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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.
3,193 entries
December 12, 2019 · 12:32 PM
Albany, OR
I saw a white streak from the northeast moving to the southwest. Seemed to speed up and disappear
December 11, 2019 · 3:15 PM · CIRCLE
Albany, OR
Last about 2 minutes and disappeared
December 9, 2019 · 6:50 PM · OVAL
Roseburg, OR
I was watching the moon through the camera lens and would snap the photos when my husband said "now". The photos were taken a couple of seconds apart using the Night Camera app on my iPhone X. Exposure was 1/15 second. I do not know if the second and third photo were double and triple exposures, but my husband said that is what he also saw with his bare eyes. If nothing else the photos make for interesting conversation and speculation.
December 9, 2019 · 5:30 AM · LIGHT
Dayville, OR
I first saw a steady string of lights traveling in a straight line west to east evenly spaced at first then several followed some distance apart. Appeared like satellites but was able to view them for a much longer time and slightly larger then most satellites I have viewed in the past and they did not have that tumbling appearance. They appeared to be circular and they emitted an steady reflective type light. This was seen by my wife and daughter. Was surprised to see other reports of similar viewings when I typed in "string of lights across night sky.
December 9, 2019 · 5:30 AM · FORMATION
Lincoln City, OR
Approximately 5:30 in the eastern sky, I noticed what appeared to be 4 bright stars in a line move in downward motion from near the handle of the Big Dipper. As I watched them descend into horizon, several more appeared and continue to follow the same trajectory as the first 4. It was like they just appeared out of nowhere. I counted about 14, but there may have been more. I am guessing it was a satellite release, but do they release that many? How often do these satellite releases happen?
December 9, 2019 · 5:00 AM · SPHERE
Gresham, OR
Looked up to the NE sky at 05:00 and saw 32 bright round shaped objects going to the North East in single file. They did not deviate from straight path.
December 1, 2019 · 11:45 PM · LIGHT
Happy Valley, OR
Twinkling green, white, red light. Low in the sky. Seemed to hover in place. Too low to be planet or star. Not a Christmas light. Could have maybe been a drone but it didn’t fly or move around.
November 28, 2019 · 10:38 PM · TRIANGLE
Hubbard, OR
Triangular shaped hovering flying object with flashing blue and white lights around the outside. Moved slowing West and crossed over 99 South while we were traveling on 99 in our vehicle. No sound was made by the flying object. We had seen it from a distance at first because it was projecting a bright white light down.
November 27, 2019 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Happy Valley, OR
A blue-green light silently moved back and forth for approximately 5 minutes. The green light appeared to be the brightest part of it. As it turned, a dimmer white light was visible. I have no idea what it was. I've never seen a meteor, satellite, plane, or other aircraft behave this way.
November 25, 2019 · 6:00 AM · LIGHT
Florence, OR
At 6:00 AM I was taking out the garbage. When I looked up at the sky I saw two lights similar in appearance to stars moving east northeast across the handle of the big dipper. It was partly cloudy, with a large break of clear sky. When the two object disappeared from view to the east, I looked back to the west and saw more moving lights irregularly spaced; but all in a straight line on the same heading east northeast. Two of the lights were side-by-side and one light had a much dimmer light traveling at it’s side. The points of light were bright white at varying distances from each other and occasionally one or more would increase in speed momentarily. There were 18 to 20 of them all on the same heading, eventually traveling through the handle of the Big Dipper and then disappearing from view in the eastern sky. They were traveling much faster than a satellite, and much slower than a meteorite. The whole viewing event took appx. 2-3 minutes.
November 25, 2019 · 5:45 AM · LIGHT
Bend, OR
I was looking up in a north easterly direction through a gap in the trees. It was dark. I saw what I thought was a satellite. The light was a little brighter than the usual satellite but not as bright as the space station. Then I saw another light appear from behind the trees following in the same trajectory as the first one I saw. They just kept coming. There were at least thirty if not more. Sometimes they travelled in pairs side by side but all travelled in the same line. There may have been more that preceded the ones I saw but I can only vouch for the ones I saw when I first looked up at the sky. I watched until no more passed by. It took about two minutes for them to all pass.
November 25, 2019 · 5:30 AM · OTHER
Bandon, OR
Between 05:15 and 05:45 am on Nov. 25, 2019, I witnessed several dozen satellite objects emerging from same SSW origin and in single file formation travel ENE. A coworker then joined me to witness several more dozen crafts before a third coworker and resident,from facility I work at, observed 30+ more. All were traveling in a straight line and evenly spaced; no pics or vids taken and the viewing only stopped because of cloud cover. I personally saw more than 75 crafts in this formation in less than 1/2 hour.
November 24, 2019 · 4:30 PM · CIRCLE
Springfield, OR
I was out fly fishing the Willamette River for trout at Clearwater Park here in Springfield when I had an encounter with a black saucer UFO. I was getting out of the water after wading out and heading to the main trail to find a different spot to wade out to a fish when I happened to look up in the sky and spot what at first I thought was a black balloon. After a few seconds I realized it was no balloon, since it was slowly moving up and down, then paused to hover for a few seconds, and looked nothing like a balloon. I watched it move like this for about a minute before it sped off and disappeared behind the treeline. I would guess it was about 400ft off the ground. It was heading northeast towards the hills, about the side of a helicopter, shaped like a black saucer, and made no noise as it moved.
November 23, 2019 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Prospect, OR
Flashing red,white,and green aircraft HOVERED in the sky for over an hour while two normal planes circled around it, keeping a great distance away from the u.f.o
November 21, 2019 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Warrenton, OR
Large triangle. Flying very low south to north. Maybe 200 yards across. Three white lights.
November 21, 2019 · 3:55 AM · TRIANGLE
Tigard, OR
I Woke up at 3:53 am and went outside on the deck to look at the beautiful stars because it was a crisp and clear night. A movement caught my eye and I turned to see a very large triangle aircraft, appearing over the roof of my home that was behind me and into my view. From the direction of E to W. It silently moving accross the sky just above my head. The craft was not very high, and was moving at a steady rate until it went into the horizon and then I could not see it anymore. It flew much lower than the small airplanes that sometimes fly over, and many times lower than the larger commercial airplanes. However, it could be deceptive becuase of the size. Each corner had one white light, that was not flashing or changing colors and stable. The craft had to have been black/dark and blended in with the sky except for the lights. It was not a box shaped triangle,(with square and flat sides) but it seemed to have ends around the body that narrowed d! own, like something that would be aerodynamic. Not pointing down, but narrowed at the ends. I also found it interesting that the speed did not change, but because of distance and physics, it could have been flying faster than I would think. I am thinking of when we watch small planes, they are going fast, but it seems slow and we can watch them fly across the sky for a while. It did not move fast like a flash or anything as if a car was going fast at our level. I hope that I am making sense. I say this because that it only took 10-15 seconds to disappear into the horizon. I was surprised at how quiet it was, like it was just floating on the air type quiet. The 'miraged craft' reminded me of when I was working at a photojournalist in Israel, there was bombing over Bethlehem at night, so I woke up and went to a hill to see where the bombing was. I heard an helicopter hovering above me and I looked up and could not see the craft, but I could hear it and the location could be seen because it was blocking the stars. It was not a UFO but a new military camafloge helicopter.
November 20, 2019 · 11:15 PM · CIRCLE
Grants Pass, OR
Looking south towards Grants Pass. One circle. Pulsating white lite. Mostly hovering, however moving in small circles while rising and falling. It appeared that two airplanes (flashing red light, moving in straight line) flew from the north and passed underneath and south of the pulsating light. Eventually the light grew faint and moved west out of my line of sight.
November 20, 2019 · 2:00 AM · FIREBALL
Florence, OR
Unexpectedly awoke at approximately 1:50 and stayed in bed looking out west-facing window. Home approx 0.5 miles from the beach in a fairly dark neighborhood with no street lights. The milky way is visable on clear nights. Observed large fireball traveling from east to west at approximately 2:00, seemingly directly over the house. First instinct was to get up, put glasses on to see if it was a plane in flames (object likely moving to fast) or a meteor (very large) that had crashed. Unable to get out of bed for several minutes while attempting to rationalize sighting, perhaps due to fear. Once able to go to window, no further activity was observed (e.g., lights, fire). Nobody else in home, no reaction from dogs sleeping on upper level.
November 16, 2019 · 6:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Eugene, OR
There was 1 UFO, seemingly above Spencer's butte, a local hiking spot. I was driving and noticed it, it was brighter than the brightest star/planet would be at that time of day, and moving slower than a satellite. It was also not blinking like an airplane. I was driving home, and the object seemed to continue to rise from the butte and come closer to me. As I kept driving, I could see more of it. I slowed down and squinted, and saw that it was 3 bright white lights in a triangular shape. I was close to home so I sped up into my driveway, got out, and it was gone. I scanned the entire sky, nothing to be seen.
November 14, 2019 · 10:14 PM
Portland, OR
((ADDENDUM/CORRECTION FROM FRANCIS RIDGE)) Hi Peter, since i typed the date corrections from UTC instead of writing them on MY sheets, I punched in the wrong dates on 4 entries awhile ago. 11/15/2019 21:29 helotes should have been the day earlier 11/14 11/10/2019 20:37 helotes should haver been 11/9 11/18/2019 19:11 alexandria should have been 11/17 11/15/2019 22:14 portland should have been 11/14 Sorry about that. Fran ((END ADDENDUM))
November 14, 2019 · 6:30 AM · FLASH
Eugene, OR
I was on my driveway in the River Road area of Eugene Oregon teaching a martial arts lesson to a private student at night. The object was probably flying overhead around 6:30pm or later but not after 7pm. I saw a flash of light that remained consistent for about 2 seconds then disappeared flying in 1 direction headed into some clouds and disappeared. It did not come out the other end of clouds. It was as if the craft sped up and shot some fire/light out and looked almost like it could have been a close falling star or meteor. I heard a very quiet rumble and it was almost silent. I said “What is that?” And my student then looked up and saw it too. She would not have noticed unless I said something. The reason I saw it was because I saw it out of my peripheral vision above as it shot very fast into the clouds. It came from an area of no clouds heading west and flew in a dart of light into some dark clouds and disappeared. I did not see it come out anywhere else. The entire event could not have lasted more than 2 seconds. I think I may have seen a stream of smoke or a trail out like a comet or a jet stream that only started from when I saw the flash until it went into the clouds. I was not sure if the shape was a ball or a dart shape. It may have been a military jet that was silent and doing night flying. I am not sure what it was. It was very fast and before it flash! ed it was completely silent and undetectable by sound or even sight. Like it appeared in the sky and flew fast like a comet and went into a cloud and disappeared. And yes it was way lower than any meteorite but way higher than a typical airplane flies and way faster than any commercial jet flying. I am 37 years old and college educated and a martial arts teacher. My student is 45 years old and a mother and grandmother and married. She works as a phlebotomist at a local hospital and is also educated.
November 13, 2019 · 11:10 PM · CHEVRON
Milwaukie, OR
It was flying from the North to the South. It was lower than the commercial airplanes. It was silent as it flew almost directly over us. At that height I can hear the planes as they bank over us to go in for landing at the airport. This was completely silent.
November 3, 2019 · 10:00 AM · CIRCLE
Oregon City, OR
Round white dot.
November 1, 2019 · 1:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Astoria, OR
Strange thing in the dark sky what can it be?..it flashes,red,blue,yellow and white,and sometimes shapes..I have pics.