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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
June 3, 2019 · 11:30 PM · FLASH
Monroe, OR
It will then move a bit. Not really far but it never pops in the same place. These things are NOT satellites since they are not moving at a steady rate which would be required if you were on orbit. Also not an airplane as they are not moving properly to be flying and there is no sound associated with seeing them. If you take the time to watch them they will flash in an area half a dozen times then, go away? Then you will see some in another area. I have seen them near the ISS as it traveled by as well. This is a good way to see them as well because they are almost always near when it goes by. I encourage anyone seeing this to go look for them. I am at a loss as to how to photograph these things. I totally would but it would take a bulb setting and all I would see is a white dot against a field of white dots (stars). Not sure how to identify the flashers in a background of stars via a camera. Perhaps with a bulb setting long enough it would be the white dot that was still a dot and not a smear like the stars would be? IDK. Not convincing to most people and not really worth the trouble.
May 25, 2019 · 11:00 PM · FORMATION
The Dalles, OR
Space Link satellites. PD
May 25, 2019 · 7:44 PM · DISK
Ontario, OR
I had just left the state park north of Ontario, Oregon and was just crossing over I84 Highway when I noticed a cool cloud formation, I usually stop to take these kind of pics besides sunsets. I pulled off the side of the road and put my window down to take a picture of the cloud formation. I got my window up and continued on my way into town and home. When I got home and parked I looked at the picture and thought it looked cool. I happen to notice a black dot on the left side in the picture. I expanded the image and noticed it looked like a disc titled and facing my way when I had taken the picture. I was excited to have captured this. Looks like a disc to me. You be the judge. ((initials deleted))
May 24, 2019 · 10:30 PM · OTHER
Chiloquin, OR
((anonymous report)) Launch of ~60 Space Link satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 1:00 AM · CIGAR
Umatilla National Forest, OR
Space Link satellites. PD
May 24, 2019 · 12:24 AM · FORMATION
Sublimity, OR
I was looking toward the NorthEasterly sky. I had yelled for my girlfriend to come Outside so I wasn’t the only One who saw.. She had then witnessed the same occurrence. I am absolutely shocked, excited actually. I am Never leaving my phone or a camera away from me ever again!! Space Link satellites?? PD
May 24, 2019 · 12:02 AM · FORMATION
Wilsonville, OR
Space Link satellites, launched Thursday evening, May 23rd. PD
May 11, 2019 · 8:37 AM · SPHERE
Cascade Locks, OR
While driving home from college from Oregon to Montana, I was in the area of Cascade Locks, Oregon going down the highway at about 55 mph. I glanced up to my right and noticed a perfect silver sphere in the sky next to some hills that I estimate were about 1,700-2,000 ft high. The sphere was closer to 1,000 ft up in the air and it was moving quickly, but in the opposite direction of me and behind a hill. I sped up my car in able to keep looking at it before the hill obstructed my view, but it was moving very quickly and I lost it behind the hill. I saw it for about 7-8 seconds total. My best estimate for the size of this sphere is 2.5 meters in diameter (roughly the size of one of those “human hamster balls”). It looked like a perfect sphere and I did not see any kind of string attached to it. It didn’t leave any kind of trail and it didn’t have any lights, windows or wings that I could see. It was opaque and light silver in color. One observer: 21-year-old female college student traveling from Oregon to Montana
April 29, 2019 · 10:10 PM · FORMATION
Hillsboro, OR
I was helping a friend move his car from my parking lot. As I walked out into the night air, I suddenly stopped in my tracks and looked up (I still don’t know why or what reason I did that) as my friend continued walking. It was that strong sense you get when someone is looking at you that drew me to look up, I think. (I don’t know which direction, like NW, SE, etc. …sorry, I’m a girl) – but I can tell you I was in Hillsboro, OR, in the Orenco Platform District. Though its light(s) were very dim at first, my eyes locked on it immediately. It was way too high up to be a plane (and a few did cross underneath as I stared). It blinked at me slowly, as if acknowledging that it was seeing me (or watching the area). The light strobed from soft white to yellow to blue and red, in random order. It was stationary, hovering, but it would jerk to its left or right in a millisecond, then up or down, but for the most part, remained in its general spot high up in the clouds. Then I started noticing other lights just like it in the clouds, in the periphery. Together the lights formed a gigantic circle, outlining some kind of enormous craft half-hidden behind the clouds, and just…surveying. I sat out there for a good 45 minutes and it continued to blink and slightly jolt and return to its position. And it was clear there were many others with him…or it. It was eerie but absolutely mesmerizing. I did take pics and videos with my iPhone but they aren't great.
April 29, 2019 · 9:00 PM · FORMATION
Troutdale, OR
Looking south 2 white star lights were noticed as unfamiliar stars at roughly 40 degrees above the horizon spread vertically roughly 5-8 degrees. Upon closer inspection, they were moving as one with a very faint white glow between the two. It appeared to increase speed and departure angle leaving our perceivable vision at roughly 65-70 degrees above the horizon. At this point we discussed and believe what we saw began in our atmosphere. Its movement was steady, stable, and smooth. At first spot it appeared as 2 stars that should not be there quickly changed to low orbit satellites and quickly to those are connected, that is huge, and that is moving extremely fast. Whatever it was, to us it was pretty awesome to see and to wonder about.
April 29, 2019 · 1:30 PM
Portland, OR
On April 29, 2019, about 1:30 pm, we saw an object in the sky we could not identify. The sky was clear and blue, no clouds around. The object seemed to come from the north and move south. We were facing west watching it. It appeared to be quite close, larger than a full moon. One of us saw it with the naked eye, the other had binoculars. We both agreed that it was bright gold in color, and looked metallic. The one viewing it with the binoculars could make out bright lights facing us, which appeared to blink on and off. Shape was indeterminate. It emitted no sound at all. Length of sighting was about 30 seconds. Took place in Portland, Oregon, USA.
April 17, 2019 · 12:00 AM · DISK
Portland, OR
Silver craft jinking about between clouds. There were several chem trail planes. The ufo was about 5,000 feet below the chem trails.
April 12, 2019 · 8:26 PM · FIREBALL
Sherwood, OR
The light was traveling at some what of a slow pace, slow enough for me to pull my phone out of my pocket and contemplate filming the light. But I ended up keeping my eye on it. It flew from West to East in a straight line. As it flew over my head, I tried to listen to see if it made a noise like some type of aircraft, but it was completely silent. As it flew over my head the fireball started to dim, until it went completely black. The strange thing was as the orange light disappeared I could see a fuzzy grey silhouette of what used to be glowing orange still heading east at! the same speed with no sound what so ever. I know a plane tends to have white, green or red lights flashing but this was silent and bright orange and faded to a fuzzy grey.
April 11, 2019 · 12:56 AM · LIGHT
Aloha, OR
12:56 a.m. in Aloha, Oregon, a small town outside of Beaverton and Portland. At the same time as a jet was flying by as I heard the jet engines passing overhead, I could see a small green light suddenly appear in the dark sky as I smoked a cigarette, and the speed of this green light was in the opposite direction of the sound as well as planes do not move this fast. This was not a meteorite or shooting star as it was moving as the crow flies in the distance straight ahead. I could tell that this was some sort of craft just by the way it was moving across the sky. However this green light was not the jetliner overhead which I heard at the same time. The plane in the sky was not military as it was not chasing the object it was just passing overhead as I live near an airport. Show it was a green light I did not hear any noise besides the jetliner above and it was moving faster than any plane I have ever seen in my life! I would say it was moving as fast as a shoo! ting star but this is no shooting star.
April 3, 2019 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Silverton, OR
On the night of July 3rd, 2019, I attended a 4th of July fireworks display at The Oregon Gardens with my date, 3 of her sisters, and one of their boyfriends. After the fireworks we were walking back to our vehicles when we decided to stop at the Community Skate Park and hang out and talk etc. We were lying on our backs in the skate bowl looking up at the sky. The sky was patchy with clouds with the stars visible clearly between the clouds. There was no moon and we were far away from strong sources of light pollution. After a few minutes my date and I noticed a small speck of white light with what appeared to be a "tail" trailing behind moving against the background of the stars. We both commented that it looked like a single sperm “swimming” among the background of the stars and going behind the clouds seemingly in a random, “searching” pattern; zig-zagging around seemingly aimless. We observed the light for several minutes, not less than 5 and not more than 10 perhaps. There were no flashing lights, and the “object” itself was very faint and difficult to make out and several times we lost it behind a passing cloud only to pick it back up when it emerged on the other side. My date and I and at least one of her sisters witnessed the same phenomena we did but the light was very faint and I am unsure if everyone present was able to positively see the object. Several times we saw definite and easily identifiable airplanes and we were certain that it wasn’t one of them, it appeared to be much “higher” and had no flashing or blinking lights and made no sound that we could make out. At first I took it to possibly be a satellite but I am unaware of any that changed direction like this object did. At some point it went behind a particularly large cloud and we were unable to see it afterward. We were all 100% sober and ranged in age between 16-35.
March 29, 2019 · 9:34 PM · LIGHT
Depoe Bay, OR
We saw a bright light moving laterally in the sky at a steady but moderate pace. It slowed down then reduced to a pinpoint of light as it stopped, then it disappeared.
March 25, 2019 · 11:30 AM · CIRCLE
Portland, OR
It wasn't moving at all when we saw it, there was nothing else in the sky other than this. There were no clouds or fog at all. I watched as long as I could in the area to see if it would come back or anything but it didn't. I'm not good at predicting height, but I'd say a little higher up than apx 20 story building.
March 24, 2019 · 11:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Portland, OR
Went outside to clean my BBQ.. looked up and saw a hovering on/off light very high up in the sky, knew it wasn't a plane because it just hovered, possibly a drone, nope, up to high, about the same level as planes flying over PDX (20k. ft. est.).. clear blue skies, with occasional passing clouds coming up from the South.. the position of the object was aprox. in the NW sky, basically over N/NE PDX from my POV being in NE PDX.. what got me was the rotation, every 5 seconds or so, it would get really bright, then almost vanish, but not quite.. made me think it was a metallic object reflecting the morning sunshine during the craft rotation.. weather balloon ??.. not likely, stayed in the same spot, didn't appear to go up or down.. so I go in the house, do some dishes, wash up the bbq utensils, took about 20mins., go back outside, look up, and it's still there, in the same spot, still the same on and off flashing/reflection from the sun.. but this time my neighb! ors are outside and I call them over to take a peek, just for verification that i'm not seeing things, and sure enough they seen the same object.. Anyways, so a large cloud rolls in from the South, and as soon as the cloud broke away, it's gone, just like that, didn't see it leave, but something was there, for almost a good half hour, something was there, just hovering, shining in and out.. definetly not a star either, too bright outside.. but what got me was how brilliant the light reflecting off it was when the sun did hit it.. 2nd time in the past 31 of my 54 years that I saw something sky-high in broad daylight that didn't fit.
March 20, 2019 · 10:35 PM · FIREBALL
Redmond, OR
A white light coming from the sky that changed green before it fell in the field.
March 17, 2019 · 1:00 AM · CHANGING
Tigard, OR
Source of report provides no information. PD
March 14, 2019 · 7:50 PM · CIRCLE
Rogue River, OR
On March 14, 2019, at 19:50 I was outside on my deck watching the sky. I saw a red round object over my house. This is the third time I've seen it. On all occasions I was able to videotape the events. The object moved slowly over going from the south to the northern sky. It would sometimes disappear & then reappear. I videotaped it the entire time. I could see that it would grow dim & then get brighter. At approximately 19:52 it grew very bright, then expelled an object. I thought it looked like red water. I saw all of this without a telescope, unaided with my own eyes. The object that was expelled was also red, then dropped straight down & disappeared. It is visible on my Apple I phone. When I reviewed the video on my phone, I could see the object that was expelled was round & red. My phone has the ability to enlarge the area & it is clearly round, red, & came out of the original object. The red light then moved more to the north & was level with the trees up the street from my house. It went behind the trees & didn't reappear. I am studying astronomy & have spent countless hours outside. What I saw was not a drone, was silent, with no moving parts or flashing lights. I showed it to a United Airlines pilot & he told me to report to the UFO center. He said it was nothing he'd ever seen & couldn't identify it.
February 20, 2019 · 5:50 AM · OTHER
Cape Perpetua, OR
Driving back from Cottage Grove, Oregon, on Hwy 101, I pulled over to take photos of the unusual and beautiful clouds over the ocean. I'm a photographer, have been for many years. There was a clearing in the clouds that I had observed. And, in between the clouds was an opening. I saw without my camera which appeared to be smoke trails from an aircraft. Was a long white line. So, got out my camera with a 2,000mm lens in it and was taking shots. What I saw through the viewfinder was completely different from what I had seen with naked eye. There were 5 circles of light, not moving or doing anything. They were just there. One of them looked like it had a faint light in the center of it, the rest invisible with a ring of bright light around it. Very unusual....
February 18, 2019 · 7:00 PM · CHANGING
Damascus, OR
Just seeing a ufo western skies . Like a star, changing shapes !
February 16, 2019 · 10:20 PM · CIRCLE
Powell Butte, OR
Blue oval light flash front mid sky downward towards horizon oval shape larger than stars or planes