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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.

4,277 entries

January 19, 2020 · 6:57 PM · TRIANGLE

Avondale, AZ

It's been 3 days and I still cannot get over what I experienced, I feel lucky and incomplete at the same time.

January 14, 2020 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT

The location of the sighting was a small enclosed backyard. It was dark with mid level cirrus clouds above. I noticed a light approaching then another. At first I thought it was a satellite then I saw there was one right after another. They were moving fast silently from southwest to northeast.

January 14, 2020 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT

Chandler, AZ

Looking overhead seen oval shaped lights as high as the stars. But what was startling that the lights were traveling northeast. Lasted for about 15 minutes and vanished..

January 14, 2020 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION

Many Farms, AZ

Returning home we witnessed numerous lights/orbs in the sky sailing/flying from the southwest direction towards the northeast direction. Numerous meaning that there were too many to give an exact count but there was well over forty of them. They looked as they were Xmas lights strung in the sky being pulled across the heavens in which no noise was heard nor emitted, neither were FAA strobe lights visible. From what could be seen was an endless line that faded out to the NE sky. Video via a handheld NV camera was taken but as they were directly above us, I could not keep the camera steady(the convoy of lights were directly above us and with the excitement it was hard to keep still) but in the video they are white orb type anomalies that just keep sailing thru the sky. No clouds were in the vicinity nor were any other commercial craft visible as it usually would be.

January 11, 2020 · 6:15 PM · CIRCLE

Phoenix, AZ

at approximately 6 10 p.m. January 11th 2020, I was outside facing south. I saw what appeared to be a red orange glow. Similar to a ball shape. It was moving my direction and became larger and larger as it got closer. then it stopped and appeared to be waving around but actually it was getting smaller and smaller and going up quite fast. Light diminished as it got higher and higher. Then it fell to the West in a black diamond shape. I watched the diamond shape silhouette sink toward the horizon almost becoming a bit larger as it went down. Moments later another one appeared from the south a big orange red ball glowing. I ran in the house and got my binoculars and my husband and he came out to see it arriving almost straight up above us. There it stopped again and went straight up disappearing getting smaller and smaller as its light diminished. We were unable to see anything after the second one went upward and disappeared.

January 9, 2020 · 9:00 PM · RECTANGLE

Phoenix, AZ

I went outside at 9 pm to take out trash. Right above me a little to the west I saw a strange orb of lights that seemed to change from orange to whole to red and the lights were hovering. I'm a pilot and look up at planes all the time. My first thought was a drone with some weird lights attached. There was no sound. I stared up at it for about 1 min. Then it started moving. The lights started to fade and now I could see at large black rectangle moving slowly to the east. It was a full moon and scattered clouds, but the sky was a gray color with the full moon. A couple white lights winked on this black rectangle then it went completely black. It was such a dark dark black color. Initially I thought this object was low, maybe 500 ft, but as it glided silently across the sky I saw it went above the the broken clouds. I've never seen anything glide so smoothly. It was the shape of a Hersey bar. It picked move slowly as it glided away completely black but I coul! d clearly see it's shape in the light night sky I watched it until it moved behind clouds. I was really in shock. I thought that's either some very advanced secret aircraft of ours or a UFO. It was amazing. I went inside and told a family member a nd texted a friend. I went on the internet to see if there was any news about this. I even called one of the local news networks to ask them if they had gotten any reports. I also check the weather to see what the cloud layer height was to get an idea of how big this really was. The pilot wether briefing I read said the clouds were scattered at 9500 feet. This object was above them and went through them at times. Based on that altitude Id guess the object was about 100 ft x 50 ft. I'll never forget this sighting. I already believed we are being visited by other planets. Now I can say I know for sure. This had to be a UFO.

January 7, 2020 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT

Whiteriver, AZ

Saw multiple orange lights in the ski. The first light appeared orange and only one light was present. The second light was about ten orange lights fairly close together in a line. This was not the first sighting of lights in the area. However, it’s the first time I have personally seen them close together in a straight line.

January 5, 2020 · 1:15 PM · SPHERE

Buckeye, AZ

I've seen a lot of meteors and they always have a tail/stream. This was just orange fast moving object.

January 3, 2020 · 11:15 PM · LIGHT

Wilcox (near), AZ

I was traveling from Tucson to Morenci, AZ, on Interstate 10 when I saw a bright light resembling a planet. I saw the light increase in intensity a bit and begin to move. Suddenly it shot straight up at a high rate of speed and the light turned off. This was at the close of the Christmas/ New Years Holidays and the interstate was very heavy with traffic so many others should have seen it. I was looking northeast towards the / Pinalenos/Grahams Mountains and traveling eastbound. This was approximately 3 miles west of the exit for AZ 191 North.

January 1, 2020 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL

Tucson, AZ

ball of orange light was pretty far above my property when i noticed it split into two, than three before the 1st original orb just vanished. after it split the original 1st orb reappeared but about 3X as bright. before they all faded. this happened in my backyard and a friend of mine captured the exact same thing in New Mexico. my only theory is some sort of flares but i don’t see how flares would act that way. and how the original one lit up like that. i’m really wanting to come to a conclusion of what this is. i had completely disregarded this event until a friend of mine showed me a video of the same exact thing

January 1, 2020 · 7:20 PM · LIGHT

Gilbert, AZ

I reside in Gilbert, AZ. I have been a local metro police officer for 20 years in the valley. Prior to working in law enforcement, I served four years in US Naval Special Warfare. On 01/01/2020, at approximately 19:20 hours, I walked outside into the backyard with my puppy. The night sky was partly cloudy, but I could make out some constellations and other random stars to the south. I could also observe a few visible aircraft heading in different directions as evident by their distinct red, green, and white navigation lights. Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is approximately 3 miles southeast of my residence. However, I was looking directly south in the sky when I observed two circular lights appear just above the horizon. It was as if the lights appeared out of nowhere. The lights were of an orange-yellow glow that pulsed very slowly, but in unison. They did not resemble any known aircraft to my knowledge. The waxing crescent moon was visible in the partly clouded sky directly west. With the intensity of a bright star, the lights traveled northbound as they ascended into the sky. The distance between the two lights was comparable to placing my right hand out in front of my sight line while holding up only my index and pinky fingers. The lights moved very slowly as they continued to ascend in my direction. Moments later, the lights stopped at a fixed point in the sky. The lights remained in that position for approximately 15-30 seconds. At that point, the lights started to slowly ascend in a southeast direction. Not only did the lights move upward, but also away into the southern! sky. Both lights dimmed at the same time and then disappeared into the clouds. As I started to walk back inside with the dog, I noticed another singular light emerge from the southern horizon. It was the exact same light that I had just observed. The light traveled in the same pattern with the same speed. It stopped in about the same location for a similar pause before heading away as the previous lights had done. Again, the singular light just faded into the clouds of the night sky. Before I could turn away, I observed a fourth light emerge from the same spot above the horizon. It was the same type of light moving at the same speed as the others. This time, I opened the back door and called for my wife to hurry outside to get a look at what I was seeing. The light was still ascending towards me when my wife stepped outside. She looked on as the singular light stopped in the sky for approximately 15-30 seconds. Again, she looked on as the light slowly made its way upward and away out of sight. The whole incident lasted approximately 6 minutes. I have never seen anything like that before. Neither my wife nor I could explain the absence of navigational lights. In addition, we could not provide an explanation for either the pulsing orange-yellow glow, or the speed and travel direction that the lights were exhibiting. In the moments following the incident, the partly cloudy night sky cleared up entirely. Several planes were again observed in the area, but none of them shared any resemblance to what we had just observed.

December 31, 2019 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT

Florence, AZ

New Year's Eve leaving from a friend's house who lives in a remote area in Florence, Arizona, notice the green light hovering in the sky while coming to stop sign driving home. Its is completely dark pitch black except our headlights so I thought it was a firework about to explode so me and wife wait and this single green ball or round pillish looking craft it starts to move slow back n forth n hovering for a min and then shot into the sky my wife and I both looked at each other mouths open as no plane or aircraft can move that fast. I should add we both dont drink so there was no mistaking this for a firework it

December 27, 2019 · 1:45 AM · CONE

Bisbee, AZ

6 ufos looking into mex. south from our front yard.

December 21, 2019 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE

South Phoenix/Picacho Peak, AZ

We watched about 20 star/satellite type lights moving from West to East while camping at Picacho Peak State Park and facing North. They were in a formation pattern appearing one by one above us, traveling at the same speed and disappearing one by one to the east. There was no flashing light, had the brightness of stars and did not break their pattern.

December 21, 2019 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT

Roosevelt lake, AZ

I saw what appeared as lights moving in a straight line on a NNE flight pattern. The lights did not blink or waiver. They were even spaced and seemed to be at same speeds. These were not aircraft. No blinking lights and no sound.

December 21, 2019 · 6:30 PM · FORMATION

Valle, AZ

Tonight, at approximately 1830 on December 21, 2019, we were walking across a parking lot at the Grand Canyon Inn in the town of Valle, north of Williams, Arizona. We looked up and saw what we thought was a satellite moving from west to east. Then we noticed another one behind it which we thought was odd. We kept watching and counted 14+ of these same objects, each with a steady non-flashing whitish light, evenly spaced and flying in a line behind each other. On the form above, I called it a formation since the dots of light were all flying in a line. LWe have no idea what to think of them. Any ideas?

December 21, 2019 · 6:45 AM · LIGHT

Prescott Valley, AZ

They were lined up and traveling west to East. They were perfectly spaced apart and moving much faster than the other planes flying in the area . Just moving at perfect intervals in relation to each other.

December 20, 2019 · 5:40 PM · LIGHT

Phoenix, AZ

There were 2 bright lights in the sky hovering then suddenly vanished.

December 19, 2019 · 7:00 PM · UNKNOWN

Mesa, AZ

I was travelling on Loop 202 Beeline Highway heading West . Coming from the South were two perfectly round dull green lights on opposite ends of each other but directly across from each other about the distance of a medium to small size airplanes wing span. These two lights did NOT blink at all and they were not bright like a conventional aircraft or helicopter as to be used for the purpose of seeing out ahead of where it was going. There were (zero) no other lights whatsoever on this UFO. As it approached closer towards the highway and right when it got almost directly above me the light on the right side (as Im looking at it coming towards me) turned a reddish color and with the same dim and dull appearance. The craft that was flying was completely dark ,so i couldnt make out the actual shape of it. I thought I seen a quick glimpse of the craft as a other source of low light reflected off of it and It appeared to be like a flat triangle shape. The color ! of the craft was a grayish dull steel appearance with intricate box shaped or square parts on the exterior located towards the center . I know it sounds like I seen alot but I really didnt and it happened so quick that the only image i have in memory to describe it. The craft also wasnt very high off the ground . It was a few hundred feet in the air . I completely lost sight of it after it flew over my car towards Red Mountain . After that main sighting there were 4 seperate bright super bright lights that hovered out South of Phoenix and North West of Phoenix. 2 each on each side of the 202. There were multiple helicopters flying out between these white lights as well as commercial aircraft coming in and out of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. The Airplanes and Helicopters are extremely easy to identify whether they are far or near. There was alot of activity in Phoenix at 7pm . I hope others that witnessed what i seen has the inclination to report it as well .. I got footage! of the white lights (4) of them on video on my camera phone. ! I wish I could of captured the dull green lights on the craft that was super close to me, but i wasnt thinking fast enough to get that . that one would even have the Pope believing without a doubt there are UFOs

December 18, 2019 · 8:30 PM · DISK

Laveen, AZ

I was sitting at my kitchen table and I saw a saucer with blue lights, ran outside, it was cruising low and slow from South Mountain traveling northeast towards Scottsdale

December 18, 2019 · 8:19 PM · OTHER

Quijota, AZ

I came across this huge light in the sky it looked bright like a star but was very low to the ground. It stayed in one stop for over an hour. It blinked several times then disappeared. Then after a few minutes I saw at least a hundred or so twinkling lights that all flew to where the star was earlier. The lights looks like tiny sparkles, some flew in formation, others just flying. They joined to make bigger lights. Then when they got to the original location of the bright light I saw earlier, the sparkles joined and became solid lights. 6 solid white lights lit up then disappeared.

December 17, 2019 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE

Red Rock, AZ

Looked west maybe a bit southwest in red rock right off I-10 highway and saw 4 very bright big orange lights in sky. Then immediately one at a time they vanished in a 4 to 3 to 2 to 1 then 0 sequence within moments. They were about four times the size of stats in distance. Very strange.

December 15, 2019 · 3:30 AM · DISK

Willcox, AZ

We observered star type lights moving from East to west. They appeared to be in a formation pattern traveling at the same speed. There was no flashing light, had the brightness of stars and did not break their pattern.

December 14, 2019 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT

Anthem, AZ

Bright round light in the Northern sky shortly after sunset. It was heading slightly downward and diagonally at a slow velocity; too slow to be a shooting star. It came to a stop and headed upwards maintaining that same slow speed. It then turned to the right and moved parallel to the ground and went behind some clouds. It emerged from the clouds and headed in the opposite direction. Eventually, it went behind more clouds and was not seen again.