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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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October 4, 2023 · 7:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Myerstown, PA, PA
I was driving on 422 from Myerstown PA to Lebanon PA , when I looked up to see what looked like an airplane with 3 lights in the shape of a triangle. It was flying lower than a normal aircraft, then it just slowly faded away into the clouds. It was after sunset.
October 4, 2023 · 7:28 PM · TRIANGLE
Probable conventionalFall River, MA
On Oct 4th 2023 at around 7:20p est as I was about to clock out for lunch, I noticed what appeared to be a plane's smoke trail. I found this strange as it was dark out and it looked like a fire trail. "I took 2 photos but it was to fast" I initially thought that maybe it was a meteorite or something until the next day I zoomed into the pictures and one looks like a triangular shaped object with a sphere in its center. It also appears to be climbing altitude at the time of shot. I honestly believe I have captured a true photo of a U.A.P. I showed the photo to a friend at Camp Edwards and his exact words were "It ain't ours" [NUFORC annotation: Contrail - Probable]
October 4, 2023 · 7:05 PM · LIGHT
Arlington, VA
Local weather: KDCA 070252Z 16005KT 10SM FEW060 FEW085 BKN150 22/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02220194 58005 (I live about 3 miles from DCA) [DECODED Weather: Temperature: 22.2°C ( 72°F) Dewpoint: 19.4°C ( 67°F) [RH = 84%] Pressure (altimeter): 29.89 inches Hg (1012.3 mb) [Sea level pressure: 1012.0 mb] Winds: from the SSE (160 degrees) at 6 MPH (5 knots; 2.6 m/s) Visibility: 10 or more sm (16+ km) Ceiling: 15000 feet AGL Clouds: few clouds at 6000 feet AGL, few clouds at 8500 feet AGL, broken clouds at 15000 feet AGL] About me: I rent this apartment (since 2017) because of the panoramic view facing east and because of the proximity to Washington/National (DCA) airport. I am passionate about military and civilian aviation and, as a result, I spend an inordinate amount of time looking at airplanes [noting their make/model, company (owner), path, assumed route, and deviations], weather, and the sky. My Observations: On Wednesday, 04 October 2023, at approximately 1910 local, while sitting on my easterly facing balcony with a friend, talking, I was facing approximately NNE. I observed three lights that "popped into my view", suddenly, causing me to say "whoa" out loud. I did not have to point out the lights to my friend, I simply said something like what are those lights in the sky over the Kenedy Center. She observed the same lights and had no idea what they were. I observed that three dots heading together in a due north direction, at a satallite's passing overhead speed, in an open triangle formation. The three lights were on a triangle, with one light "leading" the formation to the north and two more lights all equidistant from each other to the south. These did not look like the Starlink sattelite pattern of lights so frequestly seen in the sky. Then, within a minute, they all disappeared, first the most northly, then the other two, one after another. The lights were a whitish (with a hint of blue) color. There was no variation in color. There was no variation in the path nor movement. The lights appeared about 35 - 45 degrees above the horizon. They appeared that they were over the surface a great distance away, guessing maybe at least 75 miles away(?) if they were even within low earth atmosphere. They were possibly operating (as I suspect they were) in space. There was no sound. I knew the sun set recently, so I first considered what I was seeing to be a reflection. I disregarded that because the lights "popped" into view versus gradually illuminating - plus, I should have seen a "reflection" well before passing so far north in the sky. (In other words, since the lights traveled south to north, perpendicular to the sun's path, I would have seen any reflection that high in the sky much, much sooner in the more southern sky.) My next thought was that I was seeing satellites - but satellites do not fly in triangle formation in "close" proximity to each other. We did see a satellite later that evening that I suspect was the space station traveling overhead from west to east and very brightly illuminated. The three lights looked completely different. I am familliar (very) with UFP/UAP history, incidents, and converasations, etc. My initial reaction was not that I was seeing a UFO/UAP, but was a "head tilting" but was a "what the heck was that" reaction. Then I concluded that, from my perspective, since it was unknown to me, it was, by definition, an unknown flying object / unknown aerial phenomena. I thought of trying to take a picture, but I know from experience that my cell phone would not have captured the lights.
October 4, 2023 · 6:32 PM · SPHERE
Los Angeles, CA
Three black balls or spheres were following a plane and surrounding it as it flew by. 3 black individual non reflective spheres. I observed trying to see if the balls were something else but I could clearly see large black spheres.
October 4, 2023 · 6:09 PM · SPHERE
Portland, OR
Exited swan mart with 4 year old son. While placing son in car seat, he reports “look at those lights, mama.” I look around parking lot and said, “what lights?” He stated, “No mama, in the sky.” I viewed glimmer lights, about 15 orbs in a V formation, at the same altitude as birds(was low) at onset. Secured son in car seat with tablet to distract, closed door of car. I then took pictures and video for 3-4 min or strange lights. . They were nothing I had seen. No sound or wings observed. The orbs reflected light and were glimmering. Initially, moved north but dissolving into the sky at times, very hard to see. Orbs, reappeared far in the distance (toward the NE) on one occasion briefly, then again dissolved into the clear sky that evening. Reappeared one final time, near the SW and disappeared into the sky. [NUFORC annotation: Birds - Possible]
October 4, 2023 · 3:10 PM · OTHER
Fair Oaks, CA
I just made a report of what I saw 2 days ago, come out to the backyard and see them again, but only about 5. They seem to be flying very high, because they appear in the middle of the blue sky, do some circles, and vanish again in the blue sky. They were about 5 white dots. They could be birds, but I don't see where they come from or where they go. It just looks like they come from a high altitude and go back vary high.
October 4, 2023 · 1:45 PM · OTHER
Rye area over I95, CT
It appeared high up in the sky and was small like higher than an airplane. It was freight, silver, and either typical UFO shape or a long cylinder, not quite sure, because it appeared for a few seconds, and then it disappeared and then I was like wait a minute without a UFO and then it reappeared again, like as if to answer lol. And then a few seconds later, it disappeared again. The sky is blue, and no clouds in sight. About 30 to 45 minutes later the emergency alert system went off and I thought the timing was interesting so I figured the military had seen it and it being so close to New York City…? Maybe it set off the alert so I thought I should report what I saw!
October 4, 2023 · 6:10 AM · SPHERE
Fairborn, OH
At around 6:10am, my friend and I were walking into work. I noticed a something flying northbound and when I looked at flight radar it showed a Delta Airlines plane was in that vicinity. I looked back up and seen something else that almost just looked like a star way far away but it was moving in a straight line and kind of slowly, eastbound. I look back at flight radar and there was nothing showing up for this one. Me and my friend were watching it as it moved across the sky then all the sudden it disappeared. I tried getting it on camera but it was too far for my phone to pick up. This location is basically right next to Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
October 4, 2023 · 5:30 AM · DISK
Pinehurst, NC
Taking dog out and looking up at the sky I saw the object and wrote down the time when I got inside!
October 3, 2023 · 8:55 PM · TRIANGLE
Port Orchard, WA
Saw a triangle craft, with lights at each corner, could have been military. Warning, ufo's are radioactive and can give a person cancer, accept if they are air sightings. If you were to see one up close could be harmful to health.
October 3, 2023 · 8:45 PM · CHEVRON
Town of Carmel outside of the City of Millville, NJ
I was driving down Sherman Ave from Vineland (which is wooded on both sides) and saw this bright lights up ahead (about a mile away). The lights were about ah high as a tower would be and looked like three in a row. As we drove closer, the lights hadn’t moved much and I commented that it may be a helicopter. As we came upon the lights, I was more beneath it, so I pulled into a parking lot and got out of my car. This was where Carmel Rd, Sherman Ave and Morton Ave all meet. At this point I could see it was chevron shaped with a red circular light at the point and white swirling lights on the tips. It barely made any sound and slowly left the area. I did record as much as I could but my phone wouldn’t cooperate! I did check the Flight Tracker and there was nothing on that flight path.
October 3, 2023 · 8:40 PM · SPHERE
Panama City Beach, FL
I was UFO watching again when I spotted these two blue orbs at a perfect distance apart, they were flying west to east and then more appeared after these disappeared, there were 14 in total, and two were close in proximity in the middle section of the line of ufos, also after the last ufo disappeared I spun the camera back to where I saw the UFOs originating from and then another white orb smaller in size flew directly up from where the UFOs originated from. Can not attach the video it is too large. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
October 3, 2023 · 8:08 PM · SPHERE
Norman, OK
Walked out to Jeep at 8:08pm and somethjng so bright caught my attention and I realized it wasn’t an aircraft/drone/satellite/starlink so I rushed in to tell my wife and she ran out with her phone ok and captured it the best we could. We ruled out satellites and planes from tracking apps and have no idea what it was, but we submitted video as well.
October 3, 2023 · 7:04 PM · FORMATION
Erie, PA
We watched the object fly around slowly and I was able to get a couple pictures as it got closer to us before it gain altitude until it was just a dot and couldn’t see it anymore. Completely silent but I don’t know how far away it was. My phone goes to 15X zoom.
October 3, 2023 · 3:15 PM · CIGAR
Greensboro, NC
I was in an American Airlines Boeing 737 - just left Charlotte NC and weren't quite at cruising altitude (maybe 10 minutes into the flight) and saw a cigar shaped craft going SUPER fast below us. Maybe 10-20 seconds of flight. It did NOT look like a plane and it was going so fast I can't imagine it was another plane.
October 3, 2023 · 11:22 AM · SPHERE
La Habra, CA
At approximately 11:22 A.M. I looked up at the sky and saw two orbs slowly moving from North to South, in the direction of the Pacific Ocean. They appeared to be small in size and they were both blinking. Their color appeared to be white. At times they appeared to quickly fizzle out, then appear with more luminous intensity as they moved. The orb flying at a higher altitude seemed to be brighter and more active than the lower flying orb. I made an initial video recording of what I was seeing on my cellphone, then I watched as the orbs drifted across the sky. They moved overhead from where I was standing so I recorded a second video. At this time, the orb flying at a higher altitude moved quickly, going down and then in a circular motion. You can see the speed it was moving, by referencing an outdoor commercial building lamp in the video. I called my mother who was nearby so she can witness what I was seeing. She met me within a few minutes, and by this time, the orbs were farther away, heading towards the Pacific Ocean to the Southwest. She was able to confirm what I was seeing. The last video is short and shows the last of what can be seen, as the orb blinks brightly. After that, the distance was far so I stopped recording.
October 3, 2023 · 6:15 AM · CIRCLE
Huntertown, IN
Rounded with white flashing lights all the way around and two larger white lights underneath it. About the size of a bus.
October 3, 2023 · 5:50 AM · TRIANGLE
DeKalb, MS
We are in a very low populated area with no outside lights or noises. The surrounding area is mostly pine trees. We were outside at about 5:50am on October 3, 2023, drinking coffee and looking at the stars like we do most mornings. Normally we will see stars and satellites. In this area it is rare to see aircraft at night. On this calm clear morning, we observed three large white lights close together in a triangle shape that appeared to be all part of the same craft. These lights appeared to be low in the sky and close to us. The lights moved from the East to the West at a slow and steady pace with no noise or disruption. There were no colored (red and green) lights like an aircraft. There was no noise like an aircraft. It was very low, seemed very close to us and made no sounds or wind movement at all. It was observed in the clear sky with no cloud cover, No wind, no noise, no other lights, and no obstructions from trees. Then it vanished. It didn't change direction or shoot into the sky. It just vanished/went dark as we were watching it and talking about it.
October 3, 2023 · 5:30 AM · OTHER
Huntertown, IN
I was driving and noticed the huge thing hovering over some ball diamonds. I was staring trying to see if it was a tower (which there isn’t) or a plane (but was stationary). After I passed it maybe 5 minutes later my sister text me and said she thinks she saw a ufo. I called her and she was traveling the same path going the other direction and seen the same object. I will upload a picture of what I could find on the internet of something very similar. * it is not an actual photo from that morning *
October 3, 2023 · 2:50 AM · CIRCLE
Boston, MA
Airline Capt for major US carrier. 25 yrs airline, 28 years USAF (they overlap). Flying to Europe from NY, 50ish miles before Boston at 35000' heading 060 deg I notice a light ahead and above come into view, grow very bright, looked to move right and down then dim till gone. Then another one, or the same one, appears, grows bright, and dims as it moves away. I noticed this for several minutes before pointing it out to my first officer (highly experienced and also ex-military). Lights were not consistent - sometimes one followed by another then another, sometimes 2 or 3 at once, sometimes movement from left to right was pronounced. This went on for approx 20 min. I have several videos (taken with phone). NOT starlink, not other satellites, not a planet, not space station, not ships at sea - we both know what all of those look like and we both agreed that this was not any of those. Only possibility is military aircraft. Problem with that is 1) lights were very bright and came on dim to bright to dim which aircraft lighting is set (just on bright); 2) white lights NOT green/red navigation lights or strobes; 3) the light looked very similar to how airliners look as we come in to land - with our gear down, landing lights and nose gear lights on. No aircraft has their landing gear out at 35000' plus; 4) We both felt that the objects were 10000 or more above us. VERY high for even military activity. For videos - 1) you will see venus (?) in lower right corner. Bright. Not what I am talking about. 2) The perspective from the videos makes them look lower than us, but we both watched them and were sure these objects were above us and by a lot. Not sure why it appears that way. -City in video is Boston -Bright light on right edge is a planet -No moon, no clouds (video quality makes it appear there is low clouds - no) -Very few stars out except if you looked very high and to the north -Objects in question are in middle/middle high of videos
October 2, 2023 · 11:08 PM · SPHERE
Lyndon, NY
Orange orbs that almost seemed hovering. Would travel up and down in a very fluid motion, then reform back to each other. Extremely rural area in western NY. This is located at a property that is in a cell phone dead zone, so I don't typically bother carrying my phone. Event occurred 1/2 mile from the nearest road. First heard what sounded like a bunch of spooked farm animals rustling through leaves. Walked over a hill and saw the three orange orbs hovering, they slowly floated off formed one, and then quickly crested another hill and disappeared. Orange isn't the best term to describe the color. I'd say they almost looked peach in color. Based on the height of the tree the closest orb was near, I'd say it was 6-8 feet in diameter
October 2, 2023 · 10:21 PM · EGG
No city on highway, WA
I was driving the 109 and as soon as I crossed over the Humptullips River I was hit with a light that lit up the inside of my car. I looked to my left and saw what appeared to be a flying egg. The egg would appear on my left side and right side matching my speed of 60mph. In intervals of ??? Maybe every 2 seconds the egg would pulse out a bright white light that would light up the highway. When the egg was behind the trees the light wasn't as bad. The egg followed me for approximately 4.2 miles. I pulled over as it was annoying the hell out of me. I watched it behind the treetops and other travelers noticing it started to pull over too. At this point it dawned on me to grab my camera out and document the situation. I took a 30 second video which I will upload. The craft made no noise, no jet engine, helicopter blade or propeller.
October 2, 2023 · 9:44 PM · CHANGING
Mineral Wells, TX
October 2, 2023 at 9:44pm CST: While looking at the stars I noticed an object stationary in the sky. I watched as it changed forms and rose higher without sound. This object went from what appeared to be a bright star, to several balls of light bright white then changing to a disc. This was then followed by many other objects smaller but similar in shape flying around the primary disc. These objects were flying In unexplainable ways, sideways then upwards then diagonal. This was witnessed by me, Brian Edward Griffin and my Sister Tara Swanson as well as my 3 nieces. We then witnessed airplanes flying towards this objects, the UAP’s would then disappear then reappear after the planes had passed. One object appeared to land behind what we call Welcome Mountain. A very large hill with a sign that says Welcome. This event went on for over half an hour.
October 2, 2023 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Kansas City, MO
I was sitting in my car in front of a friend's house when I heard this humming noise I looked out my car window and seen a triangle figure with three lights floating across the sky we pulled our phones out to capture video of it wondering what this was one guy insisted it was a drone but it was floating across the sky humming then disappeared this was the first time we ever seen or experienced anything like this