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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.
4,416 entries
September 11, 2021 · 7:40 PM · CYLINDER
Philadelphia, PA
20-23 small, cylindrical objects flying south to north. Red light on each went off when overhead.
September 11, 2021 · 3:30 PM · CYLINDER
York, PA
The object I observed yesterday on September 11, 2021 at around 3:30 - 3:45 PM was a somewhat shiny cylinder shape in an up/ down orientation. It appeared stationary and I could see it had a slow rotation to it because it had some kind of bump out / protrusion towards the top of its shape that would shine bright probably from the reflection of the sun. It was northeast in the sky from where I was observing it. It was hard to tell just how high it was at first and I was in total awe as to what I was looking at. I quickly went inside to grab binoculars and had my wife and daughter come out to take a look. I was afraid that it would be gone but sure enough we all spotted it... but it was smaller and no doubt higher up. Even with the binoculars it was hard to get a clear view of it. A few clouds at one point obstructed it so I knew then it had to be fairly high up by now. We watched it as it just kept getting smaller and disappeared from sight. We all agreed i! t had rotation to it and had no idea what it could have been. None of us have ever witness anything like this. I am reporting this in the hopes of learning that others may have seen it and took the time to report it as well.
September 8, 2021 · 8:48 PM · DIAMOND
York, PA
I was on my way home from work at 8:48 p.m. As I pulled up in front of my house (just outside of inner city York), I noticed something in the sky moving out from behind the trees near my yard. I looked up and spotted a large, irregularly-shaped diamond-like object travelling at a high rate of speed overhead. By my estimations, the object was flying at an altitude of 8,000-10,000 feet, and was between roughly 100 and 120 feet in length, though this was hard to determine as it was dark outside and I could only vaguely discern the sides of the object. There were 3 solid yellow lights on its points, and a blinking white light in its center. It was completely silent as it passed. It was heading northeast over Interstate 83, and disappeared from my field of vision after about 1 minute.
September 5, 2021 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Sinking Spring, PA
I was letting my dog out last night and I for no reason looked to my left and the were 2 round orange (ish) Like they were on fire, round crafts moving about in a random travel path. They circled back twice then disappeared. I have it on video but it does not do justice to what I saw. This is the second sighting I've had in this area. The first were 3 small cubicle crafts that had the same color but their texture seemed to resemble hammered metal.
September 5, 2021 · 8:47 PM · FIREBALL
Chester, PA
A fire ball of an object appeared over my house. It was sitting in one place as I filmed it but began to move when the film started. It was white. Then there were two blue oblong type shaped items the showed in the video. It was a cloudy evening there were no stars showing. I shot two videos of the object.
September 4, 2021 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Pittsburgh, PA
Five orange objects moving from south/ southwest to north/ northeast. Two lead objects followed by a single object, then two more. High altitude, all moving at approximately the same (high) speed. They appeared to glow, not lights. Silent.
September 4, 2021 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE
Dover, PA
My wife and I witnessed 2 groups of 3 sphere shaped objects sitting stationary in triangle formation. The two triangle formations of 3 objects each, were at the same height hovering next to each other at what seemed like 5 miles away. The first formation of 3 objects moved together to form one larger object and disappeared and shortly after the second formation did the same. Thirty seconds to a minute later two objects that seemed to be the same size as the final larger shaped objects that formed out of the original formations, appeared much further left on the skyline but at the same distance flying the same direction and varying speeds until going out of view. Witness does not indicate a date for the sighting; elects to remain totally anonymous. PD
September 3, 2021 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Hanover, PA
Unmoving bright flickering light in the Western sky. Originally thought to be a plane, then helicopter. However, FL was too high for helicopter. Next though it was a planet or bright star with some sort of atmospheric effect that would cause flickering. With hands cupped around eyes to reduce light pollution, it appeared to have a sort of "eclippse" effect. Like there was something behind the light. A different dark 'color' than the night sky? It's tough to explain. Could have just been my eyes playing tricks, but I've never seen anything like it and I was an air traffic controller for nearly 7 years.
September 3, 2021 · 9:44 PM · OTHER
Sterling, PA
15 people were doing a sky watch event in Blooming Grove Pa.in the Pocono Mts. in northeastern Pa. Very clear night. 9:44 pm. Two of us saw in the west approximately 15 miles out from out position three lights slowly moving away from us possibly over and around Sterling Pa. heading towards Scranton Pa. probably following interstate 84. We had high powered binoculars. To the naked eye it was three yellowish-pinkish lights in a row. They reminded me of mercury vapor lights. Definitely not natural. Size-wise, they were about the size of a pencil eraser. The lights were horizontal. When we looked through the binoculars we began to suspect we may be looking at the back of a craft that must have been large. It moved very slowly covering maybe the length of a finger in 5 minutes till we lost it behind the treeline. Too slow to be a plane by a lot! But huge. But here was what was especially odd. Through the binocs, you could see under the three yellow lights that t! here were three tiny tiny red lights. One in the middle slightly off to one side of the center yellow/pink light and two slightly offset and in from the two outside yellow/pink lights. And the red lights blinked but randomly and not sequentially. They also didnt blink fast. One would blink once and then a second later another would blink once sort of leisurely. Our combined thoughts were that we were possibly looking at the back of a large black triangle.
August 24, 2021 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Melcroft, PA
Hello, Tonight around 9:20pm I was traveling on route 711 in westmoreland county, just north of Normalville in the region of melcroft. I saw what I thought were two planes with blinking red lights that were very close to each other. I then noticed the lights turn west and at this time I realized they were part of the same object. I pulled over on the side of the road to watch it better. It appeared as though each light was at either end of the structure but I could not tell what was in between but it definitely looked connected. The ufo then appeared to be landing somewhere to the left. If I had to guess, I would say in the area of White (from what I could tell by looking at the map.) I wasn't able to get a picture because it was too dark. I thought this was very odd and never say anything like this before. I wanted to report it and see if anyone else saw something similar.
August 23, 2021 · 8:56 PM · FORMATION
Glen Mills, PA
My boyfriend was driving down an unlit road when we suddenly noticed four points of light that were seemingly hovering/suspended in the sky. The lights were very bright, steady (not blinking), and had a warm yellow/orange glow. Three of the lights were arranged in a triangle formation, and the fourth one was was more or less parallel to the light that made up the bottom left point of the triangle. The lights may have moved slightly up or down, but for the most part they appeared to be hovering in air. We watched them for about 20 seconds before we continued driving. A few notes: we have traveled down this road hundreds of times and are very familiar with the area, so we know the lights were not coming from a tower or other manmade structure. We were traveling east on the road, and saw the lights while we were looking south/south east. We were in a suburban/semi-rural area that is subdivided into 1-5 acre parcels, and we were not close to any major cities. The formation and appearance of the lights were so peculiar that it caused my boyfriend to immediately stop the car in the middle of the road. At first we thought it was a low flying plane, but quickly realized that the lights were not moving. We then thought it was some type of celestial event, but it appeared to be far too close to the earth to be a star formation. Again, it seemed so close to the earth that we first thought it was a low flying plane.
August 19, 2021 · 9:45 AM · TRIANGLE
Mifflinburg, PA
I was driving away from Mifflinburg on Forest Hill Road towards Route 192 when I noticed flashing lights ahead in the sky. They weren't too far above me since I was able go make out what it looked like pretty well. It was a triangle shaped craft and I would best describe it like the ones you hear about all the time... triangle shaped, flashing lights on all 3 corners. They were flashing mostly green and white. Very bright and very low. Very slow speed. I couldn't look for too long since I was driving so I don't know if it did anything crazy after it was out of view behind me
August 17, 2021 · 10:59 PM · LIGHT
Kennett square, PA
Just above the clouds there was a circular light glowing in different colors for at least 15 minutes. The light would change color slowly, evenly transition from blue to purple, purple to red, etc. and it would randomly switch colors immediately, like instantly switch to pink or something. Several times it shut off all together and turned back on after a few moments. It almost looks as though something was angular in the clouds, However it was so cloudy I could only make out likes a couple times. It also appeared to shift quite a few times, moving but not dramatically far or fast, just like pacing around in various directions. I have 2 videos but don’t know where to send them!
August 17, 2021 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Pittsburgh, PA
Looked out of living room window and spotted it hovering about 15 ft between two houses across the street. The underside was all red lights surrounded by white lights on the edges. No sound. Went to get my camera and it was gone. I am a senior citizen of sound mind. This happened last year. Not really sure of the date or exact time but it was late evening.
August 15, 2021 · 8:55 PM · TRIANGLE
Mohrsville, PA
From off of our deck, we initially saw two bell-shaped objects rise up from the distant tree line and travel from the north to the west then disappear. This happened several times. Almost always groups of two. Sometimes there would be five in the western sky before they disappeared. They all followed the same path. There was a 2 minute 5 second lapse and then the last two followed the same trajectory. They were faster than the others. Hovered in the western sky and then disappeared as well.
August 15, 2021 · 5:00 PM · CIRCLE
Bethlehem, PA
UFO Report August 15th Approximately 5:00 pm. Location – Wind Creek Casino Bethlehem Pennsylvania. I was in the parking lot of the Casino at approximately 40.615570 -75.360677 looking East. There was a construction crane to my East. When I first saw the object, it was framed in the vertical and horizontal portions of the crane. The object appeared to be very high in the sky. It was moving slowly to the South East. It was very bright silver. It appeared to be mostly round, but was so small that it was hard to tell. Since there is a construction crane in the video that I made, it may add some perspective to the size, distance, and speed. I took a 50 second video with my cell phone. You have to expend the video to even see that something is there. I watched the object of a couple of minutes before I entered the Casino. Your director suggested that it may have been a Google Weather Balloon. I would accept that as being a reasonable explanation for what I saw. I would be willing to share a video that I took with my cell phone. It is approximately 50 seconds long.
August 15, 2021 · 2:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Lords Valley, PA
At 2:45 pm i was reclining at our community pool and my view was looking west. i saw something way up about 90 degrees over my head heading west. it was black and i initially thought it was a bird very high up. however as i followed it as it moved away from me i became sure it was a vehicle under control. first it was a black equilateral triangle. there were cirrus clouds in the blue sky and it would momentarily go behind them so i estimated it was about 20,000 feet up. it was the size of half my pinky finger nail or maybe an eighth of an inch. it did not waver in its flight path. it traversed about 120 degrees of sky in somewhere between 45 seconds and one minute. it made no sound. the area I was in is a forest community and very quiet apart from some children in the pool. once the object was past me i should have heard a low rumble of exhaust. but nothing. there also was no exhaust contrail. i went to my subscription of flightradar24.com and input the UTC ! time of 18:30 to 19:00 and nothing with a transponder was over my community at the time. 14:45 translates into 18:45 universal time.i consider the event anomalous.of course, i always watch the sky but when at the pool i leave my phone home so it wont get wet. and that is always when you see these things.
August 15, 2021 · 12:03 AM · UNKNOWN
Philadelphia, PA
Looking south out of my bedroom window, I noticed an orange light in the sky, slowly moving west. It faded out. Soon after, I noticed another identical light at from the original spot and again moving west. It was as if the light moved, faded out, went back to it starting point, relit, and repeated. It happened a third time, as well. The object had one main light and two dimmer lights above and below, positioned at approximately 5 and 11 o'clock relative to the main light. The dimmer lights flashed slowly.
August 13, 2021 · 11:03 PM · CIRCLE
Reading, PA
I was walking to the car with a friend and I looked up for a second and I said look that's a weird airplane bro. I then took out my iPhone and started to recorded what we where looking at in the night sky. I was following it on camera for about 60 second or minute and half then all of a sudden the ufo changed colors four or five times then moved behind us when I try to follow it with my camera again my iPhone just turned off and I hard a error message from apple i went back inside right away and plugged my phone it took 30 minutes to turn on I did hard reset then it finally turned on and i went to my pictures to find the videos and the 60 second video was only 29 seconds the rest of the videos the first 45 seconds or so was gone only end video was left but the 29 seconds show the ufo and it changing color and form i still have the video on my iphone
August 13, 2021 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Shippensburg, PA
A little after 8pm I was sitting out back smoking a cigarette when a bright light caught my eye. It was directly due south, just above the tree tops. Approximately 1/4 mile away with a great line of sight and perfect view. I could clearly see an incredibly bright white light cascading down into the tree line. It was shaped like a round ball. If I had to estimate it’s size I’d guess roughly 2+ft in diameter judging by the birds that flew in the same spot directly after the incident. It was moving relatively slowly and when it hit the tree line I could no longer see the light. It seemed like the light simply went out. I would say it traveled at roughly a 45 degree angle. It’s hard for me to estimate how high it first started above the trees. Maybe 100 feet? My first thought was meteor due to its brightness. But because of the proximity I knew that didn’t make any sense. I would akin the brightness to a professionally lit baseball stadium light. I don’t even really know how to describe it. I was dumbfounded. But I was even more shocked when maybe a minute or so later the light came back. It was back at the general area where I had first seen it (unless this was a second separate light?). Roughly 100-150ft above the trees (?) But this time as it descended it suddenly moved up in the air. It sort of puffed/floated up maybe 50-75+ feet then descending down into the tree line where it was no longer visible again. I can’t for the life of me think what could emit such a bright light. I hope someone can give me feedback because that will drive me crazy for a while. There was little to no wind. Extremely hot and humid day.
August 12, 2021 · 10:34 PM · LIGHT
East Petersburg, PA
Heat lightning in sky made my husband and I look out window. Seen one single bright light in sky hovering for approximately a minute to minute and a half. Then started flying at a quick rate of speed. Faster than a normal plane. Which the local airport is in our vicinity. No flashing lights like a normal plane. Not a star or moon.
August 1, 2021 · 4:00 PM · CHANGING
Erie, PA
Was proceeding to go to my vehicle when all of a sudden I looked up and seen a bright to the naked eye could have been a large star but it was out of the ordinary due to the fact it was starting to be daylight was coming up so II grab my binoculars and look further inlooked further into my investigation and seeing that this thing was alive I called my girlfriend outside to confirm what I was saying and she was scared to go outside so outside so I grabbed the phone and start recording
August 1, 2021 · 3:25 AM · OTHER
Bethlehem, PA
On Sunday morning (August 1st at around 3:25AM), a weird light appeared on my street. My Ring driveway camera takes a picture every three minutes and captured the occurrence. I have attached a two second video which is a series of snapshots. I’m at a loss as to what this is..
July 26, 2021 · 7:30 PM · CYLINDER
Phoenixville, PA
Outwalking and looked up to see contrail. A tic tac object white without wings was making this. I watched it go for a few seconds heading EAST. I then saw another tictac white without wings coming WEST at the same elevation and about 100 feet from the first object. They passed each other as on a two lane highway. Second tic tac did not make contrail. They were higher than the passenger aircraft coming from Phila. airport in the East which flew under them both about 2000 feet lower. Tic tac going west caught the sun's rays and it appeared to glint off several windows going the length of it. No noise was heard.