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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.
114,092 entries
October 5, 2023 · 9:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Colorado Springs 80917, CO
While observing how clear the sky was, and taking notice of the stars/satellites in the sky. I observed 3 red/amberish lights appear to burst out of a cloud over possibly "Black forest" on the north end of Colorado Springs. The object was traveling in the direction of "Cripple Creek" Colorado. It cleared this entire potential distance in a roughly 6-7 second window. That is 30 or so miles traveled in 6-7 seconds. It made zero notice, briefly banked sideways, flattened out again, and had no visible exhaust trail on a clear dark night sky. I had 1 witness with me who observed it only in the last second or even half second before it vanished. Notable to this, I observed what could be described as heat waves or haze coming off of the entire mass as you would see looking at the hot tar of a street on a hot day. I have been to many many many air shows in my life time and have seen many jets fly including F-117 and B52s. This was none of them. We regularly have jets fly over in Colorado Springs due to norad and many other military bases. I also called my wife to report to her what I had just seen moments later and she stated there was alot of static coming off of my phone (Outside in a parking lot with 0 wind) Interesting and last final note after viewed a Map of the area - the route this air craft flew would have been dang near directly over the Air Force Academy.
October 5, 2023 · 8:06 PM · CHEVRON
Topeka, KS
Happened to be outside a little after 8pm CDST in Topeka KS. The object seemed large, black, wing shaped with many light areas, possibly street light reflections. Not bright lights. Brighter than starlight. No sound, no bird sounds, no engine sounds. Only had a pocket flashlight on me with 130 lumens. The object was out of range, flashlight didn't help. Object might be 300 feet above me??? The night was breezy, kind of moved like a "balloon" riding the wind currents. The object was out of sight in about 20 seconds. Not enough time to get a larger lumen flashlight.Object seemed to be traveling SSW. It wasn't a flock of birds, but that could also be used to describe the size of the black wing. Looking at the object as a whole, it looked like the shape was gossamer with 40 or more reflection areas/lights and black.
October 5, 2023 · 8:00 PM · DISK
Bridgeport, IL
About 8:00 pm at night after, picking up pizza for dinner, my daughter in law was driving west on highway 250 towards Sumner, Illinois from Bridgeport , Illinois. As she approached the turn off for Hopewell cemetery she noticed unusually bright lights in the field to her right. Slowing down to get a better view of the phenomenon, she was shocked and shaken when she realized that it was a very large disk shaped object 75-150 feet in diameter slowly moving in a circular pattern around the north end of the open field. The object had a dark surface and was ringed by multicolored lights around the periphery of said object. The disk-like shape was only discernible because of the lights around the outer edge. The object was moving just above the tree-line. The lights around the edge were moving in a fixed pattern around the object. She described the motion of the lights as the motion of chasing lights on a theater or advertising marquee. Until the moment of her sighting she was a hardcore skeptic. When she called us to relate her sighting, she was very shaken and displayed a reaction of someone who has just had their perception of reality destroyed. She slowed down observed the object intently enough that she totally forgot to control the car she was driving. She crossed the centerline and ran off the shoulder of the road before regaining control. According to her, the near accident snapped her back to her senses and in a panic she sped away. It was only when she reached the safety of her own home that she realized that she was so shaken by the experience that she completely forgot to take pictures.
October 5, 2023 · 7:43 PM · FLASH
Probable conventionalGatlinburg, TN
we took pictures of the sky bridge and I saw some objects in the distance while the picture was taken I saw a huge flash and noticed three objects at the top shot straight up while one object at the far right shot straight ahead while a couple more objects was coming in the area of the others ufo which made a big flash and all the objects quickly disappeared. I reported this and no one got back to us on this. It was a clear night and could not see the objects with your eyes until the pictures were taken then I saw it all. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
October 5, 2023 · 7:05 PM · TRIANGLE
Swanton, CA
I saw what looked like a jet chasing a weird three sided craft. I was unable to determine on drive if it was a triangle or a pyramid. It stopped in the sky for a short time and then a jet chased it to the coast and back over the mountain. Looked obscured and very dark.
October 5, 2023 · 6:53 PM · LIGHT
Avon Park, FL
It was a small white light, and it faded out at sunset as I pulled out my phone. It was slower than a shooting star. And it did not blink or leave a trail like an aircraft.
October 5, 2023 · 5:51 PM · CHEVRON
White Plains, NY
I was heading west on 287 in heavy traffic, the object was just northwest of me. As I was moving away from where I was a second object appeared.
October 5, 2023 · 5:35 PM · SPHERE
Lawrence, MA
I observed a bright silver orb at a very high altitude for about 30 seconds due north from Massachusetts towards the NH border. I checked flight radar 24 and saw no aircraft in the vicinity except a small commuter private plane at 7,000 feet. This object eventually went behind a bank of clouds and disappeared.
October 5, 2023 · 11:31 AM · LIGHT
lawrence, KS
6 lights flying west to east then 2 lights split off and went in a different direction and the other 4 went in a eastern direction.
October 5, 2023 · 11:25 AM · CIGAR
Grand Canyon, AZ
Taking a rest on Grand Canyon south rim path I saw an object I thought to be a milar balloon.It was first seen at my 2 o’clock and proceeded to my 11 o’clock at estimated speed 400- 500 mph just about 30- 45 degrees of my view from straight ahead view alerted my girlfriend who also witnessed same thing. Object made no noise and moved from northeast to southwest steady straight line. Air Force vet gone to many air shows. Never seen anything like that before..thank you bill
October 5, 2023 · 10:00 AM · DISK
Kansas City, MO
Me and a guy from work were putting lighting in on the 2nd floor of the building by some windows and the guy I was working with said “ what the hell is that shining out the window a drone?” We both then started watching it and noticed it was moving too fast to be a plane or a drone as it got closer then it just vanished. We looked around for it about 15-20 minutes but could no longer find or see it.
October 5, 2023 · 7:45 AM · SPHERE
Middleton, ID
I saw a strange light which I assumed was a satellite or a drone so I took pictures. When you zoom in on them they show what appears to be a shiny round object. It sat still in the sky for 15 min or so then vanished suddenly.
October 5, 2023 · 5:45 AM · UNKNOWN
Chapin, SC
This early morning, as indicated here, I was letting my Golden out for the morning routine. While she is doing her thing, I always look to the sky either last night PM or early AM morning This morning, I looked straight up, and there was an orange object, very noticeable that just stood out from the black sky. It appeared maybe 6 to 8 seconds. I carry a high density flash light, and I shined it at the exact spot in the sky. Expecting what to happen, I don't know. It wasn't a aircraft. This orange color was right off a color pallet, pure orange as if engine exhaust. Twenty seconds later, a satellite passed by almost the same location. This is the second incident of spotting a lone light that completely disappears. A previous twin orange viewing was reported here.
October 5, 2023 · 5:03 AM · SPHERE
Auburn, CA
My husband and I are both 75 years old, retired professionals and have lived in this house for 37 years We live in eastern Sierra foothills of California on 4.5 acres at 1400’ altitude on the top of a hill. I have a view of both east and west from my house. The back of my house has many large decks that have a spectacular unobstructed western view of the valley and west coast hills toward San Fransisco. It is from one of the decks that I viewed this event in the sky looking west. There are no street lights in my neighborhood. We do have some local ground lights from stores about 2 miles away. This particular early morning had no clouds so the stars were very visible. The moon was not in sight. I also live the flight path of Sacramento airport and have flown over my house many times. The time it takes from passing my home to touchdown at Sacramento is 7 minutes. I can easily see the plane lights on their dissent. They are very low. This object that I observed was so high that I thought it was a star. It was obviously not an approaching airplane. AT 4:50am on 10/05/23 my dog started barking aggressively (something she has never done). I got up, went to her cage and let her out. She ran very fast still barking down the stairs to our very large fig tree in the back yard. I was trying to call her in and looked west to the night sky and noticed what appeared to be a star moving very slowly in a horizontal direction from south to north. At first, I thought it was an airplane but because it was moving so slowly, I then thought it must be a satellite until it changed direction and started moving east. My husband by then was on the computer checking our security cameras to see what the dog was barking at. I told him to come and see this light in the sky that was now moving northeast very slowly. Then the object stopped. No movement for a few minutes then it started moving slow again. At 5:03am I got my phone and started taking videos of this light. I then zoomed in (12% as far as my zoom would allow) and to my amazement I saw that it was now an orb and it was strobing multi-colored lights while spinning. The orb itself was white and the colors around the outside edges were green, blue, red, yellow and orange. It started moving again eastward then it stopped again. I took many videos with some being over 2 minutes. During one of the videos the orb expanded to 3 to 4 times its’ size for about 2 seconds then returned to normal size. It did this 3 times recorded on my video. My husband watched as I was video tapping but never did so with his phone. My cat was acting very unusual also by running around crazy on the deck while the dog barked on and off at the fig tree. Very unusual for this behavior. I watched this event until 6:15am when the sky started to lighten up from the sunrise. Also to note, our security cameras did not pick up any movement even though we have one on the deck that points to the dog door that my dog ran out of.
October 5, 2023 · 1:46 AM · CHANGING
Homosassa, FL
We went on a night walk through our neighborhood the early morning hours of Oct 5, around 1:45 am. It is a small horseshoe-shaped road-- to walk the entire thing takes about 15 min. 1/4 of the walk from the house, facing east, slightly southeast, I saw what at first appeared to be an EXTREMELY large fireball/comet. I pointed it out to my companion in excitement, and he followed to get a better view. It was less than 2,000ft AGL, and AT LEAST from end to end, school bus sized. Moreover, as we sprinted about 40 yards to get a better look from behind my neighbors tree, I realized it was completely motionless. Not only that, but it was 100% not a comet. It was a bright crimson red rectangle facing West (since that seemed to be the front, not entirely sure) 'hovering' vertically, and tapered to a point or rounded point back towards the east side of it. As my eyes adjusted to what my brain was processing, I blinked and squinted to force the object to make more sense, but instead it flashed a subtle rainbow wave along its bottom end. We jokingly said "hello" and waved to it, trying to make fun of ourselves. Instantaneously, the entire motionless object disappeared. Not by leaving slowly, or fading away; but blinking out of existence. We thought the experience was over, then no more than 2 seconds after disappearing, in the same exact patch of sky, it reappeared, but as a lonely twinkle of light that looked like just a star. Initally in this form, it was very bright, then its brightness lowered a bit. However, it was clear it was the same object, just in different form. Not only because we could sense the invisible parts of the object that we could see when it was bright red, but we remained watching it vigilantly as this "star" rotated from a Westerly facing direction, to an Easterly facing direction, and remaining at around 2000 ft AGL---couldn't have been much higher, or faster than 120knots--- it ambled in a southeast direction over farmland, until it got too small for us to follow with our eye. It sincerely felt like when we said "hello" it reacted and tried to conceal itself. I know this is conjecture, but it was an intense feeling that I must note. The sky conditions were completely clear. The moon was a bright half moon in the Northeast, and Orion was rising up out of the eastern horizon to the right of the moon from our perspective that night. From where I stood, my best guess is this object was, at the beginning of the occurrence, at least 2mi to 3mi southwest. By the time we lost sight of it as it slowly trolled away as a star, I'd guess it was 12, 15 miles to the Southeast. Ryan Montgomery
October 5, 2023 · 1:00 AM · FIREBALL
Liberty, KY
Me and my family were observing to see if the deer were able to eat the cover crops at about 1am the ground was frozen hard and school had been canceled for the 3rd week in a row due to snow on this night it was below 0 degrees like many that had passed we were looking at some deer when my mom started screaming and crying that it was the end of the world and began to pray with her doing so I burst into tears and looked toward the sky to witness what she was so upset about when I seen a huge fireball plumiting to earth with a bunch of smaller fireballs behind it my brother which has passed since and my father were speechless we actually thought it was going to crash on our truck so my dad grinds our old 72 Ford 3 speed colum shift in reverse and we move away as it crashed into a field and across a hilltop and was kept quiet by my father because noone believed it at the local store. For years everytime I would pass the field on a school bus I would turn to look there so 33 years later I was telling my daughter this event that took place that night and she ask me if I ever want and looked and I remember that someone had an accident on that farm and Noone was allowed to be on the farm per insurance so when I checked to see who owned it it was my old high school principal and he gave consent to look for anything and I believe that I have located whatever it was burning that fell that night and it will be the size of a school bus or a little bigger.
October 4, 2023 · 11:55 PM · CIRCLE
Brookshire, TX
Circular, bright orb hovering in the sky. This wasn’t a known craft (helicopter), lens flare or star.
October 4, 2023 · 11:15 PM · SPHERE
Searcy, AR
Wednesday, Octobet 4th, 2024, approximately at around 11:15 pm, I was moving south on the trail. I was going in the direction of Berry Hill Park. There was a tropical storm effecting the area, and it was a very dark night. I crossed the creek bridge by the sewer pond, and saw a cluster of pulsating white orbs moving at near surface level. They moved with amd against one another, leaving a glow trail behind them, and also moved at random. They appeared to be anywhere from 100 yards to a half a mile , with a span of 100 yards they seemed to operate within, downhill, towords a low swampy area. I crept closer slowly to the wood line. Two minutes of lights were observed, then I got to the tree line. No more lights were visible. Then I heard a loud nearby advance towords me, and visibility was 0%. It chased me dien the trail. I turned to try communication, nothing bit sheer terror did I feel. I ride out as fast as I could to the park.
October 4, 2023 · 10:41 PM · LIGHT
Orange, CT
We have 2 ring cameras and the one at the back barely gives us warning , suddenly we had a movement, when we checked it 3 lights on the same line came from sky to ground then moved up back, we thought that they were bugs or something then we realized that we could see their lights on the ground and on trees. We might be wrong but what if we are right, if there is any movement on FAA radar that may help you, otherwise sorry for taking your time when you are watching the video
October 4, 2023 · 10:20 PM · CIRCLE
Las Vegas, NV
Sometimes the sparkly lights would slow down the they would go fast
October 4, 2023 · 9:36 PM · SPHERE
Hixson, TN
Was driving down road and shiny object caught my eye in sky . I took pictures cause I thought it was weird. The object was stationary in the sky then moved towards the left and disappeared from sight . There was also a green hollow ring in the sky to the direction it moved before it vanished. The object seamed to reflect the suns light on the top and seemed silver but I could not really tell due to the reflecting light on the orb. I witnessed this in the daytime. I thought it was a balloon at first but it was too large and the the way it moved and then disappeared from sight at such a fast rate scared me cause balloons do not do that .I saw this with my eyes and it also appears in the photos.
October 4, 2023 · 9:35 PM · CHANGING
Mineral Wells, TX
Was taking pictures of the sky, while I noticed a bright light that was going dim, and then very bright again. The flying object began to hover in the sky without making any noise whatsoever. Next up several more smaller began to fly sporadically around the larger object, I originally saw. That is when they begin to go in directions that made absolutely no physical sense. I was unable to notice shape, changing of the primary object going from round hexagonal, and then to a sphere it had rotating lights, and then More became to follow flying by as if they were shooting stars, but they would return upward towards the original object. It wasn’t long after that we as a group saw airplanes, trying to go in the direction of where these objects were, but unable to keep up with them. This is all caught on video.
October 4, 2023 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
PA
I saw it very clearly at first, and ran inside to get my phone. When I got back there were two, not close together. First one white, second one red. They did not remain a fixed distance apart. They were silently moving west at a slow rate of speed. By the time I got my camera on them, they had moved too far away to see the details, but they were both shaped like a regularly pulsing Christmas star, with many points, only visible when the lights pulsed. I got video as they drifted out of sight, behind the trees. I’m an aircraft enthusiast, and I’ve never seen aircraft lights like these. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
October 4, 2023 · 9:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Aurora, OR
I stayed outside another 15-20 minutes and do not see again and went inside. I contacted my neighbors to see if anyone was flying a drone at 9:08 pm pst, that was right after second siting. Even though it was much higher than a drone, figured my eyes could be deceiving. No one in our rural neighborhood admitted to knowing what it was.