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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.
3,270 entries
December 9, 2021 · 7:00 AM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedGastonia, NC
Was going into work this morning and saw alot of chemtrails in the sky. So I was going to take a picture of them . I used my phone and took 2 quick snap pictures. Was showing them to friends at work and they pointed the ufo out at that point I zoomed in and noticed it was something strange. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Certain]
December 7, 2021 · 5:30 PM · SPHERE
Lexington, NC
Firstly this isn't the first time I've been seeing this. It's a recurring event that I have accepted and now it's a regular part of my everyday life. Everyday right before the sun goes down I'm greeted usually with 1 coming into view then another but that's just the beginning. I have a total of at least a hundred upwards of over 200 that follow me everywhere I go. It sounds crazy I hate explaining it cause almost everyone thinks I'm delusional but I can see perfectly I have brilliant vision and depth perception. They are just over the trees at their highest and below the tree tops at their lowest. Just a few days ago I was watching ufo or uap videos on YouTube and saw the Albuquerque video of the white orbs in formation and then the orange one. Same exact white orbs that follow me also with the orange one. They appear in formation and they mimic the constellation. I have been greeted by the big dipper just right above when turning on my road when I'm pulling in at home. It sounds insane but this has been going on since early May. Up until I saw that video in NM I thought they were drones but I started to realize that's not the case and there's other things that's happened that I'm not gonna explain that support the uap theory and dismantle this drone hype that some are trying to convince is the majority of these sightings. I found an article about this lady who can communicate with different beings and I tried this and got a reaction. I failed to hear or receive or understand and communication but I did get 2 of them to descend below the trees at my house and the other was last night behind food Lion with the bigger orange colored orb, it also changed from orange to white back to orange then to red then back to orange. The first one at home I got to descend from what I could tell definitely wasn't a drone. Seen no propellers nor heard any. There was however a tiny glowing red dot or orb that aimlessly danced or orbited this thing with no recognizable pattern or destination. I'm hoping to discover the reason as to why I was chosen to be followed or watched by these things. They stay up until right before the sunrises and it doesn't matter where I go or how fast I go they have absolutely no difficulty finding or keeping up with me.. If anyone can help or has experienced similar events like I've described please post so I can check back and read your experiences.
December 4, 2021 · 9:00 PM · OVAL
Probable conventionalLexington, NC
the light's were round they seemed like a beam of light not bright kind of what an airport beacon would be but no beam went up from the ground or came down from above. They would dance around not following a certain pattern. Then they would change 4 would meet and touch in the middle then sort of bounce back,and do that over and over. It seemed like they were playing. The next night Sunday evening they were back but not in the same area, further away but followed the same routine. 4 from our family and 3 from another family all seen the same thing.1 was a Veteran and said he never seen anything like that. Still trying to figure this out. Our dogs did not react to this. Advertising spotlights?? PD [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Probable]
December 4, 2021 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedDurham, NC
So I'm in my back yard. There is a sweet 16 going on in my neighbors backyard. I don't take notice of their excitement at first because they're talking about a centipede or Santa. Then my sister in law and her friend who are out there too start saying woah what is that?! And with my interest stirred I looked up and saw what was a long sting of lights in the sky moving across the sky at the same speed and length apart (which indicates to me that it is a large aircraft of some type- too large for us humans). By the time I got my phone out it started to disappear one light at a time from right to left. My sister in law did get a picture of it luckily. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 4, 2021 · 6:30 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalAlexander, NC
At approximately 6:25 pm Eastern Standard Time in Alexander, NC I witnessed a series of 25 to 30 lights traveling in a near straight-line formation. These unknown objects we traveling from the west, towards approximately 60° - 77°east. I quickly called to my 16 year old son, his friend and my wife to share in the sighting of this phenomenon. These objects stayed in view for about 3 minutes as the slowly faded into the distance. This was absolutely the most amazing thing any of us had ever witnessed in the night sky. The lights were a solid white color the entire time of our sighting and there were no flashing lights. They were traveling at a steady pace similar to the speed of a commercial aircraft. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
December 4, 2021 · 6:30 PM · CIGAR
Probable conventionalBrevard, NC
Saw a string of lights..(35+)..while walking dog..aprox.6:45pm...heading from SW to NE...possible Starlink satellites? [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Probable]
December 3, 2021 · 10:00 PM · CIGAR
Greensboro, NC
When exiting Keeley Road facing Rankin Mill Road (facing the grave yard which is in front of the landfill dirt mound area). I saw a long object hovering low in the sky over the landfill area. At first I wondered if maybe it was a very high crane, with maybe a long piece of steel attached. But, then I noticed that it was slowly moving. The closer it got to my view, I noticed that it was cigar-shaped. It was not inflated in appearance like a blimp. It was narrow. It had numerous lights on the side of it. It was extremely long and difficult for me to estimate the length. There were no other visible aircrafts in the sky. I did not have on the radio or CD player. It was quiet and I did not hear a sound from the object. I turned my lights off and on again multiple times as I tried to get a clear view of it. I did not want my lights to interfere with my view of the object. As it got closer to my car, I continued to watch it. All of a sudden, It began to fade, as to vanish. As the object was approaching overhead right in front of my car, I sensed that the object was all of a sudden no longer bright and clear like it was just moments (seconds) ago before, which was very weird and strange. As a natural instinct, I began to rub my eyes in an attempt to focus, as I am a contact lenses wearer. Suddenly, the object that was slowly fading, vanished. I looked through my front windshield and my sunroof and it was gone. I am estimating that I watched the object for 10 to 15 minutes before it vanished. I then began to drive. I turned right on Rankin Mill Road. I turned right on Camp Burton Road. I made a 3 point turn in order to look back towards the Keeley Road area in an attempt to see the object. The night sky was clear and there was no visible object in the sky. I then, positioned my car to drive back towards Rankin Mill Road. I turned left on to Rankin Mill Road and drove back towards Keeley Road, while looking up into the night sky in an attempt to see the object. There was no visible object in the sky. The object had completely vanished. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
December 3, 2021 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedHiddenite, NC
Long line of lights (maybe 12 or more) moving from the west, coming over a farmers field. Lights were white, solid, no other colors noted and it was moving slow, perpendicular to the ground then whatever this was changed course and started to move north, slightly angled, moved over a tree line and then disappeared. Whatever this was, it was low and I really couldn't make out any shape due to the darkness outside. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · RECTANGLE
IdentifiedDobson, NC
Observer 1 saw one large white lighted object first while driving home at night. Called second observer at home to have them go outside and look as well. Observer 2 while at home turned all lights off, went outside saw a plane in the sky. They continued to look for another object and then saw a very large long white lighted rectangular object in the sky while on the phone with observer 1 who was also seeing the same thing. Note both observers were about 3 mi apart from each other. The object was North, slightly NW. The lights appeared to be very tall and parallel to each other and they seemed to run the entire length of the object. While continuing to look at the object in the sky, observer 2 at home proceeded to take a picture with their cell phone and then a zoomed in picture with their cell phone. Observer 2 then moved the phone settings to video and the object disappeared. Observer 1 approximately 3 miles away also noted the object could no longer be seen in the sky at that time. Observer 1 saw the object for approximately a few minutes. The object did not appear to be moving. There were two commercial airplanes in the sky within sight during this time of the unidentified object sighting. Observer 1 is a mechanic and was in the army for ten years. Observer 2 is in management at a pharmaceutical development company. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Probable conventionalWaynesville, NC
I captured photos. There was an airplane of some sort flying close to it. Best way I can describe it was a perfect straight line of lights. Had to be miles long. It never changed directions. My Son & Daughter both saw it as we all 3 was sitting around a camp fire in the back yard. We watched it for nearly three minutes then it disappeared instantly. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
November 29, 2021 · 4:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Lumberton, NC
The object was approximately 300 feet above the interstate and traveling south. I noticed 6 bright white lights under the object. It was shaped like a triangle, it made no sounds or gave off any exhaust. I was driving approximately 30-40 mph after seeing the object. A short time later, less than a minute, the object turned west, accelerated, climbed in altitude and disappeared. I told coworkers and family, no one believes me. There were other vehicles near me during this encounter. I was unable to video or take a picture due to driving alone at the time.
November 26, 2021 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Swift Creek, south of Raleigh, NC
On the day after Thanksgiving, November 26 (i.e., Black Friday), I was visiting my parents for the holiday with my wife and two young sons (7 months and 2 years old) in an area known as Swift Creek (an unincorporated area just south of Raleigh and just east of Cary, NC). Though I live out of state now, I’m familiar with the area as I grew up there. My wife wanted to visit Crossroads Plaza in Cary, North Carolina for a quick Black Friday shopping stop, we brought our younger son and left our older son at home with my parents. On the way back from shopping, we pulled into Brass Lantern Court, it was a few minutes before 8 pm. My wife and I saw five pulsing green lights and a large object, beyond the trees, out of the front window. The object was like a rectangle with a triangle on one side --- I don't know what this shape is called but, basically, imagine a rectangle and on one of the short sides of the rectangle imagine a triangle. This is clearly the same lights/object that is visible on these links below, however, these links show the object far away, but I saw this right above me in the cul-de-sac of Brass Lantern Court and followed it during a short drive: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AvU3-MThF3w The pulsing green lights, the slow and stable (almost hovering) movement, and the dimensions of the object in these videos are exactly what I saw right above me, blocking out much of the sky. I saw it first and mentioned it to my wife, who was in the backseat taking care of our seven-month-old. When I first saw it, I was driving down Brass Lantern Court, I imagine the object was above the cul-de-sac of either Tupenny Lane or Dawsons Mill Run (shown on map). Initially, for the first few seconds or first minute as we were driving down Brass Lantern, the object was mostly visible through the pine trees but part of it was visible above the tree line. As I drove down Brass Lantern Court to the cul-de-sac the object came over the tree line of the Brass Lantern Court cul-de-sac and banked at what appeared to be at about a 30- or 45-degree angle compared to the ground, pretty much above the cul-de-sac and the lawn next to the cul-de-sac. So, I could see the object more or less right above me and without any obstruction. A structure was clearly visible with five green lights at the edges. I could see a normal dim glow of the night sky behind the object and five lights and in between the five lights, it was completely dark, indicating a solid object. It was a clear contrast to the dim glow of the night sky. The object wasn’t far from me but I could not hear any sound. Had it occurred to me, I should have lowered my car windows but even with windows up, it was kind of shocking to see something so large, hovering and then moving, and to have the soft hum of the car engine be the only sound that was audible at the time. In the moments I saw it unobstructed in the cul-de-sac of Brass Lantern Court, the object filled much of the front windshield of my SUV. I would guess it was about 2 to 4 times higher than the tree line and if I extended my arms and held a piece of paper at arm’s length, this object took up about the same amount of my visual field as say an A2 or maybe even an A1 piece of paper. Probably closer to A2 size, I think. So, someone can do the math as to an estimated size of this object --- 2x-4x higher than the tree line (these are the common pine trees you find all over NC) and it would have filled a space in my visual field equivalent of about an A2 paper (or a bit larger) if my arms would be extended out. The object began moving down Brass Lantern / Penny Road (i.e., towards the west or towards to southwest), so I turned around in the cul-de-sac of Brass Lantern Court and drove back up the street. I’ve attached a map to illustrate the short route I followed while I still had visual contact. But, basically, to put the route shown on the map in words: I drove up Brass Lantern Court, turned left on Old South Road, turned right on Penny Road, and followed it down Penny Road for about three minutes. There was continual visual contact through the drive shown in the map. I lost visual contact after driving over Lake Johnson. I thought I could catch it but I came up the hill after passing the bridge on Lake Johnson and I could not re-establish visual contact. The map represents the route we took following the object. The start of the map is Brass Lantern Court and the end of the map is the point we lost sight on Penny Road. After losing visual contact, we continued down Penny Road for ten or fifteen minutes but could not see anything so I went back to my parent’s home to drop off my wife and seven-month-old. My wife has a better camera on her cell phone than I have so I asked her for her cell. As I was in the front seat, she gave it to me as I turned on Penny Road but her phone basically died as soon as I started filming the object. I took out my cell phone which doesn’t have a great camera (original Surface Duo) but by the time I could start filming we'd lost sight of the object. I was driving and trying to film at the same time so I wasn't that fast. I went out immediately afterward with a good Canon camera with a full battery, which I picked up at home, but could not find the object or see it again. In total, including the drive down Brass Lantern (one min or so), a few moments in the Brass Lantern cul-de-sac (one min or so), and the driving trying to follow it (as shown in the map, three min or so), the object was visible to my wife and me consistently for about five minutes. Any of the movements performed would be possible for a drone or maybe a helicopter --- I did not see the object do anything that, say, a drone could not do. But the object was massive, it blocked out a large part of the sky (or a large part of my front windshield) when it was directly above me and higher than the tree tops and completely silent the whole time. It hovered, changed direction, and moved very quickly within five minutes.
November 26, 2021 · 6:30 PM · CHANGING
Apex/Cary, NC
The object was large, made no sound, and had 5 rotating circular compartments with two areas for lights. This object came over the treeline to my right along with a smaller object. I was looking at it through the passenger window. I was looking at the bottom side of this object. This object had 5 circular-shaped compartments with two areas for lights and each circle was rotating and the 5 circular things were also rotating. The smaller object was moving back and forth to the larger object quite quickly. The object was dark grey and where the lights were attached the circles would rotate the object could change shape. I could see the mechanical movements of the object, the rotations of the entire object, and the rotation of the area where the lights were on the object. I grabbed my phone and took 3 pictures, and in the first picture, the white blurry line is the smaller object moving fast to the larger object the video I took was before it left out of sight and the video has been slowed down.
November 25, 2021 · 7:30 PM · DIAMOND
Bear Creek, NC
I was riding West on 902 and picked it up after turning from Alex Cockman. Looked to be about 2000~3000ft high. It was just sitting there. Triangular lights with a soft halo around it. Really freaked out my wife. Not kidding. The light was extremely bright.
November 25, 2021 · 12:16 AM · OTHER
Waynesville, NC
Zoom in on 10-11 o'clock in second photo to begin. Would like to know what the mass I couldn't see with my naked eye might be? I may have it blown up as an art piece. The colors are beautiful in a spooky way.
November 13, 2021 · 3:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Huntersville, NC
November 13th, 2021 at around 3:00 PM I was leaving a car wash. While stopping at a stop light, heading south on Statesville road in Huntersville NC, I noticed a white object in the sky about the same altitude as a plane would fly. Because it was so high up, I’m not sure if it was stationary or just moving slowly. It was either spherical or egg shaped, but again, because it was so high I am not sure which. When I came to a full stop I tried to figure out what it was, and looked at it for about 5-10 seconds. I moved my head left and right to make sure it wasn’t just something on my windshield, and it stayed still while my eyes followed it. While I was looking at it, it disappeared before my eyes without any sign of where it went. There was not a cloud in the sky that it could have gone behind, and it didn’t accelerate slowly before disappearing. I looked at the truck next to me at the stoplight to see if the driver had seen it, but it didn’t seem like they did. To my left there was a Wells Fargo, and to my right there was a Burger King. The object was at least a mile in front of me and about the altitude planes fly at, but I couldn’t tell you its exact location. For lack of an address I can provide the coordinates of my car when parked at the stoplight. Latitude: 35,442609 Longitude: -80,865709.
November 11, 2021 · 8:00 PM
Como, NC
Sitting on the deck watching the sky last night when a bright white light appeared next to the moon. It moved across the sky to the north at a steady incline over the house until it disappeared. My husband, who was not a believer, witnessed this with me and believes this to be his very first ufo sighting!
November 10, 2021 · 9:06 AM · LIGHT
Cary, NC
Beautiful meteorite flashed by us just as the Spacex rocket flew overhead. The rocket was very high heading northeast and the meteorite was heading east very low and disintegrated into multiple colors and fragments.
November 8, 2021 · 6:49 AM · CHANGING
Morganto, NC
I was drinking coffee on the porch and noticed a blue light that would move slightly then stop. The intensity of light would change. Then a smaller light connected with it and the light really intensified. My dog finished his business and I went inside. I don't know how long it lasted.
October 31, 2021 · 8:21 PM · TRIANGLE
Taylorsville, NC
Triangle object with light at every point just hoovering above power lines.very big object
October 30, 2021 · 7:10 PM · CIRCLE
Cary, NC
Driving on Holly Springs Rd, my wife & I saw an object flying just above the treetops. Object was circular, approximately 30 ft in circumference. It had 5 lights that were equally distant & all lights were toward the outside of the object (I am describing the underside of the object). It was tilted slightly in the direction that it was moving. Speed was probably 20 mph when we viewed it. We turned on Cary Parkway to try to follow it, but could not see the object any longer due to the quantity of trees. We unfortunately did not get any video. More people had to see it, because traffic was very heavy.
October 30, 2021 · 7:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Apex, NC
On October 30, 2021, at approximately 7pm, I was driving south on HWY 55 toward Vision Dr. A (seemingly) huge, well lit object flew above me slowly. My first thought, due to the proximity of RDU airport, this was a 747, or some other very large aircraft either landing or crashing. I realized this was not the case, due to the object making no sound. I turned and drove up Vision Dr., while watching the object continue in a south easterly direction, close to downtown Apex. As I watched, the object changed direction, shifting north. The object did not bank, but merely shifted North while remaining horizontal. Very bizarre. When I got home, I called the Apex police department, asking about any known low flying aircraft in the area. Apex was celebrating an Oktoberfest festival that evening, and I thought maybe it could be related, formation night flying or some other “show”. Their answer was no, no scheduled traffic. This week (Thanksgiving) I found a commercial aviation radar app that has flight histories and whatnot (Flightradar24). There were no commercial or civilian flights recorded at that time on October 30, where I was driving. For this reason, I’m making the report. In conclusion, the object was very large, flying low, slow and without sound. I saw no details of the airframe or other structure, due to the brightness of the lights. The lights were arranged in a “4” square pattern (which I reasoned maybe what 4 light aircraft flying in close formation would look like). All I remember is red and white, with 2-4 very bright white strobes. As another report on this same evening stated, this was a very busy highway and time of evening, with lots of traffic. I’m likely not the only witness.
October 29, 2021 · 8:00 PM · CHANGING
Concord, NC
Witness indicates defective date. Her telephone # is flawed. PD
October 26, 2021 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Matthews, NC
Fireball appeared to expand and retract fading from bright orange to yellowish white, darting multi-directionally for (+\-) 45 seconds. There was very light perception and cloud coverage that night over the golf course but visually clear to make out as an entirely unusual object whose presence was undoubtedly “different”.