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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
November 29, 2019 · 8:40 PM · CIGAR
Wilmington, NC
7-8 elongated objects flying in straight line North to South along coast of North Carolina. Mid-level clouds above the objects.
November 28, 2019 · 10:00 PM · DISK
Sims, NC
Taking pictures of the sky because the starts looked cool and caught a couple red and green colored dots formed in a line against the tree line in the pictures. It is seen in two pictures where it is in a different placement in each like it was moving.
November 26, 2019 · 10:15 PM · CIRCLE
Mount Holly, NC
At about 22:15 my wife and I pulled up into our driveway in Mount Holly, North Carolina and was going into the house when we noticed a large orange light flying across the sky above the trees at a fair rate of speed. It was very bright and it appeared lower and closer than the typical plane traffic we see from the airport. It was also flying in a different direction (East) than planes we normally see. I was so fascinated that I almost forgot to take a photo, but was able to get a quick photo with my phone before it went out of sight, but unfortunately it was quite a distance away. The interesting thing was there was no noise at all, totally quiet. It appeared as a circle to us, but we zoomed in on the photo it appeared to be a rectangle with four sides visible. There was light cloud cover and it almost looked like a typical moon in a light cloudy sky. There were no flashing lights and it appeared to be juste one single light.
November 26, 2019 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Hampstead, NC
While on a cruise off of Italy on the above time and date my friend and I observed a very bright oval shape, strange orange color light above the water between are ship and Italy. We stared at it for a few seconds, and then in a split second the oval shape changed to a straight light as it shot up into the sky. We both said if we did not see it we wouldn't believe it! We did not see any solid object in this incident.
November 25, 2019 · 3:30 PM · CIRCLE
Wilkesboro, NC
Circle looking silver object was hovering in the sky as I was driving past chick fil a towards Boone on 421 I thought I was crazy and even sprayed my windshield and wipers but it was still there. Weather was great and no clouds absolutely no way it was aircraft because it was there then it was gone so fast and not moving in the sky
November 25, 2019 · 3:28 AM · FORMATION
New Bern, NC
Witness and I observed 4 lights moving across sky at a high rate of speed. The lights were in a “V” formation with three lights on the left and one on the right. The objects(s) were flying from the west and continued to fly to the south. We observed the lights for 15 seconds, then the lights made a slight turn, now facing WSW and then vanished. No engine noise, delay of rotor blades, or noise of any kind was made.
November 24, 2019 · 6:07 PM · LIGHT
Raleigh, NC
sitting at red light, looked up and saw 5-6 lights in diagonal formation, looked down to grab my phone, looked up and they were all gone one was moving into the diagonal formation before disappearing
November 24, 2019 · 8:45 AM · LIGHT
Durham, NC
Bright yellow-ish light low and much closer than the stars moved quickly in all directions. Went straight up fast when a plane flew by. Plan was much higher. Light stayed in the same area for the 15 minutes that I watched. It continually moved in small increments in different directions.
November 20, 2019 · 8:31 PM · FORMATION
Sneads Ferry, NC
I was walking my dog in the dark about 8:30 pm, on a moonless night out by our association's docks and was on the grass in a dark area by the bulkhead. I happend to look up and saw 6 very large flat moon-looking lights. Four of the lighted panels were perfectly alighned next to each other and the other two panels were at an angle to my right and slightly above the others. Transfixed, I continued to observe. Suddenly the two angled lights faded and flew off toward the beach soundlessly and extremely fast. I should note here that as they flew away, they turned slightly and I noted that the two panels were connected by long boxy arms to a rectangular shaped ?. As that was happening, the lights in the middle faded out and I could no longer make out any objects. The third set of two panels, faded out as they turned and went over Camp Lejeune/Air Station. I will note here that I heard no sounds and the base that normally is flying heliocopters over us and the water was also silent. I (and my very patient dog) waited for some minutes as I felt that the middle lights were still there though unseen. Suddenly the middle vehicles panels came back on and the other sets of lights returned from the left and the right, lined up perfectly with the middle set, all panels lit. Still no sounds heard. Suddenly, they appeared to turn toward the ocean, and were gone in a flash. The word hypersonic came to my mind. As I walked back to my townhouse, I noted the sound of rotors of one helicopter over on the base. No other sounds.
November 20, 2019 · 6:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Candor, NC
As I was driving through town I noticed 3 red lights in a perfect triangle position there was one in front and two on the back I thought they were helicopters at first but then I saw it didn’t break formation so I started to pay close attention and as I did I noticed it was a big triangle shaped aircraft I could tell because the aircraft was that much darker then the actual sky I followed it for about a mile until it began to increase speed and kept going east towards the Carolina beach
November 20, 2019 · 11:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Jacksonville, NC
Loud Humming noise. Unbearable Humming noise lasting 2 to 4 hours everyday for the last several months. It is so loud I am unable to sleep. My boyfriend can hear it as well. I reported it to the power company, thinking it may be a transporter. It has gotten so loud that I am going to have to move. It is a vibration as well. I bought some ear plugs , but it only provides small amount of relief. My boyfriend has put sound proofing on the walls but to no avail.
November 17, 2019 · 8:45 PM · CIRCLE
Swannanoa, NC
I was driving to my house in my car down a country road and noticed 2 crafts with red and yellow lights flying in a meandering fashion up in the sky. When I arrived at my house, I had my spouse come outside to look. At this point there were three of them and they were higher in the sky. Two of them disappeared, and then a second later reappeared at a different spot in the sky. It seemed impossible for them to have traversed that distance at the speed they were going. They eventually drifted out of sight.
November 15, 2019 · 7:19 PM · CIRCLE
Waxhaw, NC
Driving down a county road at night I saw a flash of bright light go across the sky so fast and there seemed that there was something chasing it. I told my daughter to film it since I was driving. It danced back and forth in the sky and would turn from white to red. I took pictures and filmed it. All I can say it was for sure no plane.
November 14, 2019 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Jackson Springs, NC
On Thursday November 14th 2019 I witnessed in the north-west quarter of the sky one single craft. It was moving very slowly toward the south-west quarter of the sky. It was around 11:00P.M. eastern time. There were no flashing lights, only one single light that was not very bright. The craft was very high up in the sky and I could not make out any shape. The single dim light stopped in the sky at about due west. The light then seemed to turn bright as if it turned toward my position. It seemed to turn several times going from dim to bright while holding the same position in the sky. I did not have anything to take pictures or video. I was in my backyard at the time and wanted to see what happened if I moved. When I moved it seemed the light turned toward me and became very bright. Then it sped of toward the south – west quarter of the sky and was out of sight in the snap of a finger. I have never witnessed anything that flew that fast in my life. We do live in the fly Zone of a military base, but this was no military aircraft. This was extremely fast and made no sound. The entire event only lasted about 2 minutes. When it left it was out of sight in 2 seconds.
November 13, 2019 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Tarboro, NC
Started feeling rumbling around 11 at night . Went out side and almost barely didn't see the dark ufo flying but caught a good glimpse. No lights or no noise just rumbling .
November 12, 2019 · 5:20 PM · CYLINDER
Greenville, NC
Two weeks ago, on a Tuesday, just after dark, I was nearing home in my PU. As I began to slow to turn into the driveway, an object crossed the road perpendicular to me, about 25 yards distant, traveling at least 100 MPH. It was light tan, cylindrical in shape, about 2’ long, 6”s in diameter, and had no visible appendages. It moved parallel to the ground, about 2’ above the pavement. It traveled up a driveway to my right front, and did not appear to reduce it’s speed, in spite of obstructions that were in it’s path. What was it? I have no idea; however, I did stumble across a History Channel show, about three days later, describing tubes that people are seeing, and that also show up on numerous photos and videos. They come in various sizes and lengths, some with what appear to be ripple type wings, often with various colorations, and speeds occasionally too fast for the eye to see. In fact, most of them are found on electronic media, after the fact. S ome have speculated that they are inter-dimensional in nature, capable of leaving our 3D reality at will. I am clueless; what was that thing?
November 11, 2019 · 6:55 PM · FORMATION
Lake Havasu, NC
Several white lights in a rough line moved across the sky at a steady pace. It was after sunset but when the “lights” passed what would be assumed to be the recently set sun from the altitude of the objects, the lights were brighter. The brightness returned to how they were previously fairly quickly. The lights were steady and white. The first light seemed to have a headlight beam. There were several lights - about 5 in close proximity to one another, followed by a few more at a short distance. The spacing never changed. It was almost like a plane pulling an advertisement banner at the beach but with lights! Very high in the sky and eventually disappeared.
November 11, 2019 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
Raleigh, NC
a string of 30+lights moving in strait line from north to south, tried to take video with iPhone but just looks dark on play back
November 11, 2019 · 5:55 AM · OTHER
Bunn, NC
Very strange. Silent. About 2000 feet up. Moving North East at a high rate, like 300 mph.
November 9, 2019 · 7:20 PM · CIGAR
Apex, NC
Driving on Williams street heading towards RT1 in Apex, we were observed something about 50 feet long with 4 solid green lights cross over the 4 lane road at about 25-35MPH or less. Object moved slowly across the road and over some trees out of our line of sight. Object was NOT an aircraft fixed wing or rotor. Made no noticeable noise, and all 4 people in the car yelled, “What is that!!??” at the same time. One witness is an aviation enthusiast, and another a med flight nurse with 28 years in rotor and fixed wing aircraft.
November 6, 2019 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Unionville, NC
Three red dots were in a triangle formation and disappeared one by one by fading out. A green shooting starts had been sighted one hour prior, and right after the three red dots disappeared a bright object in the sky was yellow and blinking very quickly, then also faded out. There were objects flying back and forth that were red higher above these three red dots, and simultaneously on the other side of the sky is what looked like the standard airplane flying by. This clearly showed difference between the many unidentifiable objects seen as the airplane looked like it had standard airplanes lights while the UFOs were only red, the three dots didn’t move in the sky, the bright blinking yellow light didn’t move either, and the approximate two flying red objects were noticeably different looking than the airplane. This location does not have frequent air traffic the way it did on this night. We have corrected the data above. PD
November 5, 2019 · 5:15 PM · LIGHT
Morehead City, NC
I am a 57 year old retired medical assistant. On 11-05-19...7:06 pm my neighbor (42 year old female) called asking me to go outside to see some strange orange lights in the sky. She said she had never seen anything like it before. I & my stepdaughter, age 17, went outside on my south facing 2nd floor porch. I'd say we were outside by 7:10 pm. At first we didn't see anything. There was the sound of a plane going over but not extremely loud & that soon passed. Approximately 5 min after we went out, my stepdaughter saw first, then I saw, 3 or 4 clear, bright, orange round balls of light in a cluster. They were at around 45° and in the southeast direction. They seemed close, though I'm unable to give any estimate of distance. They suddenly appeared and after no more than 5 seconds had all disappeared again. They seemed to disappear sequentially, not all at once. No sounds at all were heard at this time. I thought possibly flares, but, like I said, there was no ! sound of any planes or helicopters in the sky. And also, these seemed to be not far from me, in a very populated residential area. Why would anyone be dropping flares in such an area? We waited but didn't see any more balls of light. However, about 5 minutes later, we both saw just inside the bottom of a low cloud an oval appearing white light, much larger than the orange lights. It flashed on just once, for a few seconds, that we saw. It was mild with patchy clouds & light breeze that night. Although it has rained earlier in the day, there were no storms or lightning in the area. It made us wonder if the small orange lights could have been dropped from whatever the oval white light represented. I've never seen anything resembling this before.
November 5, 2019 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Hope Mills, NC
I drive a route from Fayetteville, NC, to Florence, SC, starting at 2:30 AM, five days a week. When driving south on I95 at this time, I see shooting stars frequently, about 2 per week. One day I seen a shooting star when I was about near the Hope Mills area, before the St. Pauls exit. This was in the southeast sky, to my left as I was driving south. It was unusual this time because it suddenly changed direction, as if it had bounced off of a solid object in the atmosphere. I would guess the trajectory changed by about 65 degrees, bouncing back and changing its direction, while still descending. It was all pretty fast, about 5 seconds, and faded like shooting stars do eventually. I was driving and was not able to record anything. I have been thinking about it, and am finally reporting it because it is bothering me. Did it bounce off of something- and if so what? There was nothing subsequent to this, such as a plane crashing.
November 2, 2019 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Greenville, NC
They bobbed around stationary before separating and all seem to shoot off almost like a reverse shooting star 1 by one.