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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
May 3, 2020 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Holly Springs, NC
We saw 30 to 40 tiny lights moving one by one. Every 30 secs another light followed by another. 3 formed a triangle. We thought they where satellites at first until the lights starting moving in unison.
May 2, 2020 · 1:05 PM · RECTANGLE
Weaverville, NC
I was sitting on my porch and seen an airplane that had 3 triangle in shape, much smaller than the airplane flying as if in a format along with the plane. I did get a picture but they went into some clouds and you cannot see them clearly. You can although see the 3 images around the plane.
May 1, 2020 · 11:45 PM · LIGHT
Saluda, NC
At 11:45 pm a flashing object was noticed north from Saluda, NC. The object was flashing green, blue, red, orange and white in a seemingly random pattern. The object would erratically move from East to West, performing sudden sweeping and circular movements. The object continued to perform these types of maneuvers for roughly two hours, moving north toward the Pisgah Forest. Upon the time of sighting,no known satellites were visible nor was the ISS.
May 1, 2020 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Carolina Beach, NC
Was with an off duty firefighter who got a call that there was a possible boat fire 11-17 miles off shore. We ran to the beach and saw nothing. Waited about 5 minutes and 3-4 super bright orange orbs appeared over Carolina Beach NC. They disappeared, waited and about ten minutes after 4 more appeared and made a diamond formation. After 20 minutes after the lorbs went away , military helicopters flew over my house heading to the sea. I have some great video of it.
May 1, 2020 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Topsail Island, NC
5 orange lights over the ocean, they would fade away and come back about every 15 minutes.first there was 2 then 3 then 5, when they would disappear we could see the light from them over the horizon as if it were a sunrise at night, absolutely was not a boat.
April 28, 2020 · 10:10 PM · UNKNOWN
Wilmington, NC
My dad and his friend told me to come outside, and I observed 10 lights flying equally spaced, in a straight line moving North to South, all the lights disappeared at the same point in the sky. There were no Navigation or strobe lights typical of aircraft. The lights moved without sound at an un determined altitude. I’m guessing the lights were around the same altitude of normal aircraft or higher. Approximately 45 minutes later a jet aircraft flew over South to North with normal aircraft lights and noise. After the lights had passed we heard rumbling noises similar to thunder, but the weather was clear and local weather radar showed now precipitation.
April 28, 2020 · 9:35 PM · FORMATION
Leicester, NC
Appearing in the sky just north of Ursa Major, a line of 20-30 evenly spaced, fast moving bright lights traveling from north to south. Checked the current position of Elon Musk's 'starlink' satellites and they were well off the Atlantic Coast at the time, also checked Stellarium and no satellites were consistent with the observed objects. They were moving significantly faster than satellites would, there were no flashing lights, and were moving silently and in my opinion, much too fast to be aircraft.
April 28, 2020 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Richlands, NC
lights evenly spaced traveling west to east. for aprox 15 min.
April 28, 2020 · 9:30 PM · FORMATION
Greensboro, NC
Observed 23-25 airborne objects flying approximately at 25,000 feet in single file formation at a high rate of speed in a SSE direction. Observable for about 5 minutes. Each craft had red navigational lights at the forward tip of the aircraft. No audible engine noise. Moonlight was present against a clear dark sky.
April 28, 2020 · 9:15 PM · OTHER
Boiling Spring Lakes, NC
4/28/2020 Boiling Spring Lakes, NC USA Latitude: 34-01'57'' N Longitude: 78-04'01'' W Approx 2115 EST Night sky clear, waxing crescent moon While walking my dog tonight, and casually watching the night sky and identifying constellations, I saw a night-sky event that I’ve never seen before. I follow astronomy and am reasonably familiar with night sky objects. What did I see? Along an arc running from tree-top level in the northwest thru a point directly overhead and continuing southeast along that same arc, a succession of star-like objects that, taken singly, would be thought to be stars. They looked like stars and had magnitudes similar to most easily visible stars in the night sky. However, they were moving, and were spaced equidistant from each other along that arc, a distance I’d guess was 10 degrees or so (about the width of one fist extended at arm’s length) in the sky. The event lasted for maybe 90 seconds to two minutes, at which time the last object in the string of objects disappeared in the southeast. I don’t think they were commercial aircraft because there were so many of them. I heard no engine sounds and they kept in perfect formation. Maybe it was a military exercise or perhaps a launch of low-earth-orbiting satellites. I’d be interested to know if anyone saw the same thing, or if there's an “optical” or other explanation.
April 28, 2020 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
Hope Mills, NC
A perfectly straight line of bright lights were flying by overhead then ascended into outer space. Objects were perfectly quiet..Was in the Air Force and have seen every type of aircraft imaginable. Nothing like I've ever seen before!
April 28, 2020 · 11:00 AM · SPHERE
Granite Quarry, NC
Driving south on hwy 52 in Granite Quarry NC. 11:00am looked to the left and noticed a round shiney object 2 miles away and a few miles up.very shiney! About that time I saw this a black fuzzy BLK round object came out of it from the center top. About the time I could focus in on it. It all of a sudden it went straight up and out of sight in a second. then the silver object. Which was actually moving horizontal, did the same but not quite straight up. They went so fast they were up and through the atmosphere in a second. Intriguing, weird, and scary all at the same time. Definitely saw this clear enough to say it wasn't from here. It left me feeling almost vulnerable because of what I just saw.
April 28, 2020 · 9:30 AM · LIGHT
Wilson, NC
While looking at the stars we noticed a single file of lights in the sky. They were spaced evenly, made no sound and moved at a steady pace. We tried to video tape but it would not show we counted 20 lights moving from SW to NE
April 27, 2020 · 9:05 PM · FORMATION
Kitty Hawk, NC
Appeared just under the Big Dipper going NE to SE, a straight line of moving “stars”. Then they seemed to disappear even though this was a very clear night with no clouds.
April 23, 2020 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Chapel Hill, NC
Was out with a group of friends to watch the meteor shower. Never saw any meteors, up and ahead of us we spotted a white circular (object?) shape move east. it was very very high up and hard to discern what it was, but it wasn't blinking like a plane and it was way too high and far away to be a drone. (And no, it wasn't a meteor - one of the people is super nerdy into this stuff and they didn't know what this was) It moved organically - a bit strange - as if someone was drawing on the sky with a laser pointer. It proceeded in that direction for about a minute, second by second a different person in our group noticing it until it became so dim it was gone. About 10 minutes later, we saw a bright white flash / explosion around the same area it originated. Never seen anything like this!
April 19, 2020 · 5:00 AM · CIRCLE
Hubert, NC
Objects moving northward over eastern sky ,spaced uniformly .seven objects.
April 18, 2020 · 3:00 AM · SPHERE
Wilmington, NC
I was walking my dog down a dark un-lit road around 3am on Saturday morning April 18th 2020. While looking forward, I noticed light coming from over my shoulder, expecting it to be a car headlights I turned around and immediately noticed upwards in the sky and rather close to the ground (under the clouds) was a very large fast moving sphere/circle of light moving across the sky. It was definitely a physical object. It disappeared into the horizon behind the trees and into the clouds.
April 18, 2020 · 2:16 AM · OTHER
Wilmington, NC
Went out to my car in the middle of the night to have a cigarette (feels safer being in the car) once i was done, i felt nervous going inside so i called a friend to stay on the line while I walk to the door. I say hi when she answers and step out of my car. I see a reflection in the grass in my neighbors yard. I look directly above into the sky and i see these flashing green lights, that are also moving and flowing through the sky, but not leaving the boarder of a hexagon shape. I started to scream, scaring my friend. All i could say was "lights!! Lights!!!" I stare for what feels like a lifetime, then realizing what could happen and that i could be in danger i run back into my car, lock the door, and try to show my friend on face time. As soon as the camera flips it is gone. Has anyone else seen this??
April 17, 2020 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Mount Holly, NC
As soon as the Sun Set in the West. In the Eastern sky ( Over Charlotte NC ) 2 Fireball like objects orbited around each other super fast for 45 seconds to a minute before making a straight line completely out of sight to the South. Oddly enough a neighbor 3 houses down from me was outside and saw the whole thing unfold as well. From my perspective the fireballs appeared to be the size of small car. 10-14 feet in diameter.
April 15, 2020 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Brevard, NC
Walked outside - saw what I thought was two stars close together. Appeared to become one star and began to be a Pulsating light that changed color and brightness, lots of freefalls that were huge drops and sharp 90 degree turns all over sky - would fade away and come back flashing multiple colors. Called my wife outside to witness
April 15, 2020 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Hickory, NC
Two small orange spheres moving really fast across the sky. They would change directions and weave while in flight. Traveled across the entire sky we could see.
April 13, 2020 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Flat Rock, NC
I went outside to move my vehicle and noticed an odd bright light . At first I thought it was a plane waiting to land staying still for clearance but then I remembered the hour and that there are no flight coming in this late here in my town. I noticed lots of similar bluish color circle lights and some blinking at first I though planes again and was intrigued by the planes that were flying under the radar with no sound. That’s when it really hit me. I recorded the light and around it took pictures. and brought my wife out to see it also and she was confused also. We stood their for a good 3 to 4 minutes then walked in the house after researching online about these sighting . I went outside again to see if the light was there and there was nothing more the other lights I thought were stars . Black sky with some planes coming through .
April 13, 2020 · 9:30 PM · FORMATION
Asheville, NC
Objects that appeared exactly like stars in the sky but moving in a lineal pattern across the sky. Appearing from the horizon and moving out of sight. Unable to determine how many there were but it was absolutely sequential. Traveling at the same speed and the same width apart. Something like this: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The objects were way too high to be drones, way too many to be satellites, way too slow to be shooting stars, and much too organized. I don’t know exactly when the even started but by the time I noticed it happening to the time the event finished, 10-15 minutes had transpired. Objects seen between three Marias and brightest star visible in the sky. Even seen in Asheville, NC. Very near Hendersonville Rd. In an apartment complex parking lot.
April 8, 2020 · 10:02 PM · FORMATION
Spout Springs, NC
At 10:02 pm I saw 2 orange glowing objects which changed color from orange to red to gold and kept changing. They were moving slowly, in one direction together in a loose formation above me, silently. The moon was out, but low, and it was drizzling a little rain - I have a video of it. They were coming from the West from being over Fort Bragg NC military housing which is next to Fort Bragg proving grounds where they practice artillery and do jumps. They "floated" together silently, moving in one direction overhead. Their colors kept changing and they seemed to stay at the same height which was about 500 feet. They then started fading in and out as if they were being shrouded in clouds but there were no clouds that low. One vanished and there was one still visible. Then the one remaining just vanished completely. All without a sound .