AGL commencing a downwind (heading south for a north landing on Runway 35R) approach to Tampa International Airport(KTPA). That aircraft was due west when I spotted it - - I did wonder if anyone in it on its port side might have seen these two lights, but I suspect the lights were possibly too high and too far north to be seen in the field of vision of those in the cabin - - I would love to know if someone did and was thinking that then!). The color of these lights was not typical of the landing lights of any aircraft that I have seen - - they were the same color, hue and intensity of self illuminated stars or reflective sunlight on satellites. Although aircraft landing lights can and will often appear stationary, based on distance from, and the heading of, aircraft, such light inevitably moves or grows in intensity as it heads toward you. Landing lights are seen either coming toward you or from the side, but would not be seen heading heading away from you. My initial thought after knowing that these lights were not a normal part of the night sky for this part of the year was that they were satellites - - the major problem being that both of them did not move for several minutes but remained stationary. Their fade out took about 5 seconds and was gradual and simultaneous - - both my wife and I were flummoxed by what we saw. If you have any other questions, please feel free to e-mail or call me at ((END ADDENDUM))
March 23, 2018 · 7:56 PM · CIRCLE
Coto De Caza, CA
Saw them as I turned down a road in our community. 3 spheres in a triangle formation not moving. Then one started to slowly move up and away. I pulled over behind a couple of other cars that had stopped. The first one was gone when I got my camera out. The second one then started to rise . I tried to drive home to get my binoculars as I lived close. Gone when I got in position again. I did get one picture (attached). They were white and seemed kind of fuzzy changed to slight orangish as the rose away.
March 23, 2018 · 2:25 PM · DIAMOND
Orlando, FL
Sitting here watching planes by MCO airport and what i thought was a bird at first stopped and hovered then i realized it was too high in the air and was reflecting the sunlight it changed directions a couple times and hovering like it was looking for something and when it moved, it made the airbuses to appear to be moving real slow, i took of my sunglasses for a better look but could barely see it without them, then it headed south and within 10 seconds, it was gone. There's not a cloud in the sky, and the airliners are not reflecting light, like this thing was. You can also see the moon out during the day today, there were about 3 planes at various heights during the event.
March 23, 2018 · 3:30 AM · CHANGING
Roseville, CA
Wight, red, green, and blue pulsing orb terned tryangle that was bigger than an airplane that passed by i got my binoclers out be fore the airplain passed by and it started to dance but i think my hands were shaking i was staring at it for a bout an hr when i whent back in my house i felt the need to sit on the floor i passed out We telephoned the witness, in order to confirm whether the report was a serious-minded account of a real event, and were left uncertain as to its real nature. PD