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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 1, 2019 · 9:15 PM · FORMATION
Boone, NC
I was watching YouTube and noticed a bunch of lights outside my window I tried to take a picture but my iPad’s camera could not render it so I drew it instead. The event is still occurring.
October 27, 2019 · 12:00 AM · RECTANGLE
Siloam, NC
Approximately midnight. Visibility was fair. I was sitting on my porch and weather was clear. Abruptly while I was on my phone and not observing the sky, a sudden matte darkness took over the sky and a rush of constant dumping rain occurred for about 20-30 seconds. Afterwards the rain stopped and the sky began to clear swiftly, but not from clouds, but from an obvious craft at an unknown height, rectangular or square in shape, low. I saw the edge as it exposed the sky above. No sound, no lights. It just left and was almost like pulling the shade on a window. This is almost a year removed to a report I posted in Banner Elk NC of a football sized craft. I am around 90 miles away from that incident. I do note that my head is extremely foggy today, and I have no recollection of going to bed but that could just be chalked up to a long work week. No drugs or alcohol involved.
October 25, 2019 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
Monroe, NC
My daughter and I were driving in downtown Monroe when we saw some flashing lights in the sky. I thought it was just a plane, but the lights looked more like a cool white LED, rather than plane lights I’m used to seeing. The flashed in an unusual sequence that reminded me of Morse code. Then, the lights went off! They came back on and flashed in a sort of random sequence and went off again. My daughter tried to get video, but was unable to. The lights then had a ripple effect. We were driving and lost track of it because of trees. While it was dusk, there was not a sunset behind where these lights were sighted, it was a darker, blue sky. You could only see the lights, not the shape of the craft.
October 25, 2019 · 8:28 AM · CIGAR
Apex, NC
Two white cigar-shaped or cylindrical objects sighted moving at a constant speed, bearing almost due north. One object was further ahead of the second one, in other words it was further north, and the second object was south west of the first object. They both appeared to be moving at the same speed. The size and altitude was not clear, but I would estimate probably 6000 ft or so, because they moved behind or through the low cumulus clouds. They appeared to be the size of a small propeller plane, possibly larger due to perspective. No sound was audible from the objects, and there were no visible contrails or exhaust coming from the objects. The objects appeared to be white, perfect cylinders with a "pinch" in the middle, somewhat similar to the appearance of a single chromatid in a chromosome pair. I did see a glint sunlight reflected so they seem to be reflective. I did not see any lights blinking, flashing or anything other lights on the objects ! or emanating from the objects. Both objects moved north at a constant speed and did not have any erratic movements. The objects were visible for maybe 30-60 seconds as they glided silently before moving out of sight behind the tree line.
October 18, 2019 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Black Mountain, NC
While at a festival at Eden Lake I noticed a bright orange steady light in the sky that was small and it hoovered in place for nearly 35 seconds before slowly moving then it vanished completely.
October 17, 2019 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Hayesville, NC
On HWY 175 near the Georgia state line, bright lights about as high as the power line, hovered for 1-2 minutes then zoomed towards south towards Hiawassee, GA
October 15, 2019 · 6:45 PM · OVAL
Concord, NC
During a drive I noticed an Oblique Oval in the sky. It was brighter than anything I've seen and just continued to hover in one place for a matter of a couple of minutes. (Not sure how long it was there before I noticed it) It did not move an inch, it seemed inhuman. When the craft began to move it disappeared within a matter of seconds. I watched it turn from a bright, non-moving object. To a distant fading light within a good 5 to 10 seconds of movement.
October 13, 2019 · 12:14 AM · CIGAR
Charlotte, NC
Me and my friends were kickin back one night. we had been up for awhile so the sleep deprivation started getting to us. We decided to go outside on the front porch of our apartment and have a cig when we saw it. It came out of nowhere, kind of like a light turning on. It was just there, nothing to build it up or anything. It just appeared. I never actually saw a physical alien, the craft just sorta hovered there. I think they might have just been observing or scanning or some other weird alien thing, studying us. It was only there for a few minutes but when i saw it it startled me and my friend greatly. As soon as i saw it the air grew still. There was a great eerie vibe in the air that ran chills down our spines, sorta hard to explain but not a good feeling. The craft looked like it had a metallic aluminum like appearance. It didn't make any noise but there were blinking lights near the bottom. It was only half a football field long and one story tall. Nobo! dy believes my story but i hope that you guys will and that someone else has a similar experience.
October 12, 2019 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Huntersville, NC
I was driving on Saturday night 10/12/19 at 9:30pm in Huntersville North Carolina. I spotted several Orange pulsating orbs moving in straight line across the sky. These where not Chinese lanterns, Flares, or Airplanes.. I could see directly into the orbs and they appeared to be generating some type of energy pulse. These objects where completely silent. They also appear out of nowhere and quickly disappeared once they passed by my direct view. The sighting lasted about 5 minutes one after another. I stopped and took several pictures and a video. I have posted this to YouTube under orange orbs in Huntersville. The news interviewed me and people are shocked by the footage.
October 12, 2019 · 2:49 PM · TRIANGLE
Wilmington, NC
Object was seen east of Middle Sound, near Wrightsville Beach, most likely off the coast. Object was completely stationary, showing no plumes or means of propulsion. Object slowly dropped altitude and back up as if it was hanging from a fishing line. Video taken provided a picture that when zoomed in showed it to be triangular, with a circular light deriving from its center. Object was eventually cloaked by the atmosphere after about 10 minutes and was no longer visible. Minutes later the area had familiar sounds of military fighter jets.
October 10, 2019 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Apex-Holly Springs, NC
Pentagon-shaped flying object that had blue/green lights that lined the entire rim of the craft. Seen traveling from apex towards Holly Springs. Two helicopters were seen following the craft on either side.
October 10, 2019 · 7:40 PM
Apex, NC
We have lived here for several years and never did we see anything like this and also there is no little airport near the area I will email photos and video of what we witnessed
October 10, 2019 · 7:30 PM · CIRCLE
Apex, NC
Today October 10, 2019, at around 7:30 PM me and my family witnessed a huge craft in the sky, at first it was silver and was flashing lights then we tried to follow it but it disappeared. Then 5 minutes later we saw it again and this time it changed to bright red lights and we started recording. I told people about it and my friend sent me a video and told me that many people at a school football game also saw it, in the video it was bright red and silver and it seemed to be really close. Other people around Holly Springs are also saying they saw the bright red craft.
October 10, 2019 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Apex, NC
It was around 19:30 EST when me, my father, and my younger sister witnessed a UFO on the US 64 and N Salem Street intersection in Apex North Carolina in our car as we were driving downtown. The craft was around 75ft to 100ft above us and that's when we had the clearest view. Identification of the craft physical color was not able to be witnessed due to low visibility due to it being dark out. However, the craft was in the shape a flat octagonal prism. We new this because of the red and green lights visible at each of the eight corners of the craft. As we observed the craft was turning counterclockwise as it slowly moved east from our original location. As we were going down Salem St, the craft could still be seen but only its lights and its shaped cannot be distinguished at that point beyond the trees.
October 10, 2019 · 11:00 AM · DISK
Mayodan, NC
This was near mayodan nc when i was driving to get my wifefrom work. I seen 3 planes flying in the sky in different places all w chemtrails but one of them had a swirvy trail at one point that i didnt see it make so i kept watching that plane to see it move like that again. All the sudden it took a sharp right and i wondered why, then a realy big silver shiny thing appeared near it out of no where. There are no clouds and its a clear blue sky. Out of no where it appeared within a second and flew fast and all around behind the plane, it sped to the front but disappeared underneath the left of the plane. Then all the sudden it reappeared ahead of the plane and to the right. Moving around as if it was checking the plane out. Then it disappeared again. The appearances and disappearances took about a full second. They weren't instant. The plane was a tiny spec w a huge wide chemtrail from each wing. The ufo was a whole lot bigger than the plane it was like 10-15t! imes it size. Did anyone else see or report this bc im a firm believer.
October 9, 2019 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
Mooresville, NC
I was taking my dog out and I just by chance happened to see a bright flash in the sky. I looked up to see what I can only describe a “scrambler” ride from the fair spinning in circle like a top and every time it spun around the arm had some “meteor blue” lights on each arm that swung around.. It didn’t have a repeating movement it was very irractic, but it just moved slowly right across the sky.. so profound!!!!!
October 8, 2019 · 3:35 AM · UNKNOWN
Rocky Mount, NC
Was sitting in the living room when we heard what we though as first as a airplane, then we realized the sound wasn’t moving but getting closer and heavier. It sounded like a very heavy metal object, we stepped outside for a look but we couldn’t see anything. It lasted for about 2 1/2 minutes. You could see heavy vibration waves in the air. Then it took off but you still couldn’t see a object but you could hear it in the distance as it left.
October 5, 2019 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Hillsborough, NC
We seen them 3 different times. They appeared of of nowhere. I got a minute video of them in flight. You can hear screaming when they flew over.
October 5, 2019 · 7:40 PM · FORMATION
Chapel Hill (north of), NC
My wife, myself, and my 2 boys were driving on I40E about a mile before the New Hope Church Rd exit at around 7:40pm and saw a cluster of what looked like 8-10 crafts that were changing colors from red to green, blue, bright white, etc and they colors changed at the same time across all crafts. At first we thought it was helicopters but soon realized with their movements and colors changing at identical times it could not be a fleet of helicopters. We passed by them as they hovered above and about 2 minutes later I looked through the rear glass of our vehicle and they had moved into a circular formation. I had never seen anything like it it my life and wish I had thought to pull out my camera. After scouring the internet trying to find if others had reported the same thing as what we saw I noticed there was a video that was posted this week from some lights off the coast of Wilmington, NC, and I honestly believe these were the same lights that we saw. Would love to know if others around this areas have reported the same sightings
October 5, 2019 · 7:30 PM · FORMATION
Chapel Hill, NC
Was driving south on 15/501 following a friend to get pizza up the road past Manns Chapel. About 7:30-7:40 pm. I have text messages to corroborate the day/time even though it has been a year. An array of lights multi-colored red/green/blue drifted into view moving slowish and appearing fairly low in the sky. The lights seemed to change colors and moved in a sequenced pattern almost mandalic effect. Drifted into view and hung over the highway for a few moments, the array was floating parallell to the ground in a disc/rectangular formation (though no actual physical substance seemed to tie the lights together). It was dusk/ almost dark so perspective was weird, but the tree line ended up obscuring it from my vision after driving by. Seemed to be traveling fairly slowly (less than 50mph), and seemed to be headed in the opposite-ish direction (north). My buddy was just as freaked out as I was when we arrived at our destination a few minutes later. He drove in a! separate vehicle and was in front of me by about 200 yards. It has been on my mind for the past year. One of the most unusual things I’ve ever experienced. Found this site after hanging around a Reddit subthread and realized someone else reported this in NORTH chapel hill same day same time- I was south of chapel hill but I (and my friend) can corroborate this sighting. My phone was almost dead and it happened so quickly while driving I couldn’t get a video or pic. I would also love to know if anyone else saw this, or a light array like this elsewhere and what the prevailing theories are on it!
October 5, 2019 · 3:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Durham, NC
Two sets of lights, each in isosceles triangular formation flew very slowly over a gas station in Durham, NC. This was across the street from Planet Fitness on MLK. I was just across the street. I wondered if it was a medium sized airplane with all lights turned off and the wings lit up, but that makes no sense. The lights were not normal airplane lights in any way. Also the lights moved very slowly and were only about 50 feet above the gas station. After about 45 seconds the lights disappeared behind some trees. I do not believe in UFOs but don’t know how to explain this.
October 3, 2019 · 7:00 PM · CIGAR
Winston-Salem, NC
On October 3, 2019, between 6:55 p.m. and 7:20 p.m., myself and at least 4 other people observed 4 oblong or pod shape or pill shape or cigar shape flying objects. The objects changed from bright red to silver-like color in the clear, almost cloudless sky above the Fulton YWCA soccer field in Winston-Salem, NC, where children were practicing soccer. The objects were definitely not airplanes as they were very close and moving too slow and would have fallen from the sky. There were no wings or smoke trails. They were not drones because the objects would get larger and then small again. The objects seemed to appear out of nowhere. They would randomly disappear in plain sight and reappear from nowhere. One of the objects did take off across the same area of the sky very fast and then slow down again. The objects all moved horizontally and not vertically, not upward nor downward. Two of the objects seemed to fly within the particular area of the sky and stop (or disappear and then reappear) and then fly back facing the other objects in close proximity of each other. I watched three disappear in the sky and not return to view. The fourth one finally moved beyond the tall tree tops where I could no longer observe it. During the approximate 25 minutes, myself and another observer tried to take pictures or videos of the objects with our cell phones to no avail. People other than the 4 of us who observed the flying objects seemed oblivious to the objects being there, as if it was commonplace to see such objects. No one else seemed to care. I showed the 4 objects to my granddaughter, but she was more interested in a grasshopper she had spotted in the grass.
October 2, 2019 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Black Mountain, NC
Witnessed an orange, slow moving light. Was looking out my window and saw a orange colored, non blinking light floating across the night sky. Woke up my daughters to confirm what I was seeing. The object did not blink, was definitely not a helicopter. Very bright orange and moved slowly for about 2 minutes, disappeared behind the trees and did not see it again. Never seen anything like this in my life.
September 28, 2019 · 11:00 AM · OTHER
Greensboro, NC
Objects flying equal distance apart in formation together