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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
June 10, 2017 · 3:15 AM · DISK
Chester, PA
Round spacecraft with red blue and white lights, saucer wider on one side. Flying toward water near I-95 above Chester, Pa. Flying slowly like a helicopter but saucer shaped.
June 10, 2017 · 3:00 AM · CHANGING
Independence, MO
I was laying in bed and saw a light in the sky out my bedroom balcony door window. I thought it was a street lamp at first, but it was not. It was high in the sky south east of my house. It appeared to change shape from like a star to a triangle and/or diamond shape. It must has been quite large for me to have thought is was a streetlight. It was slowly moving north west toward me and higher in the sky, as I had the frame of my door to use as a reference. It got so I had to get up out of my bed to continue watching it. By 5 am you could not see it anymore. It also seemed to have some colored lights possibly such as orange and blue but I was too far away from it to be sure about that. Did anyone else notice this?
June 10, 2017 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Rabbit Valley, CO
Saw a very bright and fast solid white light moving from west to east. Stopping and going, moving left and righ,t then disappearing before the eastern horizon.
June 9, 2017 · 11:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Ann Arbor, MI
On the night of June 9th, 2017 at around 11:30 PM, I observed 3 bright white lights in a equilateral triangular shape, pass directly and silently overhead, and travel in straight line toward the South East at a very high rate of speed until out of sight. I was home and in bed when one of the dogs decided he needed to go outside, so I got up and took him out to the back yard. The sky was clear and so I paused to gaze at the stars. I usually hope to see a meteor or a satellite drift by. But that night, I looked straight up and immediately saw a very bright light moving what seemed to be just above a 60' tree behind me. I wasn’t sure what it was, but as I watched, 3 lights in the shape of an equilateral triangle slowly came into full view directly above me. The lights were bright, white, and steady (not strobes), however, they seemed to have a shimmering, star-like quality to them. My first thought was that someone was flying a drone over our house, but it seemed odd, since I’ve never seen any drones flying in our neighborhood, and it was a bit late at night. The second thing I noticed was the absence of any sound — it was totally silent. I remember thinking that it all seemed very odd, and if a drone was flying possibly only 100 feet above me, I would have easily heard the buzzing sound of the motors/rotors. Watching it, I felt a sense of awe; although it was also slightly disorienting since it was hard to tell exactly how large the formation was, or what the true elevation was. They seemed to be moving very fast, maintaining a uniform triangular formation, and moved at a consistent speed in a straight South-Easterly direction over the house and yard. It took less than 15 seconds until they were out of sight — which would be several miles away. I live outside the city lights in a dark suburban area, on top of a hill so I can see well above the tree line to the South. I had a clear view of the lights during the entire observation, they didn’t disappear behind trees or clouds and I watched them as far as the eye can see. I’ve observed balloons, meteors, satellites, jets, helicopters and small airplanes, but this triangle of lights was unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Finally, about 4 days after my observation, I mentioned this to a friend who also lives in the neighborhood. He remarked that around that time, he and his wife were out for a walk when a bright light went overhead (his first thought was that it was drone) followed by other lights that seemed to come from the side and “join up” with the lead lights. They said they looked like bright stars, but they moved very quickly through the sky as a group. About one month later, I asked him if he could remember exactly when and what he saw. His response shocked me. He said he would “check his phone” to look at the “date on the photos”. Turns out he has about 7 photos and a very short (3 second) video. I’ve reviewed the photos, and they show at least 2 groups of triangular lights, and perhaps a 3rd or 4th group further in the distance. My friend prefers to remain anonymous, so unfortunately, I can’t attach the photos/video. I’ve never witnessed anything like this, and felt the need to report it. Any help in understanding what was seen here would be greatly appreciated. By the way, my friend and I are both employed as software developers.
June 9, 2017 · 10:35 PM · LIGHT
Hebron, KY
I was at work taking some trash out to our dumpster. It sits in the back lot of our shop. After throwing my trash in the dumpster I looked up in the sky because of how clear it was outside. Almost straight above me, I saw a bright light moving across the sky. I thought how cool, must be international space lab. One of my co-workers was out painting and I called him on our work radios and told him took look up to the sky. At that point this object had traveled about an arm’s length across the sky. All of a sudden this light started to wobble. Then the light got smaller and smaller and then totally out of sight in a matter of a couple seconds. I am thinking that when I saw it wobble it started accelerating into space. Never seen anything like it. I hope someone else seen it because it was amazing.
June 9, 2017 · 10:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Pleasanton, CA
Slow, silent approach, just about 50-75 feet above the rooftops in the neighborhood, smooth trajectory, then as we stared at it,we could hear a quiet motor sound, it turned on its side, which looked like a triangle, and then suddenly disappeared. , either there was a second one or the same one circled back, briefly. Source of the report provides no contact information. PD
June 9, 2017 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Cherokee, NC
We parked and decided to walk along the path along the creek to first see the “glow worms” that my friends discovered the year before in the root bank of a tree up the hill that had a small spring in it. Tiny glow worms, but they're nonetheless, cool. We walked back to the campground, found the darkest spot away from the camp fires, set up our chairs, and waited for the show (synchronized fireflies event). The turnout was low, probably because it was cool, and there was a full moon (strawberry moon, in fact). I had just gotten back from a short walk down the road, and when I returned, I noticed that my friends were looking up at something in the sky. Naturally, I looked up and there in the sky was a white glowing object, seemed to be round in shape. At first it looked like a giant firefly but it was too high up in the sky. The first thing I noticed, was there were no blinking lights like an airplane. It continued in a line, then stopped, then moved forward, then seems to turn on its side like a tire rolling down a road and disappeared. The whole encounter lasted 20-40 seconds. There was no sound and I would have expected a sound since it was that close to us. The time was around 10:30 pm. Two of us early saw the object stop and hover. We left and the park and headed home. On the way, several cars were stopped in both directions, and we could see an elk on the side of the road. We thought that was all that there was but as we passed, we saw an elk calf was down in the road, likely hit by a car. Being that we were from the area and the others were likely tourists, my friend called her friend that works in the park to determine who we should call about the incident. He stated that park officers patrol all hours and that they would know in short order. I am adding this one detail for one reason. When my friend told her friend on the phone that we had seen what seemed to be a UFO, he then relayed a similar experience that he and a coworker had in the park just last Saturday. He described a white object that moved through the night sky, then stopped and moved again, etc. I am a 57 year-old female. I have never seen or reported a UFO. I do not drink or use drugs and I do not believe in aliens. I know what I saw and from my account, this was a real UFO experience.
June 9, 2017 · 10:20 PM · FIREBALL
Eau Claire, WI
We were sitting out over a campfire at an RV resort, just hanging out. My dad, on my left, saw the object over our RV, it was about north-northwest of us, heading west. It was orange, and at first we believed it was a plane on fire-we've been training to get our private pilots certificates, so we knew there was an airport nearby. It headed west, looking like a ball of fire, though moving slowly, and almost flickering. It appeared to drop slightly once or twice, before reaching a west-northwest point and diminishing in apparent size and distance. About 5-10 minutes later, another appeared, and this time we recognized they weren't planes, this one maintained a sturdier altitude, but flickered a bit more. It got a bit past the west-northwest point the first one reached before hovering at a brighter intensity than the other for a much longer time (the other one did not hover at all, just reached point and began diminishing in brightness). It stayed there for a minute or so before it to began to diminish and vanished.
June 9, 2017 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Boulder, CO
A few minutes after 10pm, a slow moving large bright white orb slowly flew over the hills in North Boulder from a northwesterly to a southeasterly direction. Approximately around the center of Boulder the white light suddenly turned a dull orange, shrank to a pinpoint in a matter of seconds, then disappeared completely.
June 9, 2017 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Leota, MI
Work at airport 34 years, not a plane Also viewed by son. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
June 9, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Morehead, KY
And explain how any man made construction just fades off in the distance really fast. Funny thing was, it looked like it was heading straight towards the full moon tonight. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 9, 2017 · 9:50 PM
Atoka, TN
Saw a slow moving white light. Pretty low then disappears into horizon. No blinking lights and too low to be a helicopter. Live very close to the NVAY/NSA base in Millington. We have amended the date and time of the sighting. PD
June 9, 2017 · 9:45 PM · CROSS
Cimarron, CO
The object caught my eye on the western skyline, as it slowly gained altitude and began to move towards me. The object moved silently and slowly from the west towards the full moon in a flight path directly over my campsite. I estimated the object altitude to be approximately 2000-4000 feet above my head as it passed above me. A commercial jet entered my field of vision to the northeast of the object, flying west. The jets were easily heard and the flasing lights were clearly visible on the commercial airplane, even at the much higher altitude. In contrast the UFO made no noise and the lights were constant. As the object passed above me I saw two large rectangular light panels, one to the front and one behind with a smaller square panel on each side at the center point. The lights were very bright as it went overhead and the moonlight was also bright, but i could not see any shape or outline, only the cross shaped light panels. The object moved towards the fu! ll moon and seemed to gain speed as it became smaller and disappeared, last seen moving towards the moon in a shallow ascent. A few things about this sighting that i really can not explain or understand are: - the object did not move in a conventional manner when the object transitioned from a vertical ascent to an eastern flight path, the path was noticeable angular the movement was very slow at first, then gone - the object made no noise at all - the four light panels were all white in color - the objects lights were constant, none flashed - the only thing visible on the object were the light panels, no outline or shape I am positive that I witnessed technology from another world. It could be the U.S. government behind the scenes, but the technology had to be alien.
June 9, 2017 · 5:29 PM · SPHERE
Anaheim, CA
At my apartment complex, I had just walked out to toss trash in a dumpster, when I heard, and then saw, a Cessna model 172 flying in an Easterly direction, above the trees and housing area nearby. The sky was blue, and without any clouds. The Cessna flew at an altitude that suggested it would land at nearby Fullerton airport. It was perhaps about one quarter mile south of my location. Just a moment after looking at the Cessna airplane, I noticed a mostly round shaped object, about one third the length of the Cessna in size, was flying just slightly higher and behind the Cessna plane. The object was colored mainly white and black, and had a single and very bright white light near its top that flashed regularly, like a beacon or strobe. The object flew on at a slower speed than the Cessna, and I followed it for about one minute as it flew farther away and farther South than the track the Cessna had taken. When the object was then just a tiny point in the clear sky, it suddenly just vanished. I watched for another minute or so, but it never came back. The best thing I can compare the object to would be the flying ‘drone balls’ that are in the Tom Cruise Science-Fiction film called “Oblivion”. The object flew and looked much like those round drones in that movie, though I estimate it to have been much larger in size than those in the film were. Maybe the size of a Smart Car or Fiat 500. I believe whatever this object was, that it was a remotely controlled vehicle. Whether it was of an alien origin, or a secret military device, I can only speculate at this point. But I can say that it is the second time I have seen a drone-like UFO flying in the vicinity of my apartment in Anaheim, seeing another one just last year, also in the afternoon daylight hours. Lastly, I had the feeling it knew it was being observed.
June 9, 2017 · 4:36 PM · CIRCLE
Salem, OR
I was taking pictures for my mother in law to compare the dark clouds over her house to the clear sky at my house as we only live a few miles apart, but we live at a higher elevation so our weather is completely different. So I quickly snapped the pictures and sent them then I reviewed the pictures later and noticed the object. The object is a blue spherical shape that appears just above the trees. I am sending two images that show the clouds behind the object moving but the object stays stationary. As I looked at the picture closer and zoomed in the object appears to have texture of some sort. The blue-green object appears to us to be a lens flare. PD
June 9, 2017 · 2:30 PM · OVAL
Park City, UT
Approx 5 degrees right of our direct view near the peak of the mountain range, we saw what appeared to be a white or bright reflective capsule hovering in place. We took it to be a helicopter thought noticed immediately that there was no rear tail extension...only what could have been the passenger/pilot cabin. We discussed for 20-30 seconds, and then the object disappeared in an instant. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
June 9, 2017 · 2:00 PM · OVAL
Round Lake, IL
The ovals began floating around, at one point very close to each other. Sometimes they would shine so bright it hurt my eyes, but for the most part they just looked white. The first one began flying away, until I could no longer see it. Soon after, the other flew off into the same direction. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 9, 2017 · 9:15 AM
Brockton, MA
Bright pulsating light flashing over Brockton. No fireworks, lighting, planes or events were in the area.
June 9, 2017 · 5:00 AM · CIRCLE
Ballinger, TX
I pointed this out to workers at a gas station on Ballinger, and they, too, had no idea what it was. Source of report includes still photos, which indicate a tiny white "splotch" in the daytime sky. PD
June 9, 2017 · 3:55 AM · LIGHT
Derry, PA
On my way to work, using a side road to hit a major highway, off to my left there were orange-ish lights in the sky. I stopped, and went in reverse then stopped to make sure what I was seeing was real. I pulled out my phone and recorded for a few seconds, looked at the lights for a bit longer then took off down the road as not to be late for work.
June 9, 2017 · 1:30 AM · TRIANGLE
New Cumberland, WV
Then we couldn't see it again even though it seemed like it was chasing us. We spoke via telephone with the young male who submitted it, and he assures us that it is a serious-minded report of what he and his friends had witnessed. PD
June 9, 2017 · 12:30 AM · SPHERE
Allen Park, MI
While me and my wife came out for a smoke break, between Orange is the New black episodes we noticed a red light that would have a blue light shine as well. The red light was extremely bright and could only see the blue light when the object would turn slightly. It was south of our location maybe in Southgate or Taylor area. The object would move to the left a little then stay stationary then it move again. The movements were very quick. The sky was clear and there was no noises at all. (Hoping to hear helicopter blades spinning) the object made one more quick movement towards the south direction before just disappearing.
June 8, 2017 · 11:41 PM · OVAL
Peoria, IL
Around about 11:41 pm, my friend and I noticed a red dot while on the highway. We decided to watch it further for a bit, thinking it was a plane but it remained stationary until we came close to a nearby lighted shopping center and saw that it flashed red and green. Upon entering the shopping center, one of the buildings blocked our view of it, and by the time we backed up so we could see it was about 3-5 miles away within a few seconds. We then proceeded to watch it until it disappeared miles away.
June 8, 2017 · 11:00 PM · FORMATION
Bremerton, WA
I am a 47 year old female. I live in a military based town. I was driving across town with my friend, following a Bingo session, approx 11:30 pm. I was not at all tired, drunk or medicated at the time I witnessed this mysterious object. My vision is good, I have no history of unusual mental behavior, and I am not yet senile. My neighbor was my passenger at the time. We both saw the same thing. It was a large object or a cluster of objects floating across the night sky. It traveled slowly towards us steady at a low level yet still a good distance above city power poles. Its shape shifted continuously looking unbalanced. My best description of what it looked like would be similar to a huge group of balloons tied together w/ each containing its own glowing light, glowing brightly of green/white. No blinking lights or sound. I continued to drive, losing site of it due to the trees. A few minutes later I drove back to the area stopping at a gas station to look for the! object. The object was not seen again. It was a "Strawberry Moon" that night. It was very large and bright. There were clouds passing/hiding view of the moon off and on, no rain w/ slightly gusty winds.