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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
June 28, 2019 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Kannapolis, NC
We have corrected the date. PD
June 23, 2019 · 2:00 AM · TEARDROP
Statesville, NC
Observed one object come across the sky right to left with what I thought were white trail from fireworks looked again noticed a red light at front followed by three white lights none blinking then made a curve lost sight of object from my bedroom window few minutes later awoke by sound of the craft outside my window could see the object light on the bottom were white not blinking
June 22, 2019 · 1:00 PM · CIRCLE
Mint Hill, NC
This day I was looking at clouds above me and saw something move through them. I shook my head and asked myself what did I just see. And saw it again. The only way I know to describe it is the object went under or through a cloud then there was a break in the cloud and I couldn't see it but it then went under or through another cloud and I could see it again. I wasn't like i saw much. Sort of like how the Predator is seen in the movie when all you see are reflections around him. There was a jet that left a stream that was in the same line of travel as this UFO (my invisible ufo) but it was about 10 seconds behind the object. And I'm not sure that they were the same distance in the air. After seeing this I started looking to see if a jet can disturb the air in front of it but have found nothing. I now always try to look in front of a jet to see if I see this again.
June 21, 2019 · 10:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Fayetteville, NC
Took my dog out for his last night potty run about 10:45 pm tonight. I always look up at the stars at night as it was something Dad and I used to do when I was growing up. He was an engineer, designing early communication satellites, and I know quite a few of his designs are above us, circling the Earth. Dad taught me how to identify a planet as opposed to a star, and how to track the satellites when they go overhead. Tonight, I caught a glimpse of a flash of white light out of the corner of my eye traveling from the west to the east/southeast sky above the star Altair (used my Sky Guide app to figure its location), then dismissed it as I thought it was a light of an airplane high overhead. We are under the flight lines for our local airport and the nearby military base. I looked to the south and then back over where I saw the light and saw a smaller glimmer of it. Continued watching that area of the sky and it flashed again and again, somewhat in a predictive sequence about 2-3 seconds in between each flash and the duration of the flash was a fraction of a second which made it very hard to predict where it was going. When it flashed again, this time it was like a streamer flying in the wind with a 1-2 second duration and then it disappeared, only to quickly flash again a few more times before the light dimmed out of sight. I do not believe it is a UFO craft. I believe I saw a satellite which may have been knocked so it's spinning while in orbit and caught the sun reflecting off its solar panels (the flashing light) instead of a steady glow which moves in an arc across the night sky. The flashing light was still traveling as if it were following a satellite arc, that's how I could guess where to look when I realized it wasn't an airplane flying overhead. Just wondered if anyone else had seen the same thing tonight. Pretty interesting!
June 19, 2019 · 9:07 PM · CYLINDER
Danbury and NC (between), NC
Flying for the 2nd time in 1 week, I was drawn to a cloud formation that was not moving. It was a large formation in an otherwise flat cloud bed. I started taking pictures of it and noticed there were cylindrical objects on the pictures. I eventually took video, but the quality is poor. There were at least 5 objects that seem to have come from in or around the cloud formation.
June 4, 2019 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Raleigh, NC
It was way to low to be a shooting star and besides that I’ve never seen a shooting start with a blast of light at the beginning and then disappear in the manner that this did. It was nothing neither of us had seen before and we both say there in complete amazement for a good while and new we had just witnessed something that was not from here. I’m still in complete awe over the experience Can’t get it off my mind.
June 3, 2019 · 11:49 PM · CIRCLE
Pilot Mountain, NC
I was sitting outside on my porch with a few friends talking like we always do and i have a tendency to look up and look at the stars at night when we are talking. They didn't notice it but they all believed me because of my reaction its hard to fake, anyways there was a blue light that appeared behind some trees right at the top i could see the top of the circle but not the bottom. The best way i can describe it would be that it looked like a spotlight from a helicopter only it wasn't shining in a particular direction just illuminating. The light stayed at the top of the trees never leaving my sight and moved at what looked like normal aircraft speed across the top of the treeline until it just vanished. No one believes me but i know what i saw so i called a friend the morning after and said something about it and they said they had seen a blue light too. His description was the exact same as mine just in a different area. I know for sure we both seen it because he is just as confused as me. I know the description is very vague but that is the best i can do i hope other who see this also report it. Witness confirmed that correct date is June 03rd, 2019. PD
June 2, 2019 · 5:15 AM
Raleigh, NC
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 1, 2019 · 8:30 PM · CONE
Indian Trail, NC
I was in my backyard with my dog and looking at the night sky. I could hear the high altitude planes flying overhead. The sky was dark, clear with a few clouds. A dark color, cone shaped object flew over my house, over my back yard and over the tree line at slow speed. The object disappeared over the tree line. The direction of travel was approximately SE to NW. The object was completely silent and there were no lights. I don’t know if cone shape is the right description but it was like a very narrow triangle or very long spear shape. The object was as long as a commercial airliner and in my estimation it was flying at about 3,000 to 5,000 feet above ground level. We have a large airport about 20-25 miles away and a small commercial airport about 2 miles from our house. The object flew lower than any aircraft I usually see flying around my house. I don’t ever recall seeing any night flying in and out of the small airport that is near our house. I served over 20 years in the military and been around many aircraft at night. I also served over 19 years as a police officer and worked near the major airport in Charlotte. I have never seen anything that looked like this and flew as slow as it did without making a sound. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 28, 2019 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Maggie Valley, NC
While staying in a cabin on Plott Balsam Mountain near the Smokey Mountains and Maggie Valley, NC, we were sitting by the camp fire star gazing and looking for satellites, when we noticed a bright white orb enter the atmosphere closely followed by 4 more white orbs. They were moving roughly South to North in a straight line at the same speed and evenly spaced, they were also the same size. They all remained together at a constant speed and the brightness never dimmed. We watched them for a minute or so when we finally lost sight of them. We discussed the event for a while together and are convinced that what we witnessed was without a doubt, a group of UFO’s. We never felt threatened by the event and in fact feel blessed that we were able to see them.
May 24, 2019 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Asheville, NC
Very large orange-red ball of light/sphere traveling at moderate speed, E - W in sky. Object was much larger than a star, left no trails, seemed to sparkle, but did not flash. After object disappeared above tree cover, it never emerged from the other side. I’ve seen enough satellites & planes at night to know this object was not one of these. I figure it was something burning up entering the atmosphere from space, but wanted to report it just in case. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 21, 2019 · 10:30 PM
Greenville, NC
No sound emitted, lights were white green and red. Noticed two and one disappeared, the other shortly disappeared and could no longer be seen. There’s no way it could have flown away with such a clear view like we had. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 21, 2019 · 1:00 PM · CHEVRON
Spencer, NC
My father saw what he believes to be a boomerang shaped ufo above his house. The ufo was low and slow initially and then vanished after traveling away. My father has never claimed anything like this before to me. He is 83 years old. Source of report provided no contact information. PD
May 21, 2019 · 9:50 AM · OVAL
Erwin/Linden/South Fayetteville, NC
Heading South toward Erwin from Highway 27, saw a stationary craft with three or more large orange light, a brighter glow around the craft and what appeared to be smaller lights of blue and white. Drove toward the town of Erwin for 7 minutes and the craft neither pulled away or got any closer. Crossed Highway 421 between DUNN and Erwin toward the Cape Fear River to get better view since the lights were blocked out by trees. Drove toward LINDEN but could not see lights or craft. Turned around and backtracked to a point where I had seen the light and nothing was there. It was too large to be a helicopter, too slow to be an airplane.
May 16, 2019 · 9:15 PM · FIREBALL
Oak Island, NC
I was staying with family this week at the beach on oak island. I was out in front of thte beach house around 9:15 and saw three flare like lights to the Southwest (myrtle beach direction) but probably 10,000+ feet high. #1, then #2, then #3 appeared within a few seconds in a triangle formation then they disappeared very fast. I’d say they could be flares but does the military typically drop flares off the coast this far from a base? They didn’t last long like flares either. It was very quick. Literally right when I saw them they disappeared after 3 seconds. Also heard no aircraft of any kind at all.
May 15, 2019 · 4:40 AM · LIGHT
Moyock, NC
I woke up for work. Let dogs out. Saw 3 glowing light kinda in triangle form I have pics and videos. On 2 separate occasions. I live on the water in Moyock it was out over toward the ocean over Knots Island.
May 11, 2019 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
Rocky Point, NC
I was outside walking my dog and saw a bright large orange ball of light high up in the sky. At one point I thought that I could see faint small blue and white lights almost spinning above the orange light. The ball of light began to move erratically up and down and side to side. It almost looked like a video game glitch. I have never seen anything like this before. No airplane moves like that. I ran inside to get my phone to try to record this and by the time I got back outside it was gone without a trace. Nothing else in the sky but stars.
May 11, 2019 · 9:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Waynesville, NC
Took my dog out at 9:50. Saw a flashing light coming from the east. It would flash on and off about one second intervals. When the flashing occurred it would leave a trail or more like a tail. I first thought it was a meteor but it was a lot bigger and the flashes were consistent. As it got overhead to my position it changed directions to the left away from me in a sharp rounding type direction and was gone. There was no sound.
May 11, 2019 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Garner, NC
Blue Lights moving high rate of speed would flash appear in different spot of the sky some times making “L” shaped pattern it was moving south east direction away from the (opposite side of the sky) moon then it would appear below moon line with in 2-3 seconds went on for 45 minutes. There was low flying plane seemed to chase or be chased plane flew low over tree tops near Sutton spring
May 8, 2019 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Highlands, NC
Security camera footage indicates six small lights, oriented in a straight line, apparently maneuvering in the night sky. PD
May 5, 2019 · 1:00 AM · LIGHT
Lowell, NC
I live about 15 minutes from Charlotte Douglas Airport. I’ve been observing airplanes land from my front porch for several years. I know what the normal speed of an airplane is. Very early Sunday, my girlfriend & I were sitting on the front porch. I had ben watching planes over the horizon, coming in steadily one after another. A bright light appeared in the same approach pattern as the airplanes. Its light was much more brilliant than any of the airplanes I have seen. It took the same approach line, but moving at a pace I would think near Mach I. I’m not 100% sure that the lights were blinking because there was some low cloud cover, but only in random spots in the sky. I really believe the light was blinking in what seemed to be a random order. It followed what appeared to be the exact same landing pattern the airplanes take, then it made an IMMEDIATE turn up at an approximate 60* angle and disappeared immediately afterwords.
May 2, 2019 · 2:47 AM · UNKNOWN
New Bern, NC
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 23, 2019 · 10:12 PM · SPHERE
Concord, NC
As I look in the southern sky under the Orion constellation I a bright orange spherical shape with constentric circles. The light from it shined one me like a car headlight in the dark. I turned my head to look at Polaris and when I looked bk it was gone.
April 21, 2019 · 11:00 PM · EGG
Lexington, NC
I have seen a UFO before, but never one that moved like this one did. Around 11:00 PM, I was outside. The night was clear, almost electric. I could see stars twinkle, and then from the south, I noticed something moving, with no blinking lights. It appeared almost to be on “autopilot “. It moved slowly enough that I could keep my eye trained on it until it went past the tree line in the distance to the north east. No sound whatsoever. It did, however, appear to emit a spotlight of sorts? That’s the best way I can describe it. After I’d lost sight of it, I noticed what were clearly man made aircraft traveling in the direction of the unknown craft; one man made craft on either side of the unknown craft. Whatever it was, was in no hurry to get anywhere and was not afraid to be conspicuous. It flew low enough that I could see a solid, white or yellow light on the belly of the craft. Almost like a submarine, only flying. All I know is that it was an unidentifiable flying aircraft to me. I know it was something that other people have seen, as well.