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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
February 20, 2017 · 7:20 PM · SPHERE
Merritt Island, FL
Looks like an orange orb standing still in the sky. First thought it was the sun, but the sun had already set. It's just sitting there with no movement. I'm looking south
February 20, 2017 · 6:40 PM · TRIANGLE
East Haven, CT
I was driving home from work and came around the bend to see a few bright lights hovering over the water near Anthony's Oceanside restaurant. It looked like possibly a drone, but was enormous. I assumed there was something going on at the resort and this was some kind of manned object. However, as I drove out of sight, the houses were blocking my view, I noticed the lights seeming to move away from the water. As I rounded the corner towards the intersection, I saw the craft cross the intersection several hundred feet ahead of me. It was hovering maybe 50 feet above the ground, it appeared to move over the powerlines, passing by the Morris Cove fire house and by the pizza place, down the road. I did not follow. It had red and white lights, and was triangular in shape as far as I could tell. The lights hovering above the ground were the easiest thing to see in the darkness. It looked to be at least the size of a large car, but much wider at the base.
February 20, 2017 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE
Chambersburg, PA
Approximately 02/20/2017 at around 18:30, I was delivering pizza and entered I81 north via exit 16 of Chambersburg, Pa. After about a quarter mile of being on the highway, I happened to look to my left as I was headed north on I 81. I observed a bright light in the sky. I couldn’t see too many stars if at all between the light pollution of the town and the cloudy sky. I was watching the light as best I could because it was unusually bright considering the circumstances. After approximately 45 to 60 seconds the light that appeared to be at a standstill. And then the light appeared to be making a vertical drop as if it was falling to the ground at an alarming rate of speed. Originally it appeared to be a few miles above the ground and dropped to maybe a few hundred yards. (approximately) After it reached to appear to be a few hundred yards above the ground, it came to a stop and appeared to be hovering. At this point, I was coming up to exit 17 of 81 north, when the object began to move again, going towards my left, and appearing to make a movement towards the north east of my position. It made a complete stop again for approximately 15 to 20 seconds, then in an instant, took off at an incredible rate of speed appearing to make a north-western direction from my position, gaining a slight amount of altitude, then it was just gone in a flash. At this point I was approximately half a mile past exit 17 of 81 north. It lasted only about 2 minutes. At first, I was not sure what to think because I have never seen anything like this. Chambersburg is not far from Washington, D.C., and we have multiple military bases in and around our area. I have seen many military aircraft in our skies, but nothing anything close to this. I’m not sure what to think. I am not even convinced it was alien, but I never seen an air craft move like that that fast and be a solid light, as if it was an orb. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
February 20, 2017 · 12:45 PM · EGG
Hiwassee, VA
Hazy sky. Outside listening to radio. Heard passenger jet from North following N/S jet lane at about 30K ft. Turned around to watch it. An oblong-shaped faint white object from East, heading westbound, crosses in front of passenger jet path. Not a bird. Not shining. At first I thought it crossed at altitude lower than jet. But it passed through layers of haze at altitude above jet. Not an altitude optical illusion as would be due to blending by an averaging reflection, rather by occultation from haze. Object was never well-defined body as well as was the jet body. It "gently" changed course to SW path. I estimate its speed at about Mach 2 to Mach 5. Incredibly fast. No contrail. No shock front. No sound other than passenger jet sound. Silent object. Larger than jet body. Do not know what jet vendor was, but was like an MD-80 in general shape, two engines, leaving persistant contrail. I cannot assign the object to anything I know of.
February 20, 2017 · 2:30 AM · LIGHT
Statesville, NC
Super bright blue light traversed across country road at approximately 60 feet above road. As I was driving, my vehicle completely shut off. Radio shut off, as well. The entire incident took less than 1 minute, but once the light entered the wood line to the right of the road, it disappeared, or instantly was no longer visible. The height of the trees in entered were approximately 65 feet and were dense in number. The light had no sound and wasn't flashing or sparkling. It was constant and extremely bright. As suddenly as it disappeared, my vehicle started up and the radio and headlights resumed. Nothing was reported in any local news and I am unaware of anyone else who witnessed this event.
February 19, 2017 · 11:05 PM · LIGHT
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
I saw 4 bright white lights flying single file, evenly spaced, from NE to SW. I was outside and heard no noise coming from the objects.
February 19, 2017 · 11:00 PM · CHANGING
Lindenwold, NJ
I know this is going to sound crazy... it sounds crazy even as I type it. But, I'm sure that you've heard it all. I swear to you that this is not a hoax or some psycho bullshit. I am a VP of Communications for a bank and I never truly believed in UFOs until my best friend and roommate showed me the video she took last night on my camera. Last weekend, I saw something strange in the sky, but quickly blew it off because I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. It was stationary... it looked like a very bright star, but every once awhile it looked like it was changing color and glowing a bit red. I asked my friend at the time... do you see that? Is it my eyes? Does that star look like it's glowing red? She dismissed it pretty quickly and said, "Maybe it's Jupiter. Sometimes you can see Jupiter in the night sky." Okay. Sounded plausible to me. So, I stopped looking, continued to enjoy the fire in our firepit in our backyard and didn't think about i! t again. Well, last night, I wasn't feeling well, so I went to bed early. My friend had one of our other friends over for company and they were out back at the firepit. They were looking at the night sky and commenting on how pretty it was because it was so clear and they could see so many stars. It was then that they saw a bright glowing object that was moving in an odd way. They continued to stare at it and realized that it definitely wasn't a star. It also was not a plane. It looked like it was changing shape slightly and it would get very bright, then start to dim and they could also see the faint changes in color. She ran into the house to grab my camera. I have an expensive Canon camera that will zoom in 80x. It also takes video. When she zoomed in and started the video, she could not believe what she was seeing. And neither could I. I am still stunned as I type this. It's so hard to describe without you seeing it (we are trying to figure out how to download it from the camera and upload onto YouTube), but the circular light would start to flash colors that weren't visible to the naked eye... you could only see it through the camera lense when it was magnified. It would flash colors and then look like it explodes - or radiates out - dissipates and then forms back into a bright circular light. Almost like some sort of strange emanating force-field or something. It would also move straight up, back down, to the right, the left, etc. It's the most amazing and strangest thing I've ever seen in my life. She caught several of them on camera last night. She and our other friend started looking early this morning online to see if there were other sightings and they only found one mention... oddly enough, it was happening at the same exact time they made their first sighting. The videos are posted on YouTube from a family in Washington state. You can clearly hear how shocked they were to be seeing what they were seeing. I think they were taking their video from a cell phone and couldn't zoom in nearly as close as we could, so you could see the same type of circular bright light, some of the faint colors, and see it moving, but you couldn't see that weird emanating force-field thing that we experienced. But, other than that, it looked like the same type of thing we were witnessing. This couple (and their child) were seeing the same thing at the same time in Washington that we were experiencing right here in New Jersey. I swear to you this is a not a joke and we have something really incredible on video tape. We need to figure out a way to get it to you... and we also wanted to ask if you knew of any reputable places that could analyze it. We hesitate to send it to NASA after our research today - especially since apparently last night, they cut their live satellite feed when six unidentified objects flew past it. So, why would they cut the feed? This is all just too strange. And, like I said, I know it sounds crazy. But, I know I'm not crazy. I know what I'm seeing on my own camera and I know what my best friend is telling me that she saw with her own eyes and I believe her. Our friend who was over works for the Department of Agriculture for the State of NJ and he couldn't believe his eyes either. He had never seen anything like it in his entire life and said that he's going to be researching it today with whoever will listen to him and talk to him about it. All I know is that we saw something.... something that definitely is NOT from this Earth, I can guarantee you that.
February 19, 2017 · 10:50 PM · OTHER
Toledo, OH
A faint line of light was moving east to West,in the northern sky, at a fairly high rate of speed. It got slightly to the west of my position and approximately 8-10 objects appeared in the line of light. All were in a straight line except one of them. The other was along the lead one in the line. The light was more like a glow around the formation. The objects seemed to have sort of a hex shaped front end with straight sides with rounded off corners in back of objects.
February 19, 2017 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Atchison, KS
Object appeared to be at extremely high altitude moving from north to south without sound and at 2500+ mph. I could see it moving south for about 15 miles in less than 10 seconds then suddenly taking abrupt right turn heading west and disappearing from view in 2-3 seconds. It had one visible non flashing dim white light as it approached and two dim red lights as it flew west and vanished. Appeared to be flying near outer space. Sharp west turn seemed impossible for piloted flight within earths atmosphere at the incredible speed object was traveling. I guess it to be some type of space survellance craft because no sound detected.
February 19, 2017 · 10:04 PM · FLASH
Memphis, TN
I saw what appeared to be an airplane to the North of my house Friday, Feb 17th 2017, but it was not moving. I used the guide of a tree to verify it wasnt moving. Tonight, my neighbor told my husband to come out side and look at this object tonthe South of our house. I noticed it was the same appearance as what I saw Friday night. My neighbor though it was something doing surveillance. It doeant look like a star and it appears to be a bright light..or several bright lights in a row to make one. It is 10:10 PM as I type this and I have been recording it for over an hour. It moves similar to a flash light being waved spraticly in the dark and then it fizzles away and disappears...only to reappear a second later. I wish I could notify someone to docuement this better than I can...as I am using a LG Stylo 2 cell phone and have made numerous vidios over the past hour. By my naked eye, I can barely tell its moving, and it doesnt appear by naked eye to move a grea! t distance; but with my cell recording it, I am able to see it moving extremely fast sparaticly, actually disappearing only to reappear similar to a light splat. I emailed my local news to tell them what I am seeing and asked if they would also record it because thry might possibly be able to get better footage with a professional, high grade camera versus a LG cell phone. I have never ever experienced anything like this...and wasnt a believer in UFO's. Ironically, my 8 year old son has been watching u_ _ _ _ videos on UFO's and has been terrified to go to sleep the last few nights and I just finished telling him they dont exist...and if they did...they sure wouldn't come to Memphis where it's so populated and so much crime....I joked and alian would grt shot here..lol. This is unbelievably the most interesting thing I have ever seen. If anyone would like to see the footage I have, I'll gladly post or send it. I am going to keep recording it every night while it's here. I a! m 8 months pregnant and have to be up and at work in the morni! ng. I wi ll do one more recording before I go to bed. I wish someone could point me in the right direction of someone local to confirm this sighting! Anyone in my area of South Memphis...specifically Whitehaven, a half mile from the Mississippi border looking South. There are 3 stars that form a triangle to the left of it and 3 starsin a straight line to the right of it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 19, 2017 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
South Dennis, MA
One I could see clearly outside the edges of a big tree that was blocking the sky. The other I could see through the branches of the tree. They did this rhythmic dance, like 1 went up & the other went down. Then they'd come back close, then swirl around slowly. I watched this for 20 minutes, transfixed. Then one turned & slowly went northeast, towards the ocean & lower Cape. The other turned left & proceeded southwest, towards Yarmouth. Both had that rhythmic, slow pulsing, cherry red light. The one heading towards Yarmouth I observed until it disappeared at 1030 pm, when I came in & immediately wanted to make this report. Size wise, when I came in, I looked for something to compare it to. Only thing I can compare them to is maybe the size of a small pea. It was beautiful.
February 19, 2017 · 8:58 PM · OVAL
Hays, MT
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 19, 2017 · 8:30 PM · CONE
Grandville, MI
It changes shape but is round to cigar with red or orange fire on bottom...it appears to change shape..it also has been very stationary with a very bright light..too bright for star, plane, or satalite...it is now 9:15pm and it is still there..called state police and they are checking.
February 19, 2017 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Queensbury, NY
as we were driving on rt 87 n in Queensbury,n.j. the backseat occupant noticed we were being followed by a circle of lights rotating and following the car alternating from one side to the other with no particular type of pattern.
February 19, 2017 · 7:50 PM · TRIANGLE
Tacoma, WA
I walked outside for a smoke, when i noticed a very unusual bright light stationary above yet behind my father in laws house. As i was standing there, i kept starring and asked my fiance to come outside. Once he came outside it dimmed a bit. He went to get his binoculors, it came back into view. I stared at the light a bit longer. The object started moving up and down yet staying in place.at that time i started to feel scared, and it seemed like whatever it was saw me staring. I had a huge sense of fear and of being watched. The object finally started moving towards me. Which scared me more. That's when i noticed it was shapped as a triangle. it was dark inside the triangle, yet had very bright lights outlining the object. As soon as my fiance came back with his binos, the object stopped. And to me it looked like it started to back up. It ended up dissapearing behind the clouds. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 19, 2017 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Siler City, NC
This is the first time in my life that I've reported a sky-borne object sighting. Because it was in the western sky, some people will think "oh, Venus" - fine. I'm not an astronomer, but I've spent many a starry, planety night gazing at this sky from my hot tub, and have never seen anything like this. Tonight I had just stepped out onto my back deck, and this brilliant "fire in the sky" caught my eye, so I paused to watch it. It was higher than local planes fly, but seemingly lower than the cruising altitude of a international jet. It was moving slowly in the way that satellites do ... I always have fun looking for satellites in the sky because they're more-common to spot than shooting stars. But this was lower than a satellite. It was BRIGHT ... so bright that it almost hurt my eyes to look directly at it, but it was so fascinating that I made myself look anyway. The color of the object itself was yellow-orange, nearly exactly like fire, but the light coming from it towards the earth was a white light, which did not seem to be "panning" or searching ... it just seemed to be emanating. There was no flickering or blinking. In addition, there were a few shafts of brilliant blue-green light coming from behind it as the object slowly travelled toward me (from west to east). These almost neon blue-green rays were nearly obscured by the bright orange body of the object itself, but were colore! d so intensely that if you stared at it, you could clearly see them. If one were to speculate, one might think that they would appear as they did if they were part of a propulsion system. The object made no sound. It was fairly high in the sky, at about 65 degrees. Its path of direction was not constant, as a standard satellite's would be. It slowly tracked closer to my home (a rural area, with few houses), then it seemed to stabilize its location. I went inside to do some internet searching of such phenomena, looked out the window about 10 minutes later and it seemed a bit further away to the west, and about a half hour after my initial sighting, I looked, and it was gone. (And at that time, I also noted Venus in the sky, looking much further-away and much like a planet, like it always does.) I am not so informed as to discount the possibility of extra-terrestrial visitors, but it seems much more likely to me that such an object could be military / government in origin. There are military bases within 50-100 miles to the south and east of me.
February 19, 2017 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Bushkill Township, PA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 19, 2017 · 5:59 PM · UNKNOWN
Waimea Canyon, HI
I was hiking the Waimea canyon with two friends. I was making burst shoots pictures of my friend. On the last picture there is an object on the picture (you can see it perfect) Comes from nowhere, moving away from us. I have pictures.
February 19, 2017 · 5:45 PM · LIGHT
Mananlapan, NJ
Saw lights behind store one bright and one dim. The lights were spaced out.Its like there watching me because they followed me from Mananlapan NJ to PA. It was a time of 5 hours and 15 minutes. Also saw 5 lights and one dimer coming up Rt 287 North in NJ by Somerville. They were spaced out in a line and reddish color also low from ground. The time was 19:20. I saw it for a while but driving and trees in the way of sight.
February 19, 2017 · 2:00 PM · LIGHT
Shrewsbury, MA
I ran home to get the camera, when I got back, they disappeared except 1 small one. It disappeared within a minute or so. I didn't get a good shot. :(
February 19, 2017 · 12:15 PM · CIRCLE
Penfield, NY
I got up to use the bathroom and saw a ring of maybe 8 lights to the northwest, about the size of a bright, large star. At first I thought it was a plane but it stayed still and no flashing red lights. Then I thought maybe it was a helicopter, but twice it moved extremely fast, almost like a flash, then stayed put. Still no flashing red lights. I went out on the deck and watched it for a couple of minutes then came upstairs to get my iPad to photograph it. By that time it only looked like a very bright star and no separate lights in a ring like several minutes before. When I videoed it it flashed all over, but that could be because of my unsteadiness holding the iPad. Still, very weird.
February 19, 2017 · 11:00 AM · SPHERE
St. Petersburg, FL
I was looking up. I saw a star floating slowly by high in the sky. Later, a shooting star in the same area. I will often times take a phone picture of the sky on an active night hoping to catch something random. On this night I did. I did not see it at the time of snapping the phone. Later when I looked at the photo I saw the ball shaped object. Its the view from my driveway, so I know there are no street lights or any thing else with similar look. The next night i was looking up and saw another star-like light. But this one's light turned-off right as I focused in on it. I shined my laser in its direction, the light came back on. This went on over 20 times, back and forth with no regular pattern of on/off, of duration when light was on, even the brightness varied. It was moving very slow, took 10-15 minutes to cross about 60 degrees of the overhead sky. I see "moving stars" and on/off stars at least once per week, sometimes daily.
February 19, 2017 · 9:05 AM · UNKNOWN
Mt. Summit, IN
To far away Tobe sure what I was looking at, it was taller than it was wide had many lights seemed to be setting stationary. Driving due west on Hwy. 36 it appeared I was getting close to it before I turned off. Strange enough I reported this unknown object in the hope's I could find an explanation. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 19, 2017 · 7:30 AM · LIGHT
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD