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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
September 20, 2017 · 9:20 PM · CIRCLE
Oakdale, MN
Driving south on Inwood towards Woodbury, cornfields on both sides of road, directly in front to the right of the car above (approx a football field above) the treeline my daugher and I saw a very bright light with a green hue underneath. This ball of light moved with speed in which could not have been anything man made. It moved from right to left at about the speed, as if you move your head as fast as you can from one side to the other. It than shot directly up into the sky and was gone in a matter of seconds. Never seen anything like it and can not explain it.
September 20, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Sahuarita, AZ
My dog wanted out and all the dogs in the neighborhood were barking. Saw an orange light, like a roman candle, appear above the west horizon and fade out. Then a bright shooting star. Then a white wisp of light shot across the yard like a ghost. Then to the right of the Milky Way in a dark patch of sky, I saw a light flash and thought it was a plane high in the sky. I waited a couple of seconds and it appeared again in a different spot, then it appeared in another spot and kept doing that but was confined to that one dark patch of sky. It didn't progress across the sky as a plane would have. It must have flashed for a few minutes like that and then nothing. Later I saw a couple of jets from Davis Monthan AFB flying back to base. Also saw a sputnik (as my Granddad used to say) before I saw the strange lights.
September 20, 2017 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Eureka, UT
Black triangular with (larger than normal aircraft) 3 red lights 1 at each point of the craft Locally known as "military operated Delta craft" by not formally disclosed. They seemed to fly in a circular pattern around the area low and very slow almost hovering at times. The apparently mobile makeshift landing and takeoff zone was located in a narrow valley between the city of Eureka and Silver City. There were orange light balls falling from very high altitudes (resembling meteors) the Delta's would dart towards these objects and circle them in close proximity. I observed one of the Delta's actual collide with one of the objects knowing it off course. We are not convinced that this is a serious report. PD
September 20, 2017 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
San Tan Valley, AZ
As soon as I could (within several minutes), I grabbed my binocs and looked in the area but saw nothing. About 15 minutes later I saw a plane fly into the area where the object(s) was and flew around there for, at least, 10 minutes, before flying off in the direction it had come from. The orbs were quite similar in appearance to a sighting I had several weeks ago in the SE sky.
September 20, 2017 · 7:43 PM · LIGHT
Bristol, CT
Small, white light/dot seen moving slowly up in a vertical motion. It paused above a cloud for around ten seconds then shot straight up out of view. At least 10 jetplanes were seen that night in the area, including one military. Seen during a High School marching band practice by one member. We have amended the time above, in order to reflect a nighttime sighting. PD
September 20, 2017 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Baraboo, WI
I walked past some trees and didn't see it again, after I had a clear view of where it was. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 20, 2017 · 6:53 AM · LIGHT
Normal, IL
White/yellow ball of light that started high in the sky and slowly moved down toward earth. Did not land. Faded out slowly as it got closer. No blinking, just a steady bright light until it faded out. Looked almost like a plane in holding, but it was nowhere near the airport.
September 20, 2017 · 5:53 AM · TRIANGLE
Ocean City, NJ
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
September 20, 2017 · 4:00 AM · OVAL
Snowmass Village, CO
I woke very early in the morning and was drawn by what I could see of the view in moonlight. When I reached the window, I looked toward the sky and, before a canopy of stars, was a bright shallow disk with lights on the bottom like the inside of the roof of a merry go round with fluorescent tubes lighting up and un-lighting in a random pattern. The object was otherwise "blue-ish, silver-ish," almost like plastic glow in the dark material. It was as though you could see through it. It was large looking but that was because it was close relative to an airplane. It stayed above just and off a corner of the roof. I had time to go get a camera, but it had already moved off a distance and at that time I saw two lights moving west along the top off the mountain range. My photos are interesting but not definitive. It made no sound. It left no exhaust that I could see. If it was truly extra-terrestrial, I feel privileged.
September 20, 2017 · 3:30 AM · TEARDROP
Chandler, AZ
I Woke up from sleep at 3:30 am and noticed my phone was dead (odd because it was fully charged a few hours ago) I go to the outlet near my bedroom window and happen to look out. It is an east facing window. I saw a bright white light that I pushed off as a star. I went to the kitchen and back and looked out again. I now saw the light now flashing red and blue. I think ok its a plane. I decide to look one more before I get back in bed. It is now pulsing green with almost laser looking lights all around except for the top left corner also pulsing green in a clockwise circular pattern. I was shocked and rushed outside. I had no way to photograph because of the dead phone. I watched until 4:15 it was stationary the entire time and would pulse green with long starburst formation then go back to a plain white light and sometimes flash red and blue in the center. Like I said, this was stationary the entire time until I went in at 4:15 am . I looked out one more time from my window and it was no longer visible directly from my window. I crouched down and the green light was now directly above my apartment building(still stationary). I went to bed and had strange dreams and thought I was hearing loud noises all night.
September 20, 2017 · 1:00 AM · SPHERE
Pittsburgh, PA
This report is just a collective of UFO’s I have seen in the past 2 years on top of this instance. I shall start with this instance. I am a kind of guy that when he sees something unexplainable like this, he just considers it unknown yet strange. I have a balcony to which I go out to smoke. Being as how I live in the city it is very rare to see stars. So when I recognize something that reminds me of a star I stare at it (I love stars.) Every time I see an unidentified glowing object or “flying object" I stare at them to make sure I’m not crazy and or to validate the realness. I went out to smoke and I noticed the “star” I was looking at was indeed not a star. And it was seemingly moving against the laws of physics. As if it could go through time or something. As I noticed that one I had noticed 2 others doing the same thing. These bluish glowing orbs were moving short distances at breakneck speeds. I have noticed these same phenomena in the past. Even having intelligent adults look in wonderment. That is all that happened in this instance. The other must tell story is about a year ago during the late summer to fall months. I had just got to my girlfriends mothers house (I lived there) and on the horizon my girlfriend, her mother, and I had witnessed a giant (10 times bigger than the moon perceptually) orange sphere. It was almost exactly like the depictions of USO’s. Except there was no large body of water anywhere near me. My girlfriends mother just shrugged it off while I was so lost and curious. There is constant sightings of UFO’s in my area. We even had a woman In Pittsburgh last august make it on the news for seeing something strange In the sky. She calls the police and even the police think its weird. Wish we could know what the phenomena is or is caused by.
September 19, 2017 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Salt Lake, UT
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 19, 2017 · 11:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Highlands Ranch, CO
I opened my 2nd story bedroom window last night about 11pm to get some fresh air and look at the stars and noticed movement above me. It was an object flying at about the same altitude as a small plane and was clearly visible. I was drawn to the movement and although there were no lights, per se, there was a faint light emanating from it. Once in my line of sight I was able to see the shape of the object, and it was a fairly flat rectangle and appeared to have 3 long tubular shapes on the bottom which were the length of the object. It seemed to be somewhat transparent, as I could see the clouds above it through the craft. It was flying faster than a plane in a very smooth and unrestricted fashion unlike a plane which is kind of forcing its way through the atmosphere and is very loud. This object was completely smooth and made no sound at all. As it moved through the air it became more transparent until I couldn’t see it anymore. The whole sighting only lasted about 5 seconds. It wasn’t a meteor. I have seen many of those and they enter the atmosphere quickly with a bright light and tail and burn up quickly but this was going across the sky in a horizontal fashion and did not appear to be on fire at all.
September 19, 2017 · 9:10 PM · UNKNOWN
San Diego, CA
Large white oval light illuminating through the clouds over north island naval base. Lights Flashed on for a few seconds then was gone flashed on again for a few seconds then were gone again Then flashed for the final time for only a split second before the light split into two brighter but smaller lights and left in opposite directions one went north and one went south disappearing immediately. No sound was heard
September 19, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Little Falls, MN
Directly above. Thought it was a satellite until it stopped and moved almost opposite direction. Would stop periodically and change direction. This repeated for about 10 minutes above me. Then b-lined it northwest and made a L-turn west where it finally came to a stop and would move around and stop again and again like it did when it was above me. During this whole time it was changing colors from green, red, white, and yellow. Also noticed 3 different aircraft moving towards it when the clouds started coming. My girlfriend saw it with me, I called my parents and they saw it. I also called my brother who lives almost a half hour away and he didn't know what to think when he finally saw it after my directions on finding it. It was about in the 8 o'clock direction from the big dippers handle. It was very high in the sky. Like I said I thought it was a satellite but clearly it was not. I lost sight due to clouds moving in. I did take pictures with a 30 second shutter speed when it was out on the west until the clouds moved in. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
September 19, 2017 · 8:45 PM · FIREBALL
Monroe, OH
I have already submitted a report for earlier this month pertaining to an earlier sighting - and I have just had another. Tonight (09 - 19 - 2017) at approximately 8:45 PM EST, I was out in my back yard having a cigarette, when I saw what seemed to me - to be a very slow flaring light or high altitude explosion - orange in color - that began as a pin point of light that suddenly appeared - and then over a period of 1 to 1.5 seconds grew dramatically in brilliance, faded quickly down to a pin point once again - and then moved farther towards the north as it continued to fade until it was no longer visible. the entire incident occurred at a high altitude (stratosphere?) well above the weather deck - maybe between 3000 to 8000 feet? The position of the initial incident was North East, I would say towards northern Warren County Ohio. The incident duration was about 2.5 seconds. I am not dismissing conventional explanations but it did NOT seem to be a meteor or space junk - as the object moved in a directed manner after flaring and fading - curving its course. Also - both the flare up and the object's motion seemed too slow for a meteorite. I am submitting sequenced graphics and an animated GIF file to NUFORC.
September 19, 2017 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Spartanburg, SC
The object was moving low and steady from southwest to northeast at apprx. 9:30 p.m eastern standard in Spartanburg South Carolina, at an altitude similar to local emergency and news helicopters, so much lower than most commercial flights. A steady glow of red (no blinking ), sometimes I thought it was not solid just a red sphere, but as it passed over to the north, I thought I saw a fin/airfoil on the bottom. It was moving fast but not extreme, but no sound at all, the whole viewing lasted about 8 minutes . I was on my back patio, but ran through the house to continue looking at it as it went on to the horizon where I lost it in the tree line. I have an open mind but I was seriously shaking.
September 19, 2017 · 7:35 PM · RECTANGLE
Durham, NC
I thought it might be a flock of large birds, but objects had hard lines – rectangular plus more. Very odd.
September 19, 2017 · 6:08 PM · UNKNOWN
Jacksonville, FL
Two friends and me were on our road, just talking. Looked up and noticed what appeared to be a blinking light. This is when I noticed several of these blinking orb-like objects. In total there was around 10 of them flying towards the west. Made no sound, which would rule out helicopters or other aircraft, and were definitely not drones. They eventually disappeared. Whole sighting was around 6 minutes.
September 19, 2017 · 11:45 AM · FORMATION
Cedar Park, TX
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 19, 2017 · 4:58 AM · DISK
Waterloo, IA
At 4:58Am September 13 I woke up from sleep paralyses, only to look outside my second story window to notice a ridiculously bright looking star in the sky, however it was mostly cloudy so almost no other stars were see able. However, this didn't look "As" far away then a star. The white light seemed to be the top of a flying object and underneath said light was an almost invisible saucer shape body of the aircraft. I watched it for a duration of 30 minutes before it go so far away and this just happened right as the sunrise was coming. At first the light remained still but appeared to be spinning very slowly with a very large search light beaming out of it diagonally toward the surface. About every 3 minutes this UFO then proceeded to move and ultimately moving higher and right in the sky but in a zig-zag patter that was ridiculously fast. I've spent all my brain coming up with anything that would logically make sense here, and I am out of ideas, and completely believe this to be some sort of outer space ship, There is nothing on earth that can be that bright in the sort of camouflaged state and move at those speeds in such quick angles. It looked like it was surveying the area, again can't tell exactly how far away this thing was appeared pretty far couldn't get a better look through a 32x scope, it appeared to leave a trail of some sort of chemical every time it did move though but evaporated within about 4 seconds. Anyway then around 5:30am it was starting to get light out and lost all sight of the flying object. It almost seemed like the plan was to break away before the sun came cause it was damn well timed.
September 18, 2017 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Pawlet, VT
I first saw a fast moving, bright white light object that streaked across the sky, My only explanation in that instant was that it was an asteroid ,but it didn't behave like one: no tail, no streak. My view was obscured by the mountain to see where it went. I immediately noticed to the left of where a red object/craft in the sky which changed colors. It went from all red to all green. I pulled over a little ways down the road for a better view of it and watched it head south through the valley. It moved straightforward and at a constant speed. At first glimpse it appeared triangular in shape.
September 18, 2017 · 10:55 PM · CHEVRON
Superior, CO
What I saw: It was a clear night, the moon was below the horizon to the east and I was laying outside in Superior, CO, on our patio furniture star gazing above. At 10:55PM, I was astonished to see a rather faint chevron shaped craft come into view from the east and continue to disappear to the west in only 3 seconds time. If I hadn’t been looking in the exact location I was, then I never would have seen it, as it wasn’t particularly bright and was moving extremely fast. It was visible to me within 90 degrees, or half the sky, and then faded away. Before it disappeared the lights seemed to move or deform in relation to one another, each getting closer/further away from one another. For a moment I thought maybe it was 5 separate craft flying in perfect formation, but I had noticed a body structure so this couldn’t have been the case. Odd side note - as I’m writing this the following evening, a large black military helicopter has decided to visit our neighborhood several times. Here are some details about the craft: It made no noise and it was very faint. It was the fastest thing I have ever seen. There were no flashing lights but instead five good sized lights on the underside, two on each side leading to one at the front. I didn’t see the details of the front or the ends of the chevron. The lights or something else partially illuminated the edges of the craft. The color of the lights were whitish-yellow or that of a warm colored light bulb. I could not denote any color to the craft so I assumed it was black like the sky. After it passed, I estimated it to be four fingers wide when I held out my fingers to measure its width. For me, thats about 3 inches wide at 21” from my face. My thoughts after this happened: I thought maybe some kind of cloaking technology was used, as before it disappeared there was a weird distortion of its appearance. The lights seemed to ride an invisible wave, almost like when you look at the sun or bright light when under water - like a pool. I couldn’t specifically tell the altitude of it, but it seemed to be at least as high as the commercial jets, I can’t fathom what the size of this thing could be if it was higher. For what it’s worth: I’m used to seeing a wide variety of aircraft fly overhead while looking at the stars, as DIA is 35 miles away so we get a lot of jets flying over. The commercial jets seem to take about 30 seconds to cover the same area of whatever I saw. I live next to a small airport, and we’ve had every kind of aircraft from Cessnas to Slurry Bombers and F-16s at the local air shows, they are all audible, even the very high altitude jets. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Hi Peter, I’m a Coast Insider and knew to come to your site as I hear you on the show all the time. Great work by the way, I love hearing your reports! Oddly enough, I was actually listening to Sundays show on aliens and ufos. Not too unlikely I suppose, but it made me think of when George says, “Everything happens for a reason." It was hard to not file this report while I was working, I’ve been thinking about this thing all day long. Also, thanks for taking the time to put together such a great database of reports. So in terms of distance, beginning to end : If I were to lay on my back and hold my arms straight up to the sky and measure the angle of my arms, they would be 90 degrees or a right angle. Now that distance that was visible was almost directly over me (it was actually offset), so 45 degrees left from straight up to 45 degrees right of straight up. Not sure if this makes total sense, I tried to find a website with details of how to explain the arc and other details in astronomical terms. It was also almost travelling perfectly east to west, but I estimated that was also off by a few degrees when looking at Google Maps. I’d say it was slightly SE to NW, but almost true West… again not sure how to best explain it. I did have one thought I forgot to add to my ‘For what it’s worth section’. It doesn’t have to get appended to the report, but I thought you might find this interesting. This morning I told a coworker you never know what this thing could have been, an alien craft or a high tech military craft, one that’s probably headed to North Korea. Five minutes later I thought to myself… 'why would it have lights on the bottom of it then!’ Anyhow, food for thought I suppose. Thanks again, NUFORC Not: We spoke with the witness via telephone, and he sounded to us to be quite sober-mided and sincere. We suspect that he is a highly reliable witness. PD
September 18, 2017 · 10:21 PM · LIGHT
Lehigh Acres, FL
Notice three strobe like lights in sky,it seems to be a bit higher than the tree line, maybe a bit higher. They seemed to go past us like a helicopter or something of the like. Notice the light is still visible as if it slowed to our pace. We decided to follow in our vehicle. After following for about a minute, we stopped the truck and noticed it was still the same distance from us as a few moments before. It seemed to stop as we stopped. A car turned down the street and then it just vanished. We have 2 videos one of which shows an orange light a second above our vehicle. We had also observed a strange animal on the road a few minutes before this all happened. Sort of like a monkey, it was on all fours, and stood up and ran on 2 legs. however there is a monkey farm not too far from that location.