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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.
5,054 entries
August 10, 2022 · 3:16 AM · LIGHT
New York, NY
Was in my backyard smoking a cigarette with my best friend when I looked up and saw the planet Neptune soon thereafter 1 super bright light and right next to it another much dimmer light appeared out of nowhere stood stationary for approximately 5 seconds and then started moving towards the direction of the planet Neptune in a slow steady direction. Soon thereafter they started dimming and completely disappeared by the 10th second.
August 10, 2022 · 2:33 AM
Brocton, NY
Seen anywhere from 2 to 15 every night just about for the last 2 weeks. Soon as it's dark. They light up. Plane flies anywhere close and the light of the orbs will go out till plane is far enough and will pop back on. If you look at them with binoculars you can see lights spinning inside them like a atom of energy! Totally mind blowing. I also have more videos of the phenomenon
August 7, 2022 · 9:59 PM · LIGHT
Richmondville, NY
Was outside enjoying the warmth and quiet of the night. Stars were present. Sky was clear. Temperature was about 79F. All of a sudden at 9:59pm EST in the SW Sky, this light began to illuminate out of no where grabbing my attention. It was bright enough to illuminate the ground a bt where I was standing (backyard). It was an intense light with 4 arms radiating out. See pictures. No sound was present. ( Location/ Approx. 42.635, -74.567, Richmondville, NY in Upstate NY. The light Lasted a few minutes, Approx. 5 minutes.
August 5, 2022 · 9:09 PM · TRIANGLE
Amherst, NY
After a storming day of lighting and rain Use monoculars and only say dots
August 3, 2022 · 9:56 AM · CIRCLE
Poughkeepsie, NY
It lasted for a short period of time I was about to take a picture of it but it literally disappeared at a blind of an eye Usually If you see a plane or something move from its spot you can easily find it again with no problem but this disappeared in half a second It was weirdly shaped and it was silver Very shiny
August 1, 2022 · 10:00 PM · CHANGING
Albany, NY
Saw craft, above tree line, no sounds red lights with green on bottom, couldn't make out craft. Was over back of house 1 hour or more. Albany airport near by.
July 31, 2022 · 10:26 AM · CIRCLE
Syosset, NY
Saw a white circle for about two hours not moving. A plane went by and it seemed to follow it. Wind was blowing in the opposite direction
July 30, 2022 · 5:00 PM · OTHER
Hicksville, NY
Bad lightning storm cleared up and I saw a black orb hanging out for an hr. Other people saw it too
July 29, 2022 · 9:45 PM · CIRCLE
Auburn, NY
There's a lot of activity in the skies lately. We didn't hear anything, but as you can see, it looked like a bright object that moved fairly quickly, dimmed, then appeared to change direction quickly. We seen it between 9:45 and 10:00 p.m. Friday night.
July 27, 2022 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Hudson, NY, NY
I was about to go to bed and had the window open facing West and saw a large aircraft moving north. What gave me pause was the size, the shape, and the fact that there was no noise. It was a large triangular shape, solid black silhouette with a single red light. It was approx the length of a football field and seemed to be above the Hudson River which is less than a mile from my house. It moved as slowly as large boats do maybe 5-10 mph. Like a blimp. No sound at all. But it was a large vertical triangle. Maybe 500-800 feet above ground. I was trying to figure out what kind of aircraft it was but after it passed and noted it I can conclude I have never seen anything like this before. Since West Point is close and we have military aircraft travel over us from time to time I figured it initially might be something military related. But after some research it seems like there are no aircraft that size in that description.
July 26, 2022 · 10:47 PM · UNKNOWN
Seneca Falls, NY
I first thought it was a plane because of how bright the light was, except I didn't hear a sound and there were no other color lights, just the white. As I was videotaping it, my phone stopped recording because I ran out of space. By the time I started recording again, it looked like it was moving further away, like out into space, to where I could no longer see it anymore. It wasn't because something was blocking my line of sight, the object was definitely getting further away from Earth.
July 26, 2022 · 4:06 AM · CIGAR
Staten Island NY, NY
I was filming the sky all night and at 4:06 am I was wrapping up I took the camera off the tripod and I was filming Jupiter and all of a sudden I noticed this cigar shape object fly past my camera was in the perfect spot so I just follow it. I said to myself that’s wild. I had this feeling that I was gonna see something so you hear me saying to myself I knew it I felt it was going to happen I said it. I just had this gut feeling to look in that direction and I’m so glad I did.
July 23, 2022 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE
Syracuse, NY
There are no stars in the sky tonight due to weather conditions. These four lights stood out in the darkness, in a perfect diagonal line, spread apart perfectly and not in motion.
July 22, 2022 · 9:19 PM · UNKNOWN
Dansville, NY
Me and my 3 kids were coming back from a local fair in hemlock ny as I spotted something in the sky. I thought I was tripping (seeing things) when I asked my kids they also saw it. I gave my phone to my oldest daughter who was in the passenger seat and told her to take several photos of it. It was hovering and not moving so I thought it to be off. We got home about 5 mins after taking the photo and when I looked at the pictures and zoomed in it didn't look like anything I or anyone else had ever saw before. I went in to work the following day showing everyone.
July 20, 2022 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Hurley, NY
Saw strange light next to moon took pictures
July 19, 2022 · 7:39 PM · UNKNOWN
Cedarhurst, NY
I was outside with my neighbors, daughter & two grandchildren. When we saw this flash of something in the sky. I took a picture of it and thought I didn't catch what we saw. The sky lit up bright. I felt like my phone started acting weird after I took the picture and it shut off. I thought nothing of it, I just thought my phone died. After a few days, I was going through my photos and realized I got the perfect picture of the sky that night I didn't think I took it because my phone died at that moment I took the picture. I checked the picture because I noticed I caught the moon in the left-hand corner and when I zoomed in on the moon, oh my God, there it was!!!! You can see the aircraft. I knew when I zoomed in that I caught a real UFO. Most incredible thing I've ever seen in my life. I'm just happy I wasn't the only person who saw it. What's also weird was that it was around 730-8 pm when I took the picture but my phone started acting weird and shut off and when I look at my picture details it says it was 12:39 am. Like how? It was almost like a time-lapsed picture. I couldn't get my phone to act right all night. But the next day my phone was fine. I was freaking out for days & weeks about it. And called the police but was told to report it to this Ufo index, which I never knew existed. I am outside now every day with a telescope. I know in my heart it was a UFO & I caught it!!! When you look at the normal photo you can't see it. When you zoom in…it's there!!!!
July 10, 2022 · 10:42 PM · CIRCLE
Smithtown, NY
I witnessed what I thought was an aircraft without any flashing beacon lights. Then I thought it may have been a star moving across the sky slowly I watched it move across the sky for roughly 4 to 8 seconds and the light just disappeared as if it were turned off the sky conditions are crystal clear. It appeared to be the size of white or bright star in the sky would be and it was very high in the atmosphere. It made no sense just moved across the sky and suddenly appeared and disappeared
July 10, 2022 · 12:10 AM · UNKNOWN
HAMBURG NY, NY
I observed a strange vehicle flying around 1000-2000 feet. It flew away from me towards the northeast, but the lights it flashed pointed towards me. The lights resembled car headlights flashing its high beams. I have it on video, why would its lights flash at me, if it were flying away?
July 9, 2022 · 12:42 AM · LIGHT
Valley Stream, NY
I had been having trouble falling asleep, so I laid down and looked out my west facing window. I had been still for just a second when I saw a very bright white light in the shape of a sphere moving at a fast speed traveling north across the sky outside my window. I noticed a slight trail effect behind it as well. I did not hear any noise and lost sight of it behind a neighbor’s tree/house. It happened in an area near a large international airport, though I’m familiar with the area and would recognize a standard passenger aircraft. To double check, I opened my flight tracker just seconds after the sighting to confirm what I had just seen. As I found no planes moving that direction in the area, I concluded it wasn’t one. I opened my other app “stellarium” just to make sure it couldn’t have been a satellite. Knowing that I have never see a satellite at my location due to light pollution, I knew it wasn’t one but still checked. Again, I found no evidence to disprove what I saw.
July 8, 2022 · 12:15 AM
Staten Island New York, NY
3 orbs in triangle forms flew over my head on the beach as I was sky watching flying NNE clear night I also pulled the iss chart space x satellite charts UAV charts it was none of the above.
July 5, 2022 · 2:50 PM · CHANGING
Syracuse, NY
I studied it for about 7 minutes. It seemed to be something in the sky that I have never seen before. I looked on the internet when I got home but nothing about it was sighted by anyone else. People that worked there said what were you looking at? I said I'm not really sure. It wasn't a helicopter, a glider or anything thing like that. It went far away quick. The employees came out and it had vanished completely. The only reason I say it was a UFO because I couldn't identify it. I couldn't see people just the shape. There wasn't any lights.
July 4, 2022 · 7:30 PM · CYLINDER
Woodstock, NY
Was waiting for fire works that night, but they were’nt scheduled till next month in Woodstock. Looked like a large bus, no wings, very bright lights. Little lower than a plane would be in the sky. Sighting stayed in the same spot, no sounds, for 1 hr. Then moved over to the right and dropped a little lower for another 1/2 hour before I went to sleep.
July 3, 2022 · 8:41 PM · CYLINDER
Saranac Lake, NY
Object spotted traveling from S to N. The video was taken from Eagle Island Campsite on Saranac lake, facing SE. The object passed us at 8:42 PM 04/03/2022 and appeared to be passing over the town of Saranac Lake at 8:43 PM, 04/03/2022 The object looked like a cylinder with rounded ends and no wings. Primarily white, with a dark spot on the side. At first I thought the dark part of the side of the object that can be seen in the video was a wing but as it moved away you could see that there was no wings protruding from the side of the object, or the top of the object. This object did not make any noise, it did not have any flashing lights that would be seen on any legal aircraft or civilian drone, nor did the object have any visible exhaust. We were able to both hear and see planes that were flying farther and higher than the object was that evening, but this object went by without a sound.
July 1, 2022 · 6:15 PM · CHANGING
Bronx, NY
Object made no sound and seemed to be travelling faster than any aircraft I have seen. I thought it may have been a distant helicopter as it appeared to be spinning, so I zoomed in with my phone camera and took a photo. When I switch to video to record it the object had gone. When I review the photo taken it