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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

October 14, 2020 · 3:00 PM · DISK

Kings Mountain, NC

I was driving eastward down highway business 74 in Kings Mountain North Carolina. I observed a silver metallic object floating in the sky just above the tree line at around 3:00 pm 10/14/2020. The object looked like a half dome saucer, silver in color, and reflective on top with a flatter underside that was darker in color. The object from my viewpoint looked to be about half the size of a full moon in the sky. The object was suspended in the air roughly 30 to 40 feet above the tree line. As I began to go around a slight curve in the road, I lost sight of the object behind some tree limbs. When I rounded the curve the object was no longer visible.

October 14, 2020 · 12:00 PM · LIGHT

Cary, NC

Witnessed silver object that would shine bright when the sun reflected looked as if it was slowly spinning but staying in one place. I was driving on 540 towards RDU. Hope someone reads this who saw it too.

October 6, 2020 · 2:40 PM · CYLINDER

Alexander, NC

I was standing on my deck while watching a older model mono wing aircraft, do and practice barrel rolls about 1000 feet up when something else caught my vision and I looked slightly downward to see a translucent cylinder heading in an west to east pattern flight and as it entered rays of the sun it became visible and then would disappear and then become visible again as it hit another Ray, this happened three times before it finally just disappeared into the blue sky. It had no wings and there were no contrails. Also there was no sound and this cylinder I saw it was much closer than the aircraft doing the barrel rolls. I was facing south when I saw this at about 90 degrees.

October 3, 2020 · 1:40 AM · CYLINDER

Linden, NC

Please watch the video

October 1, 2020 · 6:28 AM · UNKNOWN

Jacksonville, NC

Was taking a photo of the sunrise and captured this photo. One with one without. It’s a small dot at the top of the photo. Nothing else around it. When I zoomed in I noticed it wasn’t something normal. I was on a military flight line. We hadn’t started flights for the day yet.

September 25, 2020 · 11:00 PM · CHANGING

Sanford, NC

looked like an odd bright white/yellow star that changed from a square,to an octagon to a grey disc shape. It hovered in the same place over a field across from my home in the night sky. If an airplane came near it dimmed its light til I couldn't see it. Then once the air plane was gone the light came back. I was nervous and almost scared. I have video and pictures and my 2 sons and I were witnesses.

September 20, 2020 · 7:24 PM · OTHER

Sparta, NC

On September 20, 2020, my wife and I were watching the sunset on the Blue Ridge Parkway at mile marker 242 outside of Sparta, NC. Right after the sun had set below the mountains we noticed a bright, silver looking object in the sky over the mountains far off in the distance and it was long and thin from where we were sitting. It traveled across the entire horizon in a matter of minutes and then we noticed 4 more of these objects appear out of nowhere and proceed in different directions. We only got photos of the first object but decided to return the next evening for the sunset and see if we saw them again. On September 21, 2020 (from the exact same location) I videoed another object that must have been the size of a city traveling from North to South in a matter of minutes it covered the entire horizon, which after doing the math, meant the object was traveling at approximately 72000 MPH. That is the same speed the earth travels around the sun.

September 5, 2020 · 11:00 PM · RECTANGLE

Gastonia, NC

The object stayed in front of moon as if basking in light of moon&sun...I have 3 pics.

September 5, 2020 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION

Fayetteville, NC

My husband and I were at a red light on Owen Dr. in Fayetteville, NC awaiting to turn left onto 301. We both witnessed several lights appear in the night sky at once. Strangely, the lights were moving left to right, down then up, as well as disappear then randomly reappear in strange formations. At times they would stop and stay in place and then suddenly move into perfect lines/shapes/etc. No sound accompanied the lights and total were visually consistent for around 7 minutes. Then all together they disappeared. Definitely not an aircraft although we did see an aircraft after the fact with searching lights and moving super slow and appeared to be in search.

September 5, 2020 · 11:00 AM · LIGHT

Greensboro, NC

red, blue, green, yellow. it was not moving up or down or right to left. it stayed in one spot until it dropped below the horizon. (the tree tops) it was very clear and the colors where vivid exactly like Christmas lights. It was pretty. The way it was moving was like if your slinging a rope. The string never broke. It would go fast and then tighten to a short length. When it was going faster it would get a little bit longer. the man from the center said to go back out tomorrow at the same time to see if I see it again. it was not a ship. it was a colored string. I watched it for a solid 15 minutes. I called the local police to report it.

August 23, 2020 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE

Ellerbe, NC

He shouted did y'all see that red ball? We looked down toward the ground and didn't see it but a woman who rented a home from him witnessed the single red ball coming from his house crossing the road in front of her car. She called him immediately and asked him what was going on at his house and described the red ball. The next day dad saw a skinny figure with big eyes aprox 2 ft tall standing at the end of his couch. It vanished when he looked directly at it. He was embarrassed to report it. He told family and a few others. He also a similar red ball near Mineral Springs Middle school in Ellerbe moving in a popping motion along the side of the road then crossed over the road moving southward. He has had other strange sightings and actually thinks he was picked on the shoulder while he was lying on his couch. My stepmom told him she hadn't poked him( tapped his shoulder). He had seen a few objects that would vanish or move quickly through the cracked door. Call me if you ! want the carpenter and my dad's addresses. 910 334 9094

August 20, 2020 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN

Fayetteville, NC

Approximately 11 1130pm me and my son witnessed what looked like the sky was on fire by methodist college ramsey st we following the light to see what was burning and causing the light we found nothing upon going to my mothers 5mibs up the road i walked back outside only to see the same bright flash lighting up the dark sky no sound just flashing as if it were as bright as the highway lights off 295 it’s stopped flashing then about 4mins later i got up the next morning and looked on fb only to see other people that stay on ramsey st inquiring about the strange light as well a fb friend had a video of the lights but was on the opposite end of ramsey st

August 20, 2020 · 12:04 AM · UNKNOWN

Salisbury, NC

Our Ring doorbell captured event as person detected. When I watched back the film I didn’t see anyone however there was 2 blinking lights 10 feet from the ground facing the house with movement and then it appeared to go behind a pine tree we have at the corner of the house. The lights were very bright and could still be seen. Video clip was 30 seconds.

August 19, 2020 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT

Holden Beach, NC

For the last two nights at the same time, we've witnessed white lights in the sky appearing and disappearing but also rapidly moving in sequence. You can view the video I recorded of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZLaSzn6BPA

August 18, 2020 · 6:00 PM · UNKNOWN

Wilmington, NC

Caught my eye because it was really high, leaving a short contrail. Looked like a small company jet but seemed to be moving faster than anything else I’m used to seeing. It quickly stayed on a south south west direction. It may have been a glare, but as it went onward it seemed to have a glow like a small fireball.

August 12, 2020 · 5:55 AM · CIRCLE

Rougemont, NC

I saw a large round white light with 3 small bluish white blinking lights on 3 sides. Moving low and semi slow. Moving east to west. Was driving so I watched until it went out of sight. From the way the li ghts appeared it must have been a triangular object but can’t be sure. It was definitely not an airplane.

August 11, 2020 · 11:00 PM · OTHER

Charlotte, NC

So as were walking the star with flashing lights kept following us back-and-forth when we will stop it will stop to we were walking back-and-forth for about 30 minutes every time we stop it will stop as well. I called down my boyfriend and say hey come downstairs there’s something very unusual happening. As he starts coming downstairs there was about three other neighbors that came downstairs as well for a split second in our face It was like a shooting star put in front of us it wasn’t even in the sky. It almost felt like it face scanned us. So as of now there’s six of us outside we keep walking back-and-forth and it just keeps following us I understand about the earths orbit and how rotating end it was very unusual that when we stop the stars like thing stopped as well when we kept walking and follow back-and-forth back-and-forth it was so crazy so unusual I’ve never witnessed something like that before. It’s crazy that all six of us saw the same thing and because it was so dark outside it was very hard to record it this is not normal and I know it was something out of this planet. It’s crazy that all six of us was walking as a group together and it followed us a shooting star went right in front of us for a split second it’s crazy that all of us saw it.

August 8, 2020 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT

Apex, NC

I had traveled cross country from California to North Carolina, on August 8 between 11:30 and midnight I saw the UFO. We had stopped at Crosswind campgrounds for the night, I had been in the RV for quite some time so I took a walk alone to stretch out. Our campsite was B73 I walked about 3-5 minutes to the lakeside and looked at the water and admired how still it was. From roughly about a mile away from under the bridge I saw a white light with a red center it began coming in my direction extremely fast. It went behind a group of trees and powered down. I own jet skis and no jet ski moves that fast and didn’t disturb the water.

July 31, 2020 · 7:41 PM · LIGHT

Marion, NC

07/31/2020 19:21: While driving to a local grocery store, I received a Special Weather Statement via The Weather Chanel on my cell phone regarding a severe thunderstorm brought by Hurricane Isaias. I entered the store at approximately 19:25 and exited at 19:39. I noticed odd looking cloud formation, almost in a cylinder shape similar to a tornado. I snapped a few pics from my iPhone and sent them to a co worker. Co worker replies with 2 additional photos from her location within a 30 minute timeframe (35 miles away). Once home, I decide to look through the photos collected and notice an odd circular shaped disc in my first photo. Then 3 separate shapes in a horizontal line in the 2nd. Look at co worker’s photos and am surprised to see 1 of the above described formations in each of her photos.

July 31, 2020 · 7:21 PM · LIGHT

Marion, NC

July 30, 2020 · 11:45 PM · LIGHT

Holden Beach, NC

I sat and faced South, enjoying the night. The Moon had things lit up to my right and it grew darker to my left. I noticed a light on the horizon, SSE. (Well left of center if I looked straight out at the ocean). I thought Oh, a boat or a ship. And started looking at it. Then it disappeared. Then is was back. I sat looking at it and a red light streaked out at a 45-degree angle to my right. No more light. I couldn’t figure out what I was seeing. Military? Whatever it was happened way out on the horizon . I strained my eyes to see. Then I saw a light kind of corkscrew out of the same spot. Then a light with a short, wavy path. Same spot. Not travelling far, but enough to see. I started wondering if it was a cruise ship shooting fireworks, but there were no bursts, just lights. Then a light started at the same place and went straight up to about 20 degrees above the horizon, hesitated and then streaked off to the right at roughly 45-degrees. I’m entering the realm of disbelief.! Standing now… To this point everything had been emanating from the same spot on the horizon. At one point I stared at a light and lowered my glasses to make sure it wasn’t a reflection, then I looked away and looked back to make sure it wasn’t an issue with my eyes. I’m 62. There were streaks emanating from that point upward. Hundreds of them, like someone was shooting at something. Not like tracers, more like faint trails from shooting stars, but going up. Just a bunch of faint lines, making a vase shape. White lights streaked downward toward that spot from different directions occasionally. It was becoming surreal. I thought about waking my wife but I was afraid I would miss something. Looking behind me and getting creeped out. Then a white light streaked across the sky parallel to the horizon. It came from right to left and traversed most of the sky. It winked out above the spot with all of the activity. One light appeared a little to my right on the horizon and shot up and right disappearing in a short red line. Next one started directly in front of me. Maybe 20-25 degrees above the horizon and shot down and to the left in the general direction of the original spot on the horizon. Same thing, short red streak and then nothing. Saw what appeared to be a couple of dark objects moving together over the water and not on the horizon, but my eyes could have been playing tricks on me. Now more to my right and entering the brightness of the Moon another light appeared. It was low, but not on the horizon and appeared to be on the end of a cigar shaped object, black and tumbling. Bizarre. Not a lot of logical movement out there. I began wondering if there was some kind on war going on that I don’t know about. A bright light shot up from the location with all of the activity. It was bigger and brighter than anything I had yet seen. Had the color of an old street light before they started making the amber ones. Kind of an electric green. It moved from the horizon to the cloud in an instant. The clouds were long and made up of small puffy clouds all lined up. The light flew up close to the end of the cloud formation, stopped and made a right angle turn in between the small ‘cloudlets’, lighting them up. Then turned back out from between the clouds and stopped. Not turned, instantly changed direction. It then split into 2 lights. They moved exactly the same, one dropping to the left and one dropping to the right. If you kept the original location it would have probably been an equilateral triangle. I guess I freaked out a little when it lit the clouds and split, because I can’t remember after that. I may have looked away and then back and they were gone. Hair raised on my arms. I got scared. I watched for a few more minutes. Nothing more happened so I went inside. I woke at 0500 and went back out to see if my eyes were playing tricks on me. The Moon had set and it was pitch black. No lights created by my eyes due to low light. The next morning, I sat down, made notes and drew it out, then went outside and took a picture from where I was observing. I went out the next night at the same time. The Moon was in a slightly different place and there were no clouds. Nothing.

July 26, 2020 · 9:30 AM · OTHER

Creedmoor, NC

While cycling over bridge going across falls lake we saw a dark object - shaped similar to acorn. watched it move slowly far above tree tops in then it disappeared

July 15, 2020 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT

Ocean Isle Beach, NC

A light of unusual characteristics was observed at 9:15 (approx). The light had no additional anti-collision lights - no flashing or blinking lights at all, no colored lights - none of the typical aircraft indicator lights typically seen with nighttime flight. The light initially was mistaken as a planet, because of the static lighting and lack of movement. After several minutes (~2min), however, the light began slowly moving/drifting across the sky to th NE. It was positioned almost directly overhead - perhaps 5° from zenith. The movement was too slow to indicate a meteor, and it was almost as bright as Venus in the night sky, although the wrong location. It was also far too bright to be a satellite, generally speaking; and because it also had a significant period of no movement, it appears that it would not be a satellite. There was absolutely no noise. I have had one or two "sightings" before, typically of "metallic" craft or fast-moving lights, but this one was different. It gave a distinct impression of something in observation mode (although I realize this is injecting too much opinion). Overall, an interesting mystery.

July 15, 2020 · 5:57 PM · CIRCLE

Denver, NC

I was sitting alone outside watching tv on my Samsung Galaxy Tab A. By some random chance I saw what looked like a tiny black dot moving in and out of some clouds. It moved relatively slowly from what my compass shows as 157.2 degrees to 347.5 degrees through the sky. There was no sound from the craft. I quickly switched on my video function on the tablet. In the background I think you can hear an airplane in the distance. This is very common where I live - there are always planes flying over our housing plan. I thought it was odd for a craft to be flying so high when there are airplanes close by on a regular basis. After watching the video I took and zooming in on the round craft, I dismissed it in my mind as probably a drone. However, due to the craft being so high and going through clouds, it might be of some interest and be considered unidentified. The "black dot" did not seem to change shape and was flying at a steady rate of speed. ! I lost sight of the craft when it flew over my house.