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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.
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August 6, 2022 · 7:30 PM · CIRCLE
Franklin, IN
Early evening Aug. 6, approximately 7:30pm, I was in my backyard along with our two dogs. My son was in his bedroom, my fiance was dozing in our room. The sky was clear and really stunning, with gigantic thunderheads south of us and a bright moon. In the west the sun was going down but the view was absolutely clear, birds were still singing. Beautiful evening, very still and peaceful. I decided to water all of our potted plants and fill the birdbaths despite a chance of rain. As I walked to the rear of our property, I saw an object moving over our neighbor's trees. It was about the altitude of a private plane, maybe a bit lower, and I could see it very clearly although I had no idea what it was and my brain was just trying to make sense of it. It was a black and thick round disc, looked metallic but not shiny. Graphite came to mind. It moved slowly, silently and *deliberately*. It floated with intent. It came over the trees like a frisbee, but then turned on its side like a wheel, and I could see a hole in the middle, like a doughnut. It kind of undulated when it turned to its side. I was transfixed and everything was just silent for many minutes. Suddenly I came to my senses and ran as fast as I could to the house to grab my phone from the charger. I ran back out trying to get my phone started up and pull up my camera. By that time (seconds had passed) the object had turned due north, oriented like a frisbee again, and had moved with high speed away, to where I could not find it in my camera viewfinder. Then it was a speck, then gone. I was flooded with adrenaline and realizing I'd seen something I'd never ever expected to see. I then had an overwhelming feeling of foreboding and uneasiness, and thought to myself "I hope it didn't see me watching it". I came in and told my son, who then pulled up a number of YouTube videos, photos, of "black doughnut UAPs". They were exactly what I saw over my yard, although I had no knowledge of that shape prior to my sighting. I've told very few people, and with trepidation. About me: I consider myself an open minded individual. I am a mom of two nearly-grown sons, age 57, hold a bachelor's degree, am involved with community events and sit on a board for a local nonprofit, and started my own small business in the arts during the pandemic. I'm imaginative but not delusional. I was one hundred percent sober, awake and fully cognizant. I've always been a sky-watcher and find the subject of UAPs/UFOs fascinating and completely plausible. I'm glad that the evidence is finally recieving the grave scientific attention that is warranted. Side note: the dogs made themselves scarce, I did not notice them near me or any interaction between them at that time.
August 6, 2022 · 7:27 PM · LIGHT
Caldwell, ID
I saw 7 reflective figures in the sky I chalked it up to Maybe they were parachuters they were 6 or 77 then as I watched a bit more I noticed that the reflective lights lights and maybe not even reflective at all Paul we're not behaving like parachuters They were not bowling nor were they gliding they were moving Across the sky In a horizontal directionTowards the moon towards Boise IdahoAs I watch the lights still talking it up to parachuters and maybe the sun was catching the parachutes I watched the lights Change formation to what look like a consolationIs state in that position for At least 5 minutesAnd then slowly the lights on the right disappeared and then the ones on the left I wanted to make the known to my neighbor who didn't hear me but who didn't hear me and honestly I didn't try too hard cause I didn't want to sound like a crazy person but those were not planes and I watched for a while and they were not parachuters there was nothing left there was nothing left there after the lights went out they were 6 or 7 and they formed a constellation and stayed there in the sky in that position and then disappeared. I'm so upset I was the only one so far to see that
August 6, 2022 · 5:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Albuquerque, NM
While leaving my home to walk the dog, I noticed the sky was dark and stormy looking. Not wanting to get caught in the rain, I proceeded to look West, high in the sky, over the Sandia Mountains. I noticed a Aluminum or Silver dot crossing the sky from the South to the North. It was very high in the sky and moving at what appeared to be a high rate of speed. It was moving at such a speed it didn't appear to be a Commercial Airliner. All of a sudden I saw several more Aluminum or Silver type dots a little behind it. All the objects were moving at the same speed and appeared to be the same shinny dots. I figured perhaps they were Military Jets. I didn't hear any noise or see any con trails. There were about 5 and possibly 6 objects and they were spaced apart at different distances from each other. It didn't appear to be a formation of Military Jets. I grabbed my phone and tried to get a video of the objects, but was unsuccessful. The objects then disappeared into the clouds heading North. The entire event only lasted for less than a minute. There is an Air Force base south of my location and perhaps they were military jets flying North over the mountains..
August 6, 2022 · 5:00 PM
Bloomington, IN
Me and my dog were on a walk. We were laying down on the grass looking at the sky when a black tictac shaped object was moving very quickly and turning weirdly in the sky. Went to get my phone to zoom and record. But, the object just disappeared quickly into the sky.
August 6, 2022 · 3:50 PM · DISK
BLAIRSVILLE, PA
I am a United States Marine Corps 0311 infantry rifleman veteran. I was sitting on my back porch talking with my dad, girlfriend, and twin brother. I was looking across my yard and all of the sudden a classic upside-down bowl shaped craft caught my attention while it was flying across the sky. It was black on the bottom and the top half was what looked to be metallic and would reflect the sun very brightly because of an extreme wobble the craft had while flying. I watched it fly across the sky for about 12 seconds until I lost it behind a tree. I tried to get everyone's attention but only my twin looked. He didn't see it at first but the craft wobbling and reflecting the sun finally caught his eye. He saw it for about 3 seconds until it got hidden from veiw behind a tree. I did not feel afraid in anyway. I saw it clear as day and I know for a fact this is a UFO. This is the second one I've seen upclose in about a 7 month span. The first one was a day before Thanksgiving 2021 at dusk. I think they are observing me.
August 6, 2022 · 3:15 PM · FORMATION
Erie, Presque Isle, PA
Sunny skies perfect visibility. Airplane in mid air passed a white round object. The object became 2 than 3 than 4 objects, same shape and color. They formed a triangle and straight line and moved around each other for a while. The objects disappeared moving straight up very quickly.
August 6, 2022 · 12:00 PM · SPHERE
Marienville, PA
Employee of Facility. Was walking to a housing unit. There was a staff member holding the door for me, she says "hey what you think that is?" I turned around and looked up and observed a very bright shinny silver ball. Looked high up and was hovering but changing altitude. Would go high then lower. Then vanished after a minute or so. I was shocked. I kept looking up and observed a dark gray almost moon grey moving very high altitude but traveling across the sky quickly. I observed that for 20 seconds or so. I looked at the staff member I was with and said are you seeing this, she said oh my God yes. I looked back up and again observed a bright shinny object but it had shifted to another part of the sky and appeared to float up and down. For a couple minutes.
August 6, 2022 · 6:21 AM · CROSS
High Springs, FL
I woke up earlier than normal, unable to sleep today. I took my dog outside and thought I'd watch the sun rise as well. As I looked to the east, I saw a ball of light with points coming off of it. I took my phone out and zoomed in tk take photos and videos. I watched its progression up the sky for 40 minutes before coming inside again. It is still out there, moving up.
August 6, 2022 · 5:23 AM · SPHERE
Garden City, SC
I observed several luminous orbs in nighttime sky. Several orbs blinked in and out of view, at different positions. Orangish red spots forming a "0" (which were not seen on video) also observed. They appeared to be swarming and circling, moving in formation. Several other videos with different times and dates and with same characteristics are also in my possession. Some showing lightning. Some videos sound extremely windy, as winds were strong.
August 6, 2022 · 3:48 AM · UNKNOWN
Lanesville, IN
A huge, white streak flew across the sky above my house. The size of the streak was so big, imagine a “buss” sized streak. It lasted for a second. It was obvious that it was flying through the sky at a really low altitude. It had a trail but it wasn’t a burning tail. The trail was best way to describe it trying to catch up. Also the object had no sound.
August 6, 2022 · 3:00 AM · CIRCLE
Murrieta, CA
My dad took these pictures on his phone at 3am. He watched this blue circular object move up, down and to the sides for almost two hours. Some people say it could be a satellite, but I didn't think they moved in different directions in the same place for almost two hours. I have 3 short videos also if there's a good place to upload. My dad thinks is was maybe a mile or so out, but it seemed close and pretty large.
August 6, 2022 · 2:23 AM · UNKNOWN
Michigan City, IN
I had come to sit out in the car with my boyfriend, and we noticed a bright light in the sky. We thought maybe it was a star, but it was moving up and down and side to side occasionally. It was flashing but not super bright, it would dim and then flash again. It was not a plane, it never went out of view and we watched it for more than an hour. I took a video on a samsung galaxy 22 and magnified to 100 so you could see the movement.
August 6, 2022 · 1:00 AM · CHANGING
Truchas, NM
I watched 3 crafts fly about and clearly with my eyes watched one change shape while 2 oth smaller crafts were overlooking one was red one was white and they were overseeing the 3 main big crafts. They did eventually fly off. I have video. I feared I wasn't recording so I did stop and start several times hoping I was getting view and I did. I know what I saw. It was pretty crazy l. Also, lights inside my car went on before I got out to look up. No keys in the car.
August 5, 2022 · 10:30 PM · CHANGING
Kensington, NH
Witnessed several bright yellow lights changing shape in a formation over the horizon in the western sky mostly a circle type of formation and then an oval . At one point the objects joined into one large mass, we (myself and 3 family members) all witnessed this. After roughly 30-40 minutes the objects started to disappear slowly and went very dim as if they were going farther away. Shortly after they were gone we witnessed what sounded like a helicopter headed in that general direction and about 20 minutes after that a low flying jet flew toward us from the general direction of the sighting as if it was being investigated. I myself am a major skeptic but after this I am left very intrigued and left with allot of unanswered questions about what we saw.
August 5, 2022 · 10:12 PM · FORMATION
Ocean Shores, WA
Looking in the direction of Cassiopeia at 10:12 PM with a completely clear sky I witnessed at least 5 lights arranged in a V almost half circle formation with an additional 2 lights; one taking a position in the front moving from left to right (north south) and back to the other end of the formation whilst the other light following in the rear copied this motion but in an opposing manner ( if the front light was at the north end the rear would be in the south) . The manner in which these 2 oscillating light flew was too perfect, they did not alter their path. Only a guard of the tomb of the unknown soldier can move like that. This formation flew very quickly from west to east rapidly reaching the horizon. Before the 1st formation disappeared from sight a second formation of at-least 5 lights in a more compact V formation entered the sky at the same location as the initial formation and followed the same path across the sky in-front of cassiopeia until reaching the horizon. The speed at which these lights flew across the sky exceeds any ISS transit and Satellite I have seen in the night sky. The best way to describe the individual lights is to compare them to the stars in the background night sky, if they suddenly stopped moving they would look like new stars in the sky. My thoughts, 1st wave aliens, second wave maybe fighter jets. This happened at a very popular beach and the movement was too quick and and lasted too long for me to be the only one to witness it, I can only hope. Thank you.
August 5, 2022 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE
Honolulu, HI
Orange, bright dot. Almost as fine as a laser pointer. Flew from due north to south very fast, similar to meteor speeds. There was no tail or debris coming apart. After covering 3/4 of my field of view...it vanished. No bright breakups as most meteors display. Traveling much faster than ISS or other large satellite.
August 5, 2022 · 9:09 PM · TRIANGLE
Amherst, NY
After a storming day of lighting and rain Use monoculars and only say dots
August 5, 2022 · 7:56 PM · CHEVRON
Redmond, OR
I was flying my drone taking aerial photos of where I live at about 200 feet when the battery starting getting low and I was flying it back to land it at home. When it arrived home I looked up at the drone and approximately 1800 feet above it was a double knife bladed object moving north to south above the drone at about I would say 75mph. Then it just dissapeared like it was never there. I kept looking for it but never saw it again. It was white with grey shadow on it. It was directly above the Cline Falls Bridge area.
August 5, 2022 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
San Diego, CA
I'm a sky-watcher. While walking my dog, I spotted a very bright light high in the sky, not Venus. It moved very slowly across the sky from S to N. At times it seemed to stop...then move on again very slowly. I watched for 10 minutes when suddenly, it did what I call "jumping" or "skipping" in short start/stops, moving towards the E slowly. I've seen other UFOs do the same thing. It is like it was jumping from one spot to another rather than in a linear pattern smoothly. It was still there when I went indoors, jumping/skipping towards the E. A few times the light skipped in a zig/zag pattern as it moved along. The light must have been a huge object because it was so bright and obvious in spite of being so high in the sky.
August 5, 2022 · 12:30 AM · SPHERE
Pocatello, ID
I was in my backyard looking around at night in the NW direction when I herd a really weird boom (I assume a sonic boom since I've never herd one in person before). The boom felt like it came from the other side of my fence where the sidewalk should be, but the sound itself felt like thunder originating from somewhere far away and from a single point. I looked in the direction of the boom (either W or WSW in direction) to suddenly see an incredibly bright neon green light appear up in the sky and a little to the right of where I felt the boom originate. I looked at the object and it seemed to be a bright neon green sphere (perfectly spherical as far as I could tell) that also looked to be whiteish-green in the center (like the sun, being more red looking on the outside and whiter near the center due to difference in light intensity towards our direction). The object also had a neon green, near spherical, aura I assume is from the intensity of the light illuminating the humidity in the night air (as it had rained that day and the humidity was sticking around). The object was flying to the right and entered what looked like a tunnel of some sort going into some clouds I didn't see until the object lit up. The edges of the "tunnel" had fingers of clouds coming out of them that looked like typical fractus clouds, but the edges of this "tunnel" were fuzzy and undefined. After flying about 8-10x the spheres diameter into the "tunnel" (as that's my only reference for dimensions), the sphere dimmed really fast like someone slammed the light dimmer switch for a house light until everything disappeared, including the tunnel and assoiated clouds. The light was on for a total of a second or maybe a little longer. Afterwards, I realized that the boom could have been from the light. I looked carefully at where I saw the light and couldn't see any form of cloud or smoke trail. Granted it was still nighttime and most likely beyond the light pollution of the city. If I had to guess I would say the sphere's location was somewhere around the waste field of JR Simplot's Don plant around 7 or so miles west of where I was at. Thinking back I can't remember clearly if I saw the sphere traveling horizontally, or if it was moving slightly upwards. It was not falling, though. The pictures included are of the view I had, and I have circled the location in the sky I saw the sphere.
August 5, 2022 · 12:10 AM · TRIANGLE
Viola, DE
I was walking outside to get something from my daughter's car and when I unlocked the car, the headlights blinked - and I saw a light out of the corner of my eye to the right. When I looked over, there was some type of aircraft, triangular in shape, that appeared to be hovering, and a spotlight of some sort popped on and shone towards her car. I then turned and ran back into our house and I stood at our glass storm door and watched as it flew very slowly above where our cars were parked, our detached garage and continued north until it was out of sight. I couldn't help but notice that it was very large, flew very close to the ground, and had very little sound. It sounded almost like the whirring of wind, but I never heard an engine. I also noticed that the spotlight, although it was aimed towards the ground at first, when it got closer, it moved up to be parallel with the ground as it moved past my house. **This is report 1 of 2 **
August 5, 2022 · 12:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Mechanicsville, MD
Went to purchase a mini bike from online seller with a friend. When I arrived I noticed a triangle craft heading east that I pointed out to a friend who was with me who doesn’t really believe (until now) I on the other hand am fascinated by this stuff and I’ve watched every documentary! Seen similar object recently where I live but never got a video until tonight. Even purchased trail cam recently to watch the night sky. Thought the craft was out of sight so we got what we needed and left about 15 mins later. When we got out on the back road, the same looking object seemed to be following us! Now heading west! Videoed what I could but I was trying to drive on a country back road and record so unfortunately didn’t get the best but it’s more than I’ve ever gotten before. Genuinely feel like what I saw tonight with another person is the closest I’ve ever come to seeing a legit ufo! Object accelerated very fast then slowed down and even went straight up! Triangle lights at first but second time it looked more like a saucer with lights strobing horizontal.
August 4, 2022 · 11:49 PM · TRIANGLE
Rossville, GA
Saw for about 5 minutes got kinda lost in it used binoculars to get closer look was small triangle shaped craft with long lights on each side. Very small
August 4, 2022 · 11:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Minneapolis, MN
It was sometime between 11pm and midnight. Exact date not known, but somewhere between August 2 thru the 5th of 2022. I opened my front door, which faces west, and was placing my outgoing mail in the mailbox, when I looked across the street. There's a long commercial building across the street about 200+ feet away. The building, including the embankment, is about 3 stories high. The OUTLINE of an intensely bright red triangle, made out of light, traveled above the building from west to south. It was not directly above the building. I'm not sure how far away it was, but the building's a good reference as to how relatively low it was in the sky. It appeared to be approx. 20 feet above the building (from my point of view) and could've been one mile to several miles away in distance. Whatever this was, was "light" and was not a solid object. It was significantly bright in the sky, almost like a large Christmas ornament, but in the shape of an irregular triangle. It was only an outline. Its inner area looked dark, like the sky. I watched as it moved from west to south (about 5 - 7 seconds) and was absolutely amazed at its striking color. My view was then blocked by a series of trees. A week later (8/11) I phoned the Mpls./St. Paul airport and spoke with the Air Traffic Control tower. Inquired regarding the OUTLINE of a red triangle (made out of light) flying low in the sky and could this possibly be the tail of a large aircraft? They were not aware of anything fitting my description. Lights that light the tail are white, not red, and do not form a triangular outline. I'm the only person who saw this. Unfortunately, there's no witnesses.