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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.
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February 17, 2018 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Jacksonville, FL
As I started video recording, the 3 separate craft moved very fast and completely silently at a low altitude approximately 500 to 1000 feet in heigth and joined with the main triangle formation, at that point all the lights began to move north and faded out.
February 17, 2018 · 9:30 PM · FLASH
New Hope, MN
Today i walked out to smoke a cigarette and i was looking towards the northwestern sky and noticed 1 bright flash that was about the size of a star. Now i have seen IR flares before and this was not that because another flash then occurred in the same spot. I then saw a star like object that was next to it completely go out and disappear. First ever confirmed UFO sighting for me here.
February 17, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Cairo, NY
I need to start this by admitting that the three of us who witnessed this had taken LSD about 20 minutes prior to our sighting. Despite this, the drug had not had enough time to take effect, and I am confident we all saw what we saw. Two friends and I were going to break into this abandoned cabin on top of the mountain and spend the night. We all took a tab of acid at the bottom, and started walking. After about 10-15 minutes of hiking, I remember noticing flashes of lights in the corner of my eye. We had flashlights to navigate the dark, so I didn't think much at first, assuming I was just seeing our own lights. The light would shine like a spot light, piercing a small area, and moved light a search light. It was almost like those lights at a movie premiere or something. It was intermittent and inconsistent, happening at different times, with different amounts of beams each time. We kept walking and I ignored it. I thought maybe I was just seeing things. I didn't feel like I was tripping yet but I blamed it on the acid at first We walked for about 5-10 minutes more before coming to a quick stop. We each caught our breath, drank some water, and one of my friends starts playing with his ken dama (Japanese ball toy). He lands a couple tricks, all whole this lights are strobing here and there. I ignored it and just watched my friend play, landing some nasty tricks. But one particular strobe hit us just the right way, and I noticed my friend stop for a second and look up in the direction the light came from. That's when I asked if anybody else had been seeing these lights. As soon as I said something, we all excitedly started to repeat each other. We had all been seeing these lights and ignoring them, thinking it was either our own flashlights or just apart of the high, yet none of us felt as if we were tripping yet. We turned off our flashlights, and the strobes continued. They came from all different places, but all in about the same direction, we didn't have to turn our bodies to watch them all, coming from the west of us if I remember correctly. We sat and watched for about 5-10 minutes before they're seemed to stop. We all still felt sober. We continued our walk but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. We finally got to the abandoned cabin about 20 minutes later. It was about this time I felt the drug start to kick in. We spend the night in the cabin without anything strange happening, but none of us still know what we saw. The next morning we left the cabin. While hiking down, we heard the distant sound of a snow mobile. My one friend (who's idea it was to stay at this cabin) prompted us to hide. We jumped to the side of the trail and waited as the snowmobile neared. It was a neighbor of my friend. The cabin, as it turned out, wasn't truly abandoned. It still the property of a friend of the neighbor on the snow mobile. The neighbor checks in on the cabin from time to time while out riding. We hoped he would drive on by this time, as we had left quite a mess from the previous night. As we get back to my friend's house, we hear the snow mobile coming back down the mountain. My friend prompted us to run. I had no idea where in the woods I was so I stayed behind my friend like my life depended on it. I had no idea where our other friend went but he sprinted the opposite direction We ran till we got back towards the road and his behind a trailer quickly. My friend that I had followed just the noticed that out other friend wasn't with us. As soon as he asked where he went, we heard someone scream "HEY YOU THERE". Instantly my friend got up to continue the run home and I followed without hesitation. We made it back to his house and ran up to his room. I was gonna grab my car keys (which I had left in his room) and go drive around looking for our friend, but he showed up before I made it out the door. Out of breath, we excitedly recount what had just happened thinking we had gotten away, but the neighbor had was able to track the prints in the snow back to the house. From the room we watched him turn around and go to his home, unsure what his next move was. We started to plan for the rest of the day when we saw two State Troopers drive down the road to the neighbors house. Once again, without hesitation, I got out of there. My and the kid that ran the opposite direction left our friends house. I dropped him off at his house, went back to mine, and fell asleep. When I woke up, I was told that the friend we had left had gotten arrested for Trespassing. Here's the weird part. When he was taken in and questioned, they asked about the lights. From what he told me they wanted to know if we were the ones shining the light, or if we even saw it. From what he told me, he denied seeing or knowing anything. Before being brought in he told his mom and dad what we saw, and they told him not to say anything about it. His father had told him that he had seen similar lights in the Mount decades ago. Over 5 years later, I still have no idea what we saw
February 17, 2018 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Thatcher, AZ
Went to my friends house and just as i pulled up in the yard i noticed a fireball just above the trees coming out of the north heading south. It hovered there a few minutes, My friend came out and i said what the hell is that, about that time it took of to the east at a high rate of speed only taking about 10 seconds to reach the gilas. A few minutes later a second one did the same thing then a third. I left and went home. I heard no sound.
February 17, 2018 · 8:56 PM · LIGHT
Brighton, CO
At first we thought they were drones, but then they went higher and faded away at a fast pace...one disappeared first, then the other, but the orange lights became brighter before fading out like a candle with a low flame. It was the craziest thing ive seen in my life! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 17, 2018 · 8:33 PM · LIGHT
Barrington, NH
I stepped outside for a smoke last night at exactly 8:33pm, and when I looked in the sky, I saw a light moving from the eastern sky, moving tward the north, about 20-30 degrees from the horizon. I then noticed that ther was another one coming up behind it. Then came another, and another, and they just kept coming. They where just bright, orange (almost shimmering) bright lights. There was no flashing lights, and there was no landing / take off head lights on these. Then there was two, almost on top of each other, and the one on top moved up and away (much too fast for conventional aircraft) and then I couldn’t see it. But I could still see the one below it, moving at the same speed as before. Then, to my amazement, one of these things shot down (out of nowhere) and stopped right on top of one of the lights (that was following the same path as the rest of these) and continued at the same speed as the one next to it. Again, no conventional aircraft can make t! hese movements. I know how fighter jets, and helicopters move, very well. It was not any of those. Now, I saw these lights just minutes before a snow storm started. It actually started to snow just seconds after I saw the last light disappear. So, since it was extremely cloudy, with a very low ceiling, these objects couldn’t have been too far away, and they where completely silent. In fact, it was strange how quiet it became when these where passing by. I say that, because I live near an Airforce base, and after I saw these objects, I could hear all kinds of military jets flying all around me overhead, but I could NOT see any of the lights from the aircraft flying over me. The air base is only about 20 miles from my house, and they are very low when they fly over. It's very strange, that I could see all of these lights, with no sound; and then right after, hear jets over me, but not see any of the lights from them. (Just minutes apart) I did take a video with my phone, but it’s very poor in the dark, and you can only see bits and pieces of what I was seeing. After I came back inside, I went through the video, and at times when my camera picked up the lights, I went through frame by frame. When I snapped screenshots of the frames where these where visible, I actually captured blue lights around these orange lights. I didn’t see them when I was out there.
February 17, 2018 · 7:55 PM · FIREBALL
Lacombe, LA
On my nightly dog walk, with a very clear sky, I sighted what i thought was a plane flying northeast from New Orleans International Airport. As it approached and headed by me, i noticed there were NO blinking red & green lights...It was ONLY bright red/orange and not blinking at all and much brighter than any regular plane. It really seemed like it was on fire but the fire was all around it.. it was not flaming off the rear as a real fire in a wind would do. It flew by just about the same speed as the nightly flights and seemed to be turning more east towards Biloxi, MS. It also had no noise that i could hear unlike when normal planes fly by. I called the police to report it and asked if anyone else had reported anything but they said no one had. The Officer asked me if it could if it could have been a flare but i said i didn't think so because it seemed to be going just as fast as any plane. Just as the flaming object disappeared in the trees a real plane went by going in the same direction with the proper blinking red & green lights AND the sound of a jet engine so i KNOW the flaming object was not a normal plane.
February 17, 2018 · 7:20 PM · SPHERE
Colorado Springs, CO
Over the city, red lights in a round formation, stayed in one place. I thought it was fireworks, at first, but to high, lights blinked several times, turned into white orb then back to red separate lights round again. Went to get husband and then it turned into blinking object red, white lights (not round anymore sort of lights side by side) going very fast from east to west over the mountain range. It looked like individual lights that made a perfect circle not moving at first - wow!
February 17, 2018 · 7:15 PM · LIGHT
Cathedral City, CA
Walked out my back door I noticed 2 extremely bright stars in the southern sky just east of Sirius. My wife was sitting out there and I said to her o.m.g look at those bright lights as she looked up & saw them they both faded away .
February 17, 2018 · 6:40 PM · LIGHT
San Diego, CA
My husband called me outside to ask what they were. We saw 5 or 6 orange/reddish lights, like small flames moving slowly like a drone would. They were moving in a southwesterly direction, and as they got into a line, they just fizzled out. It was very strange. I tried to capture pics on my phone, but they look white and are not very good shots.
February 17, 2018 · 6:07 PM · CYLINDER
Rosco (8-10 miles W of; US Hwy. 12), SD
I was driving home from seeing my mother, this is a two-hour drive. The time was 6:07 pm. I know it was that time because I was using voice dictation to talk to my brother and sisters. I voice texted them to tell them I was seeing a long black something in the sky, with a long black smoking tail, like a comet. This object was traveling from west to east, and from my left slowly banking to my right. It went straight for a while before it made a small angle to the right like it was bending to the right, and then up into the clouds. It was long, black, and cylindrical. There were no wings I could see, nor were there any lights. This was at dusk, usually if there is a jet flying with a smoke exhaust, it is lit up with evening light, but this was pure black. A very odd experience. ((ADDENDUM #1 FROM WITNESS)) I have uploaded a drawing of what I saw...to the best of what I could on the back of an envelope, the only thing on me at the time. I can't get over what my eyes were seeing, nor how black this entire object and smoke were. I have also uploaded a map. I was between the towns of Bowdle and Roscoe on Highway 12. I voice texted my brother and sisters and asked them to go outside to see if they could see anything just in case it was higher up...my brother is in Mobridge, SD, my sisters in Wanblee, SD and Lander, WY. I just wanted someone else to see what I was seeing but there was no one. ((END ADDENDUM #1)) ((ADDENDUM #2)) When I got home and thought about it, I thought, maybe it was a rocket...?? I don't know...as far as "up"...the drawing is showing it as it appeared in my front windshield as it passed over me...I had a sense something was up there...like in a peripheral view? And as I looked up, I would estimate from my steering wheel to the left corner edge of my front windshield when I first noticed it. I didn't hear any noise, so I am assuming it was pretty high up, which made me think of a jet but as I watched it, and the road as I was driving, I thought it was odd, no wings, no lights. South Dakota is wide open spaces and we see a lot of jets overhead, you can make out wings and blinking lights and this had none. Also...in western South Dakota is the Ellsworth Air force base. Could it have been a rocket? I don't know...?? ((END ADDENDUM #2)) ((BEGIN ADDENDUM #3)) On this map, if you look between the towns of Mobridge and Aberdeen, is Highway 12. I was traveling that highway. Between the towns of Bowdle and Roscoe, I would estimate about 8 to 10 miles west of Roscoe on that highway, I am traveling east at about 68 miles per hour, cruise control. At 6:12, I have a text message to my siblings because I stopped in Roscoe for a few minutes to send them a text about my thoughts. They were texting me to film it, but I can't film and drive at the same time. I suppose I could of stopped but I really didn't want to. I didn't think to look at a mile marker. As for the size, I thought it was the size of a airliner? I had to look up sizes of airlines, bigger than a private jet, smaller than a, say United Airlines plane...I know there are various sizes. Relative to the disc size of the moon or sun...much smaller. I hope that helps. Thank youl ((END ADDENDUM #3))
February 17, 2018 · 4:30 PM · SPHERE
Elk Grove, CA
Viewed them for approx. 20 minutes. Witness provides no contact information. PD
February 17, 2018 · 1:45 PM · CHANGING
Albuquerque, NM
When I got to the top of the ramp waiting at the light (corner of Jefferson and Pan American), I noticed a strange metal shape hovering south east. It looked a bit pear shaped. I turned left on Jefferson and drove toward it. I was watching it in the sky for 15 minutes, not moving, just hovering as I continued to drive toward it trying to get a photo. It was blinking, still hovering, and appeared to be changing shape. It was not a helicopter, airplane, or balloon. That was obvious since a helicopter was circling around near I-40 in the south west distance. I don’t know Albuquerque very well, so I was turning left and right all over trying to get closer. I ended up on Indian School and parked in a church parking lot. My crappy phone camera still couldn’t see what I was plainly seeing at that point. It was a very odd shape. If you have Microsoft Word (version 2007), go to insert a shape and under stars and banners the fist couple shapes is what I saw. I don't know how else to describe this. It was red and blinking…or maybe shimmering. It seemed to be changing colors a bit. It was so strange. Just hovering, not moving. Others pulled over in the church parking lot. I know they saw what I saw because we were parked all horizontal in the lot just staring at the sky. I tried again to take a photo…so frustrating…nothing. Looked like a speck of dust on my phone even though what I was looking at was large. I decided to drive further and try to get even closer. In doing so, I must have ended up under it because I lost it. I watched this object for a total of 20 minutes while I drove. It was broad daylight, sun shining, so I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I seriously hope someone got a photo of it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 17, 2018 · 7:45 AM · LIGHT
Tampa, FL
Source of report provides no information. PD
February 16, 2018 · 11:45 PM · FIREBALL
Romeo, MI
Then I looked up to the East and saw 5 jets making more trails covering the sky and obscuring the night sky. Then right above the concentration of jets a huge fireball came across the sky at high speed covered in flames and sparks traveling from North to South. The Fireball then disappeared from view. Note: This occurred in the same exact area that had a meteor strike last month that shook the Earth causing a small earthquake. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 16, 2018 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Hardy, VA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 16, 2018 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Brownsville, OR
It was flying low over my house, as I drove down my street. I commented that someone was flying way too low. It appeared large and had a red light. By the time I pulled in my driveway, it went high up in the sky (appearing much smaller) and was flying around like in an arc. Then as we sat in the car and watched it stopped and appeared to just hover in the sky in one spot for awhile. Then it went from red light to a green and white flashing light for a few seconds. Then back to red and still hovering. Then it flew impossibly fast in a kind of little circle. Then it had the different color flashing lights again and hovered. Then it flew really fast down until it was behind the house and I couldn’t track it anymore.
February 16, 2018 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Jacksonville, FL
It was around 8:30 last night in Jacksonville and a clear night. From my balcony at Eastport apartments which is within 5 miles of the airport. My girlfriend and I were smoking a cigarette, when I saw a light with rotating light switching from left to right to right to left, and then up and a rotating light. Also, the object changed direction rapidly. We sit out here every night and I grew up by the airport. So, I know a airplane when I see the lights at night. The direction of the light/or lights was moving north. Paralleling the airport and the object, I can’t seem to change direction rapidly up-and-down and zigzag pattern and I would estimate that this is between my porch and the light had to of been 10 miles, if not more. The lights were steady and change direction and every once in a while call us with flash as well as anyone else Sean this before?
February 16, 2018 · 12:34 PM · LIGHT
Enroute to Michigan, IN
At approximately 12:34 pm, I was driving down the highway leaving Michigan to return to Indiana, and I started seeing disks of light move across the sky, above the overcast clouds. Several moved across the sky in a way to which I thought they might have been shooting stars (lasted a few minutes), until two of them began to move in a large circling motion over the highway. The disks were hazy but very visible. Eventually we passed the lights (the whole event lasted around 10 minutes) and didn't see anything else that night.
February 16, 2018 · 1:15 AM · LIGHT
Cheyenne, WY
My husband and I went in our back yard on February 15. 2018, to smoke a cigarette. It was 23:15 hours and our back yard faces southeast. I noticed an unusually bright star in the sky and showed my husband. He noticed that it didn’t blink like the other stars do. It was very windy and clear that night. Later on (back in the house), I grabbed binoculars and looked at it again before I went to bed. That was around 00:30 hrs. The star was in the same position as earlier and through the binoculars it looked like 2 stars very close together. I told my husband I believe the star seems so bright because it is just two stars very close together. We left it at that and went to bed. The next night ( February 16) we came home from the late movies and went in the back yard to smoke. It was 01:10 in the morning and we immediately spotted the bright star in the exact same place as the night before. This time I took a picture with my I phone 6 and then decided to zoom in on it ( in video mode) to see if I could get a better look at it that way. When I zoomed in and started filming I saw that it was two lights very close together. They were both round and reminded me of headlights of a car but like I said before, very close together. In fact they were so close to each other I could not see where one ended and the other one started. It looked in shape like a sideways number 8 shape, made of two bright lights that touch each other. What I saw made me quiet unsure because neither me nor my husband had an immediate explanation for that “thing”. What we do know for sure is that it was about at least 5 miles away from us and a couple thousand feet high in the air. We live in a new built area with not much around us yet so we’re sure that it was no lights from anything on the ground. Also, my husband who is active Air Force is very good at estimating distances. (This is because he was a weapon instructor for 8 years and is used to estimating distances due to that job.) We are not the kind of people to jump to conclusions but the sighting left us both with the wish for a rational explanation. Also not being able to explain the sighting left me so antsy that night that I could not go to sleep until after 02:30 in the morning. I checked one last time around 02:30 hrs to see if that “star” was still there and it was, again in the very same position as before ( and the night before). On both nights that we saw it, it seemed stationary in the sky. Neither one of us ever saw it move. Lastly I wanna say that we both had not been drinking any alcohol. We were absolutely sober on both nights. We are very rational people and that’s why we’d welcome a logical explanation for what we saw. Please let us know what you make of this. Thank you !
February 15, 2018 · 11:00 PM · FLASH
Albuquerque, NM
I saw a bright blue/green circle flash come out of the sky out of no where and starting flying like a plane and went away in like 3 seconds. It was not a flying star or a meteor crashing because it was flying horizontally super fast.
February 15, 2018 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Fosston, MN
I was driving on a dirt road at 10pm and I see this green light in the sky, maybe about 70 feet in front of me and about 30 feet in the air. It went up, then down, and then after a few seconds, I saw the light just move slowly, then it vanishes, nothing in sight. We attempted to contact the source of the report, in order to confirm the date, and were greeted by a string of profanity. Hoax? PD
February 15, 2018 · 7:20 PM · FIREBALL
Susanville, CA
I observed what appeared as an 'airborne-flame', very similar in appearance to a typical fireplace, or barbeque flame, of amber-orange color. It was roughly due-east of Susanville, CA; appearing to be approx. in the area of the CA/NV, state-line, at an approx. altitude, of 10K-20K ft. I initially thought that it could have been an aircraft, which suddenly burst into flames- but so far, I have heard no such reports.
February 15, 2018 · 5:00 PM · CYLINDER
Tampa, FL
Was coming home from work, just happen to look up cylinder shape object was coming from tampa state fairground from me headed north and east white in color kept looking while i was driving trying to see if i could see wings but didnt then lost it in the clouds.