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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
July 18, 2017 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Saratoga Springs, UT
After a short rainstorm, I was in our back yard, looking for a rainbow with my four-year old daughter. Looking East toward the mountains, I see a spot of light hovering in the sky. I thought it to be the landing lights an airplane at first, then noticed about five other points of light near the first. The lights seemed to dance around each other for a time. I watched for a short time, then each light seemed to fade into the clouds one after another. While I watched, the lights never moved far from their locations in the sky. There was no apparent pattern to them or anything like that. Just apparently random points of light playing in the sky.
July 18, 2017 · 4:00 PM · CIGAR
Revere, MA
Revere Beach Daytime Sighting of an Unidentified Flying Object 7/18/17 On Tuesday, July 18th at 4pm, 3 adults sunning themselves on Revere Beach, MA, observed a metallic fuselage shaped (cigar) object in the sky. It looked similar to a typical airplane at that distant, but the front 1/3 section seemed to be independent of the remaining 2/3 behind it. It was too far away to discern any sound from it. It was too far away to discern any sound from it and the sky is always busy with airplane from nearby Logan airport. The object caught our attention due to its unusual shape and flight path. We discussed it together while it flew above us. Its flight pattern was toward Logan Airport, yet instead of descending toward Boston, it ascended up into the clouds above, until we could no longer view it. The sighting lasted about 30 seconds. Its speed was consistent to that of a normal plane but it had no wings or tail leading us to believe it was not a normal object we had ever seen. I took some photos using my iPhone 5c, which did capture the object but they are a bit fuzzy. I will attach them with this report.
July 18, 2017 · 1:00 PM · SPHERE
Hanover Park, IL
I was sitting in my car in a parking lot when I saw something appear in the horizon, coming from the northwest. My first impression was that it was a balloon, as it floated and fluttered in the blue sky (no clouds whatsoever). It appeared to be spherical in shape, metallic, reflecting the sun. I also noticed that it slowly twirled in a circular motion. Then it began to move upward in a more deliberate fashion, going way, way up in the sky, from the northwest to the east. Then it crossed my mind that it could be a drone but I’ve never heard of a drone that rose up into the sky that high, perhaps as high as an airplane. I managed to snap a couple of photos with my phone, when it was closer to the ground, and I sent them to the link as requested.
July 18, 2017 · 7:00 AM · CYLINDER
Jefferson City, MO
Large craft, no wings, no contrail, glowing white and no sound. Craft moved from northwest to southeast cross skyline. Partially cloudy morning sky. Craft passed in front of clouds could see no wings on object.
July 18, 2017 · 5:10 AM · OVAL
Granada Hills, CA
Suddenly it turns west, leaving a thick trail of light and disappears. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 18, 2017 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Manchester, CT
Just one bright orange light visible, not moving, not twinkling, very visible, could not have been a planet. Did not change location for the couple of minutes I could see it. I tried to follow it while I was driving to assess what it could've been, but it disappeared at some point, and was not seen again. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 18, 2017 · 1:05 AM · LIGHT
Orlando, FL
I was finishing reading late at night in my dorm room at UCF, and I looked outside and saw a very bright light that normally isn't there. It was just shining and staying still for about a minute and then it moved left and grew dimmer once it started to move, until it went behind a building where I couldn't see it anymore. Then a second bright whitish orange light appeared slightly off from where I saw the first one at, and flew off in a similar manner in an opposite direction. The objects had their light arc off in random patterns, and stay, then change again, as they moved, but this didn't happen when they were still.
July 18, 2017 · 12:15 AM · UNKNOWN
Strafford, NH
Much faster then airplane or helicopter. Made no sound. We have amended the time above, to reflect a sighting at 0015 hrs., 15 minutes past midnight, on July 18. PD
July 17, 2017 · 11:10 PM · TRIANGLE
Copake, NY
This craft was about 200 to 300 feet above the ground, and made no noise. The craft was moving slowly on a north-west direction. then disappeared.
July 17, 2017 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Nazareth, PA
Last night, my neighor and I saw 5 glowing lights in the sky around 11:00pm. At first we thought they were plane's and the light were not blinking they were sold and low. they vanished one at a time, then they were just gone. I forgot to mention that there were no sound at all. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 17, 2017 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Cadillac, MI
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 17, 2017 · 10:10 PM · CIRCLE
Lakeville, MN
It was gigantic- and looked like 5 bulbs of light in circle formation. Lights were also flashing in the sky. Display of advertising lights from local casino. PD
July 17, 2017 · 9:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Fulton, NY
Bright pulsating red light in the sky a second one appeared moving toward it they pulsated bright causing lightning and some near by objects to loose power then a third object appeared causing more lightning two disappeared the third one one flashed bright bright red then vanish there was no clouds to cause the lightning
July 17, 2017 · 9:40 PM · FORMATION
Palmdale, CA
On July 17, 2017, at approximately 9:20 PM- I, along with my daughter and her fiance', were sitting on our driveway, when my daughter and I saw a fireball falling from the sky in the south. Within in seconds of seeing the fireball, my daughter's fiance' pointed out four objects that, at first glance, appeared to be four distant stars. These objects were rotating in perfect unison in a clockwise direction. They kept a consistant and equal distance between each other, before merging together, then forming a perfectly straight line with the same equal distance as in the clockwise rotation. The four objects then headed south in the direction of the fireball for a short distance. Two of the objects continued on in the direction of the fireball while the other two objects changed direction and proceeded north.
July 17, 2017 · 9:00 PM · CYLINDER
Cody, WY
Craft heading Northeast at a high rate of speed. No sound; daylight out; must have been very big, and very fast.
July 17, 2017 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Milford, CT
I'm stumped because I just don't understand how my phone could pick up sound coming from a light, unless it was some kind of propulsion. Anybody have an explanation.
July 17, 2017 · 8:20 PM · DISK
Plainville, CT
Me and my friend were sitting out side having a smoke. We are on the approach for Boston Airport. The last few nights we have see lines of jets flying to Boston as always. Tonight, we saw the flights as always but with a twist. There were 2 saucer like disks, a bit larger than the commercial flights going along abreast, a lot higher than the planes. No sound or lights, just a reflection from the setting sun. It passed 2 airlines like they were traveling 2 times there speed. We have had a bunch of sightings in the last 2 months!
July 17, 2017 · 8:10 PM · CYLINDER
Kirbyville, MO
At about 8:10 pm on 7/17/2017 in Kirbyville, MO, my husband pointed into the sky for me to look. There was a silver/white cylinder or rectangle like object traveling across the sky from NE to SW. It moved in a straight line, at a steady speed, without sound or trail of any type behind it. It didn’t change directions but at one point, I noticed it shimmer like a mirror, as if it tipped and the sunlight hit it. We tried to capture it on video with his smart phone but neither of us could see it displayed on the camera, even though it was clearly visible. We watched it for about 5 minutes before it moved out of sight.
July 17, 2017 · 8:00 PM · CHANGING
on mass pike between boston and worcester, MA
saw this object traveling on the massachusetts turnpike traveling west toward worcester from boston. It started out as a small black dot then became a large jelly fish like shaped object before it passed ou of view. saw 2 or 3 other black dots but we lost sight of them.
July 17, 2017 · 7:55 PM · UNKNOWN
Whidbey Island, WA
As I was driving home from school with a friend, I decided to take a picture of the clouds as we drove over the Deception Pass Bridge. I took two pictures one right after another. It wasn't until the next day I noticed what I had captured on film. It was a round light source in the sky in front of the clouds. The Navy Base is about four miles from the sighting. This was not a plane! We haven't received copies of the photos, to the best of our knowledge. Possible lens "flare," we wonder? PD
July 17, 2017 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Eugene, OR
On July 17, 2017, at approximately 7:00 PM Pacific Time, my wife and I were driving South on Lorane Hwy in Eugene, OR. As we passed the Andrew Reasoner Wildlife Preserve, we observed to the North what appeared to be a commercial jetliner hovering over the hill, approximately one quarter mile from our position on the road, and maybe 500 feet off the ground. My wife noticed it first and exclaimed, “Look at that. That’s not moving at all.” My wife was convinced it was tethered to the ground, like a dirigible. As the driver, I was initially focused on the road, but was able to turn my head left and see the plane for about 15 seconds and it did not appear to be moving. I tried to convince myself that it was, just flying very slowly, but I saw nothing to indicate it was changing position. The plane was extremely low; from our vantage point, we could almost see the tops of the wing surface and we could easily see the color scheme on the side of the plane (a flash of orange writing on a white fuselage). Considering the Eugene airport is miles away to the North, and the plane was traveling, or hanging, East to West, I find no rational explanation as to why a giant commercial jetliner would be frozen, or possibly moving at a speed slower than our car. Although I’m relaying this as if we cognized everything immediately, it wasn’t until we rounded the next corner and the “plane” left our sight that we realized how incredibly odd what we had just witnessed was. We immediately turned the car around and were back where we first saw the plane in less than 30 seconds. It was gone and although we had a clear view all the way to the horizon--West, North and South--we could find no trace of the “plane” in our view. We couldn’t see clearly to the East, but it would have been impossible for the plane to head in that direction from the position it was in when it left our view and no chance we wouldn’t have seen it if it was even possible for it to instantaneously turn around. Considering the proximity of the “plane” to our car, we should have heard the sounds of the plane's engines, but there was only the noise of our tires on the road. The plane made no sound and didn’t show any exhaust gases. We both are well- familiar with the area and have never seen a commercial airliner flying so low, let alone at walking speed, if not completely frozen. It was one of the oddest things either one of us has ever experienced.
July 17, 2017 · 1:30 AM · CIRCLE
Canal Winchester, OH
I was walking at 1:39 am, looked up, and saw an orange circular object appa
July 17, 2017 · 12:30 AM · CIRCLE
Spokane, WA
I tried to capture it on my camera, but was unable too. I only witnessed this happening two times through the 3 hours I was taking photographs to the east, but it really stood out as unusual. There was air traffic turning and coming in from the east to the west to land at Spokane International Airport (GEG), but what I saw did not resemble any kind of aircraft nor was it moving and transitioning through the sky, as it was stationary. Object/Light appeared to be about 2,000 to 3,000 feet in elevation and about halfway between the Summit of Mount Spokane and Newman Lake, which resides to the South.
July 16, 2017 · 11:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Selden, NY
Me and my father were driving back from dropping off my grandmother at her apartment and above the trees we saw a dark object in a triangle shape moving slowly along. There were 4 orange lights to outline the hape of the thing. I thought the orange lights were the same color as orange flares that I had seen recently before and had filmed. These orange lights moved together in this triangle shape and disappeared behind the trees. We didn't see it anywhere after this. I'm a total skeptic and not assuming this was an "alien ship from another world", but it was very very odd, and slightly unsettling. My dad was more alarmed than me. He kept saying "what the hell is that?!"