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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 15, 2023 · 9:05 PM · UNKNOWN
Orlando, FL
It was 9 pm I was with the dog outside in the patio at one point the dog stood still looking up and it was oh where I looked up and saw 3 silent gray deltoid figures and left in a flash of light disintegrating
October 15, 2023 · 9:01 PM · TRIANGLE
Arvada, CO
Saw a black triangle shaped object that flew from north to south right overhead , three dim lights , no sound and moved fast.Just saw it for maybe 4 seconds, A minute or so after saw what appeared to be some type of "sparkle light" west of where the black triangle flew by.
October 15, 2023 · 8:46 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedWaxhaw, NC
Camera alerted to activity in the driveway. It appears to be a beam of some kind from the sky starting in the top left frame. You can see the beam hit through the two trees in the lawn, but terminates into an orb instead of hitting the ground. The orb periodically splits into two and reforms into one again. If you look closely there is a black line in the orbs when they split and reform, the line alternates from one side to the other. Once the orbs reform into one orb the line is gone. The beam also hits the siding of the house at the top of the frame at the end creating another orb reflection perhaps. It is not acting like a laser or other source of light beam. It never reflects off of the ground. We suspected it was the vehicle reflection that later passes, but it doesn't make any sense as it would be impossible to hit the top of the trees and leaves straight down from the sky. Also it wouldn't be moving all over the place like it is. Activity starts 20 seconds in. Spiderweb [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Certain]
October 15, 2023 · 7:23 AM · SPHERE
Ione, CA
On 10/15/2023 at approximately 0723 Hours I noticed the light by chance as I merged from buena vista road in Ione, Ca onto highway 88 going east towards Jackson, Ca . The sun was bright and there was some condensation trails in the sky . As I admired the sky for a brief moment I noticed a small star like light that was light green or blue, possibly both . I noticed the odd star like object was bouncing and at first I thought it was a drone but realized it was not because the aerodynamics of the object was wrong and the altitude of the object was rather high in the clouds . It bounced and reversed up and down and then left and right he and would come to a sudden stop . The object then shot up into a condensation cloud left by an aircraft in the sky that was already dispersing . I attempted to video the object but only caught slight glimpses of it that are hard to differentiate on film . The object seemed to be flying/hovering over Jackson,ca or it could have been further east in the foothills as it was hard to judge distance . The sighting only lasted a few moments and then it was gone . I saw no trace of the object the rest of my ride home . For being very bright already outside I ruled out stars and the movement of the object and altitude rules out drones.
October 15, 2023 · 5:51 AM · CIRCLE
Probable conventionalHollywood, Los Angeles, CA
It appeared as if it was moving up and down a little bit to the side but it definitely look like it was spinning rotating and the lights were yellow and red coming off of it. You can kind of see an aura. My video shows it really quite clear but you have to zoom in with my phone while you’re playing video, it appears to change shape or the light patter and then would just hover and stay still then appear spinning.. i took pictures but, the pictures appear that it’s at a 45° angle and you can see the light shooting off of it as a beam like a 45° beam but when you zoom in in the video it looks completely different than a picture.the pictures appear that it’s at a 45° angle and you can see the light shooting off of it as a beam like a 45° beam but when you zoom in in the video it looks completely different than the picture. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
October 15, 2023 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Idaho falls, ID
We took a photo with a camera, but it looks fuzzy when zoomed in, so it’s par for any odd event for photography [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
October 14, 2023 · 10:30 PM · CHANGING
Kearney, MO
Wife and I have observed numerous unusual lights in the last 6 months. We see airplanes/helicopters daily due to small airport close by and KCI being not too far. But in the last several weeks we have seen 3 or 4 separate ufos. The first was about 2 or 3 weeks before the latest last week. The first was a bobbing light that would skip ahead suddenly then return to bobbing across the sky. We observed it for several minutes before it disappeared behind the roof. Seemed several 1000ft in the air.. Tried to take photos. But all 3 turned out as streaks on the camera phone… Then last week I noticed an object moving fast about 2-300 ft off the ground going over our house.. Took me a minute to realize what I was seeing and pointed it out to my wife. It seemed to be an object or objects in a cloud of mist. It almost seemed to be changing shape or the mist was distorting the shape. No sound at all. We sit on our back deck to smoke and are avid sky watchers. We have seen skylink and other satellites on several occasions. But what we have seen lately is beyond our experience.
October 14, 2023 · 10:00 PM · CHEVRON
Richardson, TX
It was very large, much larger than commercial planes flying overhead. It came from the north and was flying south east. It was a chevron shape, almost translucent in that it matched the night sky. There were “lights” that looked almost like small luminescent reflectors than actual lights, about 20-30 that were in the shape of the craft. It had a haze around it that helped make out the shape. It was flying quicker than the commercial craft. Absolutely silent. Flew straight and then in a weird sideways pattern before continuing on its original path. It did not appear to be any sort of plane or small military craft that is publicly known. It returned about 15 min later, following the same path. Without the haze and glowing quality (they almost looked like the appearance of distant stars except they were all moving together in formation) we would have not seen the object.
October 14, 2023 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedMt. Pleasant, IA
Driving home and saw what appeared to be a light in the sky. The light separated into 4 smaller light that made a square, then they went back to one. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
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 · 8:25 PM · UNKNOWN
TAYLOR, MI
Opened back door and saw 2 lights in sky. Oblong in shape and were not stars or planets! First object was to the north-east and second object was to the east. Looked away and they where both still there. There was no clouds in immediate area either. This happened approx. 8:25 EST pm. 10-14-2023. last one I saw was reported to police department 5 years ago. Today 10-15-2023 I read that ufos were sighted in Texas approx. same time. This is too odd.
October 14, 2023 · 8:15 PM · RECTANGLE
Tewksbury, MA
While driving home from Maine and heading to NY state 6 or more rectangular bright white lights where noted in the sky starting in Lawrence Mass and until Tewskbury Mass. These objects rotated in a circular manner and moved in the sky at lightening speed to the front of the vehicle and side of the vehicle at one point all the objects jetted into 1 combined white light image with a rainbow feature they moved faster than any object we had ever seen. We did not dare to pull over on the side of the road instead we pulled into the Gas station off the Tweksbury exit near the cracker barrel and I took a video of one of the lights which appeared smaller in size and almost appears Iike a small orb significantly smaller than the ones in the sky . When you look up into the object it appeared to be bright white with a blue sky interior and mind you it was dark outside. When leaving the gas station to get on the ramp to get back on the highway 5 to 6 of the objects appeared in the sky so close . We have no idea what these objects were .
October 14, 2023 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalOswego, IL
At first I thought the object was some spotlights from either the high school stadium or a Halloween decoration, but as I drove home I never seemed to get closer or further from the object. It seemed to follow me until I entered my subdivision and then it just vanished. The lights seemed to move in an elliptical path that was at least a mile long and all converged in a center. It was mostly obscured by clouds so I couldn’t get many details [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Probable]
October 14, 2023 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Indianapolis, IN
The black orbs would space out and then come back together. While flying through the sky. I have never seen anything like this in my life!
October 14, 2023 · 2:30 PM · OVAL
Spring Hill, FL
I live in Florida seen many SpaceX launches and can debunk many, many sightings. At approximately 2:30pm on Saturday, October 14th I had my telescope setup in my driveway nothing special. It has an adapter to where I can hook my cellphone up to save my eyes. Now I have photos before and after I see these two objects. The video didn’t show them in the beginning because I’m thinking maybe it’s dust or dots but I was filming this live on TikTok when the appeared you can hear me ask what they are when they appear.. not sure if you have an answer…
October 14, 2023 · 12:00 PM · CUBE
IdentifiedPflugerville, TX
Was out viewing the solar eclipse on October 14th 2023 and took many photos with my Phone (Google Pixel 6 Pro). I was going to post them online and noticed a couple had an anomaly in them. I couldn't determine a sun spot on the lens, as the image seemed to be very defined after zooming in on the image. My mother-in-law was with me while I was taking the photos. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Certain]
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 14, 2023 · 6:05 AM · SPHERE
Saint Cloud, MN
I could see this object clearly in the sunrise- it seemed extremely close with an orb possibly around the light that seems to be circular in shape but not fixed. As I watched it in the sky- clouds would pass by and the object would almost disappear into a poof of smoke as it passed the cloud. Once the cloud would pass- it would go back to being the bright object in the sky! You could still see the floating mass when it seemed to camouflage itself as a cloud. Finally- right before the sun was going to come up- I went outside to see if the objects were still there. They seems to be even brighter! I began to film the brightest of the 3. As I was filming- the object got extremely large - probably 5 times the size with more detail on how the Object looked. A second later- the object went back to its original size. The shape shifting of the object took 2 seconds total to do this! I have been filming this object consistently for a month or so and it stays visible like an orb floating in the sky. It starts to rise at this point and fades out into the distance as it gets further away. I have lived in Saint Cloud all my life and recently started to see objects moving in the sky that didn’t seem like planes or any of our technology. I am usually pretty skeptical of “ufos or aliens” and I tend to go with the simplest most logical explanation. I’ve never reported alien sighting and I never really believed in aliens until these objects started appearing in the sky. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
October 14, 2023 · 5:48 AM · UNKNOWN
Murphysboro, IL
My brother and I were leaving St. Joseph's Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro, IL around 5:40am, and on the way home, I noticed something strange in the sky. At first, I thought it was a weird bright star that I hadn't noticed before. Shortly after discovering it, I realized it was moving. I then told my brother to look up at the sky, and as soon as I did, it was much closer as well as brighter. It then shifted to my side of the vehicle, and I decided to pull over to take pictures in amazement. I started to feel very nauseous, which isn't an uncommon symptom I experience, however this was also met with an uneasy "start driving away" feeling. So, I did exactly that. I got back off the side of the road, and I continued to drive home. As we watched this object move in an oddly quiet, quick, and peculiar motion, I grew more nervous then drove to a gas station. On the way there, it shifted to my side of the vehicle, and almost had what looked like rays of light beam off it. I began to panic and stopped at a gas station called Moto Mart in Carterville, IL, and convinced the attendant to step outside. I'm not certain if everything she saw, but I did ask her to step outside to view the object. When she did, the object was high in the atmosphere, which made it difficult to see. She did say that she stepped back outside after we left and the object was still there. Yet, we were followed until we reached two roads from our house, then it completely vanished. During the entire time we noticed the object in a still form, and rarely with flashing lights. Majority of the time the lights were a solid color. We believe there were actually as many as four objects all together. We noticed several different shapes through the course of the interaction, as well as different colors. I first noticed a tic tac shape which is partially what drew me to the "star", then we noticed a formation which looked like several different crafts, then we noticed a straight line, then an almost boomerang shape, and we noticed a triangle with a straight line through the middle. We were able to see this with a naked eye, even during the daylight.
October 14, 2023 · 4:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Austin, TX
Mid-October (exact date forgotten) At around 4:00 AM I was running laps on the fourth floor of the parking garage at Park University in Austin, Texas, located on Morado Cir. This part of Austin has very dense old-growth tree cover, and is hilly, so being on top of the garage gives a very clear view of the sky that you wouldn't otherwise get on the ground. Some time around 4:00 AM I noticed a bright golden light in the sky, to the northwest. It looked similar to the lights that you see on large commercial aircraft, i.e. Boeing 747 or larger. I initially paid it no mind. But after 5 minutes had passed, I stopped to look at it. Almost as soon as I began taking a closer look, the light began to move to the east, and it also came closer toward me. It was moving unusually slow, and several times, it quickly stopped and remained in place, or even descended vertically, for several seconds. As it got within about 300 feet of me, at an altitude of maybe 400 feet, I saw what seemed to be a long, thick, vertical "cylinder", seemingly in front of the light. The cylinder seemed to be about 30 feet long, but I have no training to discern an object's size at that distance. The cylinder was shadowy and difficult to see or describe. I think it had horizontal protuberances, similar to a dilole antenna. Whatever it was, I'm confident this was not a conventional aircraft. I also don't believe it was a drone. There was no wind that day and it was very quiet. I heard no noise. I stood there perplexed as I watched this strange combination of a brilliant golden light and an obscure vertical cylinder drifting over my neighborhood. It passed between the parking garage and nearby Village Oaks apartments. This was definitely unsettling to watch. The way the object could stop suddenly, descend suddenly, and just as quickly continue drifting didn't seem like anything a normal aircraft could do. And there was absolutely no sound even after it got ahead of me, as I would expect from a jet aircraft. Several days before this, perhaps a quarter of a mile from the parking garage, I saw strange moving lights in a heavily wooded valley, along with unusual helicopter activity farther away. This was around 12:00 AM. As far as I am aware there were no search and rescue operations, manhunts or chases going on around that time. There is not a significant homeless population in this part of Austin and there's very little crime, so I don't think this was a coincidental homeless encampment or fleeing suspect. Whatever it was, it was uncanny. The lights were small, golden-orange, and spaced about 20 feet away from eachother and seemed to drift around but never got close enough for me to identify them.
October 14, 2023 · 2:00 AM · CYLINDER
Newcomb, NY
Middle of the woods lit up like a football stadium was a dome with lights attached or what looked like people or the dome thing coming at us we went up road qtr of a mile turned around and it was gone .
October 14, 2023 · 1:59 AM · UNKNOWN
New Brighton, PA
it might just be an anomaly from my camera's lens but I've never seen anything like this on my trail cam for the 20 yrs I've had it If it's anything contact me [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Possible]
October 13, 2023 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalColumbia, TN
Wasn't enough room for my video but sent it to engimalabs and I have a full video 5-6 min long. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Probable]
October 13, 2023 · 8:45 PM · OVAL
Greenville, TX
Falcon 9 SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Possible]