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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.
6,210 entries
October 20, 2023 · 3:24 AM · TRIANGLE
Spokane Valley, WA
I was working night shift on break at work in the Spokane Valley when I looked up and was gazing at the stars. When I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye, I then honed in on a triangle shaped group of 3 lights that were very dim, no brighter than the background stars, that was definitely closer then the stars, moving rapidly while rotating slowly. No flashing lights or sound was emitted.
October 19, 2023 · 7:44 PM · LIGHT
Spokane, WA
At approx 19:44hrs I had stepped outside the storage facility I have storage at for some fresh air and not doing anything specific and flash! stutter...stutter...stutter...flash! fade to black, yet there's like this dark very dark blue-ish/brown coloured cloud barely barely visible IMO that its hiding and dancing around in, the flash deformed or morphed? into a spark! now & I can barely see the spark! now, flash! (like seeing fluffy broken cloud cover and this object is 'presenting' itself as, for whatever reason) is done and that spark! is now fading, fading fading as it 'flits!' here, 'flits!' there. Like a peek-a-boo! game, from up high. *Points upwards. Not too high an altitude, not typical high altitude trucking along craft(s) or objects IMO. Maybe 10,000 to 15,000ft. in altitude. Until not viewable from my line of sight looking to the S-SW at the storage facility... outta nowhere blamo! that odd cloud like formation (mostly coloured dark brown, dark blue against mostly black/dark sky) dwindled and faded away as well. Something was either up there and BIG maybe supporting those craft/spark! objects? In closing, for whatever its worth. The immediate (1st) and only impressions I took in on the cloudlike formation *see artistic representation here . The 'light' or craft direction of travel depicted in drawing would go clockwise. Meaning. At top of drawing follow 'light' object clockwise until it is barely visible on far, upper left of artistic representation... make sense?
October 18, 2023 · 7:25 PM · OTHER
Spokane, WA
Sitting, settling in for the evening at familiar spot (homeless status) and again, for whatever reason I whip my gaze upwards, high to observe a single 'spark!' coming from the N dir. on a trajectory heading mostly S-S.E. -dir- just rolling along up very high in the nitetime sky and as it continues on its path it disintegrates (crumbles apart) before my eyes. Craft #2 showed up approx 2-3mins later coming from the N -dir- again a single bright spark, high altitude trucking along and it veers to starboard (RT)) and does start to dissolve and then -blips!- itself into blackness. *I have witnessed this same maneuver prior and it is astonishing each time. Craft #3 showed up approx 2-3mins later coming from the N -dir- again a single bright spark! on the same trajectory to the S - S.E. and again vanished after a time flying above. *there IS a bit of confusion, on my part here as I had no battery on my mobile, in the field, yadayada -excuses- and the objects kept appearing and moving and and and... meaning? All 4 craft of this design (single bright spark!) disappeared in a different mode all four times on 10-18-2023 and I might not have #2 & #3 modus operandi exactly correct, RMK **in between craft #3 and now #4 flying above did appear and come from out of nowhere from the W/N.W. (my RT) to the E (my left) a white ish, silver w/red center and hints of red accents a streak! or a stretched out -flash!- lower in altitude and appearing just above eye level and gone. Craft #4 appeared, approx 2-3mins following as well as #3 was on its trajectory and the flash/streak was decaying, all in a very very rapid succession IMO. This single, bright spark! continued on very nearly the same trajectory as the 3 other sparks!, craft prior did yet, this craft did not budge, did not wiggle nor shimmer or did not present as preparing to blip! out or go cloaked, or portal or or or. It merely kept on E - S.E. until I could not see any sign of a spark up very high, traveling a great distance, to somewhere. **To close. Then maybe 5-10mins later as I sat in the dark rapidly assessing what just unfolded before moi did one single, softer, whiteish -a familiar- flash! of a spot of light did bloom and decay in front of my eyes. This would now be the 5th such kind of -flash!- event that I am privy to within the past 12mos or so. - fin
October 13, 2023 · 4:22 AM · SPHERE
Medical Lake, WA
Orange light towards the east. Floating and then moving towards the south out of site due to trees
October 13, 2023 · 2:15 AM · SPHERE
Everett, WA
I’m a nightshift worker who gets home around 2:00 AM each night except Sundays. My routine is to walk my dog before going to bed. On October 13, 2023 at 2:15 AM, I noticed three “orbs” overhead traveling in a “loose formation” meaning that they weren’t in the tight triangle formation that one would see jets fly in. These three “orbs” weren’t as bright as the background stars which they were flying by. The background stars in question would be the stars that make up the constellation of Orion the Hunter. These three “orbs” were moving rapidly, but certainly not as fast as meteors. They came from the NW (300 degrees) and flew towards the SE (117 degrees). What was particularly odd was the way that they flew…it was very “loose” as well. They didn’t fly in a direct line like jets or meteors for that matter. They flew in a manner that reminded me of downhill skiers as they ski back and forth (slalom skiing) as they go downhill. This odd way of flying, very “loose” formation and very “sloppy” flying with regard to linear movement (non-uniform linear motion) was what struck me the most as being unusual…moreso than their dimness and their silence. The sighting lasted about 5 or 6 seconds. It was brief, but longer than typical meteor streaks. I’ve seen bolides go high above crossing the sky in long straight lines that took 5-6 seconds to go across the sky, but they were always singular and of course, much brighter than these three dim orbs. Perhaps others in the surrounding neighborhoods North of Seattle might’ve seen these three “sloppy flyers” as well. I’ll upload two photos. The one photo with the red arrow denotes the line of travel past the constellation of Orion the Hunter. The buildings in the foreground are simply other townhouses here at this complex. The photo of the compass (screen grab) is showing the direction of 117 degrees SE in which these three orbs were going. They came from the opposite direction which would be 300 degrees NW.
October 12, 2023 · 7:55 PM · LIGHT
Mount Vernon, WA
1 Solid Orange light, 25-35k Ft. in the sky. Observed this 3 times total. Faded in, rapidly moved and zig-zagged, then faded to red until it was gone. Saw it happen two different times, all in different locations. On the final sighting, I think I could see the light was on a craft, I want to say it was grey, and in a pentagon/disk shape, but I am not 100% on that part. It moved far too fast to be a plane, or even a drone. It was not human technology. The light moved in such a way that is not possible with what we have created. Shortly after seeing this, a Navy plane that was flying VERY low, did a u-turn and went in the direction that I saw it in. I observed this on Flightradar24. I am absolutely a believer after witnessing this. It convinced me without a doubt, something is going on that we are not aware of, nor capable of producing.
October 12, 2023 · 6:44 PM · CYLINDER
Seattle, WA
On my way home on the Edmunds to Kingston ferry. I had seen a large part of orca on my way there, so I got out of my car with my phone ready to take photos. There were three lights in a triangular patent at a moderate altitude off the coast of SeaTac airport and Boeing Field. The brightest of the lights had a fluid movement in a vertical Position, the light was very bright. The objects at times seemed physical when they were at their brightest, and then more oblique as they dimmed. Spontaneously they disappear. I have timestamp on all my photos and it will show you that they were there one moment and then gone.
October 11, 2023 · 9:21 PM · CIRCLE
Bellingham, WA
The object may have been emitting a low humming motor noise, but it was hard to tell between the noise of freeway traffic. The object seemed to change shape into a disc then back into a fireball. It disappeared behind me as I turned and I couldn't see it any longer.
October 11, 2023 · 9:14 PM · CIRCLE
Ridgefield, WA
I pulled into the driveway after dropping my Grandson off at home. Exiting the car, I noticed an unusual purple light through a hole in the clouds. My first thought was to get my wife and have her look, but then I decided a picture first might be a better idea. After I took the picture, I went in to get her; it was gone before she could look. The color seems to be lit from the inside or from behind. By the time I could get my phone out, the clouds had covered a substantial area that was previously exposed through the hole in the clouds. I don't think it was a light from the ground because the clouds would reflect it. the lighted object seemed to be in the cloud. I thought it was interesting and unusual enough to submit it.
October 10, 2023 · 2:52 AM · SPHERE
Port Orchard, WA
I was driving to work at 2:52 AM when I noticed a bright green orb floating in the air. My dash cam also picked up the footage.
October 9, 2023 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedBainbridge Island, WA
When i thought to it 'zig zag' it would immediately do the 'z' shape. When i thought 'up and down' and 'side to side' it did so. Then i had my girlfriend come back over and said the same commands out loud and she saw it react as i specified although it was less dramatic as when i was just thinking. I ruled out astigmatism because no other stars seemed to move. The object looked exactly like the other brighter stars in the sky. The movements were very fasy, split seconds, but i had no way of telling how big or how far or what the object was. After 20 minutes i had to go somewhere so i left hoping it would be there when i got back but it wasn't. I had thought to it as i left 'Dont get shot down just playing with me!' Then i listened to 'Comfortably Numb'. Range of movement: 1 inch if you hold fingers out towards sky. I was in a front yard about a block from western bluff of island near town of Winslow and the ferry dock. I was looking west in direction of water and ferry route. The entire object was light, indistinguishable from other bright stars in sky. I would like to be contacted by an investigator only if there were other similar reports. Witness later reported this had been identified as a drone. [NUFORC annotation: Drone - Certain]
October 8, 2023 · 7:15 PM · SPHERE
Ridgefield (fairgrounds area), WA
I live in a rural area where I have lived for over 38 yrs. A territorial view home, an unincumbered view from south to North as well as everything between. This night in question at the time presented above I was outside taking my little dog for his outside tinky-winky before to bed him. I do this to just monitor him from predators (coyotes) and such. With my view I always look to the sky because I can see all the traffic coming and going from PDX. Depending on the weather the flight paths that deferrer from how they take off and land in conjunction to the weather patterns here. I know all the flight paths from planes coming and going depending on offshore flow and of course the Columbia gorge. This particular incident night was calm with high clouds. When I was outside I was immediately drawn to a commercial flight, flying due north bypassing Pdx with all navigation lights visible .Descending at from 25k-30,00 ft. Most likely on a decent to land at SeaTac. When I first noticed the plane, I also noticed this orb flying ahead in parallel, mile or two apart with the orb at an elevation 10k above the commercial flight. The commercial flight by passed the orb. Flying in total parallel, but at different elevations. I brought my witness to see this as we watched the commercial flight overtake and pass this orb at different speeds as the orb at 400- 450 mph and the commercial flight at 550-600 There is no way the pilots could not see what I witnessed. Check flight logs and whatever you do, this is legit!
October 3, 2023 · 8:55 PM · TRIANGLE
Port Orchard, WA
Saw a triangle craft, with lights at each corner, could have been military. Warning, ufo's are radioactive and can give a person cancer, accept if they are air sightings. If you were to see one up close could be harmful to health.
October 2, 2023 · 10:21 PM · EGG
No city on highway, WA
I was driving the 109 and as soon as I crossed over the Humptullips River I was hit with a light that lit up the inside of my car. I looked to my left and saw what appeared to be a flying egg. The egg would appear on my left side and right side matching my speed of 60mph. In intervals of ??? Maybe every 2 seconds the egg would pulse out a bright white light that would light up the highway. When the egg was behind the trees the light wasn't as bad. The egg followed me for approximately 4.2 miles. I pulled over as it was annoying the hell out of me. I watched it behind the treetops and other travelers noticing it started to pull over too. At this point it dawned on me to grab my camera out and document the situation. I took a 30 second video which I will upload. The craft made no noise, no jet engine, helicopter blade or propeller.
October 1, 2023 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Vancouver, WA
On October 1st, 2023, my partner and I arrived home at approximately 7:30pm. Upon exiting the car, I looked south from our street in the Lincoln neighborhood of West Vancouver, Washington which provides a view of downtown Portland, specifically the I-405 (aka Fremont) bridge and the Bancorp tower area. I noticed two orbs of light oddly lined up and stationary. They seemed to be somewhat flickering between white/warm white and red. I thought it was odd and pointed it out to my partner. We unloaded the car then looked closer since they were still there. I took a short video and a photo then proceeded inside to make dinner. I had all but forgotten about the orbs of light while in the kitchen for an hour, I then went into the living room which has a window that faces south. I look and am surprised to see a third light orb has appeared, lined up with the original two, this is at 8:30pm. They were all still stationery and flashing between white and red, out of sync with one another. We observe them for about 10 minutes while trying to explain what they could be, we were observing domestic flights flying lower than the orbs. We started watching a movie, occasionally pausing, and getting up to look out the window, they were still there for another 30 minutes, then began seeming to disappear and reappear suddenly. It was a clear night and often only one of the three would disappear. Eventually around 10:30pm they all disappeared and did not reappear from our perspective. I posted photos to the neighborhood app Nextdoor and someone replied with a video much clearer than the ones I got of the same three orbs in the sky, the male and female heard in the video were also confused as to what they could be. Background on us: My partner (29yo M) has a bachelor’s degree in software engineering, and I (29yo F) have a bachelor’s degree and am currently in medical school. I do not know the background of the male and female who replied with a video of the 3 light orbs to my Nextdoor post.
September 30, 2023 · 10:02 PM · LIGHT
Spokane, WA
Another chilly nite last nite and at approx 22:00hrs looking to the SE bogey! and softer bright! single spark. In a typical darker yellow colour and at a high altitude. Say above 15,000ft. Waited for usual FAA indicator lights...nada. Not even an obvious 'light' source. Strobe or no. Heading mostly E and after getting zero indication of it being commercial or known military it had my rapt attention. Typical sighting for being in LA IMO. The UAP I mean. This kind of craft is so that common place in the skies above Los Angeles that I wasn't even going to report it here. However, that's LA this is not. I watched up until it did something that again, I've observed many times prior & I'm happy to have seen again. This particular kind of object or craft has demonstrated a peculiarity right before it vanishes, a trait now seen in two different states. It performs this 'flit flit...errrrrrr, flit!' action/activity immediately before it vanishes right before your eyes. If you didn't know to look for it. IMO? You'd not ever see it... -end
September 29, 2023 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Kent, WA
I live near aviation traffic, but I love that because I have been an aviation fan since I was a kid. I mention this because even though I live under the approach/departure patterns for both KBFI and KSEA and love plane spotting, but what I saw were absolutely not planes. At first I thought they were, because they were flying together and I thought that was a bit odd, but could be two Blue Angels or other fighters doing something, but it soon became apparent they weren't that either. There was absolutely no sound. It is absolutely impossible for those two fireballs to be aircraft. The color of what would have been landing lights were more orange/amber than an aircraft and as they got closer, the "aura" around them was just odd. Another characteristic was that as the flew from past me from north (or perhaps northeast, I can't remember exactly) they started dipping and diving like they were playing with each other and seemed to undulate crossing each other kind of like a double helix pattern, but then got closer and closer to each other in little small skips or bumps, but smoothly. All this happened within just a couple of minutes, half of which was spent trying to to process what I was seeing and the other half in amazement, leaving no time for a photo, so I know the attached photo is horrible because my phone lens was dirty, it was night and I was a bit nervous and trembling, but this was what I captured before the two flew off to the south. I'm also attaching a phot of the background after they left and I was more stable. Lens was still dirty though.
September 28, 2023 · 4:23 AM · FLASH
Spokane, WA
Bogey! At approx 04:23hrs looking up at the cloudy early morning sky from behind Starbucks spot prior, mostly S - SW at a really bright appearing star or planet or other?¿ at a very very high altitude *checked with saved Earth Sky emails and not a thing jived for bright objects in the early morning sky in that direction, no known planets or stars mentioned. Will attempt of course to decipher at a later point in time. And huh, as I sat there and the broken, rolling cloud cover doing its thing and just below the bright object in the early morning sky, at a very very high altitude there all of a sudden! appeared a faint 'flit! flit! flit!' of a spark practically asking, "do you see moi?" and then of course cloud cover made it go bye bye. Wow! Ok...then from somewhere up high to my left dir. was in a mostly E heading a very familiar, distinct -flash!- not too far behind me to my left, and it was bright! Now! I whip my head around to the left not really knowing just what to expect next. Some more familiar flashes in a row? No. This early morning it was one softer, fuzzy almost and really bright -flash!- and finished.
September 23, 2023 · 10:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Seattle, WA
What appeared to be a decently low flying commercial airplane did not move *at all* for several minutes, and then suddenly vanished from that spot in the sky. It was a completely clear sky. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
September 22, 2023 · 5:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Mukilteo, WA
I was inside the Mukilteo ferry terminal when I saw a dark object moving North over South Whidbey Island. That is about 3.5 miles from where I was. It was probably 500 to 800 ft above the Island. After watching it for a few seconds I could see that it was not an airplane. There were no wings or tail and it appeared to be tumbling as it moved forward. I alerted a young lady that was there and she snapped these shots. At that point it had made an arcing turn to NE and was about over Hat Island when took them. Unfortunately when you zoom in they get blurry. It then continued in the direction of the Tulalip reservation and disappeared. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
September 18, 2023 · 9:38 PM · TEARDROP
Yakima, WA
I was driving eastbound on I-82 coming up the Umtanum mountains. It was 9:38pm. My 12 year old daughter was in the front seat not looking up. I frequently drive this route with her. A bright flash of light occurred in the distance behind the mountain and then a very bright white light began rising from behind the mountain [position through my windshield was at 11 o'clock to my left and started at about 45 degrees and rose to about 60 degrees]. The initial bright flash was so bright, it backlit the entire hill/mountain it occurred behind. In fact, I had thought at the time, was I seeing an explosion? {but there was no sound or blast waves}, was I seeing a flare? {but the object was very briefly illuminated, no longer than 5 seconds... so... lousy flare, maybe...}, was it lightning? {but the skies were totally clear}. ((( for example: imagine a large flash of lightning very momentarily illuminating the sky, but with zero sound, and nearly 1 second after, a bright white light object rising from it, hovering for 5 seconds while lit ))) Similarly, when someone walks upon you with a bright flashlight, I couldn't make out the shape of the object until 5 seconds after the initial flash - that is when the white light went out. Then I could very distantly see the vague shape of the object that had been this rising light. It was either shaped like a tear drop or shaped like a cigar - from that distance and that angle, that is what it looked like. Then it appeared to move away backwards and upward. At that time I continued in shock with my daughter (she never saw the initial flash or hovering light because she was looking down at the time). Then my daughter points in the same direction and says "what, what is THAT?" At that time, an object appeared to be nearing, with 3 steady non-flashing red lights affixed to different points on the craft. This craft was extremely close to the freeway and was operating parallel to I-82. It was so close above us... no more than 75 feet up. It was about 15-20 feet across. 3 red lights. No sound {I rolled down the window expecting to hear helicopter blades whirring or an engine sound of some type, but no, it was totally silent}. I vaguely felt like the object might be a helicopter, and as it passed very close above our heads, to me, it looked like it was shaped like a teardrop or a cigar. It was dimly lit by the steady red lights. My daughter got a better look. I was careful not to prompt her, and she drew the shape of the object with her finger describing it, similar to what I had thought I'd seen. As we passed by this large object, there was no way to turn around or to observe it. I was going 70mph and that road is scary, dark, twisted, and unforgiving. I noted we were very close to Burbank Creek bridge near mile post 17. Whatever this thing was, it was too close to the freeway to be considered a safe flying distance {pretty sure the FAA would've not allowed that}. It is important to note that the Army range is very close to that area, as well as some alleged NSA listening operations. However, if that was a military exercise, that was extremely dangerous doing that on a random Monday night so incredibly close to the freeway. The light was blinding and the whole event was shocking and distracting, and we could've been hurt by driving down that treacherous stretch of freeway while simultaneously being distracted. Interestingly enough, when I was about my daughter's age {also a pre-teen}, my own mother and I were out for a walk in Seattle and we also encountered a low flying silent craft. She and I also lost a little bit of time on that walk {my dad noticed it took longer than usual to get home from our walk though she and I didn't stop walking our normal pace, except to stop and look at the craft "briefly"}. That being said, I find it interesting this Umtanum ridge sighting was also only with my pre-teen daughter. Something about mothers and daughters, maybe?
September 18, 2023 · 8:23 PM · SPHERE
Bow, WA
Was leaving our shop and noticed a single bright orb like light hovering above. The light appeared to be white in color but again it was very bright. Seemed to have no sound. It was up pretty high but not star distance, it was heading east moving down slowly then fast some what frantically and slowed down again dropping out of sight behind my home. I ran to the other side to find it and it was gone.
September 16, 2023 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Spokane, WA
Bedding down for the night (currently homeless) and got laid down on my back looking up at the stars from my not comfortable sleeping position and bogey!, from the W - N.W. did fly one single BIGGER, brighter, fuzzy (kinda) spark. It trucked along as they typically do. It was such an obvious UAP (to me) that I did emote (mental telepathy) out loud!, to any/all parking lot users within mindshot to, "look up! There's one!" It continued on to the E - S.E. until out of my viewable sight. -end
September 15, 2023 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
Fife, WA
was out smoking and witnessed a line of object rising into the sky looked like an ir flare however it was not falling it was rising