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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 4, 2017 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Greensboro, NC
There is a large sphere beside the moon tonight, as I look through my iPhone camera and video, but it can't be seen with naked eye...zooming in it is not a reflection or lenses failure, it's a separate object...have pictures and a video from different angles.
August 4, 2017 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Rotterdam, NY
Son and fiancée saw a bright light streak across the sky, slow down, come to a complete stop and disappear.
August 4, 2017 · 7:48 AM · SPHERE
Las Cruces, NM
At least 2-3 times a week I take pictures of the beautiful Sunset here in New Mexico from my front Yard. When I was taking the pictures I did not see anything other than the beautiful sunset. 2 years after taking the photos I was moving all my scenary pictures off my phone and onto a jump drive when I saw what looked like a sphere with little lights. I guess I took another pic not even a second later and the object had moved in distance from where it was in the first one I and you can even see 1 more light on the object.. At the time I took pic, there was nothing about that day and there was nothin and it appears to be glowing. The day I took the phone there was nothing out of the ordinary nor I was intending to capture anything other than the sunset.
August 4, 2017 · 1:00 AM · CYLINDER
Martin, MI
At approximately 1245 am, I saw 4 what I call disco balls or 4 diamond shape lights Wich send a combo of blue and red light through the sky They appear to be stars but are not even close. Once You look through binoculars or scope You will see the differenc. I looked to the south and noticed a different looking object it flew in a strange pattern it was long tube shaped and flew as if was standing upright with no concern for aerodynamic discipline. I Have seen nothing like this ever. Very strange to say the least.
August 4, 2017 · 12:00 AM · FORMATION
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
I was walking along Caesar's bay shopping center over looking ny harbor west towards staten island. I noticed 4 -5 lights in steady formation unchanging in intensity or formation. I took pictures, will email, and then left, I thought it was amazing.
August 3, 2017 · 11:10 PM · CIRCLE
Twin Falls, ID
The speed was fast. Moved about two times the speed of a regular high altitude airplane. There was an aura around the object. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 3, 2017 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Newbury, OH
At approx. 10:15 pm, 8/3/17, my wife saw from her bedroom a softball size orange glowing round orb in the night sky, traveling without sound from south to north, taking about 20 seconds before out of viewable area. She called to me, stating what she saw, and I thought nothing of it, till she saw a second orb same as the other, so I went outside and just saw it as it went out of view. Within about 5 more minutes a third orb came from the same location and I got a good look at it. As mentioned, it was an orange glowing orb, undulating light from bright to less bright, traveled south to north without sound and took around 20 seconds to be out of sight. It seemed perhaps 500 or so feet in the sky, moved in a straight line and seemed softball size. I called the Geauga County sheriff department and reported the scenario. They said no one else had called any thing in. A sheriff vehicle stopped by and I related the above to the deputy again. I am a retired State of Ohio police officer, with over 25 years duty. It was a clear sky with some distant lighting, and the orbs were clearly viewed also.
August 3, 2017 · 10:15 PM · FORMATION
Altoona, PA
Sometime between the hours of 10:15pm and 10:30pm, myself and two friends of mine witnessed a cluster of multi-colored lights in a formation travelling across the sky in what we think was a northeastern direction. At first we thought it was fireworks, but the formation of lights which seemed to pulsate between shades of blue, red and green traveled across the sky in the same direction until they moved behind the trees and beyond our point of view. They seemed to be at the same altitude as aircraft. We spoke via telephone with the source of the report, and he seemed to us to be quite sincere, and sober-minded. PD
August 3, 2017 · 9:40 PM · EGG
South Daytona, FL
I was watching television in my family room when I noticed some strange, bright red orange lights in the distance. I went out on my patio to see what they were. I then saw four glowing somewhat egg shaped orbs move into a formation of two in a row over the other two and hover. As I watched, another one began to rise from a little further west, and slowly move into the same area as the other four began to move away, in single file. Several more followed suit, and there were probably at least ten of them in all. The objects made no noise, and the entire body of them glowed red orange. The top of the orbs gave somewhat of a handle look over the lower part. The tops were lighter in color and a little blurrier than the lower parts. I could not see any flashing lights, or obvious external lights. The objects flew off in a slight "S" pattern, first coming from the west, then stopping and hovering, and then flying northwest, and finally north. They appeared to be moving very slowly and gracefully, but in a matter of seconds, the lights became very tiny, seeming to have moved fast, though it didn't seem so. Very odd. I lost sight of the objects when they just disappeared. It was like a candle being blown out, not darting away or a sudden light going out. They dimmed and went out. The entire event was probably less than 5 minutes and I didn't have time to grab a camera. Just before the last of the objects moved out of view, a small plane began heading in their direction. I could barely hear its engine. The objects, however, made no sound. The plane had blinking lights, whereas the objects appeared to be glowing, orb like things, with no external lights detectable. I live near the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, so I am used to seeing all kinds of aircraft. These things were not planes, helicopters, or drones.
August 3, 2017 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
West Warwick, RI
I am reporting a recent local event. This event happened here in Rhode Island on the above date and time. It was reported by local news channel WJAR, channel 10. The 'event' centered around loud jet-like roars by craft flying at roof top height in Kent County, Rhode Island, and specifically West Warwick and Coventry. Local residents were startled to hear these 'jets' flying low over their homes at night. FAA regulations prohibit jets from flying that low...below radar, I would assume. The concerned citizens were scared, understandably. Several called in to WJAR news to report this event as it was occurring. The report by WJAR Channel 10 on their website was as follows: residents called the news room. The newsroom said they called 'the police' (vague), the police called the 'airport' (vague again)...we can assume Greene Airport in Warwick. The 'police' were told by 'officials' (more vagueness), that the 'jets' were 'F-16s heading for Quonset Pt. National Guard airport and that 'concerned citizens' anxiety was put to rest.' (my paraphrase of actual words used). That was the end of story. Oddly, residents reportedly heard these loud low flying jets for a full 45 minutes..21:30 to 22:00. If they were landing at Quonset Pt. why would they be flying around for 45 minutes in one area? My curiosity was aroused. Next morning, Friday, Aug. 4th, I called the Quonset Pt. airport and asked if F-16s or any jets landed at their facility last night....the woman who answered the phone said, 'negative.' She was a bit nervous in answering my questions but my main question was answered. I then called WJAR's newsroom. A young man, who couldn't understand my question, gave the phone to an older man. I asked him if he had checked the accuracy of their report about the 'jets.' He stammered, then said, 'yes.' I said, well I just called Quonset Pt. airport and no jets of any kind landed there. So, it seems they did not check anything but just took for truth the report of the 'police.' Was it state pol! ice, loc al police, airport police..he couldn't say. This is another example of news reporting being dictated by state and federal officials for the sole purpose of allaying the fears of people who may suspect other things. I told the news room guy to further check his contacts and find out more specifics. He was very quiet as I explained how poorly their 'professional' reporting was. He said he would further investigate and get back to me. Of course, he didn't. Who really knows what these so called 'jets' were. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one around with a brain who questions events in the news. The main reason this particular event rang a bell with me is that several years ago a very similar event occurred in my southern part of Rhode Island, called Washington County. This even occurred in January, about 2010. At that time jet-like craft flew over my house at roof top level, displaying non traditional light patterns (flashing red and white lights), with a deep, bass roar (that sounded more 'broadcast' than from any internal engine) and doing impossible maneuvers (turning on a dime, stopping, bobbing up and down, etc. This event occurred two nights in a row at exactly the same time...17:45. The craft I best viewed was on the second night. It roared 75 feet over my house and displayed two huge round blood red lights on the underside of the fuselage. The craft was either crescent or triangular in shape, though it was so dark that I could not be sure. It was like they were imitating our jets. No after burner was seen, which I feel it should have been. The weirdest part was as this craft flew low to the east, toward the Bay and the open ocean, a bright ball of light, smaller than the craft, came out of nowhere to fly beside the craft, until the ball of light continued straight east and the 'craft' went SE, both toward the open ocean. While this craft was flying overhead I called the local South Kingstown police dispatcher and held my cell phone up so he could here the deep bass roar of this thing overhead. He asked me what it looked like..I told him it looked like a UFO. He said, 'UFO?"...I'm calling the State Police', and hung up. So many residents called the police and the WJAR news room that on the next night a report was on TV. Again, I believe, a cover up, as the announcer, Dan Jahning, who still works there, nervously said the craft were 'just F-16s' flying to Hyannis (MA) airport. Then he said, 'well, mystery solved' and showed a file photo of an F-16. He quickly went on to the next news item. I called Otis AFB in Mashpee, MA, near Hyannis, as Hyannis is a commercial airport on the Cape, the only airport capable of jet landings, and they said the F-16 is no longer in use and no jets landed there at that time! Sound familiar? More mysteriously, on the following Tuesday morning at 11:00, while I was with a cable TV installer outside, I hear the now familiar deep base roar that I heard the previous time...this time, to my amazement, an unmarked F-18 flies 100 feet over my house, flips on its side (so I could not see the cockpit), rights itself as it leaves, and roars off! Oddly, a small Cessna type plane flies above it. I get on the phone to the South Kingstown police again to report this. This time, the dispatcher puts me a hold for a full four minutes, then comes back to me to say he can give me no information about this. I asked him if this was being 'hushed up' by higher authorities, and he hesitantly said, 'yes.' So, that was it. I called Senator Reeds' office here in RI about this and was told someone would 'get back to me,' but of course, didn't. This type of event reporting and clamming up by officials goes on all over the US, I would suspect. The reports on NUFORC are the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. I would never have known about the West Warwick event had not so many local people called the WJAR newsroom (as happened here in my area before) and WJAR reporting this as a poor excuse for sound journalism. Can we blame the media? Yes. If they had guts they would report the truth by investigation, but they just seem to be an arm of the government. As a private citizen I can only do so much. News agencies have more reach but they have no guts. These events will continue. The 'Phoenix lights' of 1997 perhaps is a famous example of this. Anyway, you can use this info as you wish, Peter. I will keep doing what I do...search for the truth and question authority.
August 3, 2017 · 9:00 AM · DISK
Riverdale, UT
Metallic Shaped Saucers Flying approx:1000ft above ground and in formation of cross and moving slow then coming to complete stop, and then all crafts shot directly up in sky and stopped for 1 second, or 2, and then shot forwards out of sight. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 2, 2017 · 11:55 PM · DISK
Lincoln, WA
My Mom lives in Lincoln, WA, sometimes shown as Creston, Wa, on the web. We are about half a mile from a boat launch on Lake Roosevelt. My mom and I were watching tv at 23:55 or 11:55pm, when my step dad walks inside the house from the porch. He says to my mom, “Come listen to this noise, I have never heard anything like it.” So my mom goes outside with him on the porch. I do not follow him at first because he was so calm. Then my mom opens the door and frantically calls out to me, “Come out here as fast as you can!” I run out to the porch and instantly see this long string of lights in the sky, and there is this loud, ominous, deep vibrating sound that I can feel vibrating though my feet on the deck. The only way I would be able to describe this sound would be if there was a giant wine glass with a mile wide rim, and a wet finger continuously rubbing along the rim to make this deep low hum. The string of lights are white and flashing or pulsating in what appeared to be a sequence running around the perimeter of a disk. We could not see the definite outline of the craft because it was dark and also very smoky from recent fires. But we could tell by the pattern that the lights were moving that it was most likely a disk or ring shape. The craft looked like it was about a mile long, and maybe 1,000 feet above lake Roosevelt. We first saw the craft to the east, moving very very slowly. Its path appeared to be following the curves of lake Roosevelt, headed north, then north west. We could still hear the hum or vibration from the craft about three or four minutes after it was out of view. I was in such shock that I could not stop crying my eyes out. My mom tried to calm me down by reminding me that the day before this event, or maybe two days before, the local news station gave a statement from the local air force base, Fairchild Air Force Base, saying that people should expect to see strange aircraft maybe even foreign crafts. But the broadcast was almost in a joking manner. This changed my mood from scared and sad to scared and mad. If this was indeed secret military aircraft, how dare they mock our fear when we discover their dark secret of bizarre advanced technology. We spoke via telephone with the young woman who submitted this report, and she sounded to us to be quite eloquent, and quite sincere. Please see other similar reports from Oakesdale, WA. PD
August 2, 2017 · 11:43 PM · OVAL
Oakesdale, WA
On 08/02/2017, at approximately 1143 pm, I went outside my house to turn my sprinkler off for the night. After I had done so I could hear a very loud hum. I looked to the sky facing southwest and I could see 20 to 25 white lights going in a clockwise motion across the sky. The lights were attached to something very large and were blinking in the clockwise sequence around an object. The area that these lights covered took up most of the horizon. The area around the lights was totally blacked out, you could see no stars or the moon at all. While I watched the object and lights, it did not appear to be moving. If it was moving it appeared to be doing so very slowly. The loud humming sound was definitely coming from the direction of the lights. It was a very odd sound, not like an airplane. The sound was more like a pulsing hum, but very loud. In fact, you could feel the vibration from the sound. After watching the object for a couple of minutes, I ran and got my Dad out of bed so he could see this as well. My dad brought his cell phone with him so we could try to film this. I have uploaded that video to youtube. My dad also was able to witness the object as well. We watched this thing for another minute or two as it began to travel to the Northwest away from us. We were able to see the lights still going in a clockwise sequence around the object until it faded out of our view. The youtube video, which is too dark for me to see anything, is more of an audio clip, if the volume is up you can hear the hum though. Here is the web address for the video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcC0PR1Af8M
August 2, 2017 · 11:35 PM · OVAL
Oakesdale, WA
On the night of 8/02/2017, I went to bed at about 11:00 pm. At about 11:30 pm, my son came knocking at the door saying you need to come out and see this thing. When I walked out side and went behind our shop I saw a ring of lights that appeared to go around this extremely large dark object, The lights flashed one at a time and went around the object clockwise. What really was amazing was the size, it seemed to take up a third of the western sky. The other thing that we noticed was the noise it was producing, It sounded like a steady thrum and was vibrating things around us. It slowly moved of to the west and faded from sight. The sky was fairly dark due to smoke from fire and the light was subdued from the smoke. Stars were visible were the object wasn't but we were awed by the area it occupied. My son grabbed my cell phone and tried to record it and mainly got the sound. The lights on the object were white. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded to us to be quite credible and sincere, as did his son. Please see the similar report regarding a similar sighting a few minutes later near Lincoln, WA, on the Columbia River. PD
August 2, 2017 · 11:30 PM · FLASH
San Bernardino, CA
Flashes of light in Northeast part of the sky 1 second at a time approximately 50 seconds to a minute apart in the same place.
August 2, 2017 · 11:06 PM · SPHERE
Lewiston, ID
The craft was observed travelling northeast. It maintained continuous light, brighter than any star or other heavenly body. The light was the utmost white, clear and bright. As it moved, and shortly after our noticing the craft, it faded its light to darkness. No movement was then observable through its last known trajectory, and further none could be discerned from point of reference tracking.
August 2, 2017 · 10:40 PM · SPHERE
Fall River, MA
A group of 10 orange orbs suddenly appeared and traveled in a group when we noticed they stopped for a while then went east and dissapeared the suddenly 5 more appeared, but one by one slowly mived same direction, but faster appearing ine by one, then disappearing, no noise, no blinking, just bright orange floating away.
August 2, 2017 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Troy, NY
At 11:30 pm on my way home I started seeing lights and flashes I thought it might be heat lightning but then I saw two formations of fighter jets I was amazed to find it only happening in one spot I saw wierd shadow in clouds, but talked only to my girlfriend I realized it but thought to my self I was seeing things but I read today Lithuania had same occurrence so I am deciding to post this. The witness reported over the telephone that the event began at 10:30 p.m., and that he saw something similar at 11:30 p.m., when he was standing at a bus stop. PD
August 2, 2017 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Burke, ID
My girlfriend and I were out taking long exposure shots on the road about halfway to the old Star Mine in Burke, outside of Wallace, ID. We were positioned facing south 30 or so feet away from the road and a small stream. The road ran generally north to south. There were tree covered mountains on either side of the valley we were in. While were taking some longer photos, and chatting, I saw a bright light over my shoulder. I turned to see a row of three triangular crafts coming over the mountains to the east. The silhouettes appeared to be large triangles with rounded corners. They had bright white lights on each corner. In addition to the three triangles, there were somewhere between 10-20 smaller red lights following them. A few behind the first two, and then the bulk of them following the third. There was absolutely no sound that accompanied any of them. We frantically tried to take pictures, but my girlfriend's camera died just before (it would be easy to fantasize that the crafts did this, but I doubt it), and mine was in the middle of rendering one of our long exposures. Before I could get my phone out of my pocket, they had already gone behind the western mountains on the other side of the road.
August 2, 2017 · 9:33 PM · SPHERE
Sun Valley, CA
Lasted for 3 minutes. I saw a red orb circle the same area a couple months ago and a couple months before that, i saw a bright white light fly slow over the 405 freeway. Then disappear in seconds. Later, navy says they tested a missle over the valley? It's highly populated. and there was a blue vapor trail that stayed in the sky for an hour or so.
August 2, 2017 · 12:35 AM
Franklin, ME
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 1, 2017 · 11:30 PM · OTHER
Silver City, NM
Sighting began with two lights flashing, similar to commercial aircraft lights in size and brightness but not in that kind of repeating pattern. One light was brighter than other as if facing opposite, then a large light came on between the other strobe type lights, dim then brighter in a matter of seconds and seemed to illuminate bottom of large ship ... wish I had another way to describe it but honestly similar to what we have seen in Star Trek stuff. Big light went off and smaller lights came on, as noted, inconsistent flashing so not same as commercial plane. Big light came on again, several times, illuminating underside of large ship or craft. This was at high elevation, guessing edge of atmosphere because many commercial planes fly thru that space of sky, guessing Phoenix to Chicago route, and this was higher than those flights, which occur dozens per night and I have watched them 100s of times over 10 years now from a clear sky area out in desert near City of Rocks State Park. The only portion of sky where these lights were seen was about the distance of sky that is relative to little finger tip to thumb tip when holding hand out at arms length towards the sky, almost vertical. I thought perhaps a hot air ballon but why did it turn lights on and then off especially when near an area of heavy commercial traffic as well as the Grant County Airport, and I say hot air balloon because of the speed being much slower than the many, many commercial airlines flights I have seen through that area of sky, so I have much to compare these lights to and they were absolutely not ordinary air traffic. I am a Mechanical Engineer, raised in a farming and logging family that was basically Amish. Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD
August 1, 2017 · 10:45 PM · SPHERE
Viking, MN
I was returning home from work and I stopped at the end of the driveway to get the mail. As I was walking back to my vehicle a bright light caught my attention. The light was stationary and straight east of me. The only way I can describe the size of the orb is like a golf ball and the stars were pin pricks. It’s like when the full moon is higher in sky instead of when it just comes up as it appears much more larger. I was not scared so I stood and watched for a few moments. It was a large white orb with a glowing halo around it. That night was a bit cloudy and the orb lit up the lowest clouds. It was just barely above them. I could see the different shades of grey in them. It finally dawned on me to get my phone. I tried to record it a couple of times but it would not work. I don’t understand why it didn’t work. I have recorded eclipse’s of the moon before with good results. Once I started trying to record, it began to move north. There wasn’t any noise wha! t so ever. I walked to the front of my pickup which is facing the north. I didn’t realize how close it was to being above me because as I looked down the length of the road it almost was perfectly in line with me. As I watched it get further away I heard a familiar sound. The noise was coming from the northwest. I turned to look and it was a jet. I could see the red flashing light and it traveled at “normal” jet speed headed southeast. I turned back to the north and just glimpsed the orb disappear over the tree line. I wondered if anyone on the plane was seeing what I was seeing. I calmly got into my pickup and drove up to my house. I posted on Facebook asking if anyone else had seen it but no one said they did. I tried to look up my post to see what time I posted it but it did not say. It seemed later than it should have been but I can’t be certain. That night my 2 dogs kept barking and growling all night. Some of co-workers also said their animals were agitated that night. The next day or so later I noticed a mark on my arm like I had blood drawn. But that could have caused by a number of things I guess. Of course this happened when my husband and son were out of town working which they very rarely ever do. If they would have been home at least my experience maybe would have been validated by someone even if no one else believed us. The above paragraph is the second unexplained sighting I have had. It was quite a long time ago so I don’t remember the exact details, time, or the year. I could possibly find out the year as I was not alone. My step-father, my younger sister and myself were returning from a basketball game where my step-was a janitor. My sister and I stayed after sometimes to help him clean up the gym. We turned on the road that brings us to our house and then we seen it. It was the classic disc shaped UFO with lights that went blinking around the edge. I don’t recall the color of the lights but I know they were colored. My stepdad and I looked at each other and he asked me should we follow it. I said of course. I remember being mesmerized and couldn’t take my eyes from it. We followed it for about 3 miles. I remember my sister being scared, crying and telling us to turn around. She was very upset. All of a sudden it just zoomed away. It was so fast that it was almost like it was there and then it wasn’t. My best guess as to when this happened is around 1987. It had to be early winter as it was basketball season. It must have been about 11 p.m. because that would put us in the right time frame a! fter cleaning up the gym. My stepdad told his co-workers about what happened and we received a lot of teasing. But least we had each other and we knew it was real. Thank you for reading my story. It feels good to tell about my experiences without someone looking at me like I suddenly grew 3 heads.
August 1, 2017 · 10:30 PM
Mayfield, OH
Did anyone see this orange light in the sky around 10:30p.m .. I'm in Mayfield Ohio. Can't believe what I just saw