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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.
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December 10, 2022 · 3:04 PM · LIGHT
Springfield, OR
Noticed the lights after taking the photo. We had christmas lights on in the house, but were unable to recreate any sort of reflection on the sliding patio door (photo was taken from inside the house). Photo was taken from the east side of Interstate 5 looking north toward the coburg hills.
December 10, 2022 · 12:30 PM · CIRCLE
Utica, KY
I was outside using the bathroom and I look up and it kind of looked like the moon at first but as I was watching it came down really close to me it was a circle with the brightest light I've ever seen in my life. As I was watching it come closer to me I yelled for my uncle and he came out and seen it also it stayed close for about 2 minutes and then went back up and floated for a while and then disappeared. It's very dark where I'm at no other lights it was very cloudy but you could see this bright Circle among everything else. It was a perfect circle very bright and moved very fast.
December 10, 2022 · 8:42 AM · LIGHT
Fort Lee, NJ
Many Moving lights . Please see video
December 10, 2022 · 7:07 AM · FIREBALL
Albuquerque, NM
I was taking my normal sunrise photos when I noticed that there was an extremely bright light just above the mountain, it didn't move for 2 minutes and then just suddenly disappeared, I have a decent camera so I tried to zoom in and get pictures of it and I noticed that there's like a black void between the two streaks of light, no idea what it was, but it wasn't normal
December 10, 2022 · 6:25 AM · CIGAR
Orefield, PA
At 6:25 AM Eastern time on the morning of Saturday, December 10, 2022, I sighted a massive, obsidian-coloured, cigar shaped object on the way home from work on the night shift. I was wide awake, fully sober, fully alert, and still focused on the previous evening's shift at work. This object was massive--appeared to be about 2000 meters long and 150 meters wide, headed east at 1500 km/hour, around 35 km altitude. The object obscured much of the sky and appeared to be enveloped in a long, black, oily bubble. I had a sense of anxiety observing this phenomena.
December 10, 2022 · 5:15 AM · LIGHT
Creswell, OR
Was walking to my car, to leave for work. When I looked towards the backyard I suddenly seen a green “laser like” light shoot from the sky. Lots of overcast so I was unable to see where the light was projecting from. Lasted for about 2-4 seconds the first time, making a very fast, circular motions, hitting the back neighbors cow and the next door neighbors tree. The second time it hit my back yard, then disappeared. No circular motion the 2nd time, just a solid green light.
December 10, 2022 · 4:00 AM · LIGHT
Liberty Hill, TX
TX I was walking in a nnw direction looking down, because it was dark. The ground lit up orange i looked up immediately and saw 2 streaks of bright orange streaks that left an imprimt like camera flash or welder arcing. What i saw seemed to be a craft going from still to 100 times faster than anything im aware of. I have watched the sky over 35 years and seen some amazing meteor showers of defragmenting fireballs, but this I have never seen except on Startrek after they initiate hyperdrive. this was around 4am in the NNW sky of Liberty Hill TX
December 9, 2022 · 9:44 PM · LIGHT
Springfield, OR
I stepped out on our patio to lock our garage door in preparation for going to bed. I looked Eastward and immediately saw a very strange, blue-colored light, hovering over and behind trees next to the McKenzie River. It was raining out, so I knew that this object had to be below the cloud deck. I snapped a couple of pictures with my new iPhone 14 Pro Max (raw mode), then immediately went inside to grab my Luna Optics night vision binoculars. I returned to the patio and went to turn the binoculars on, and found the batteries were dead, even though brand new. I returned inside, grabbed my auxiliary battery brick, and powered the binoculars using the external battery source. I have been around aviation for my entire life, and I knew this was not like anything I had ever seen. We have a large hospital immediately to our North, and I enjoy watching the lifeflight helicopters flying in and landing on the hospital roof. This was not a helicopter, and was not a drone, which I see flying over the river often. I had enough time to check all of my flight programs for aircraft in the area, and there were none. I called 911 to report this sighting, just so there would be an official log of it. I tried calling our local airport control tower but could not find a number. I did access the airport's weather data and found that the cloud ceiling was 7000ft. I took approximately 8 minutes of video using my phone and night vision binoculars. The "6005" video is a video I shot of the moon and clouds after this sighting, to show that the wind and clouds were moving in the opposite direction of the object's movement. I love watching the night sky, and my wife and I sit for hours every evening during the Summer watching satellites and aircraft fly overhead. We are very adept at identifying aircraft types, and are very familiar with space stations, StarLink, etc. I have a library of reference objects that I have recorded with my Luna Optics LN-G3-B50 binoculars, so am very familiar with the appearance of most flying objects at night. PLEASE contact me for a link to the 7 minute 1.3gb video file that I have. Your site won't let me upload it, and I don't want to shorten/modify it.
December 9, 2022 · 9:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Pottstown, PA
Craft move south to west near limerick nuclear power plant.
December 9, 2022 · 9:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Lakeview, OR
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December 9, 2022 · 8:22 PM · SPHERE
Modesto, CA
My two nieces Leslie and Diana where walking around the school campus after buying boba beverages. We arrived the scene around 8 PM. I noticed the lights and told them to look. We where perplexed at the speed and colors the where maneuvering. Sometimes they would scatter or form a triangle of some sort. It seemed like they where In sync with each other like a symphony because they wouldn't collide. It was seen towards the direction of the full moon behind the clouds. It started to rain when we left the scene at 10 PM.
December 9, 2022 · 8:20 PM · OTHER
Staten Island, NY
Me and my friend was sitting in my car and we saw a big UFO with light moving slowly and it was definitely not a airplane for sure
December 9, 2022 · 5:36 PM · CIRCLE
Fallbrook, CA
I'm not sure how to best describe this but I looked out my window and notice a orange ball of light flying oddly it was not a play since they don't go up and down side to side like that I can't explain but this is not the first time I've see normally i see it at 2 or 3 am when I wake up not sure why I wake up at that time but I recently woke up to the same ball of light a bit close and during that time I had a sever headache not one I've experienced before the pain was unbearable as I looked at the light I went to grab my phone and it vanished into thin air thin air
December 9, 2022 · 5:28 PM · LIGHT
Moscow, ID
While walking and looking at the moon to the east of the admin building myself and my friend Yasiman saw a very bright brilliant light at first I did not think anything about it until I saw it move vertical and horizontal very precise and very quick. I was listening for the fam noise of drone and did not hear anything , the Moscow -Pullman regional Airport is about 7-9 miles away to the north west of this location. The video I am submitting is about a minute after initial sighting (the light is not the reflection that is moving sporadically) and as I walk toward the west and stop then you will see it move vertical and then it moves horizontally as I follow it east back into the trees (which you will see it through the trees for a brief second. We walked east after the video and the light was no where to be seen when we got to an area that had a large clearing . I am a masters of architecture student at UI as is my friend Yasiman Dadras. We had just completed our final review for our studio architecture class.
December 9, 2022 · 3:30 PM · SPHERE
Orlando, FL
My friend and I were driving on W. Colonial Dr. It was 12/9/22 and there was not a single could anywhere in the sky. He spotted a spherical object in the air very far away. To my surprise he blurted out: “ I think I see a UFO!!” when I looked up, I happened to see two airplanes going by, and I said to him those are airplanes, not UFOs. He directs me to a higher spot in the sky, around the 10 o’clock position, and I was finally able to spot the spherical shiny object. Almost 2 seconds later, it completely disappeared; However, it reappeared in a different area within a few seconds (around the 12 o’clock position). We were both almost narrating what was going as it was happening in unison, because we couldn’t believe what we were looking at. Within around four seconds, of its reappearance, it split into two separate entities. The best way I can describe what happens next, it was as if someone were slurping noodles from a bowl. These objects completely disappeared, going faster than anything we have ever seen before. There was no activity after that for about 2 to 3 minutes, then it reappeared closer to us, around the 3 o’clock position. Once it reappeared, we could see that it was kind of on its side, and it looked like a saucer. It then proceeded to totally disappear again, just to show up around the 4 o’clock position. It repeated this same movement about 4 times in a quick sequence. It then disappeared, never to be seen again, by us. This object did not have any smoke emanating from anywhere. It was truly unbelievable.
December 9, 2022 · 1:15 PM · LIGHT
Payson, UT
Traveling southbound on I-15 in Utah County, Utah, I suddenly noticed a bright silver light in the sky around 1:15 in the afternoon. Although there were some clouds in the sky here and there, the area where I saw this light was absolutely clear. The light was probably at a height equivalent to what we would expect from a small airplane’s typical flying altitude. This light then faded away completely. I carefully kept my eye on the area where I saw the light as I continued to travel on the freeway, moving closer to the location of the light. Then the light faded back up, literally out of nowhere, as there was nothing visible to the naked eye in the sky where it appeared. This fading in and out of existence happened probably 3 or 4 times and then it completely discontinued. I watched this area for some time, but was unable to see any kind of object in the sky whatsoever. The bright silver light I saw, when it reached its maximum size, appeared to me to be an actual object, something possibly the size of a small airplane. Because it was so bright, as far as its shape, I can only say that I think it may have been slightly elongated horizontally, but of this I’m not absolutely sure because I only tried to recall that detail from my memory after the fact.
December 9, 2022 · 4:45 AM · SPHERE
Southern MI/Northern IN, IL
I was the Captain on a flight from LAX to JFK on December 8, 2022. Upon returning to the flight deck from a bathroom break, I was told by the first officer to quickly look outside and see what he was viewing. There was a large white orb, with a second one above it and slightly right, in the night sky. As pilots we try to rationalize and determine what we are looking at and verify that it is no issue for our aircraft. The orbs stayed for a bit and then suddenly vanished. The first officer and the flight attendant, who was in the cockpit while I was in the bathroom, said there had been an even brighter orb which looked like oncoming aircraft traffic just a few moments prior. They had looked at the TCAS with nothing on the display. The night sky was quite bright due to a full moon in the western sky which was lighting up our whole eastern view of the sky. There was a low overcast layer which kept the ground light from shining through. A few moments later we noticed the orbs again and were shocked by how bright they were. We had heard earlier that day that Mars would be the second brightest object in the sky, after the moon, due to its proximity to our planet this evening. The orbs that we saw were larger and much brighter than Mars, which we had seen in the western sky during our departure out of LAX. I radioed ATC to have an adjacent UPS flight come up on a separate frequency. I asked them if they were seeing anything in the eastern sky when the orbs showed up again. They said they also saw them. Cleveland ATC got involved in the discussion and asked us to report everything we were seeing. Our location was just east of Chicago airspace near Indiana/Michigan border. ATC then queried other planes, including an Alaska Airlines flight. Other planes, including a private jet, also reported seeing the orbs. We probably saw the orbs come back into our views seven or eight times over the period of 25 minutes. As I said previously, we tried to rationalize to figure out what we are looking at. The interesting thing to me was the fact that they were extremely bright, and moved extremely quickly when they did. During one of the viewings there were multiple orbs, I counted six, and one of them had moved in an arcing manner. I have seen Starlink satellites numerous times in my career, including a launch chain of Starlink satellites on a flight over the Pacific four years ago. These orbs, when they moved, moved much faster than a Starlink satellite or a common satellite. I estimate the orbs were at a much higher altitude than a satellite would normally be at, as I just by chance was able to see a satellite moving slowly across the sky right after one of our sightings. Approximately 15 minutes in I viewed what I thought was a shooting star. I have seen many shooting stars during my 32 year career at the airlines. I thought hard about this one and realized most of the shooting stars I have ever seen are very brief and move across or slightly down. This one moved almost straight down from 12 o’clock to 7 o’clock and was extremely bright like the orbs we had been viewing in the previous 15 minutes. It struck me as kind of odd as it moved in a direct straight line and didn’t have the typical tail you would see on a shooting star. About two minutes later, another orb moved the exact same way, exactly parallel to the one I had seen prior. After that I saw a distant orb a few minutes later and that was the last activity witnessed by me. In total, I estimate that 6-7 flights had some type of viewing of the same orbs we viewed, based on the chatter on ATC frequency. Cleveland ATC did comment that they have have a large uptick in unexplained sightings in the last few months over the Great Lakes area. I am not an aerodynamic engineer or physicist but I don’t know of anything man made that could fly at that altitude, move that quickly, and be able to turn at that speed and sustain that type of G load. What we witnessed was unexplainable to me. The hair on my neck was standing and my heart was racing due to what we were viewing. In total I viewed the orbs 7-8 times during my 25 minute encounter. The First Officer has some photos and videos that he will add with his report.
December 9, 2022 · 4:30 AM · CIGAR
Lantana, FL
Stopped at traffic light. Happened to look up seen what I first thought was a blimp coming out of clouds then as it moved I realized it was not. It sat for a few seconds then disappeared in the blink of an eye. The date and time are approximate, I already put in a report. Since then I have been researching on what this may have been, Also I have not mentioned this to anyone not even my spouse.
December 9, 2022 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
Saw two lights, that would become very bright to dim...changing speeds and directions constantly. Watched them for about 45min. High up in the sky, we were 35000ft and they were well above us. Multiple aircraft were reporting seeing the lights.
December 9, 2022 · 3:30 AM · LIGHT
Hiouchi, CA
We were camping in the woods near Hiouchi when we were awoken by wind. Pinecones wee loudly hitting the roof. Suddenly, a crash and tons of pinecones and branches fell from the tree above our tent. Light suddenly flashed in the sky, approximately 4 separate lights. Then, seconds later, the same pattern of lights, but they were anlged differently and above and to the side of the tent. It seemed to emanate from very close to our tent - no higher than the tree line. Moved silently. A few weeks before, we had heard a constant beeping going up and down the creek in the middle of the night around the same time. The beeping lasted around 10 minutes, going back and forth, noiselessly covering a lot of ground.
December 8, 2022 · 11:30 PM · FIREBALL
San Jose, CA
After getting in at about 11pm nightly I had just sat on the couch and had the living room curtains opened and turned on the tv an it was a few minutes later I just happened to look out and all of the sudden I see this fireball shooting across the night sky in a not so fast pace I got up and shocked an just watched it go across the sky until it just disappeared there was a tail of light behind it orange and yellow it seem large but in a distant I didn't know who to contact about this until I saw this ufo program posted so I decided to report it now I still can't believe my eyes the fireball was shooting from north to south no noise at all it just happened so fast that I froze. And I thought about getting a picture but I didn't have enough time it was there moving an 15 seconds later it's gone i have never ever experienced anything like this.
December 8, 2022 · 9:18 PM · TRIANGLE
Keller, VA
When I was driving south on 13, I noticed white and green lights in the distance hovering at a height of about 100-200 meters. As I got closer I realized the craft was hovering and not moving. I could make out the outline of the craft which was triangular with rounded corners. When I pulled over and started recording my camera started to lose focus almost instantly and the craft lights started flashing red, white and green and started exiting the area at a high rate of speed. I started to follow it driving 80mph and it was pulling away from me at about 500ft a second. I lost sight of the craft in the trees after a half mile of travel.
December 8, 2022 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Starting abeam Idaho Falls, ID thru Moses Lake, WA, WA
Third sighting I'm reporting. Very similar in type and duration to my second report. The third sighting was on UAL Flt 1910/Dec 08, 2022, DEN – YVR (Vancouver, BC). The general description of the encounter I had on the flight into EUG remains the same, except for this time there were between one to three light sources, either one at a time, two at a time, or three at a time. This sighting lasted a good 50 minutes, starting in Eastern Idaho and lasting all the way to the top of descent into YVR (near Moses Lake, WA). The relative position of the light sources were all the same as compared to the background stars/planets (which included what I believe was Saturn – though I didn’t confirm it at the time), that was ~35 degrees above the western horizon. The light sources were ~25 degrees above the horizon (below and to the right of what I think was Saturn). I queried ATC about this sighting, and his response was that there had been other reports of the same type of things over the previous week or so. ATC was as baffled about these lights as we were. The ATC controller said that there wasn't any military activity going on over the WA coast. The controller I was in contact with mentioned that one of his supervisors had a video, but he didn’t specify what was on the video or how it was obtained. In both of the latter two sightings it seemed as if we never travelled any closer to the light source’s location, as we had travelled a good 300 miles (Nov 09 Flt) to 500 miles (Dec 08 Flt) from the time of first sighting. The light’s source must have been well off the Oregon/Washington coast in each case. If that's true, at their source, the lights must be extremely bright - brighter than any landing light I’ve ever seen. The lights must be at an extremely high altitude as well, based on our relative distance to them and the curvature of the Earth. Also, the speed must be numerous times what an airliner or business jet could fly, and likely faster than any fighter travelling at Mach. This third sighting was particularly compelling, as the initial sighting appeared to (at first) be the ISS travelling from the WNW to the ESE. It travelled for ~two degrees before disappearing. I had seen the ISS just the night before (Dec 07, 2022) when having dinner at a friend’s house in Aurora, CO. That initial appearance caught my attention and prompted me to continue to scan the area for further sightings. Finally, one of the last sightings on this flight was of three lights arranged in a tilted equilateral triangle, with the top left light apexed towards Saturn. The top left light source moved slightly, and a light beam was clearly evident, that had the appearance of a flashlight that was being diffused by water vapor in the atmosphere. The beam was initially pointed in roughly our direction, but slightly to our left, then panned further to our left so it was pointing towards a southerly direction. I don’t mean to imply that the light was specifically directed toward us, just that it was initially pointing in roughly our direction.
December 8, 2022 · 8:02 PM · CIRCLE
Moundsville, WV
We spotted a brightly lit object in the sky, and initially thought it was a bright star; however it started jumping around and changed locations. It was hovering, rather than flying and making a humming noise similar to a generator. It was a cloudy night, so it would disappear then come back. We saw it again around 8:02 pm (when the video was taken) and it was in a different location still hovering and moving around. I do have a video but it is too large to upload.