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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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February 12, 2021 · 6:09 AM · CIRCLE
Strawberry, AZ
Bright white lights in a curved line like a rainbow moving at a steady speed from the north, downward to the southeast. No sound. About every 10 lights there was a light staggered above another in the line. I have never seen or heard of anything like it in my life.
February 12, 2021 · 6:05 AM · FORMATION
Prescott, AZ
At 0605 local time in Prescott, Arizona I was driving to work on Willow Lake road when I noticed what looked like a normal star constellation, but it was in a straight line (not exactly straight) and consisted of many “stars”. I am familiar with the night sky and was struck by a new, large constellation. I stopped for a better look and saw what appeared to be over 20 points of light that were the similar size/shape of the star Vega (I just picked a star, no other significance) that were travelling West to East in unison. They were not in an exact straight line but looked more like a long string of lights being towed behind an aircraft. There was no sound that I could hear, and the lights were steady, not blinking. They were somewhat randomly spaced so did not look like a coordinated formation, except that they were all traveling the same speed and direction (same velocity) and never changed their spacing relative to each other, which is why I mentioned them being towed. Their speed and path were constant as long as I could observe them. They were lost at the Eastern horizon where they went out of sight naturally.
February 12, 2021 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
Meadview, AZ
I was out front have coffee , when the the yard lit up. Approximately 100-200ft off the ground just above the house one right after another orbs. I went to the side of the house to get a better look as I watched , One after another heading toward The Cliff's . I clocked one from the house to the Cliff's 6 second's it's 10 miles. As each one reached the cliffs they went up and over. I stopped counting after fifty because they just kept coming . I then got closer to see where they where coming from nowhere it was like a big round circle of lights. One right behind the other I stood there in shock . If I threw a rock I could have hit one! . After 13 minutes & still coming I thought this is an invasion get my phone I went back to the front grabbed my phone I started to call 911 .then realized trying to keep my eyes on them they stopped I watched the last one go up into the Grand Wash Cliff. Then I thought what am I going to say. They'll think I'm Nuts and besides what could they do? Then it hit me they where heading in direct path of the west rim airport so I called them first and asked whoever answered if they see this invasion. ( Do the math) 6 second's ten miles 15 minutes???= Alot. They had Not seen anything . I realized they did not go that far they where only headed to the Cliff's. . Next I turned to the morning news certainly someone else saw this. Well they did on the 5 AM New las Vegas they while setting up to start caught fifty+ flying in a direct line toward me exact lat&long. . There's More But these are most of the facts. .. Why Now? I just found this site. Also No military or anyone else seem to think anything of my story. But it's the truth. And it is what I know .
February 12, 2021 · 6:00 AM · SPHERE
Meadview, AZ
I was having my coffee out front when the back of the house lit up it was just above the roof line I walked over to the side of the house to get a better view; with my coffee in one hand cig in the other. My dog with me I was blinded almost by the light. One right after another coming right at me turning toward the grand wash cliffs. I tried to look around to see where they where coming from ? Nowhere like a big circle rainbow kind of colors. One right after the other. I counted in seconds how long it took from where they entered to the cliffs( it is about 10 miles) it took each craft 6 seconds. But they changed as they would approach the cliffs red lights some 1 -2-3 .they went up to clear the cliffs and it appeared they All Stopped .? They didn't go higher !! Now I realized they where in a straight line toward the airport Grand canyon west( which is about another five miles ) . I counted over fifty and they where still coming. This went on for another 15 minutes. The last one .then the circle closed ( disappeared) I stood there in amazement. I was going to call 911. " because I thought we where being invaded. I decided not. Instead I called the airport and asked if they could see them " they said No"?? So I realized they stopped at the top of the cliffs & went No further!!. The very next morning at the exact time. I was out front again when I heard what sounded like a shotgun and the the backyard and all around light up like daylight another one came thru. I had the camera ready this time then again the next morning again .. I've had no idea who to tell this to until recently. Hopefully someone will listen.. ???
February 10, 2021 · 10:20 PM · FORMATION
Douglas, AZ
My two neighbors and I were enjoying an evening outside of their trailer around a fire pit when a formation of lights flew over our heads heading east toward New Mexico. Our properties are adjacent and are about 10 miles north of Douglas, AZ. There is a glow from the city lights from Douglas and Agua Prita, but in the area we live it is quite dark with clear views of the stars when the sky is clear. I would say the formation of lights resembled a chevron based on the lights I saw. There was a rumbling sound, but it did not sound like military jets to me although my neighbor thought it was just a formation of jets likely from the Tucson area. He didn't really watch it and only glanced at it while I continued to observe the "formation" for several minutes as it flew over the mountains to the east but was still visible for quite some time. It was at least 8,000 or so feet up based on the summit of the peaks in that range. The lights were white,! and I did not notice any colors. As I observed the lights and tried to gather more details, the chevron shape changed a bit as some of the lights moved up, down and sideways in a way that I would not say is consistent with an airplane or helicopter. It was too fast, angular and fluid for it to be an aircraft that I am aware of. 45 minutes or so later, I was heading to my truck to drive back to my property, and to the NE over the Swiss Helm mountain range, I noticed 6-8 flickering, white lights in a loose horizontal band that were stretched from left to right about 10-15 miles. They were moving slowly SE toward New Mexico, and they maintained that course for 5 minutes while I watched them. The lights flickered in and out in an inconsistent manner and they moved slowly up and down while still moving at a consistent speed to the SE. They were quite a ways in the distance so I don't believe they could have been helicopters as they were too far away to be visible. There was no weather that evening or cloud layer and the skies were very clear so it is unlikely they were ball lightning.
February 6, 2021 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Tramonto, AZ
Around 7:00 PM Saturday evening 02-06-2021 I went with my father to the grocery store. We were driving westbound towards highway I-17 on Carefree HWY. I looked out the drivers side window which would be south and noticed I believe 5 orange fireball like unidentifiable objects. It immediately caught my eye and as we turned left at the intersection we witnessed them changing directions. Initially they appeared more vertical (although not straight lily vertical but more like a kite but still seemingly together) I noticed about 5 of them. I noticed 2-3 were moving in irregular fashion but still amongst the other and more “up/down” then fully circular. Best way to describe them would be out of position but together. As we turned left which is South several of the pack I would say 4/5 began to ascend and quickly. When we pulled over I got out of the vehicle to film briefly the 2nd video. The orange fireball seems to hover, probably for 20 seconds maybe 15, and then as it was out of eyesight range in less than 3 seconds likely 2 seconds. I have good eye sight I was able to track it for 1-2 seconds and then it’s as if it hit supersonic speed and was more far than the nearest stars and out of sight. It didn’t burn out, rather it moved so quickly I couldn’t see it almost darting away. The 4 orange “fireballs” ascended with similar speed but together and the last one stayed behind. I’ve seen hot air balloons before during the day, and the glow was very much like the fire you’d see that powers a hot air balloon but round - and all of them were similar size. It was a glowing fire not a constant orange but the glow was strong/very defined. My father retired from the aviation industry and I work in financial services. In Colorado I’ve witnessed similar orange glows which seemed to move across the sky at very high distances - similar to stars in size but I’ve never seen anything this close
February 5, 2021 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Casa Grande, AZ
Seen 2 bright lights in the sky shortly after there were 4 more they seemed to come towards the ground but did not land. I saw them yesterday and tonight. Have pics and recordings of them.
February 5, 2021 · 6:50 PM · SPHERE
Tucson, AZ
Date: 2/5/2021 Time: 6:50 PM Direction: NW to East Location: Tucson Arizona Speed: Slower and higher than the Space Station, faster than most high satellites Brightness: Almost as bright and large as the Space Station but at much higher altitude- Looked like Sirus in brightness Seen in 10X42 Binoculars Appearance: When approaching and overhead, was much larger than satellites, bright white, and somewhat reddened on upper crescent Appearance changed as it approached 45 degree mark east. Became gradually much dimmer, lost its bright whiteness, gradually became deep red, and diminished in size, then disappeared from sight as a pinpoint approximately 10-15 degrees above horizon. Skies were clear, bright and non dust/pollution.
February 3, 2021 · 9:58 AM
West of Albuquerque New Mexico, AZ
The image is off the left wing tip of the aircraft as you can see in the video but I need to send a video
January 28, 2021 · 6:58 PM · FORMATION
Tucson, AZ
In southwestern area of Tucson, near cross streets of S Tucson Estates Pkwy & W Bopp Rd, due west spotted what appeared to be initially 2 orbs, white/orange in color, then went to 1, then expanded to 3 orbs. Object(s) appeared to be heading in a south or southwest direction. All orbs stayed on a horizontal plane, saw up to 4 – 5 orbs. Possibly 1 craft by the way it was moving on a horizontal plane and rotating. No sound, movement was quick, no light trail or tail seen. Then vanished into the dark. Lasted about 30-60 seconds. Appeared orbs emitted from it, but remained close to the group.
January 27, 2021 · 6:30 PM · FIREBALL
Buckeye, AZ
All in all, I have 10 videos of what I observed over the hour or more we were out by Stardust Ranch. Most of the lights would form out of a bigger orange light and once they got a certain distance away from the bigger light, they would start flashing like an airplane, blending in with all the other twinkling lights in the sky. And after a while they would come merge back or get close to the bigger Orange ball and the flashing would intensify between them. One video you can see them form into a triangle (as we're driving away). Another you can see a plane flying high above the ufo and the bright orange UFO appearing to be mimicking the airplane lights (changing color to match) to the point of almost dimming completely. Another you can see, what I describe as the mothership because it was bigger and brighter and dropping another ship out.
January 26, 2021 · 11:45 AM · SPHERE
Coolidge, AZ
Was driving home south bound on highway 287 with female companion in the passenger seat. At about 11:45pm she and I notice this orange brown glowing circular object moving at an incredible rate of speed from east to west. It kept the same path, from our location it didn't appear to be angled downward as most meteorites; instead it moved across parallel with the horizon and then vanished. It didn't change size and the light didn't appear to dim.
January 19, 2021 · 5:40 PM · SPHERE
Mesa, AZ
Mesa, AZ Thursday, Jan 21, 2021 @ 5:40, 5:42 and 5:43 (mountain standard time) After reviewing live photos taken of the sunset, observed a sphere with an aura in 2 of the three pictures. A jet also in one of the 3 photos dwarfed the sphere object.
January 18, 2021 · 11:15 PM · DISK
Glendale, AZ
On 1/18/21 at approx 23:15 hours in Glendale, AZ, I was driving home from work when I noticed a large object hovering in front of me toward the west, maybe near bell rd and the 101. The object was a few miles away but I could distinctly see the outline of the object because the sky behind it was much darker, whereas the UFO was more grayish looking. If was moving around in no particular pattern but it seemed to be moving relatively slowly as it was hovering. I continued to stare at it for about 15 seconds, during this time it did not have any lights on it, all I could see was the shape of the object, which was exactly like what all the stereotypical drawings of what flying saucers look like. It was like a disk shape at the bottom, and then a rounded ball shape towards the top. I know it sounds crazy, and I’m not usually any kind of conspiracy theorist, I don’t do drugs or drink. I work in law enforcement and was completely sober when I saw this, so it was no! t a hallucination. After about 15 seconds of seeing it with no lights on it, I saw it slowly begin to light up gradually into a yellowish shade, but only at the very bottom of the object. At first I told myself maybe it was just the moon, as it took kind of like a crescent shape from my perspective, however the moon was in a completely different area of the sky, and the crescent shape of the moon should have been facing another way if that was the case. I kept staring at it, the light was way too big to be any kind of plane or helicopter. Maybe 15 more seconds went by, and I watched the light slowly fade and dim. Not like the object had flown away... more like someone had turned off the light, and it slowly faded out. After the light turned off I was no longer able to see the outline of the object like I could before the light had come on. I think whatever it was turned off it’s light first and then decided to take off very quickly.
January 17, 2021 · 1:31 PM · CYLINDER
MESA, AZ
I was testing the long range abilities (focus, resolution) of my 300mm Nikon lens in my back yard and took a Photo of a passing commercial aircraft. Later when I reviewed the photo as I zoomed in to see how well I captured the moving aircraft I noticed a cylindric object with what appeared to be a white gas or smoke ejecting at 90 degree angle at one end. I checked the internet to see if there was other reports of such a sighting that day, and found there was a report in New Mexico from a commercial airline (American Airlines confirmed the radio transmission from Flight 2292 to Phoenix) that had seen a cylindric object next to there aircraft. I am attaching the photo I took, it is not altered, you will have to zoom in on the aircraft and the UFO will become obvious. I forgot about the photo until recently when I decided to find a resource that may have interest, so here you are.
January 12, 2021 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Tempe, AZ
I was driving at this location (33°26'54.0"N 111°54'33.7"W) heading southbound on the road when i was facing the southeast looking across the field in the sky to observe the plane as it descended for a landing at sky harbor airport located nearby to the west of my location.As soon as i looked up at the plane two verticals rows of lights each row containing around 4-6 orbs,Each orb seemed around 1/3 the size of the airliner and also very bright with a white light that had almost like a blue aura no outline to a shell of a aircraft, just lights appeared on either side of the plane.I was shocked so i looked around to see if i could see any more of them in the sky when i look back and they were gone without a trace,just gone.I waited to see if anyone saw what i saw and would pullover so i could confirm it with them but not one person even slowed down,but if you know the area you know the field and you know people had to have seen it if they were on the! 202 or at Tempe Market Place if you check the coordinates the lights seemed above The Phoenix rising stadium maybe closer to the road Also to note that when they appeared they were motionless for the whole event and the only thing i could hear was the airplane engine.
January 6, 2021 · 5:08 PM · CHANGING
Phoenix, AZ
Slowly moving object in sky. Either rotating or changing shape. Reflectivity changed second to second.
January 4, 2021 · 6:17 AM · FIREBALL
Safford, AZ
I was heading North into the Safford Mine this morning. I had just passed the main gate and looked up to see an incandescent colored fireball streaming at a E-NE heading from the San Juan pit to the Lone Star pit. The object was roughly 300 feet above the haul road and seemed to follow it directly. I originally mistook it to be a low flying helicopter but the object had no anti-collision lights. My suspicions were confirmed when the object passed in front of the Southern mountain peak (Peak 2) of the Lone Star pit. The object disappeared as it passed in front of the mountain. The object covered the roughly 3 mile distance in less than 3 seconds. It had the beginnings of the curved shield shape forming in front of the object like those typically seen in objects entering the atmosphere. Earlier this morning there was an unusual amount of helicopter traffic in the Gila Valley. I live in the flight path for the local hospital so, I thought there may have been an accident on the highway or at the mine, etc. The local med evac chopper is a small helicopter. The traffic heard this morning sounded more like multiple heuys hovering over my neighborhood. The noise diminished slightly when I went to get in the car. There were no helicopter lights visible in the sky at the time.
January 2, 2021 · 6:38 PM · OVAL
Tucson, AZ
Well it started back in Jan, 2021 we started seeing lots of small drones every night going around in peoples backyards looking in windows and they were lit up too that went on for about a month and a half then they stopped then we started seeing these larger aircrafts showing up every night some times high up almost look like a star but you could tell they were not then alot of times they would come down real low and they would just hover over our area all night long and sometimes you could see a white beam of light shine down to the ground and there are as many as 15 or 20 you can count from just standing in one spot and sometimes they move around but mostly just hover in one spot but they can move fast to if they want and theres usually some kind of plane flying all around them? not sure if its ours or its with them? and when there here things get weird here on the ground! our animals get restless and seem scared and our cell phones start messing up and not letting you type or send messages and our computers act up and so do our tvs! and also when there here you can hear a steady light hissing or clicking noise all over inside and outside and everything gets weird! some nights are more intense but there here every night! and things on the ground are very strange??? ,dare i say maybe aliens??were not sure what they are but weve called police and they told us they dont have anything like drones and dont be ridiculous there is no such things as alien aircrafts!?? and if we called them for that again they could arrest us! lol so there no help! we left messages with k-gun nine news on your side to investigate but never heard back from them! these things dont seem to care if we see them or not and anybody thats around here at sundown can see them we dont want people to think were nuts lol so weve kind of left it there but its still going on every night a year and three months now! we just thought somebody should look into it and couldnt understand why nobody has?? or maybe they have? oh and also if you zoom in on them they look strange almost like some kind of animal in the sky very strange! in the begining back in january 2021 we thought we were being haunted and it was very scary then we started seeing the small drones everywhere? then after a while they stopped and these aircrafts started showing up! and like i said things were very weird down here on the ground ??? i just happened to run into this site tonight on the internet so i thought id give it a try!
January 2, 2021 · 6:28 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
I was walking to the store and happened to look above me and noticed a strange orange colored light floating in a west to east orientation parallel to the Catalina Mountains. The light was flickering erratically and was making no noise. I noticed that another aircraft was above it at the time and was flying north. The object was behaving differently from the normal aircraft you see at night. It was not flashing red to white in rhythm, it was flashing orange to white randomly vanishing in out in brightness. Also, the movement was slow and erratic as well. When it got close to the Rincon mountains, it completely vanished. The observer has never before seen or witnessed any UFO activity, but is a frequent star gazer.
January 1, 2021 · 12:10 AM · FORMATION
Tucson, AZ
Just after New Year's Eve midnight, our group of five was outside. One member of our group looked up at the moon and exclaimed: Look! She pointed toward the moon, which was full and bright in the southeast. We all looked up. At first, we were silent. Then we started saying many things like: I see it! Do you see this? I can't believe it! This is not natural or man-made! The formation had 40 or more lights. The lights were spread out in a vertical band, ranging from below the moon down toward the horizon. Each light was a separate sparkle made of short, thin, sharp, crisscrossing, radiating lines. Each sparkle was small relative to the overall formation. Four out of five in our group saw different colors among the sparkles. The fifth in our group (me) had coated eyeglasses and did not see the colors. The sparkles did not look like stars. Each sparkle would be in the same spot for about 15 to 30 seconds, then fade. But the approximate number of sparkles in the formation stayed the same for most of the time that we observed it. Then the sparkles started to fade and disappeared entirely over one or two minutes. The overall formation stayed in the same general area but constantly shifted slightly as some sparkles faded in and others faded out. The overall shape of the formation was resembled a geometric kite, with more sparkles at the top closest to the moon, and with fewer sparkles ranging down along a kite tail decorated with knots. The overall shape of the formation, though, was not distinct or familiar, and it did not maintain a consistent shape. The formation was visible for about 10 minutes and then the number of visible sparkles started to fade. Within a minute all of the sparkles were gone. I photographed and filmed some of the event with my iPhone, but the formation does not seem visible on my phone or on my desktop. While we were watching, someone in our group said it was like plankton glowing at night in the sea. Four of us had seen pictures of glowing plankton and agreed there was a similarity. The major difference was the sparkling characteristic of each object in the formation versus the glow of plankton at night.
January 1, 2021 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
PHOENIX, AZ
The objects shined bright red with a flickering pattern. when I zoomed my camera phone in the object appeared to look like exploding red fireworks and the image never changed until they disappeared. they became less bright the closer they got to the moon and then poof. they were gone one after the other with never more than 3 of the objects visible at a time. No sound or wild movements. just flickering red lights during the local neighborhoods firework display. They was much higher than the fireworks so there was no mistake in what we saw.
January 1, 2021 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Tempe, AZ
At midnight new years eve 2020, a friend and I observed six silent dark orange/red spherical glowing flying objects over an 18 minute time period. They appeared one by one, about every three minutes, from midnight to 12:18 AM. Five of the objects moved from my east to my west, and one moved from my northwest to my southeast. The first two objects were a little north of me, the second two almost directly overhead, and the last two a little south of my location. The objects first appeared at about a 40 degree angle to ground position, and appeared about 1/5 the size of an average moon when passing over our position. They looked like large military helicopter size, but as they steadily moved forward, away and upward, they appeared smaller and smaller, until they disappeared into space on the distant horizon. It took about three minutes from initial sighting, at what appeared as lower altitude, to disappearance, at what appeared to we extremely high altitude. It was difficult to estimate altitude, but I first thought the first object was a sheriff's helicopter, at low altitude, coming because of new years gunshots. Upon two of the objects, one by one, disappearance in the eastern sky, I saw four separate blue/white flashes/sparks in the dark sky, near where the objects were last seen. They looked like photo flash bulbs or sparks going off in the sky, roughly the diameter of an average moon. I have never seen anything like that, and the sparks occurred at a very high altitude. Before the last object traveled from the NW to the SE, I ran in an grabbed my 15X x 70mm Celestron astronomical binoculars. I was able to focus and view the last object clearly for over 10 seconds, as it was moving away. It appeared to be reddish orange glowing perfectly spherical plasma (there was a flaming character to it), with a round white halo around it. The halo was six times the size of the ball. The halo reflected white light against some slight feathery clouds that were present. There was no trail, contrail, or exhaust coming from the object. I have worked in aerospace and defense procurement and manufacturing, for over 40 years. I know what satellites look like in the night sky. I know what helicopters and jet aircraft look like in the night sky. These objects were UAP, and exibited high strangeness. I know Sky Harbor tower had to have seen the objects, but, I no longer have any FAA contacts to refer to. I waited for an hour after 12:18 AM to see if there would be further activity, and there was none. It is worthy of note that my internet search that night found videos of orange/red orbs captured at midnight new years eve 2020 in over 10 US states, and in Autrailia, The Netherlands, The UK, Mexico, and others. These videos match what we saw, only our sightings seemed much closer at first viewing, when the objects were at low altitude. Oddly, all the internet videos seem to have been taken at midnight their time zone, right when people were watching fireworks displays. All the objects and descriptions of the objects seem to be very similar. Very strange phenomenon, indeed.
December 31, 2020 · 9:00 PM · OVAL
Tempe, AZ
On December 31st at about 21:00 hours I just finished dinner and walked outside and sat down on the patio. I noticed two aircraft flying in the southern sky from the west to east, one larger, higher up and further out and one smaller closer and lower in altitude. Then out of the corner of my eye I saw another aircraft flying the same path in the space between the two other aircraft but behind. The speed of it did not seem out of the ordinary. This one got my attention. I got up and walked out away from the patio and watched it. What caught my attention was it was orange with no other blinking lights as general aircraft would have. I was trying to see other lights on it and its altitude verses the other aircraft traveling the same path. My initial thought was it was higher than both. Then I saw it slow and seemed to turn north but then stop. I thought only a helicopter can do that but its too high and no other lights can be seen on the aircraft. Now I am wishing I had my camera. It stayed in that position for about 15 to 20 seconds then just faded out. My thoughts where it left the sky in a southern path directly in opposite line with my sight of it. I have seen over the year’s flairs dropped during military exercised in the very distance and I have seen missiles launched also. This was neither. I stood and watched for about 10 minutes the area where the light faded out to see anything and nothing appeared, it was gone. During the entire time of this sighting, I witnessed no sound from the aircraft. I am only making this report because of these facts, I have never seen anything like this in my 58 years. We live south east of Sky Harbor Airport and have seen large jets to small aircraft in our southern skies for 35 years. The sky was clear, and this object traveled in a horizontal path with no discernable arch.