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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.
114,092 entries
October 17, 2023 · 7:39 PM · FORMATION
Not sure, MN
I saw a series of three sets of individual lights close together that were white yellow in color but widely spaced apart. The first two lights in the series of three were small and one larger. This was true of all three widely spaced sets of lights. The two smaller lights moved forward and became one light and they did this in unison constantly. Hovering of the lights lasted about a minute and a half at about 11 o’clock in the sky. Then the lights went slightly to the northeast and then straight up and disappeared. There was no sound anywhere. I had pulled over my truck and turned off the lights, and got out, so I could see them better. There were no lights on in my vehicle to reflect on the windshield and almost no lights to reflect in the surrounding area except way behind me. There was no moon only stars and I could not see the outline of any trees. I was talking to my friend on the phone hands-free when I saw them appear, and was completely amazed.
October 17, 2023 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Tempe, AZ
I was looking up at the sky and I saw what May have been a slowly moving plane but as I looked harder it was a bright dot with an aura around it that was moving slowly, then all of a sudden within seconds it moved really fast and disappeared completely. Never saw it again
October 17, 2023 · 7:11 PM · DISK
Litchfield Park, AZ
We were outside and all of a sudden my sister laughed jokingly saying, “oh my gosh it’s a UFO” I looked up and saw this large bright light with a faded light surrounding it. It was hard to make out what it was. It was not like any plane I’d seen before. It was so bright and was moving very slow hovering above us. Then in an instant it started traveling fast but away from us. It was so fast. All I could say was what the hell is that. Since my sister was the first person to see it she told me what she saw before we looked. She said it was moving side to side in a quick motion. She said she had never seen any plane move that quick side to side before.
October 17, 2023 · 7:11 PM · DISK
Walnut Grove, GA
We saw, what appeared to be, 3 disk like objects that were stationary in the sky, spinning very fast, and disappearing like lightening. We saw another one that looked like a ball of fire. This continued for 2 hours.
October 17, 2023 · 7:10 PM · OVAL
Tucson, AZ
As I was looking up I saw this white oval/round light moving slow with a halo around it. NO SOUND, but it was high. I saw it in a break in the high clouds. I watched to see it come out from the cloud it flew in or above. By the speed it was going it should’ve appeared in less than 10 seconds. It didn’t come back and I watched that spot for maybe 30 seconds. When I didn’t see it I got up and walked out so I could see more of the sky. There was high clouds as I said, but There was plenty of open space in the sky to see it. There was nothing to be seen. I watch the sky for maybe 8 or 10 minutes.
October 17, 2023 · 7:05 PM · SPHERE
Valley center, CA
The sphere was surrounded by light, like headlights in fog. But the sky was clear and cloudless. It traveled east at a high rate of speed and was silent. It went from west of me to about 2-3 miles East while turning out the exterior light and only the sphere was lit up. It sat in the sky for a second and then went dark. It was extremely bright and fast. I live in the country with very little light pollution and it is quiet outside.
October 17, 2023 · 6:30 PM · SPHERE
Phoenix, AZ
Was in back yard letting my dog use restroom!!! Out of the corner of my eye I saw a bright white sphere light heading west to east!!! By the time it got over me causing my head to turn directly upwards w/ my neck bent all the way back!!! I saw a slight translucent soft glow of a blue light surrounding the entire extremely bright white spherical orb!!! The white light sphere was incased w/in that soft blue glow while it passed directly over me @ a high rate of speed towards the east & then all of a sudden it started to fade away, until completely gone & disappeared all together!!! Which was hella strange!!! It didn't fly off where I couldn't see it anymore!!! It literally slowly disappeared just after passing over my head!!! It was to close to me for me NOT to still see it!!! Y'know!!! Keep in mind there was absolutely no noise, no additional blinking of lights of anykind whatsoever!!! There were other planes & helicopters flying around but they were to far from me to hear anything!!! Those other aircrafts were further away & I still could see their blinking lights like all aircrafts do!!! This particular light again didn't blink whatsoever & again was completely silent!!! The speed as to which is was going was a lot faster than any of the other aircrafts in the air!!! I looked up the International Space Station & it flew by over my area early this morning!!! So, I am absolutely complex as to what it was??? As it was between 6:00pm & 7:00pm!!! Very strange indeed it was!!!
October 17, 2023 · 7:10 AM · UNKNOWN
IdentifiedSalt Lake City, UT
Saw what looked like a weird cylindrical tube in the clouds, watched it and looked like we launched something but it was coming from a weird angle to be from the closest known military base and the scale was weird, as well as the following aerial phenomena. I took video. Maybe nothing but was really weird. Around 7:15 or so in the morning local time. Do not release my name but you may contact me if needed. [NUFORC annotation: Contrail - Certain]
October 17, 2023 · 4:15 AM · LIGHT
Amarillo, TX
Every morning on the way to work myself and coworkers have witnessed these lights. We all are prior military and have not seen anything like this before. They are only seen between 415 am and 445 am to the left of Venus about 20 degrees. They are mostly directly parallel with Venus. The lights fade in and out and move around each other at a high rate of speed. Sometimes they are extremely bright and sometimes really dull. We have tried to make sense of them and discuss them every morning when we arrive at work but have no good theories. So here we are looking for answers.
October 17, 2023 · 4:00 AM · CIRCLE
Chicago, IL
The bright light was clearly over the water and not land. There was a much smaller less bright light be side it. And later in the video you can see dashes of other objects. When zooming in the object looked like a perfect circle with a ring around it. I video taped for about 3.5 minutes and nothing happened so I got back in bed. I laid there for a while (still able to see clearly out of the window) but fell asleep. When I woke up it was still dark out but that light or whatever it was, was gone. There was a plane in the area and you could tell it was a plane because it had a blinking light and was moving. This was not doing either. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
October 17, 2023 · 2:07 AM · OVAL
Jacksonville, FL
From facing North . When I first saw the first object - it was in between trees and I assumed it was probably a helicopter . However, as I got a little better view as it moved, it noticed it looks large and just all red and it was not a clear type red color as would be expected . There was no sound . It was moving relatively slow as a helicopter would . It took about 12 seconds to travel from first to last sighting - around 60 degrees to 80 degrees altitude angle . It moved from north to south . Bearing at first sight was about 320 degrees - North being 0 degrees . As I was wondering about that, I saw a second object the same size moving the same speed in the same path . This time I noticed it looked like a fire slightly darker and lighter orange radiation or flow . At one point it appeared that a small portion separated - similar to a spark or fragment . It remained illuminated for a couple of seconds . I moved away from the trees and tried to observe the object for a longer time period and I noticed no sound at all . The environment was quiet . The object looked much too large to be light source from a regular aircraft . It did not blink . It did not flare or flutter . It appeared to be fuzzy / blurry like a fire heat source that has subtle rapid slight variations in colors . Could not tell how high in the sky it was because I could not make out any significant features other than the rather large glowing color . It wasn't bright for something under 1000 feet but it it was several thousand feet then it was bright and large . It was about the size of a large helicopter at 750 feet .
October 16, 2023 · 9:45 PM · CIRCLE
Grayslake, IL
The craft moved slowly eastward as it changed brightness every few seconds then an airliner appeared under it in the sky and it disappeared. Possibly a lone satellite not starlink I looked at it using 15 power binoculars [NUFORC annotation: Satellite - Possible]
October 16, 2023 · 8:26 PM · SPHERE
Round Rock/Cedar Park, TX
I left my house and noticed two bright orbs. I was able to get parallel on parmer/1431 and got pictures. Once I arrived at 1320 Arrow Point in Cedar Park, I saw two orbs to the east, but then one seemed to have dissipated leaving one. I pulled up to the top of the parking lot and noticed two additional orbs to the west. I was able to get footage and realized an additional smaller orb left an orb making it three to me west. I would say it lasted closer to 30 minutes. Once I left, the area everything was gone.
October 16, 2023 · 8:10 PM · SPHERE
Loveland, CO
During a night time training for airport employees, someone pointed out a large, orange orb maneuvering about 10 degrees above the horizon. It appeared like an aircraft landing light flying through a cloud, or like a street light in fog. Stars could be seen clearly behind the orb, confirming that there were no clouds in the area. Additionally, to the south of the orb, there were aircraft flying. These aircraft looked completely different. It was noted that there were no red or green lights associated with the orb, as would be expected from an aircraft. As someone that has worked in aviation for many years, it was very clearly not an aircraft light. The orb seemed to be radiating energy, as opposed to just being a light. The orb was maneuvering in a manner that seemed very controlled (slowly changed course). After about 30 seconds, it appeared to slowly dim until it was gone. According to ADSB data found on FlightRadar24, there were no aircraft in the vicinity of where the orb was spotted. In terms of size, it appeared very large, although we could not see any kind of craft at all - just the haze around it. The associated video was taken near when the orb dimmed out. It had already started dimming, and appeared much brighter than it did by the time the video was recorded.
October 16, 2023 · 7:00 PM · CUBE
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I was traveling from Las Vegas, Nevada to Syracuse, NY via plane. About 1.5 hours from landing I saw odd colors and geometric shapes peaking through the clouds. Nothing on land would have shined so bright through the clouds.
October 16, 2023 · 1:25 PM · RECTANGLE
Pasadena, CA
My husband pointed out the object in the sky as we headed East on the 134 approaching the 210 freeway East in Pasadena. We agreed that it was not a plane. It did not move. Appeared to be rectangular in shape. Clearly white in color. It just disappeared without traveling. During the day, sun was over our car. About 15 seconds duration of our observation.
October 16, 2023 · 8:58 AM · CYLINDER
AR
I was seated in seat 4A window seat on Allegiant Flight 3145, an Airbus 320 aircraft, that was at 34,000 feet cruise altitude at 450 knots (as related by the piloting air crew). As I glanced out the window I witnessed an oblong, cylindrical wingless object at an estimated 15-20 thousand foot altitude. This object was on a course parallel to Flight 3145 but on a 180-degree trajectory. Allegiant Flight 3145 was out of Austin-Bergstrum International Airport, Texas, with a destination of McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee. The object was visible for an estimated ten seconds off the port side, below and disappeared aft. At the completion of my flight I spoke to one of the pilots after I identified myself with identification and asked if they had had a radar contact at this estimated altitude at 08:58 CDT during our flight. This pilot stated that the flight crew had not had a radar contact at that time. I asked if this observation was reportedable to the FAA and he stated that it was. A check of the FAA website referred me to your site after a second search. The object was completely white, cylindrical without lights and without wings. Estinated size was comparable to an airliner. Weather was scattered clouds and the object was above cloud level. My professional background is that as a paramedic with thirty-four years experience as both paid and volunteer.
October 16, 2023 · 7:52 AM · UNKNOWN
Epes (near), AL
The thing was reflecting the morning sun very brightly. My wife saw it as well. We discussed what it was & then disappeared. It was a cloudless sky .
October 15, 2023 · 11:34 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalIndianapolis, IN
Will attach video of exact sighting [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Probable]
October 15, 2023 · 11:13 PM · CIRCLE
Probable conventionalNorth Arlington, NJ
I have a home security camera in my window . I have a short video clip of a tricolored circle shaped object flying from behind the clouds and stopped in the middle of the sky then continues to fly again. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
October 15, 2023 · 10:50 PM · TEARDROP
CA
it is kinda spear shape with a red kinda flashing light on top with blu and white non flashing lights on bottom .... and its not moving not flying around.
October 15, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Cleveland, NM
Has been happening for the past week
October 15, 2023 · 9:35 PM · FORMATION
Indianapolis, IN
It was brilliant color detail sprite like orbs dancing in the sky
October 15, 2023 · 9:28 PM · SPHERE
St clairsville, OH
I just got done taking my sister home, my mom and I were headed home I’m driving and all the sudden in the dark sky I clearly see fast moving green objects. I right away got my moms attention to the sky and we were amazed. Seen nothing like that ever before, they were going faster than anything I’ve ever seen in the sky. They were green balls of light zooming across the sky. I was able to get my phone out and start recording unfortunately all I was able to get was a short clip of the green little things because of my windshield being in the way, when I slowed it down I got 2 short imagines of them. Shortly after I saw a beam go across the entire sky. I don’t know where it came from or if it was local police looking in the sky or if it came from these objects.