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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
December 23, 2017 · 9:25 PM · TRIANGLE
West Suffield, CT
Driving home on Ratley road in West Suffield, my husband and I saw on the left side of the road in a field 3 large triangle objects with orange lights. They were hovering about 100 feet from the ground, DEAD SILENT-and as we kept driving down the road they increased in height and headed North West. I had an instant gratification of fear, for I have never encountered such a suspicious craft. It looked like a SIFI movie.
December 23, 2017 · 9:00 PM · FLASH
Barre, VT
Multiple large muted firework type flashes in northeastern night sky during an ice storm event viewed from Beckley Hill Road area, but no sounds typical to fireworks. Multiple flashes of blue, red, yellow, orange. Lasting for over one minute, appeared to proceed east - south east at much lower detectable levels as it passed over Barre city. No craft was visible, but the light show was impressive.
December 23, 2017 · 7:40 PM · CIRCLE
Ann Arbor, MI
It was a cloud nite, so the objects are blurry. There are 4 flying fat in a repetitive pattern. Looks like they are flying in and out of a circle & uniting in the middle & going back out into the circle. Objects appear white. They are are in same place in the sky & have been in this pattern for at least 10 min.. I am an employee of a local college & was coming home,after shopping. I looked up at the ky & saw these objects. It is now 1952, & thete,are only 3 of them now. I have been watching from inside of my apt for the last few minutes.
December 23, 2017 · 7:30 PM · FIREBALL
Naples, FL
Approximately 7:30 p.m. I went on to my back porch and noticed a bright fireball in the sky getting closer to us. It was in the western sky. I called to my fiancee to come look and he witnessed it as well. It then changed direction and seemed to fizzle out and then completely disappear. It lasted under a minute. The fire ball got larger and seemed as if it was coming towards us.
December 23, 2017 · 7:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Flint, MI
traveling through flint area on north I-75 , as i come around a long curve curve i notice a distinct set of lights hovering in the sky close to the horizon.initially i didnt think much of it assuming it was a low plane or a distant tower but the closer i got to where this ufo was hovering the more i started to notice what it was.this giant triangular craft had an extremely complex and bright light array on the bottom and sides, and it also had what i can only describe as two light beams projecting above and below it ,illuminating the surrounding sky and clouds.as i approached i started to realize that whatever i was looking at was absolutely massive,bigger than anything ive ever seen in the sky ,and it was also hovering at a low altitude,low enough that i could see the black surface of the craft quite well..as i passed where it was hovering in place it started to maneuver across the sky in a highly precise and unnatural way,before disappearing instantly in a ! bright flash of light.
December 23, 2017 · 6:20 PM · OTHER
Darien, WI
Very unusual sighting... red blinking. I stopped on the side of the road and had to take some pics and video footage, I've never seen anything like it.
December 23, 2017 · 11:42 AM · OTHER
Crossett, AR
A momentary string of lights appearing as glistening white Christmas light above the southern horizon. I promise this is not a hoax; I just don't understand what I saw.
December 23, 2017 · 6:30 AM · CONE
Show Low, AZ
Big bright dot with a huge multi-colored tail which fanned out in the back. In the background there was a huge cloud-like plume where it entered the atmosphere.
December 22, 2017 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Memphis, TN
At about 11pm local time, looking toward the east, I and several others noticed the sky lighting up. My first thought was that it was something akin to heat lightning, but it changed color from blue to orange to red to purple to green to white and it continued to light up the sky at random intervals for varied lengths of time while the entire phenomenon went on for nearly an hour. It was a lightly stormy night with periodic heavy misting in the air so visibility was compromised. All of us there tried explaining it away as lightning or a transformer shorting out or the like but all were forced to agree that none of our explanations fit. The intensity of the lights was enough to light up between a quarter and half the sky. At times it seemed there was a source low to the ground and other times it seemed high up in the sky, just judging by the relative brightness of the mists and clouds being lit and in which direction the brightness intensified. The range and i! ntensity of colors, duration of the event, and overall unusual behavior and patterns suggested an event outside all of our experiences. It may well have been a weather event, I don't know, but if so it was one I've never experienced or had described to me by any person or textbook. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
December 22, 2017 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Okeechobee, FL
Took my dog outside about 10:00 pm Friday, 12/22/17 and saw 2 very dark red bright objects in the dark sky coming toward me east to west. There was no sound at all even though they seemed to only be as high as a small plane might fly. Each seemed to have 4 large red lights that did not blink. The lights defined their shape, 2 behind 2 that almost touched. Could have been a square shape. One was a short distance from and a little ahead of the other, and not wavering from their path. I watched them fly overhead until out of sight and then saw 2 more coming from the same direction appearing very much like the first 2 and moving in the same path. There were a few stars out and also a plane flying north to south so high it was barely visible. It probably took 4-5 minutes for each pair to move from first sighting to out of sight. I found it amazing that there was no sound in the quiet night for such large objects. I retired after 27 years with the Okeechobee County Library System.
December 22, 2017 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Green Valley, AZ
It looked like a comet, or what came to my mind was a "silver seed." Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD
December 22, 2017 · 6:55 PM · CIGAR
Mesa, AZ
A glowing orangish cigar or cylindrical shaped object formed a huge fan of whitish glowing gas (at about a 45 degree angle behind the object) with object traveling horizontally at a high rate of speed from North to South over Phoenix (Observers were looking west from a Mesa Hillside). The residual gas remained behind and stayed glowing for several minutes after object could no longer be seen near the horizon. The object was not a meteor or an aircraft. Based on the remaining gas plume the object originally must have traveled west to east first and then turned south somewhere over north Phoenix. It could have been a rocket that went off course? Rocket launch at 5:27 p.m. (Pacific). We have changed the time indicated by the witness, to reflect an afternoon launch. PD
December 22, 2017 · 6:52 PM · LIGHT
Mesa, AZ
I grabbed my mother in law and said come outside there is something in the sky. I went in the house to grab my camera and when I came back outside my mother in law let me know that a yellow round light beam shot out for about 2 seconds and then a green light that was round shot out. From my understanding of air control rockets can emit beams of light due to aircraft's. They even tell you on new statements not to use lasers or appoint them randomly in the sky rad aircraft's. I called my brother who lives in Los Angeles he captured the event on video. This did not look like a rocket to me in the video. It looked more like a comet like object. If you look closely at the video you can see there's something in the trail like there's 2 objects. I've never seen a rocket leave a trail the way that this anomaly did. The most odd aspect of this event is how the light lit up the cloud like it was forming a cloud. Not to mention after my brother filmed this video he said that helicopters were following the anomoly. If this was a rocket what purpose would helicopters have in following a test rocket. Rocket launch at 5:27 p.m. (Pacific). We have changed the time indicated by the witness, to reflect an afternoon launch. PD
December 22, 2017 · 6:45 PM · CIGAR
Tucson, AZ
As I stepped outside around 6:45 PM I witnessed a cigar shaped object that had no noise and illuminated the sky so bright my brother thought it was a North Korean missile. It’s seem to stand still and then vanished.
December 22, 2017 · 6:45 PM · FIREBALL
Tonopah, AZ
After making a 90-degree turn South, it looked more like a ball of Fire with a glowing smoke around it. For approximately three to five minutes after the ball of fire was out of view the smoke glowed in the path that the object took clearly marking the 90-degree turn. I briefly mention to my son it look like what the Aurora Borealis would look like up north in Canada or Alaska. The fact that it continue to Glow and that we could not come to a consensus as to what it was made me file this report.
December 22, 2017 · 6:45 PM · CONE
Phoenix, AZ
1 craft was slowly crashing while another shined a giant spotlight on it. Our son has a friend in San Diego that sent us identical pictures of what we were witnessing. The craft that was crashing appeared conical in shape! The object left a trail that stayed lit for 10 minutes. There was an aura around the craft.
December 22, 2017 · 6:40 PM · OTHER
Dragoon, AZ
Driving on Hwy 191 S. nearing the turn off to Dragoon Rd.,We saw a rocket type object flying fairly low in an otherwise dark sky. It appeared as a bright dot with a huge glow arching above, below and behind it as it travelled South in a straight trajectory. It had a heavy tail that glowed brightly and led back to a bright cloud formation well to the North. It passed behind the Dragoon mountains and out of view but we continued to see the glow above the mountains as it progressed. I have photos, though they don't represent how bright it was, and they also show 2 additional bright lights alongside it that we didn't see. Perhaps it was a rocket? We are not knowledgeable with that kind of thing. Still, I'd like to know. Sighting of missile launch. PD
December 22, 2017 · 6:40 PM · FIREBALL
Marana, AZ
Sighting of missile launch?? PD
December 22, 2017 · 6:40 PM · LIGHT
Mesa, AZ
My partner and I saw a bright light with a trailing aura (like a wake spreading out behind a boat, only not V-shaped, but more U-shaped) slowly move across the sky. We live near the Phoenix-Sky Harbor flight path, so we see planes coming in a lot. This looked completely different than the normal planes we see coming in at night.
December 22, 2017 · 6:30 PM · CONE
Lake Havasu City, AZ
No information provided by source. Possible report of missile launch. PD
December 22, 2017 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
Snowflake, AZ
Sighting of missile launch at 5:26 p.m. (Pacific)?? PD
December 22, 2017 · 6:28 PM · LIGHT
Village of Oak Creek, AZ
Tonight, in the Village of Oak Creek, near Sedona, Arizona, there were two large lights in the sky. It was witnessed by many people who were driving on Jacks Canyon and by others at the local grocery. I took 3 pictures, my husband took 4. There were two lights. The light on the right was bright and remained in the same place. The light on the left illuminated the object on the right as it gradually moved off to the left. The light remained in the sky and illuminated a round area above the mountain. It was not a spot light, it was strong and filled the sky over the mountain area. There was not any sound. It lasted approximately 4 – 5 minutes. Sighting of missile launch. PD
December 22, 2017 · 6:00 PM · FIREBALL
Temecula, CA
A large fireball-shaped object was slowly flying over all of Temecula and had a clear blue surrounding it was giant as well, large as a whale in the center to the left of the larger side there was a pitch of white in the middle of it. Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD
December 22, 2017 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
Moriarty area, NM
Appx. 6:30 pm tonite an gigantic half circle of very bright light (similar to a theater spotlight) formed either on or somewhat behind the ridge of the Sandia mountains. This is viewing from Moriarty, NM facing west. Started as a very bright glow across the ridge of the mountain with the base spreading across the mountain top while the half circle expanded steadilt to a huge size. Size would be similar to a large storm cloud. Around 15 min. into the event the intensity of the light began to fade, and the half circle of light itself shrank until gone. Total time of event was appx. 20 minutes total. It was definitely NOT a cloud formation. I would think it would take hundreds of very large spot lights or even a single monster sized and ridiculously high powered to create this if it were able to be done at all. It was really really strange. I will update if I get further info on what this was. Sighting of missile launch?? PD