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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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August 12, 2017 · 11:03 AM · TRIANGLE
Oakboro, NC
About an hour after that we all witnessed one come down absolutely silent and shine a light in our yard and then multiple colored lights in the area of our dogs..strange!!1
August 12, 2017 · 9:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Tucson, AZ
Several of us saw several lights pass right over our head in a octagon formation. They were passing slightly through/below the clouds coming from the west heading east. They disappeared into the clouds after about a minute of observing them. There was no sound coming from the objects
August 12, 2017 · 3:30 AM · LIGHT
Austin, TX
the same thing happened a couple of months ago and the light just vanishes, way too fast to be a drone or a plane and can't move like a plane or helicopter.
August 12, 2017 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Davenport, FL
We went inside for awhile, then decided to go back out, and they were still there, except for there was now a solid yellow light looking like a huge yellow ball to the left of the formation. At first was huge then faded to nothing in a instant, then it instantly came back. Once again we went back inside for awhile came back out and the 9 original lights that were positioned in there places were still in exact same spots still pulsating colors every now and then. This happened between hours of 3am and 6am.
August 12, 2017 · 2:00 AM · FLASH
Grass Valley, CA
An unusual nighttime sighting, both alone, and with friends, during the recent 2017 Perseid meteor shower was dismissed as some sort of odd, but probably explainable, visual illusion. But 4 evenings later while driving I was listening to Coast to Coast and heard a mention of several similar accounts reported from the U.S. and Turkey, so will add our experiences (in two reports) to the mix. Around 2:00 AM on Saturday, August 12, 2017, I had just returned home to Grass Valley, CA, after a flight from Phoenix, AZ, and after unpacking the car went back outside to see if any of the Perseids might be visible. There were very few but while looking NNE at around 3:00 AM there was an extremely bright blue-white flash about 35° up which lingered and faded for maybe a full second, followed quickly by another dimmer flash, and then a couple more that were even fainter, although not at regular intervals. At first I assumed it was a plane, but it was stationary and there were definitely no colored running lights or associated sounds. I’m familiar with helicopters doing nighttime searchlight operations, but the lights were just flashes with no downward beam. My background includes a lifetime amateur interest in the biological sciences, and later in the hard sciences (esp. quantum physics, astrophysics, cosmology, topology, etc.), but not UFO’s. Since 1965, have been a professional fine woodworker (luthier), spec. stringed musical instruments, involving fine measurements, close tolerances, good observational skills, and a good ear. (( We spoke via telephone with the witness, and we found him to be exceptional eloquent, and he seemed to be quite sincere and sober-minded. We suspect that he is an excellent witness. Please see a second report of a similar sighting by the same witness, which occurred at 2200 hrs. (PDT) on Sunday, August 13, 2017. PD))
August 12, 2017 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Brookline, NH
I saw this object outside my 2nd floor bedroom window. It was very bright with green and red lights (not blinking), spherical shaped that went horizontal past the window about 150 feet away. I thought it was a drone but drones don't move horizontal without tilting. This is a very rural area and not much in the area. There is a private airport about 1 mile away, but this also did not move like an airplane or helicopter. Also, aircraft would not fly that low to the ground. I estimate about 3-4 feet in diameter.
August 11, 2017 · 11:00 PM · FLASH
CA
I was watching the meteor shower. Looking N af Cassiopeia. 20 degrees east of Cassiopeia, I saw a slowly moving bright light. Approx. 5x brighter than the brightest star, about twice the size of a star. . The amplitude of light slowly increased as it moved towards the east. Amplitude decreased and if moved North again. This repeated two times. Much too slow for a meteor. Left a trail. Witness does not indicate the city he/she was in, or near. PD
August 11, 2017 · 10:57 PM · CIRCLE
Fort Mill, SC
9 yellow lights in cluster. High as airplane, but no sound at all moving same speed as airplane.
August 11, 2017 · 10:40 PM
Cincinnati, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 11, 2017 · 10:30 PM · DIAMOND
Benton Hot Springs, CA
1) A very bright white light flashed on the south horizon and proceeded to the north horizon, flashing irregularly, but frequent enough to track its trajectory easily. It traveled faster than anyone present had ever previously observed. The flashes were one to two seconds in duration. It appeared to be in the upper atmosphere, substantially higher than the many aircraft nearly constantly present. We also saw plenty of satellites, which moved at a fraction of the object. I estimate it traveled from horizon to horizon in less than 15 seconds. 2) Approximately 20 minutes later the light reappeared, but this time it was directly in the center of our field of view, around 35-40 degrees above the horizon. It flashed with the same frequency, but remained near motionless in the sky. I believe it did move, but so little some of us felt it was completely motionless. It remained in position for approximately 5 minutes, and then stopped flashing. When it was not lit, the sky appeared empty at its location. I am an Air Force vet, trained weather observer, and this event was unique in my experience. This was no meteor, of which we saw many. None of us had an explanation for what we saw beyond the possibility that we witnessed secret technologies of our military (our location was approximately 120 miles from the Groom Lake, NV area), or a UFO of extraterrestrial origin. This was pure speculation, and the entire incident remains a puzzling mystery. I do note that this sounds very similar to the descriptions of others on this site.
August 11, 2017 · 10:30 PM · DISK
Deer Park, WA
Looking at Meteor shower Friday night, noticed high altitude disc heading North towards British Columbia. Object suddenly flipped direction 90 degrees East towards Idaho, zig-zagged back 90 degrees toward original North heading. Then, abruptly shot out of sight towards British Columbia, like no meteor I've ever seen!
August 11, 2017 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Cleveland (east side of), OH
Sitting on the porch and an enormous amount of reddish, but twinkling, flying crafts where heading east, first moving as if in formation together like a group, but close, then the other crafts came lingering behind heading the in the same direction flashing and a few hovering.
August 11, 2017 · 5:45 PM · CHEVRON
Leander, TX
Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
August 11, 2017 · 4:00 PM · DISK
North Las Vegas, NV
Around 3PM to 3:15 PM on 8/11/2017, I was watching lightning from outside a casino in North Las Vegas. I noticed in the SW a tiny black dot slowly going upward a little to the left and right. I thought it was a Mylar balloon that someone had let go of. Then it just stopped mid air, and then it started moving NE slowly just outside a storm cell I was watching. It appeared to be entering just inside and outside of the Cloud Cell. As it got closer, it appeared to be just near Stratosphere Casino but much higher in the sky like ½ mile higher in the sky. It was well defined at this point, black, flat on the bottom with a small point on the top center of it. At around Stratosphere Casino, it stopped again, and then started increasing speed, and in a matter of maybe 3 to 4 seconds, it went from Stratosphere Casino, to just left of Nellis AFB. It looked like it was on a collision course with the mountains, when I lost sight of it as it went under my line of site as trees were to the East of me and the mountains. I heard no noise, no sonic booms, and did not hear any impact and did not see any visible signs of debris flying up as if it impacted something. From my vantage point, I can see Stratosphere to Nellis AFB, I guess that’s maybe what 25 miles between the two of them? As it speeded up from virtually a stand still hover over Stratosphere to speeding out of site, it only took about 3 to 4 seconds travel that 20 to 25 miles, I know when the jets hit their burners, you see the thrusters flames and loud, like I said this was totally silent and no flames, just extremely fast and quick. It was traveling much faster than the fighter jets that pass by here every day. I was going to inquire to Nellis AFB if they caught a blimp on their radar site around 3 to 3:15 PM, but don’t know how to report it. Google just popped up with you.
August 11, 2017 · 3:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Augusta, ME
This is not actually a space craft but rather a stone that has been carved in the shape of a head. I have moved this item to a safe place but would be willing to have it examined at a convenient time and place for me ** This is not an attempt to get money or notoriety but rather a sincere act to notify the public and or government if they are interested. ** While working in my yard I found a strange looking stone and upon closer examination, it turns out this is some type of carving, with facial features including some type of crystal where the mouth is, this is about the size of a large kitchen toaster, I have not had any test done yet, I am real busy. I am wondering if there are any experts in the field of geology, metallurgy, geo-physics or other specialized area that might be able to help identify it's origin. By the way, I do have a Master's in Psychology and am working on my second Master's in clinical Mental Health, so I am busy and would appreciate only serious inquiries, I did attempt to take pictures but because of the lighting that was available they did not come out but will take more if it is a requisite for verification of a possible encounter or landing.
August 11, 2017 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
St. George, UT
I was driving from Denver to LA on the 11th. It was 2:00 am in the morning in utah i believe around ST. GEORGE, I had been traveling about 80-85 mph. While driving through a pass of high rocks, it cleared out and the canyons were on both sides of me. While I looked to my right, i saw a white/red light hovering in the canyon, i was alone on my side going southbound, no cars around me and didn't think of anything of it. about five mins later, i see three red/white lights to the right of me out of my passenger window. The three objects were traveling the same speed as i was and hovering over the canyon. At that moment i looked to my left and looked up and there were another two objects with the same red and white light higher in elevation but also tracking my movements. At one point i had grabbed my led flash light to point towards the objects and one of the objects proceeded to move up and directly behind me, at that point that object had moved closer and i ! looked back and it had flashed a white light twice. Then i grabbed my phone to try to take a video and it backed off. This continued for about almost 40 mins while i was traveling at 80-85, didn't want to stop in the middle of the desert and continued to drive until i came up to this town i saw on my left side. I could tell because there were a bunch of house lights and such. At that moment i noticed three lights in the shape of a triangle, the lights were at each point. I could see a haze of sort and a ship and at the bottom right of the triangle it looked like a green beam was scanning a house. AT that point i decided to slow down and see if what i was seeing was real. I put my window down and all the objects following me stopped. I decided to move my car really slow and they proceeded to follow. At that point i decided to leave because i was on the road by myself. I pulled off an exit to see if i could get a better look but no one was around so i decided to just leave. The objects seemed like it was tracking and respond! ing to m y reaction. After I left the town, they had completely stopped tracking me.
August 11, 2017 · 12:30 AM · DISK
Georgetown, KY
We were traveling from Tennessee to Michigan, when we got off at a huge truckstop exit 129, I told my dad it was strange there was no cars or trucks coming or going from the truck stop, as we left the truck stop to get back on the interstate we notice the Lexington Police had the interstate completely blocked off about a quarter mile before the truckstop with all their lights flashing, I said to my dad they must have been a bad accident, so we got on the road going on north, only a few mile I spotted it first, it was hovering above the road about 50 to 75 feet high, I told my dad look at that, it's about 3 times wider than the whole interstate, the highway had three lanes northbound and three lanes southbound with a large median in between with enough room on each shoulder to pull off, I estimate the highway to be 100 feet wide at least and the craft was 4 or 5 times wider than the road was, we pulled up close to it and I hot out of the car, I was about 50 to 75 feet from it, it seemed to have a cloaking system to make the light not be able to see it from a distance but up close I could see the lights and the ship, I said to my dad, we can't hear any sound from engines or nothing, completely quiet, it had these large tanks or stacks on top in the center that looked tall at all different heights and gun barrels allway around it with light on every barrel, it was just hovering above the road right in front of us, I could see windows all along the side with what looked like people indie looking at us, but their heads were large and body's were very skinny, it started to move over a field next to the highway, all of sudden it lit up the ground under it with very bright lights and started to land beside the highway in a huge field, it moved down in steps to land about 10 feet at a time, we thought it was an airport or military base but as I look at Google earth there is nothing there, just a field, we just drove away, I have no idea why I didn't think to grab my phone and turn on my camera,
August 11, 2017 · 12:10 AM · FIREBALL
New York, NY
Multiple ufos seen within a few minutes of one another. all ufos came from the same direction.
August 10, 2017 · 10:45 PM · LIGHT
St. George, UT
Saw a bright light hovering red with white blinking on the side stayed there for 2 minutes i was on the phone the whole time it was hovering then it went towards me to the left like it knew I saw it or it was watching me then it without turning turned to a green light and went east and dissapeared
August 10, 2017 · 10:30 PM · FLASH
La Rue, OH
(The first 4 seconds of the video are stars.) I have an extensive aviation and aerospace background enough to know the differences in airborne craft and their flight peculiarities, if any. I was a pilot in the past. I know all about Wright-Patterson as per Roswell, as my gramps used to work there in the 1950's-1980's. I know what satellites and space junk in orbit look like, too. This is not a spent Soviet rocket booster. I've seen this thing in multiple states since around 2012 at least. It makes no sound. This thing follows no linear path and has only one light that shines and/or flashes at irregular intervals at varying intensities. The flashes look like fireflys as the flashes occur in random positions, but are much too bright, and I can tell they are way higher up than firefly altitude. Often, the light flashes bright-enough to rival Venus or Sirius, or perhaps even brighter. If it were a small, kit aircraft, it would have to be low enough to be able to hear, like around 5000' AGL. If a small kit aircraft managed to get up to 14000' or higher, air would run thin. Maybe the pilot is on oxygen. But at those altitudes the angular separation between each flash is far enough apart, that speed required to be in the following flash position would greatly exceed that of a single-engine prop. There is no reason why some pilot would be up above this country area in rural Ohio with no wingtip navigation (green/red) lights (against FAA regulations) flashing a single light in a strange manner. I thought it may be an experimental military craft, or some kind of exercise going on, as often when I see this thing, there is a commercial airliner nearby at cruising altitude (above 18000'). But I have seen these flashes with multiple witnesses who multiple times from coast to coast for about the last seven or eight years, often in parts of the country where there are no fireflys. I will edit a video of this, also. I suspect that I will be able to film them again soon. I am almost scared to admit to the general public that I believe I can see the flash and "talk" to it. I will say "can I see another, please?" and it will flash brightly. I wait ten or fifteen seconds and I say "gimmie another one!" and it will flash again very brightly right after I ask. I sh*t you not. I am of very scientific mind and I don't generally believe in such a thing, so it is kind of concerning me that I seem to be able to request a flash, and then have it shine or flash very brightly. It's kinda creeping me out. Like I said, I will try to do this more in the future. This is the first time I have filmed it on hi-def or at all for that matter, and the first time I have ever had a camera good enough to even film anything at night, and I hope to improve my filming skills in the coming nights. I have seen it so many times over the years and made it flash by asking, that I am pretty sure I can get the same result again. As I was filming this, I held the camera still as possible. I zoomed in 50% at some point about half-way through and left it there. Only once did I quickly move it a few degrees to show an airliner as you can hear me say on the video. I moved it back to the general vicinity. So if you see a flash in the bottom right corner, for instance, and then one in the center, this is not due to me moving the camera. The flashes actually occurred in separate spots relative to each other. Some flashes were quite faint, others were longer than a flash, increasing in brightness slowly over the course of a couple seconds, peaking in brightness, and then slowly dropping off. Some moved when flashing slowly. Others were stationary quick flashes. The next flash would be very bright and quick, for instance. Each flash was somewhat different. When you hear me say, there's a bright one, the camera did not do it justice. It was actually much brighter than the camera reveals. My guess is maybe a drone(s), or perhaps it is above the atmosphere (over 100km), which would make it huge, and fast. I'm not sure of the altitude. If I had to bet my life on it, I would guess between 20000'-50000' AGL maybe? But it certainly could have been at orbital altitude, even. I'm not sure. Maybe it's a drone that can listen in through a cellphone, to explain why it flashes when I ask it to? Maybe just some government employees messing with me, maybe? :D I've been tricked before on more than one occasion by perspective regarding UFOs, so I believe I am more careful to discern this, these days. I'm not saying it's ETs or anything, I'm saying I don't have a clue and I want to know. I will search for similar sightings by others after typing this. Thanks.
August 10, 2017 · 10:30 PM · FORMATION
Narraganssett, RI
Lasted total of 45 seconds to a minute.
August 10, 2017 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Essie, KY
My husband and I were outside with our dogs. I looked up and there was a light moving through the sky, no blinking lights just a solid light. It made no noise. I joked with my husband about it being a UFO, and blinked my flashlight in its direction a couple of times, and it just disappeared.
August 10, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Louisville, KY
The UFO was first observed just above the North star. It the moved slowly to the south east.
August 10, 2017 · 8:47 PM · LIGHT
Litchfield, MN
My daughter and I were outside when I noticed a bright light in the western sky, just above the tree line, moving from west to east. There were no visible blinking lights on it. As it moved we noticed very lite lights coming out of it a zipping away. Unlike airplanes there was no sound. This kept up until it was out of sight. About 3-4 minutes.