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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 29, 2023 · 11:50 PM · SPHERE
Otter creek township, PA
No noise..large Bright orb in the west. Watched it then it vanished. It was like a light switch turning off, then reappeared in same place and slowly faded out.
September 27, 2023 · 8:45 AM · OTHER
cashtown/ortanna, PA
On 09/27/2023 between 830 am and 9 am myself and a friend were headed to work as usual and a tiny funnel looked like it was forming out of a cloud. I screamed at my friend thinking it was a tornado funnel. The next thing we witnessed was a giant shadow taking 5 steps and then disappearing. The shadow man in the sky looked like a giant human form. Both of us see the same thing.
September 19, 2023 · 10:37 PM · CIRCLE
Mercersburg, PA
Over the last nearly year, I have been seeing this orange orb popping out of thin air, always around the 10:30 to 10:37 pm Eastern Time Zone, approximately Northeast with a heading of approximately 064. It will vary in brightness, sometimes glowing very brightly, and remain stationary in the air. A few weeks ago, one of my coworkers decided to start flashing it with his phone flashlight, and after he did that it would start moving approximately Southeast at a slow pace like an airplane would. This has remained a constant trigger for the UAP among all times it has appeared. I have found no correlation as to what days or what triggers it’s appearance. But all coworkers on break that are outside and facing it’s direction have all seen it. 4 coworkers plus myself. Attached is a short video, zoomed in, looking at the orb as it remains stationary. The loud buzzer in the video is simply our bell signifying that our break has ended. IMG_0956 is an non zoomed picture. IMG_0959 is a screenshot of my Plane Finder app, showing that there are no known aircraft flying around the Greencastle, Waynesboro or edge of Gettysburg area. My estimation would be near Greencastle to Waynesboro area judging by the distance myself, but could be wrong.
September 14, 2023 · 5:00 AM · CHANGING
Mt. Lebanon, PA
The craft was literally lighting up consistently until reaching very bright whitish color and then fading to black or dark (no longer visible) but following where it’s trajectory was heading would reappear consistently lighting up more and more again to a very bright white, as if it were “powering up”. The craft repeated this four times and then completely disappeared. The speed that’s this thing was traveling had to be at least 5-10 times faster than any commercial aircraft I’ve seen in the night skies. If I wasn’t looking up at that exact time I never would have seen it. The whole experience was only 6-8 seconds and I’ve never seen anything like it before.
September 11, 2023 · 7:56 PM · FIREBALL
Norristown, PA
Was on my deck. Saw two orbs like fireballs moving slowly. As they went over a hole, I lost view and then noticed a third. I then sent the two reappear and noticed a black balloon or parachute type of object descending.
September 7, 2023 · 9:09 AM · UNKNOWN
Ford City, PA
Seen on film when reviewed, Not sure what it is exactly [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Possible]
September 7, 2023 · 5:45 AM · SPHERE
Chester Springs/Eagle, PA
These definitely were not aircraft of any kind. The two orbs simply drifted towards my home and went overhead as they continued on a southeastern path. Upon moving to the front yard to continue my observation, I saw that there were other UFOs which had apparently flown over my home before I noticed those coming from the northwest and back of my home.
September 6, 2023 · 5:28 AM · LIGHT
Glenside, PA
I went out on my back kitchen porch as my coffee was brewing to take a look at the moon and predawn sky... Looking up at the 1/2 moon and red star(Mars I assume) nearby I noticed a dot(light) moving in an East Southeast direction between the moon and the red star(Mars)... The direction of the object was unusual as it is not a regular flight path of commercial aviation from my regular observations... There were no blinking lights or other typical aircraft identification signals; no jet exhaust sounds; just a dot of light moving East Southeast... So I assumed it was very high in the sky or orbital... I watched the object, moving at a steady speed, for about 15 seconds when it seemed to stop, blink red, and disappear... The blink of red was followed, I think, by a momentary fade; a millisecond, to orange, before disappearing... I thought it might be an orbital rocket whose booster fired however there was no visible separation of the object into 2 parts or visual evidence there of... And after the object blinked red it just vanished... I checked online regarding rocket launches and there was one reportedly planned, by China, for a launch 3 hours prior to my sighting. Perhaps that is what I saw; the booster firing to lift the 2nd stage into higher orbit... I don't know if that is what I witnessed. but it was something so unusual that I thought I should report it...
September 4, 2023 · 10:00 PM · OVAL
Roulette, PA
Seemed to be up higher than planes
September 4, 2023 · 8:54 PM · CIRCLE
Camp Hill, PA
We observed one saucer-shaped object as you can see in the first photo. Then, it split (or the first object emitted a bunch of smaller objects) and the resulting objects took off in separate directions— straight up and straight down — (“reformed” post-split saucer up, small Vs / geometric line objects down - see second photo - zoom in to see detail - 4th photo is a zoom of one of these smaller objects), before the saucer shot due East across the Southern night sky, with incredible speed, while the smaller objects quickly disappeared. The saucer was chased immediately afterwards by what appeared to be a military drone, low and moving at high speed.
September 4, 2023 · 8:40 PM · SPHERE
Boswell, PA
Objects were a bright orange and a commercial airliner was above them to the west. Both were undefinable in shape but light of them was brilliant and they moved with speed and then hovered for minutes before changing direction East. A literal right angle turn. Most obvious thing was their brilliance and bright orange color .
September 4, 2023 · 12:23 AM · FORMATION
St.Thomas, PA
We were standing on our back porch watching in awe as dozens of tiny red and white flashing lights zoomed across the sky into triangle formations releasing what seemed to be smaller red blinking dots. The lights were moving at least 10,000 miles per hour disappearing and reappearing almost at random. We heard cows screaming at one point which is strange because we do not live near any cows. While admiring this sight they all suddenly disappeared and didn't show back up. Before that happened one of the lights moved at least 25,000 mph away from something almost as though it was fleeing. This object seemed to be larger and brighter than the other ones. I also felt a presence of being watched.
September 3, 2023 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventional7 miles north of Benton, PA
Long line of white lights going northeast to southwest and faded away [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
September 2, 2023 · 3:30 AM · DISK
Milesburg, PA
My sister and I were traveling alternate 220 north, Saturday morning September 2nd, 2023. We were near Bush Hollow road, and over on the right side of 220 we see a disc saucer that had a white glow or haze to it, lift up off the ground and in and angle motion it shot up in the northern direction. No lights were visible but the haze around it seemed to give us enough light to see it and it's detail. Duration of time seen was close to about less than a minute.
September 1, 2023 · 8:30 PM · EGG
Sunbury, PA
It went by fast and I lost it after a bit (almost as if it disappeared) but it was red and almost glowing or so it seemed. I only saw it for a bit and nothing seemed to happen. I just saw it, thought nothing of it, and went on with my day. I didn't even think about it being a ufo until a conversation with my mom about aliens made me think.
September 1, 2023 · 7:30 PM · CYLINDER
Drexel Hill, PA
Saw 3 objects first flying slowly in sky in a triangle shape then 2 more came same speed shape and very shiny. Then one was flying by itself [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
August 31, 2023 · 11:00 PM · CYLINDER
Ambridge, PA
It was just a line that was very high up it moved north to south over the sky. It wasn't a shooting star with a fast flash point and trail. It moved I don't want to say slowly but at an even pace. There were no lights or sound. It stayed the same color the whole time moved in a straight line. It wasn't a satellite, I know what those look like. There were numerous satellites in the sky around that time but this was a straight line not a dot like the satellites. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
August 30, 2023 · 8:30 PM · DIAMOND
Hamburg, PA
Was pointing out the constellations to my granddaughter when we noticed a craft come from behind the treeline. Thought it was a plane at first until it shot upwards leaving a small noctilucent trail positioning itself between Sagittarius and Scorpio. (NOTE..It wasn't Antares, that was already behind the treees from our LOS). I grabbed my phone to get a picture, but every time I tried to zoom in it moved. We all tried but weren't successful so we just watched. I grabbed my binoculars and that's when I noticed the diamond shape. It was spinning and giving off red, green, and white light. After about 10 minutes it faded out and was gone. This is the 5th time in 5 years that I've seen this type of craft.
August 20, 2023 · 10:01 PM · LIGHT
Washington, PA
Saw bright red light in night sky, sitting stationary with the light not blinking. It then began to slowly almost bounce around in the sky, move to the west and stop again. Here the light blinked a few times, but not like an aircraft. The light would completely disappear for 5 to 10 seconds and then return. It then rapidly moved out over the horizon. It returned 15 minutes later and repeated the same behavior as before. Now, on the 24th, it returned again. This time it appeared in the West and after floating about as before it moved in a winding pattern that took it directly over my house. I could see no details other than a bright light, and strangely it made no noise whatsoever. It was maybe 500 feet above my house and if it was a helicopter or airplane I would have clearly heard it. It moved slowly into the East and vanished in some clouds. I have been an active star gazer since I was 10 years old starting with a three inch refractor telescope. And, before this I have never seen anything I could not explain like this. I've seen many amazing things over the years. But until now I could explain them all
August 20, 2023 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Pittsburgh, PA
Looking west we saw a bright light. It moved slowly for about 15 seconds then went out. A few seconds later the light appeared again, but was traveling in a different direction. There was only one light seen at a time. It did this maybe three times and then it stopped completely. About a half an hour later but looking straight up and more northeast, it appeared again. It did the same routine as described from the first time. I’m on my deck watching planes, helicopters, tracking stars and satellites every night. This wasn’t any of that. It was also not a shooting star…I am very familiar with those.
August 17, 2023 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Roulette, PA
Was out side with dog, clear night. Looking up at stars and spot ufo and whatched for 20min went left without turning and then gone. No lights on it. The whole thing was illuminated
August 16, 2023 · 9:40 PM · SPHERE
Erwinna, PA
While sitting outside with after dinner coffee I clearly observed two luminous orbs, (one red and one blue), moving very slowly north approx. 250 ft. up just above the tree tops on the shoreline of the Delaware riven. Each object appeared to be the size of a large farm tractor rear drive wheels. The night was relatively clear and there was no haze in the sky. The night was also quiet and there was no road traffic at the time of my observation.The objects did not emit any sound nor was there any exhaust vapor trailing the objects. I did not have a phone/camera to snap a picture at the time.
August 16, 2023 · 2:20 AM · CIRCLE
State College, PA
I was looking out my bedroom window at the rear of our home. My original goal was to see if neighbors were still outside so I could let my dog out. The brightness of the object caught my eye. I grabbed my phone with the intent of enlarging the object but I decided to record three videos. In the video the object can be seen as what I say is either a jelly fish type motion or that of a beating heart, an in and out motion. This motion is not from myself or my camera the object was really moving this way. I lay down in bed after watching it for about 15-20 min. I got up about 1/2 hour after lying down, looked out the window again and the object was gone. Please forgive my language in the video. I guess you could say I was shocked. 40.79241° N, 77.83972° W Coordinates
August 12, 2023 · 10:05 PM · CIRCLE
Assateague Island, PA
I saw it first, and I didn’t say anything. Semi straight line, but not perfect. Yellow haze around the objects. There was 4 circular objects, flying from one star to another. It came from one star, past at least 8 stars, then disappeared behind another star. It lasted for about 5 minutes, but when my family saw it, it disappeared less than 30 seconds after. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]