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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 6, 2017 · 12:45 AM · SPHERE
East Otay Mesa, CA
Having finished my shift, I was driving east on Otay Mesa Road, when a luminous ball of white light caught my attention. Given the fact that there are two airports nearby, Brown Field, which was just behind me to the west, and Tijuana International Airport, two miles south of my location and over the border, I figured it was a commercial aircraft preparing to land. But when my passenger, a co-worker, mentioned that the light wasn’t going to make either field, I decided to pull over, close to the right side of the curb. Before I could come to a stop, however, the headlights failed and the engine died. It was just about 12:45 AM when the light glided over SR 125, which was approximately one-eight mile in front of us. As the ball of light approached the vacant field to our right, I became aware of the distinct feeling of pins and needles about my face and in my hands, especially around my mouth and in my fingertips. That’s when I reached for my phone, only it was dead. My coworker reached for the pair of sunglasses that he kept in the glove box. I would say the ball was twenty-five feet in diameter, but I couldn’t make out a distinct edge. At first it remained motionless, about fifteen or twenty feet above the ground, and about forty yards from where our jeep had stalled. Then, after four or five minutes, there appeared to be a quarter panel of the ball that grew brighter. Given the detail that became visible, it became apparent that the ball was turning clockwise, about a half turn every minute or so. I would say eight minutes had elapsed before the ball began to move forward and then climbed smoothly toward the western horizon. The skies were clear, and at no time did the object make any sound. Out of employment concerns, both of us wish to remain anonymous. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 5, 2017 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Matthews, NC
It then moved 90 degrees south again and stopped. We all agreed that this is totally bizarre as the light didn't blink and remained solid red the whole time. Someone mentioned that it is probably a drone, but I have no idea how to determine if any drones were in the air at that time. The light would have been over Indian Trail or maybe further west/south.
September 5, 2017 · 9:25 PM · OTHER
Mission, SD
Full moon night. Bright white lights, stationary in the eastern night sky, tightly arranged in 2 rows of 3. Seemed to have upturned rays of light extending out from either side. Seen while driving and lost sight of it after having to turn to the north. Unsure if it was one or multiple UFOs in formation.
September 5, 2017 · 4:00 PM · SPHERE
Dallas, GA
I was traveling down Ivy Gulledge Road on 9/5/17 at 16:00 hours, when I looked up and about 25 feet above the road was a black ball about the size of a softball just suspended in mid air. It wasn't spinning or moving at all.
September 5, 2017 · 3:50 PM · SPHERE
Fayetteville, PA
Fast moving white orb that pulsated twice as it flew through a cornfield right before a big storm.
September 5, 2017 · 6:30 AM · SPHERE
Concord, CA
I was driving west on Evora Rd. towards Concord, CA, when I hit some stop and go traffic. The traffic stopped for a moment, when I saw what I thought was a star, but then I noticed it was moving upward slightly. It then moved into the clouds and never reappeared again. I thought it might have been an airliner glinting in the morning sun, but I could not make out any wing structure.
September 5, 2017 · 1:24 AM · UNKNOWN
Alexandria, VA
I was just laying in bed on my phone, when I was alerted by bright flashing lights in the sky. I have lived in the DC area for a long time, and know the behavior and appearances of planes and other craft in the area. I have also lived in military towns and this event was shocking to me. Facing southwest from my apartment window, I saw flashes from an unknown craft in the sky of white-yellow light. The light blinked quickly and unlike crafts on earth the flashes seemed to have no regular pattern. At times the flashes would refract momentarily to a distance away (perhaps a mile or so- it's hard to know how far away this craft(s) was) and then blink back to the origin area. This went on for about 5 minutes and then suddenly the light stopped flashing. I have never witnessed a UFO in my life and found this event shocking in its irregularity.
September 4, 2017 · 11:30 PM
Gainesville, FL
Witness provides very little data. We have requested a thorough report from him. PD
September 4, 2017 · 10:16 PM · FIREBALL
Middle River, MD
My car was parked in front of my house and the alarm randomly started going off. I went out to move it to a parking lot across the street (thinking perhaps the sensor is getting confused and a fast moving car set it off.) While coming back to my house, I stopped to admire the moon (it’s ALMOST full.) As I was standing there, something to the bottom right of the moon zoomed a bit, left a small white-ish trail, pulsed/zoomed again and left a looooong, thin fire trail and was GONE. The thin fire trail only lasted for a few seconds. It was a muggy, cloudy night out there tonight. No stars are visible, so I can’t believe it was a shooting star…. I have seen other strange things, but never reported them
September 4, 2017 · 9:36 PM · SPHERE
La Salle, IL
Called my son to come look at it. We both observed it moving back and forth up and down for another minute, then it moved closer to us and shot up up so fast I can't even describe it to you. No sound. Just brilliant orange light. And it moved like nothing I ever seen before.
September 4, 2017 · 9:01 PM · OVAL
Eatonville, WA
Seen 6 orange balls very low in the night sky coming from the west going to the east moving quite slow, no sound .in two parallel lines .spaced about 1 min apart then 30 sec then 1 min then 30 sec then 1 min then 30 sec.
September 4, 2017 · 8:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Manalapan, NJ
My wife and I observed a single black triangular aircraft, with no lights and absolutely no sound traveling in a straight line from the NE to the SW. We were outside talking and relaxing in the back yard, admiring the stars and the full moon. There was not a cloud in the sky. At first, when I saw the aircraft, I assumed it was a very large turkey vulture gliding in the sky. Then I realized it was night time, and how quickly the aircraft was traveling in a straight line. We were able to watch the triangular aircraft travel through about half the sky. I noticed the aircraft from the tree clearing behind us to the North/Northeast to over the roof of the house about 30 feet away towards the Southwest. We can't say if the object was 200 feet above us or 10,000 feet. We waited and expected to hear exhaust within a several seconds of it passing but we were surprised that we heard nothing. I can estimate that the aircraft's angular diameter at about about 3 degrees. I am an amateur astrophotographer in my spare time, and I have never seen such an object like this before. I always have an explanation for what is in the sky, but this was very different. My wife takes very little interest in astronomy but she seemed pretty shocked at what she saw.
September 4, 2017 · 8:43 PM · SPHERE
Voorheesville, NY
I was walking out of family dinner with my wife, and in this particular town outside the Albany, there is very little light pollution. You are able to see much more of the night sky very clearly, so I always get lost looking when I'm out that way. As I walked outside and looked up, a flash caught my eye that seemed close, like a BRIGHT orb. Just as fast as it flashed, it dimmed out and just looked like another star in the sky, except this started moving north at a very fast pace; faster than you see normal aircraft move. And it was very high, I'd say 50-60,000 feet up. Then as I followed it, it stopped, reversed direction very quickly the way it had come, and disappeared. This isn't the first time I've seen strange craft out that way, but this was the one I could best explain. I'm hoping someone else saw this on that Monday night as well. It's puzzled me because I have a pretty extensive knowledge of aircraft--and this thing did not move like any aircraft we have developed here
September 4, 2017 · 7:00 PM · DISK
Burien, WA
We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded to us to be serious-minded. He has both military, and aviation, background. However, his photo strongly suggests to us that the object was a large, helium-filled balloon, in the shape of an oblate spheroid, with other objects suspended below it on some type of cord or cable. However, the witness reports that the cluster suddenly accelerated, and climbed out of site very quickly, which one would not expect for a balloon. PD
September 4, 2017 · 6:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Denver, CO
My 2 kids, wife, sister-n-law, & niece all notice these 2 objects. It made me really nervous and excited at the same time because I've never seen anything like it.
September 4, 2017 · 9:20 AM · RECTANGLE
Los Angeles, CA
Huge, gray rectangle larger than a blimp with a long apparatus coming out from the length of it. Traveling slowly over Downtown LA to the West. No lights, but it looked like it was two squares put together to make the rectangle.
September 4, 2017 · 12:39 AM · SPHERE
Aurora, CO
I was at my old house (I just moved three days ago) Setting up My cameras and Tripod facing south in the sky. I was preparing for my fifth skywatch that evening of September 4th, 2017, at 12:34 AM. Since I was have been seeing this Blinking orb (What looked like to my naked eyes) I got my best camera with a night time setting to capture the object. I first noticed the object four nights ago. It has been moving and hovering around the same section in the sky for the past few nights and I finally got the chance to see what it was. At first, I thought this object was a star, but it was moving too quickly and blinking/flashing rapidly. Until I finally got a closer look. All it was doing was stopping at times, then moving to the right. It was not a straight line either. It would occasionally, as it moved to the right, move a little upward or downward. It did this for two hours straight, I recorded it for 33 minutes with my cannon camera. I felt no fear. If anything I was rather excited to see this. I was filled with shock and awe looking at it move across the screen of the camera. At times I could feel my body vibrating and burning from the inside. A warm feeling throughout the whole body. A bit of adrenaline, heart racing. I even actually lost sight of the object when I started to grow paranoid being outside by myself with no other people. I did not know why, but after I felt this I packed my gear and headed inside to view the results. I write Times and such in a record in my skywatch sessions. I will paste my written session below. Day five of skywatching. Times set during Skywatch - 12 am through 1 am Friday, September 4th, 2017, Location - Colorado Springs My backyard 12:34 AM Going out now. I'm bored and cannot sleep. I was outside earlier and spotted a big blue, moving orb above my house. Might as well do a Skywatch tonight. 12:39 AM Just set up, spotted Blinky in the same sections of the sky the previous night. I'm naming the orb Blinky. 12:58 AM Filmed Blinky. It moved behind the tree though. It's in the usual spot, circling the sky miles away from my house. Maybe just one mile. The burning feeling is back. Everything went silent. I can hear the street cleaners. Or this wubbing noise. Freaked me out for a second there. It's pretty loud. Feeling allot of adrenaline pumping through me. I feel dizzy, hearts racing for some odd reason. I'm not afraid though that's the thing. I hear this machine hum in the sky above me. Someone said "film" and it was not me. I feel calm suddenly after that voice. Blinky moved from behind the tree. 1:14 AM. Filming again, but I switched cameras. My video camera can pick up many flashing lights after I zoomed in in my video editor. All I do is crop it and I see the flashing lights. I cannot wait to see the picture/video results later. 3 minutes in of recording. We have some visible to my human eyes blinking flashing again. Hmm... 1:41 AM Still stalking Blinky. I got good footage of them. Still moving. I'm going to head inside now. 1:49 AM I'm inside now. I feel pretty joyful tonite. Let's take a gander at the results. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 4, 2017 · 12:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Bothell, WA
Me and my brother were smoking weed at around 10:30pm to 12:30am. We were talking but he heard a "Graaaauuuuuchhh: sound repeatedly. We both heard it over and over again. Then it went quiet and we went inside. Strangely enough when we went out again my brother said he heard the same sound on the other side of the street and that it seemed close. If some guy was just making noises its possible but he would need to be in a weird mood to do so.
September 3, 2017 · 11:30 PM · SPHERE
Broomfield, CO
My son (aged 32), wife (aged 59) and I (aged 60) were sitting on my son’s back porch, smoking cigars and talking when I noticed a bluish white orb moving from north to south. It appeared to be moving at 150 mph and at an altitude of 5,000 feet above ground. This was estimated by judging against planes lining up for landing at DIA. It did not emit a sound and had no flashing lights. The orb moved at a steady speed and heading. We followed it with binoculars until it was lost behind trees and houses. It was tracked for about 15 minutes. After about five minutes of discussing what we might have just seen, another orb on a similar size, shape, heading and speed was spotted. We were able to get some pictures and video of the second orb. We could not discern any structure to the shape but we are reasonably sure it was not a hot air balloon due to the duration of the flight and perceived size of the object. Plus we checked wind directions at various altitudes and! all were in different directions from the orbs flight path. The sky was clear. I am a former Air Force Nuclear Officer and very familiar with aircraft and flight characteristics. This sighting did not fit the normal flight profile.
September 3, 2017 · 10:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Puyallup, WA
My brother, boyfriend and I heard a loud, growing and indescribable electronic sound out of an upstairs window of our house facing vanlirop field and East Pioneer. We could not locate or see a source (it was pretty dark). We ran outside to our backyard towards the sound and by then it was heard off to the left further up pioneer toward Orting, fading into the distance. It seemed too loud to be coming from a car, we could hear normal car sounds and this wasn't relative to any of them.
September 3, 2017 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Cape Coral, FL
Two sets of orange/reddish light moving steadily in unison westward in the southern sky. Idk heights by I'd say around the height of regular commercial planes. The moment I noticed how each pair moved in unison it appeared maybe they were all a part of one large object. Can't say for sure. Kinda creepy to witness these things first hand
September 3, 2017 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION
Salt Lake City, UT
We have some evidence, which suggests to us that this may not be a serious-minded report. PD
September 3, 2017 · 9:50 PM · OVAL
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
I saw a bright light shining through my 5th floor window, so I look out only to see towards the east, a round very bright light that was round in shape in the sky, The light was not moving at all, it stayed in the one spot for about a minute and then just disappeared.
September 3, 2017 · 9:40 PM · SPHERE
Spartanburg, SC
My husband and I left my parents' house at 9:40PM on 9-3-17, we were backing out of their driveway when I saw these 3 strange lights vertically staggered in the distance. My parents have lived in that house for the past 21 years, and I grew up there, these were NOT normal lights. So, I immediately told my husband to look, and we quickly drove down the street to investigate the right/yellow blinking, yet stationary lights. That's when I took the first picture, it was too dark for my iPhone to get a good picture, so I circled the 3 dots in red because my phone couldn't focus. We decided to go home the long way so we could follow the UFOs, we made it just down John Dodd Rd out of my parents neighborhood and we BOTH saw a white colored lighted object fall out of the bottom of the red/yellow blinking object. We were flabbergasted! We drove a little further and parked at the intersection of John Dodd Rd and New Cut Rd where I took the next picture and video that I attached. The red/yellow blinking objects were now coming very far apart in a single file path following one another. They were headed West towards us, then the one coming closest dropped out another white lighted object out of the bottom, then waited a second and dropped another, it then turn right, and started heading N.. As soon as it began heading N, it disappeared from our sight VERY quickly. It was followed by 4 other red/yellow blinking UFOs. They all followed the same path, and as soon as they all began to head N they disappeared so fast, but only the first one we saw after we stopped at the intersection dropped out two lit objects. As they were headed towards us, which was west, so we were looking east, they did not seem to be moving fast at all, and they definitely had the ability to hover in a stationary position as when we first saw them, and then they were stationary momentarily as they dropped things out of the bottom of their ship. It should also be noted that a jet flew above us during the sighting and was MUCH higher in the air than these objects were. I wouldn't put it past the government to be testing some random aerospace stuff, but the part that is seriously throwing us for a loop were the following things: 1 - Stationary first 2- Glowing objects released from the bottom 3 - Speed in which they disappeared after turning N, because they were not moving that quickly as they were headed west towards us 4 - They were fairly low to the ground, way below the jet that flew above us. I would be glad to answer any more questions that you may have. Thanks for listening. This is my second UFO sighting in my lifetime of 31 years, the other was in the Austrian Alps when I was 15 with my best friend, but we were young and never reported it. I definitely believe in life outside of our tiny universe. I hope this helps in some way, or you all can give us an answer to what it may have been, or if anyone else had reporting seeing something similar to what we saw tonight.