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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
July 7, 2021 · 1:05 PM · OTHER
Green Mountain, NC
Not sure if this is the right site to report this but today Is when I found your web page after another incident regarding bright lights happened and made me consider reporting them. This was back in the Summer of July 2021 Aprox 1:05pm I live at the top of a mountain in rural Green Mountain NC. While sitting on a bench in-front of my house (facing W) enjoying a nice afternoon, all kind of birds chirping and suddenly out of nowhere I hear Ham-radio “sounds” right next to me. (My father is a former Ham-radio amateur, so I recognize the sound.) I freeze, and slowly move around observing my surroundings yet not seeing any “obvious” object, person, antenna, gadget, nothing! Sound stops, while I’m “visibly” moving so I return to the bench sat down nonchalantly to see if it happens again….It does, I don’t see anything yet I feel somebody is meticulously watching me. I don’t believe any of my closest neighbors operate ham-radio’s. The closest one I’m aware of lives on hwy 80 which is miles away. Also ruled out the possibility of a bird species that sings like a ham-radio. That same afternoon, My husband and I went to visit our neighbors and while sitting at front porch she hears the sound and asks out loud; - “Do you hear that?” - I reply; - “Oh! Yes, thank God you hear it too because I thought I was going crazy! - Neither of the husbands hear it.
July 6, 2021 · 7:44 PM · OTHER
Chapel Hill, NC
2 clips show a prolonged bright plasma like object on a barn floor. Almost moves like an amoeba. Longest film seems to be 4-5 electrical bolts flying into cloud like structures which then emit weird almost screams. Nothing I’ve seen or heard of before. Clips taken from a Siler city farm. I can put you in contact with owner.
July 4, 2021 · 8:33 PM · OVAL
South Mills, NC
On July 4th, 2021 at 2033 I used my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 to record a person light and fire a roman candle fire cracker in slow motion. I thought nothing of it and continued my day. I had no alcohol and saw/heard nothing unusual in the sky. I was facing south south east. When I returned home, I played the video back on my phone and zoomed into the person firing the roman candle to see how the slow motion looked. I noticed a small dark object above the people moving left to right. I zoomed in with my fingers by pinching the screen, and watched the dark object go from left to right across the entire screen within one second of real time. I watched it several times. I do not know how far away it was but it appeared to be further than some trees in the background. It was moving very fast and it (appeared) was very small. I thought it could have been an insect but the flight path was very controlled with no zig zagging. I thought it may have been a bird but it was not possible for a bird to fly that fast. I enhanced the video and made it easier to see but I still could not make it out. The moving image is very blurry and has some light around it but that could be pixelation.
June 29, 2021 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Charlotte, NC
Saw faint steady orb of white light passing by from the moon. Heading roughly North. I grabbed binoculars and it went a bit further, stopped as if to let me watch. Looked like any star standing still. It started moving steady again, this time pulsing on and off, but moving a little faster, then faded out. The pulsing time was about a second on and a second off, if that helps.
June 20, 2021 · 5:12 AM · CIRCLE
Wilmington, NC
Dark early morning skies along College Road at 17th street intersection. I was returning to beach after taking a friend to the airport. Several cars were stopped on the road. I thought it was a traffic accident. I stopped behind another car and the driver got out of his car. As soon as he did, 3 orange lights zoomed by us overhead right above the tree line at a very fast rate of speed and continued down college road. I watched for a few minutes and then they were gone.
June 5, 2021 · 11:32 AM · UNKNOWN
Charlotte, NC
A light moving around in circles (looking like a searchlight), moves around in the clouds for 2 hours or more. As the bigger light is moving around a smaller light appears after approximately 5 minutes. The smaller light looks like a star in the sky, but moves around and disappears and appears again.
May 31, 2021 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Wake Forest, NC
My wife and I were enjoying a nice evening on our back porch When I witnessed a bright object high in the sky moving south east from a north west direction. It was a very bright white light and at first glance I thought it might be the international space station because of the brightness and the fact it had no flashing aircraft beacon lights. But I considered it to be moving much slower than the space station or any other satellite I’ve observed in the past. I pointed to it and told my wife to look up, she observed it with me until it started getting closer to being obstructed by the top of our porch. That’s when I got up to continue looking it the light when It started to slow down and it’s light began to fade out like someone turning down a dimmer light. The sighting only lasted for 20 to 30 seconds. It was like nothing I’ve seen in the sky’s before. Wish I knew what the hell it was.
May 27, 2021 · 9:00 PM
Oak Island, NC
At approximately 9:30pm we were sitting, as a family, on the porch overlooking the ocean. I looked up to see in the clear night sky, just overtop of the adjacent ocean front home, a single triangle shaped, light orange object a few hundred yards away. It was alone briefly before being joined by another, then another and so on until there were 4. My wife and 2 adult sons then saw the objects. Then they “disappeared” without any discernible sound (although the waves were fairly loud). While we were debating what we saw my son noticed that just off shore there was an amazing spectacle taking place with what appeared to be many separate white lights twinkling off and on- back and forth with other groups. Above them appeared to be either a solid, very large triangular object or perhaps some that were in a triangle formation. This continued for some time in the southern sky while a cargo ship was not too far away ( for perspective on the distance from shore- the objects were about as far out as the ship which was just to the east) and what appears to be commercial airline flights which allowed us to estimate the objects were now at around 3-4K ft. As the display continued we could hear what we knew was a military jet coming from the east up the beach towards us. The jet came by just overhead and slightly off shore at a little higher altitude than the objects which were flashing white rapidly among each other and underneath the triangle object. The jet stayed ! straight following the beach and did not attempt to fly towards or engage - or not that we could tell. Then abruptly- it ended and they were gone.My oldest son and I walked onto the beach in hopes of seeing more and at around 10pm the 4 orange colored craft reappeared several hundred yards off shore at what appeared to be 1,000 feet or so above the surface. They “glowed” in unison for a brief moment and then they were gone. We are all professional people. Don’t subscribe to belief in space aliens etc. We took video and when we zoom in it appears at least one craft resembles the “tic tac” shaped object we have seen on the news. We heard no sound aside from the jet. The objects movement in the sky was erratic at times and at other times it moved precisely and smoothly and slowly. This is the truth as we experienced it. We are considering video and drawing images of what was seen. The incident took place at West Beach Dr and 23rd St Oak Island NC. The craft were in the southern sky at approximately 227 degrees SW.
May 20, 2021 · 10:25 PM · TRIANGLE
Charlotte, NC
Driver was traveling south in her vehicle on Interstate 77 near intersect of Interstate 485 just north of Charlotte, NC, half way between Charlotte and Huntersville, NC. At 10:25 pm (22:25 pm) on May 20, 2021. One large triangle shaped smooth/sleek object with three bright white (LED) lights on each corner was seen in the sky at approximately the height from the ground of 3-4 full grown oak trees tall. It was dark in color (black or dark silver gray) and appeared to have a smooth undersurface, which is what was in view of this driver. There was no sound and it remained stationary (hovering) in place without movement. The three corners of the object appeared to be somewhat rounded. (Difficult to determine some details as it was very dark outside.) Reminded driver of the smoothness/sleekness and shape of a Stingray, somewhat sci-fi or "futuristic" in appearance. The large size of this object appeared to be similar to or slightly larger than a commercial a! irline carrier (Jumbo Jet), only a solid large triangular shape rather than a slender body with wings.
May 16, 2021 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Jacksonville, NC
Observed for an hour, three round bright objects that appeared to float above passenger aircraft contrails. They aligned east to west with the moon.
May 8, 2021 · 9:35 PM · LIGHT
Mount Airy, NC
At 9:35 pm While setting outside I happen to look up in north west Direction and noticed a string of lights flying toward the south west in a perfect line and evenly spaced and flying quietly I was able to have my family come out and we all where able to watch the event unfold, We stood in our drive way for at least 5 mins and watch the event there had to be at least 100 of the lights flying in this line the last one disappeared from view at 9:41 exactly. I would have to belive other people had to see this! there where other aircraft in the sky at this time these things where not normal.
May 7, 2021 · 9:30 PM · FORMATION
Havelock, NC
I was talking to my brother on my cell phone on my front porch with my wife. I looked up to the stars and off to the left I noticed dozens of lights moving rapidly in a straight line and disappearing at what seemed like the same fixed point in the sky. (I later told my wife I wonder if they were disappearing into an invisible or unseen "mothership") I told my wife and we both watched for a minute or so as I attempted to tell my brother what we were seeing. A moment later my wife went inside to tell our older son. They came out to watch the last dozen or so lights disappear at the same spot in the sky. All of the lights seemed to be the same brightness traveling in almost a straight line but not perfectly. The closest thing I could relate it to would be if a stationary aircraft were to shoot tracers in the sky at something else in the sky and the tracers burnt out at the exact location without fading out but instantly extinguishing at the same point! in the sky and the "tracers" did not fall due to gravity in fact they seemed to follow a very straight path. I have been in Marine Corps aviation for 20 years and have flown in large formations but never in a straight line like that. I was a crew chief on CH-46's and MV-22's and performed air to ground and air to air gunnery and we would never shoot air to air in any possibly populated area.
May 7, 2021 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Raleigh, NC
Near Falls Lake walked out of the house. Wife looked up and said "what's that". I said probably birds. She then said "birds that have lights?" Conditions sparse clouds, dark. Second look I could see a string of lights heading west to east in an subtle arc. Moving at a pace probably double to triple a commercial airliner. Evenly spaced if I held a ruler to the sky I would say 1/2 inch apart from my vantage point. Some were a little higher than others all moving steady in the same direction. When they hit a certain spot in the sky they disappeared one by one as if going behind a curtain. They came into view in the west about 25% (1/4 distance from horizon) across the night sky disappearing at about the same point in the east. My 18 year old son also saw this. We tried to film it but it came out too dark to see. The lights were very very high in the sky
April 27, 2021 · 4:40 AM · LIGHT
Bladenboro, NC
Approximately 35-30 bright "stars" traveling the same speed and equal distances apart were moving in a straight line in a northeastern direction. Zero noise and the lights remained solid until they passed in the distance. Full Pink Moon did not hinder the brightness of the phenomena.
April 23, 2021 · 9:00 PM · OVAL
Candler, NC
3 of us watched 3 separate ufos lift up above the tree line and shoot off into the sky. They left 5 minutes between each other and we had a perfect view.
April 23, 2021 · 5:58 AM · CONE
Durham, NC
Immediately upon walking outside this morning, I saw a cone of light coming from the sky. The effect was as if there were hole in the sky and a light were shining through the hole. Very weird; I have never seen anything like this in my life. I did not see the actual craft, just the light emanating from it, as if from its bottom. I have no idea how long it had been there before I went outside. It did not appear while I was out; it was already there. After several minutes--I don't know, maybe five or seven minutes--it started to move away very fast and then suddenly disappeared while I was fumbling for my phone to take a photo. I wish I had thought of that immediately but instead just watched it.
April 12, 2021 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Newland, NC
Around 9:00 pm on April 12, 2021. I was sitting along side the Brown Mountain Lights overlook videotaping with my iPhone when a triangle appeared in sky. Three points of light appeared and then suddenly disappeared simultaneously together. If you zoom in on triangle. You can see all three Crafts zooming away together.
April 11, 2021 · 4:29 PM · RECTANGLE
Gastonia, NC
I had a friend take a of a fish I caught and we didn’t see the craft in the upper right hand corner at the time put when I got home I seen it I enlarged the picture and couldn’t believe my eyes it was a rectangular craft and out to the left there is a smaller ship you can see the vapor trail going back toward the bigger ship I can send you the pictures of it so you can see what I am talking about I just need to know where to send them to this is not a prank it’s real so please call me and let me know what you find out my # is 704 ((deleted)) thank you
April 5, 2021 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
Hudson, NC
My husband and I were standing outside enjoying the stars, when a very large circular green light was moving very fast across the sky. It appeared out of nowhere and was not any type of plane or helicopter. It sped thru the sky very rapidly then appeared two stop for a second or two. It started to accelerate again and suddenly disappeared. My husband is a sceptic, but not anymore. I wish I had filmed it, but was too amazed to do anything. Anyways I just wanted to report it and hope other people were able to see it too. Wow!!!
March 28, 2021 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Apex, NC
It went slow, then fast slanting to the right and going forward a little. A green light only, the light was a little fuzzy and after slanting to the right and going forward, it disappeared into thin air. Only one light.
March 28, 2021 · 8:26 PM · CIGAR
Troutman, NC
Driving down the road, when a cigar shaped ufo passed overhead to my left. Low, and was in the clouds. I saw it pass going about 400 mph. It was only around 450 yards away. And only 125 yards off the ground. The lights looked like no plane. And the shape didn’t look like a plane. After the 4-5 seconds that I saw it, it disappeared into the clouds. No light ever came out of the clouds, even after a reasonable time.
March 28, 2021 · 8:20 PM · SPHERE
Summerfield, NC
I was in the back yard of my parents house, on the deck, looking through binoculars at a tiny flickering light about a mile away in the woods, trying to figure out what it was. I put the binoculars down, then glanced up to my right side, up in the sky about 10 feet above tree level, in the back yard of the house, and I saw a big green glowing sphere of light that illuminated the clouds behind it. It split into 2 glowing spheres, and then they moved away from each other in opposite directions. I freaked out and went running into the house, for my dad to come see, and when we went back outside, it was gone. The spheres were about the size of the moon when it’s low on the horizon, and were glowing green like a traffic light. The whole incident lasted about 1-2 seconds, and I couldn’t believe I was seeing it so close. I have never seen anything like this before and have been racking my brain trying to figure out a logical explanation for what I saw.
March 17, 2021 · 9:20 PM · OTHER
Kure Beach, NC
Triangle with the front with glowing Red and Orange/Purple light. Came from Southeast from ocean. Stayed in that same type formation. Then it glowed bright white from front tip of triangle formation. Fired a white type circular type object that traveled west then went towards the west. It circled over the Cape Fear River to MOTSU Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal. Then back over land to the ocean, Then it disappears. Kinda like it burned out or went dark. Estimated speed was at least 4x a normal airliner it appeared. No noise at all. Idk if it’s extra terrestrial or some military aircraft. But seems very high tech with extreme high speed. Btw: It’s becoming routine to see these strange incidents between 20:15 to 22:45 hours almost every night now. If it’s clear outside. Always coming off the ocean. Never appear on flight tracker either.
March 13, 2021 · 8:23 PM · UNKNOWN
Burlington, NC
On 3/13/21, I was outside in the backyard of our home with my wife, stepson, and a friend of ours. We were splitting and bfirewood into our friends truck when we noticed a group of lights as they became visible while rising from the top of the treeline to the west of us. There were several objects that seemed to be moving slowly, in a loosely formed formation. The objects appeared, to me, to be moving in a northeasterly direction while rising in altitude. After a few minutes of observing, my stepson and friend each began video recording the objects with their cellphones. As the objects seemed to reach a certain altitude or position, they disappeared individually from our sight.