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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.
4,277 entries
October 14, 2023 · 9:45 PM · CHANGING
Quartzite, AZ
2 lights around maybe 200 feet long were orbiting each other in the eastern part of the night sky. First going slow then circling each other very fast to the point of almost touching. Then after about 45 seconds or so, one flew west a little low to the ground towards California or Westard. While the little bit bigger orb or craft stayed in places where Jupiter would be normally in the sky for the night. 3 people in total saw it and all said the same thing and all agreed none of them made any noises. Mitch Flock-
October 14, 2023 · 10:09 AM · DISK
IdentifiedLake Havasu city, AZ
I snapped a picture of the tail end of the ring of fire eclipse, and saw what I thought was a lens flare, or reflection of some sort within the iPhone, but on closer inspection of the anomaly in the photo, it looks like some partially cloaked bright green object, within the general shape of a saucer. Also, the light beams seem bent downstream of the object, suggesting the presence of an object or something bending the light possibly. If it’s a lens flare I haven’t seen one like it before. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Certain]
October 13, 2023 · 7:03 PM · SPHERE
Green Valley, AZ
My wife and I observed a brightly glowing orb 1-3 feet in diameter moving slowly (30 mph) from east to west about a hundred feet off the ground at 7:04 PM. Immediately after passing overhead it suddenly disappeared, seemingly jetting into infinity without making a sound. Streetlights and night lights are restricted in our area due a nearby telescope on Mt. Hopkins making night viewing optimal. We are accustomed to watching for aircraft in the night sky on a regular basis and frequently use the "Flightradar" app on my iPhone to identify aircraft and helicopters in our region. At first glance we thought it was a drone, but a complete lack of noise and the round, brightly-glowing orb shape with undefined edges were unfamiliar. The floresent 'glow' it gave off was as bright as burning posphorous, much brighter than a floodlight or car headlight. It was difficult to determine the exact height above the ground because we were uncertain about the diameter of the sphere. We are accustomed to viewing, satellites, planets, meteorites, aircraft of all types. Most of our lives we have lived in the presence of coyotes. Just before the orb appeared, we heard the loudest outburst of multiple coyotes howling ever experienced.
October 13, 2023 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Sonoita, Arizona, AZ
I wish I had a camera. My brother-in-law and I both witnessed a bright light flying across the sky from east to west at a very rapid pace. My background is unmanned aerial systems for the United States Army. His background does not relate to the event. The light was white, and the object emitted no sound. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. And I witnessed rocket launches in South Korea. I know what a high-speed rocket looks like I know what a normal aircraft looks like and I know what high-performance aircraft look like…this was not any of those things. Shooting stars don’t fly that low.
October 12, 2023 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Green Valley, AZ
At approx. 20:30 local time I observed a solid white light that remained stationary. It would fade out and then fade back in again. It never changed location as it was about 30 degrees above the eastern horizon. It remained there for 45 min in the exact same spot
October 9, 2023 · 10:10 PM · LIGHT
Maricopa, AZ
Saw 2 diffuse orbs flying together but traveling very fast. They were spotted to the east one on top of the other and then shifted to fly side by side and then disappeared. No visible shape or structure seen just very diffuse lights. They seemed to come from the east in a circular tract…. Not flying straight on the horizon line
October 6, 2023 · 8:45 AM · CHANGING
Chino Valley, AZ
While working out on my bench I looked up and saw a small object very high in altitude. I grabbed my binoculars and could see it better. Seemed to be changing shape as it reflected light in different ways. Rotating object looked round, then triangle, then square. Sometimes it looked like two. After a while it moved away at a slow speed, then disappeared. Then showed back up at original location. Its probably still sitting there as I couldn’t be out there all day. I had also seen the same thing a couple of days earlier but it blinked twice then disappeared before I could get my binoculars. This was no balloon or aircraft. Will be updating if seen again
October 5, 2023 · 11:25 AM · CIGAR
Grand Canyon, AZ
Taking a rest on Grand Canyon south rim path I saw an object I thought to be a milar balloon.It was first seen at my 2 o’clock and proceeded to my 11 o’clock at estimated speed 400- 500 mph just about 30- 45 degrees of my view from straight ahead view alerted my girlfriend who also witnessed same thing. Object made no noise and moved from northeast to southwest steady straight line. Air Force vet gone to many air shows. Never seen anything like that before..thank you bill
September 25, 2023 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
Sitting on patio facing wester sky. At approx. 7:30PM, at about a 45 degree angle at 280 degrees west, three objects began moving from the same spot in three different directions. Size approximated a bright star. Speed was faster than any satellite we've seen. And they disappeared when approx. overhead. Within a minute or two, from the same originating spot, one took off at the same speed towards the SE. We lost count but around six to eight repeated with about 30 second intervals. The last event was two pair on the same track as the others. They made no sound. My wife and I both clearly saw the objects. She thinks they were meteors - after some research on Utube, I saw nothing similar via video or by verbal description. I'm not sure what they were. Contact me if you wish.
September 22, 2023 · 5:20 AM · TRIANGLE
Bullhead City, AZ
We go out in the front yard early in the morning, so the dog can do his thing. I like looking up at the stars, just looking around, and it was slightly cloudy that morning, but then I saw a v shape just above me, about 6 lights that were dim, no sound and it by fast. My husband was out with me, but by the time I could say anything it was gone.
September 20, 2023 · 6:35 AM · RECTANGLE
Probable conventionalArizona City, AZ
Glowing green with white lights on it [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
September 18, 2023 · 7:40 PM · CIRCLE
Tucson, AZ
Big bang, happened once at 530 and then again at 740 pm, over 20 lights flashing at first in and then moving like planes but erratically and disappearing and then reappearing, then completely disappearing all together except one looked like it landed on Sabino Canyon. Then all of a sudden they would reappear after disappearing and move, some really fast, others slow and then disappear again.
September 15, 2023 · 3:30 PM · DISK
Tucson, AZ
While driving up a hill and approaching our driveway, I noticed an object flying low over the neighborhood houses. As it came closer, I noticed that it was not a plane nor a helicopter and it was not flying south towards the Tucson airport - which is the usual flight route for planes. Instead it was flying over the back of our house and going east towards Mount Lemmon. Immediately, I knew that it was unusual and I asked my husband to look at it and tell me what it was. He told me that it was a UFO. When I parked the car in the garage - the silvery looking disc/object disappeared from view. We were both in shock. This happened on Friday afternoon at about 3:30 P.M. September 15, 2023 in Tucson, Arizona.
September 14, 2023 · 10:04 PM · CHANGING
Mountains, AZ
To much to write. It was very traumatic.
September 14, 2023 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Tucson, AZ
The lights would move up and down sideways, diagonally and in circles
September 14, 2023 · 7:40 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedTucson, AZ
Saw a distant light coming slowly across the sky with large aura/tail of light Alpha Firefly SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB California, United States Responsive space mission for the USSF's Space Systems Command, Firefly has 24 hours to launch upon notice. https://fireflyspace.com/missions/victus-nox/ [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
September 13, 2023 · 7:39 PM · LIGHT
Vail (near Tucson), AZ
My son and I were out with the dogs about 7:35 and it was very clear after the rain that moved through. The Milky way was very clear/visible. I was looking for Andromeda (in the wrong spot it turned out) facing north and looking near the zenith when to the left/west of where I was looking a bright light appeared and then accelerated moving the length of my pinky finger held at arms length in a fraction of a second. The glow faded though I could still see the object and it seemed to stop or slowed greatly. Then it flared bright and moved again about the same amount in a similar amount of time. There was no sound. After this second movement, I was able to get my wits about me, to call my son's attention to it. We watched it do this brightening and accelerating, dimming and flaring bright with attendant acceleration and occasionally juking to the north. The juking happened during the dim phase, about every other movement. There was another 6-7 or so evolutions. It then fully disappeared. We both began scanning the sky in all directions and after about a minute or so I saw the object reappear in the vicinity of where I last saw it. It became very bright and zoomed the length of the Santa Catalina mountains in a second or so, from west to east, where it had been moving to the NNW. It became visible near the north, big end of the big dipper in the west. It was gone before I could call my son's attention to it. There was no tail but it was bright enough that time that it left a retinal glow/smear for a few seconds similar to what you'd get from watching a welding arc from across the room. It appeared to be in space and was moving at an apparent rate of speed well in excess of any conventional aircraft. We continued looking and saw several obvious satellites, C130, A10, some commercial air traffic and even a meteor. The meteor moved from south to northwest, moving slower (maybe 1/3 the speed) than the first object(s) we saw, had a tail and sparks with the brightest part being a large flare right before it went dark. Normal stuff. My son called it out and I was able to turn my head and watch it burn out. When the object went from west to east it happened so fast I couldn't call it out before it was essentially gone, therefore my din missed seeing that evolution. During the period of looking we also saw some satellites but then saw 2 additional objects tracking directly North with a red orange color. These did not pulse or juke but they looked very different than satellites, which normally go east to west or on a diagonal NNW to SSE and moving across the sky perhaps 2 times faster. While they did not pulse or flare in brightness, they also did not fade as satellites do and moved approximately 2x as fast They were there traversing the sky one moment, then just disappeared. None of the major planets were in the night sky and I know what they look like. I'm familiar with many aircraft types. These objects moved unlike airplanes I've ever experienced and much faster. Nor were they moving like conventional satellites. I've tracked observed the ISS and the shuttle, even both at the same time on one of the very last shuttle missions. Also witnessed Starlink strings and rocket launches. I lived on the Gulf Coast of Florida and watched shuttle launches at night, traverse the sky. This sighting was very different than any of those things, much brighter and moved at apparent speeds well in excess of what I've witnessed with aviation, satellites, spacecraft, and meteors.
September 9, 2023 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
South Scottsdale AZ, AZ
We was just sitting outside and looked up and seen that and it happened 3 times different days but only cought it once on video
September 7, 2023 · 5:41 PM · SPHERE
Maricopa, AZ
A flying white/metallic orb seen flying south at a rapid rate passed over our home. Airline radar indicated no active flights in the area at the time. Unable to get a photo, the orb was extremely reflective once at a higher altitude and moved in strange ways until disappearing.
September 4, 2023 · 6:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Three points, AZ
I was in my driveway facing Southwest the sun was just about completely down and I noticed a very bright white light with a smaller orange light next to it coming towards me and it had no blinking lights on it like normal aircraft and coming from an odd Direction. As I continue to watch this come towards me another orange light presented itself and when it's just about overhead a third orange light now form a triangle and one large bright white light but now I can see clearly that it's not three orange lights it's more like three clusters of six Gray ovals with the orange light around them that form a very large triangle shape same exact color as the sky but I could tell it was one craft because the clouds behind it and it was very large and the white light was like a large orb but next to it the best way I can describe it and not until it was right over my head was there sound but it sounded like it was something very loud very far away but it was right over my head then it like changed Direction and went towards the South and they were still traveling side by side the rate they were traveling seemed so slow and steady for as large as the triangle was and they got about to the mountain range and the white orb flashed real bright and went to the left/East and then there was another flash of orange light and it went to the right/West at a very fast rate and they were gone. I have seen things in these Skies before but this was very very close and personal and after considering it I thought it really should be reported
August 31, 2023 · 4:55 AM · CIRCLE
Probable conventionalBuckeye, AZ
While recording in my front courtyard trying to see who's eating at my cats dish. I light goes across top of screen from left to right, Very odd and unusual [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Probable]
August 31, 2023 · 1:56 AM · SPHERE
Paulden, AZ
Moving as fast as a shooting star, three orange orbs flew half way across the sky toward the northern horizon. Right above the horizon they stopped, faded away and the took turns fading back and going INTO the hills while dimming blueish white. This happen six times as if there were more than three. This happen from 1:56 am to 2:02 am than a single Large orange orb double the size faded IN and went up to the right diagonally. I went inside to get someone to confirm I am seeing this and show them and tell them to wait. From 2:06 am to 2:20 am me and him observed one at a time fade in orange and bright than dim out blueish while moving horizontally to the right while fading away. It is still ongoing as I make the report.
August 30, 2023 · 8:07 PM · OTHER
Phoenix, AZ
The picture was taken by a friend of my brother's wife. The friend was taking a picture of the "blue moon" on or around August 30,2023. She did not notice the object when taking the picture, but noticed it later when checking out the picture of the full moon and flowers. My brother sent me the picture and I cropped it to see the object better. Honestly, I do not know what the object is. If it's a hoax, I'd like to know so I can pass it on to my brother. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Possible]
August 30, 2023 · 7:15 PM · CIGAR
Chandler, AZ
See photos. Zoom in above the moon. Also enclosed is a isolated caption.