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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.
6,210 entries
July 25, 2020 · 12:00 AM · OVAL
Smokey Point, WA
I was stargazing outside looking north and saw with my eyes than through binoculars a Flashing orangish red light on what looked like an oval shaped craft. It looked stationairy but after 20 minutes I could tell it was slowly moving across the sky. Way too low to be a satellite/planet but barley moved at all. I'd say I'd say it was maybe 2000 ft in the sky? It was just blinking different colors between orangish red to greenish blue than back to a dark red. I really want to know what it was I saw because I've never seen anything like it.
July 23, 2020 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Kennewick, WA
My wife and I observed a military aircraft escorting a glowing orb south of Kennewick, ,Washington on a date and time given. The military aircraft was following behind the object and continued the escort until it was out of sight. It approached us from the south from the direction of the Boardman bombing Range in Oregon and headed in a north easterly direction. The aircraft had clearly visible aircraft navigation lighting. The glowing orb that it was escorting had no such lighting. I am fairly certain it was a military aircraft because I could not find it on my phone app that tracks commercial aircraft. Typically, military aircraft do not show up. However, commercial aviation and general aviation aircraft do show up on that app.
July 22, 2020 · 11:47 PM · CHANGING
Anacortes, WA
Noticed a couple of especially bright lights low in the southern sky. I watched awhile, thinking they might move. I hen walked to the Eastern side of the house for a better look. I took a series of photos, and a video, then went back inside. The blow up of the photos shows some odd anomolies the I can't explain.
July 22, 2020 · 9:36 PM · FIREBALL
Dash Point, WA
On Saturday July 25, my wife and I and our little bichon went down to what we call the "Zen garden" -- which we just completed with slate rock and gravel -- to create a little patio, it's little spot about a 150 ft² nestled in trees, bushes and shrubbery ... as we sat down in 2 adirondack chairs next to eachother, to enjoy the evening around 9:30 I was admiring the floor slate slabs that we had installed, when my wife grabbed my right forearm and asked " what is that ?" ... I looked up and instantly knew it was the same vehicle I had reported on July 10, a huge circular object with a very bright white lighted center making up about 90% of its belly and the edges a red Orange glowing, shimmering ring ... but this time I was able to see more because it was a lot darker outside and we were out in the garden looking up -- as opposed to the July 10 incident where we were on the upper deck, looking almost sideways at it --' this vehicle was the same vehicle, t traveled from the North East to the South West in the same flight path as the July 10 event ... it seemed to have a misty white "shroud" to its rear and above it, that was billowing behind -- it was made up of white misty light, it had the shape of a cape, or cloak, and followed the vehicle like a condensation trail.... below the vehicle i noticed it had a conical shaped red light beam thst was being directed to look back-and-forth, downwards, towards the Earth ... the red beam didn't have a "center" (like a flashlight would in its beam), but just a ring, in the shape of a cone that expanded as it reached further out from the ship ... the "outside" of this cone shaped beam was solid, bright red/burgundy color. It looked like it was a search light, looking at or for something. When it first appeared. It was about half way over the Puget Sound, between Maury Is. and the Dash Point Pier. When my wife first noticed it, it virtually appeared right over the Sound as if it "turned its lights on." It moved silently and smoothly in a straight line. Maintained altitude, it made Slight changes in acceleration, a little appearance of slight bobbing, but maintained its straight line course NE to SW. The vehicle was round, and defined by the light it was shining. It's possible the actual shape may differ because nothing is visible behind the light. The center was made up of and entire "belly" of white light, it was a surreal looking white color ( like LED light white, but without the bluish hue LED has). The outer ring was a shimmering red/orange, seemed to be flickering at the edges, and bright. The moon was in the sky to the SE of us, better part of half-moon to 3/4, brightly lit by the slow setting Sun in the NW we're accustomed to see in the summer. The light intensity of the UFO's center white light was almost competing with the brightness if the moon. As soon as we saw it, we stood up and looked in amazement as wellas a little fear that we're encountering this again. I instantly said "It's the same UFO we saw" because i recognized it. My wife was a bit fearful and was standing slightly behind me with her right hand on my left shoulder, as we visually followed its travel. I asked her 3 times, "Look at it, you tell me that's not a UFO" And she kept saying "it looks like a gigantic chinese lantern" and then "it looks like it has a flowing, misty looking shroud behind it" It flew right past us in what seemed to be slowing down, and then sudden acceleration, and slowing down again, until it went right over the horizon behind our neighbors house ... the whole incident lasted about 45 seconds ... it is hard to tell how high and therefore how big this object is but based on my July 10 incident report -- I know that when a 737 flew underneath this object, it was about 4 to 6 times larger than the 737 and it was higher than it --- so it gives an optical illusion of being lower, but it's actually a very large vehicle, very high ... we were a little freaked out so we went back into the house... and then I reviewed the security video camera, one of which points out the front door and in the direction of where the vehicle passed looking West ... and nothing showed on the camera because the angle was not high enough into the sky, its focused on the door and the driveway. While reviewing the security camera it showed us entering the house at 9:36, and the incident happened between 5 to 7 minutes before that, so the whole thing lasted between 9:30 and 9:36 PM.
July 22, 2020 · 4:10 AM · OVAL
Ferndale, WA
Came outside for morning coffee and bright point of light caught my attention. No noise and object was not moving but seemed to vary in size very slowly. I took a photo and when looking back up after 15 seconds object completely disappeared. Photo taken shows roofline of my house with object in sky in a ENE direction. Sky conditions were partly cloudy at this time.
July 21, 2020 · 10:21 PM · RECTANGLE
Mill Creek, WA
While out photographing comet Neowise Tuesday evening from my front yard I spotted an object that flew through the field of view I had composed with a 450mm lens (an arc of just under five degrees). The unknown rectangle had no lights of any kind and had a dull, tan coloration. Though late, I suspect I could see its color due to sky glow from the city of Everett 10 miles to the NW. The object entered the photo frame from the lower left and exited at the upper right. Its straight line trajectory took it above the image of the comet. The size of the comet comprised about 1/20th of the photo frame. The object was 2 or 3 times larger than the comet’s nucleus. The object’s rectangular shape seemed a bit broken up along the top with black lines (shadows?) in the middle. The camera gear was a professional mirrorless camera with a long telephoto lens on a tripod. With exposure set for the comet I did not get a photo of the object. Witness is a long-time photography teacher at Seattle- area colleges.
July 20, 2020 · 11:51 PM · UNKNOWN
Rochester, WA
The only reason I find this compelling is that I believe there was a flight band during that time which would only suggest to me that it was not a man-made object
July 20, 2020 · 10:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Orient, WA
Witness provides no information about his sighting. PD
July 20, 2020 · 10:13 PM
Seattle, WA
My family and I were out at approximately 10:10 pm to watch the space station fly by from the West heading East. We were also out in hopes of spotting the Neowise comet, the sky was clear and beautiful even in the middle of the city. We saw several satellites and 2 meteors. We are aware of the Perseids meteor shower so we were keeping an eye out but not expecting to see much yet, especially with the city glow. We saw a couple of satellites heading from south to north and were surprised at how much we had already seen while waiting. At about 10:13 a flashing bright light starting soaring across the sky. We were sure that it was the space station. It was flashing red and blue. We all followed it, passing around the 2 pairs of binoculars we had and watched it soar about as fast as a satellite. Maybe a little bit faster. Then it stopped. We thought at first that it was still heading away from us so we were seeing it go into the distance. Then one of us was looking towards the West and saw the actual Space Station. There was no arguing that the second object was the actual Space Station, it was zooming by pretty fast and the brightest thing we had seen yet. What I noticed was that it passed right by the object that was flashing red and blue staying still in the sky still flashing, and kept going off into the distance over the horizon. We stayed out watching other satellites, tried to find the positions of the planets and get one more peek at the Comet. We were still were able to see the flashing red and blue whatever-it-was hanging out. When we went inside it was still there. I have spent a lot of time sky gazing and have never seen an object hover like that. I don’t know what it could possibly be. UFO? Was it a drone? I know nothing about drones or other possible aircraft but thought I’d pass the info along.
July 20, 2020 · 9:45 PM · SPHERE
Appleton, WA
The object was a very bright white ball of light and moved without any kind of sound. The object appeared to move at a much faster speed than satellites and appeared to be much brighter and lower in the sky. We are occasional sky watcher's and had just been viewing the Comet in the northwestern sky.
July 20, 2020 · 10:00 AM · SPHERE
Woodland, WA
2 white sphere shaped UFOs flying at roughly 3000 feet elevation. They were flying very close too each other and one was bigger than the other. They were both either white or reflective (hard to tell). They were flying quite slow for about 90 seconds then speed up rapidly and I lost visual. They also made a deep humming like noise that was far different from any airplane or helicopter I have heard before . There was also a slight glow around object. Immediately after I lost visual of the 2 UFOs there was an unmarked plan that entered the area and I believe it was pursuing the 2 UFOs.
July 15, 2020 · 11:00 PM · FLASH
Spokane, WA
Saw a large bright light in the sky to the south , it flashed twice , then disappeared quickly , it didn’t appear to be moving when it was flashing , just two flashes and then it was gone. It was a clear night , no clouds around.
July 14, 2020 · 11:30 PM · CIRCLE
Shelton, WA
I was out with my telescope taken pictures of Jupiter and moons also Saturn. I had issue with secondary mirror on my telescope while trying to adjust the mirror for better image the threads stripped out and feel into my hand. I was talking to my self about great my nights over and seems like always something. And I stopped talking out loud cause I sensed something at that time I looked up to my right and I seen two lights that were enter acting with one another at that time my phone was attached to my telescope with camera app opened I grabbed for it as I held phone up and moved eyepiece one of the lights shot stright back and now the closer one continues on its path 300 feet off the ground approximately as I got the one object in my sights I told my phone take my picture take my picture take my picture then noticed my wife and kids coming down the rd to meet me as planned well the pictures tell the rest.
July 14, 2020 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Everett, WA
I glanced out my window looking towards the mountains and I saw a light on top of a mountain it then went behind the mountain and then it rose up behind the mountain then the light grew dimmer and dimmer as it flew away. This the third day in a row I've noticed it.
July 14, 2020 · 1:45 PM · OTHER
Tacoma, WA
As my flight from Seattle/Tacoma International airport to Dallas was making its initial ascent, I observed a very odd object that was descending below us headed generally NW and at a rapid pace. I was sitting in the first-class cabin on the left side of the aircraft looking out of my window. The object was a single unit that looked like three metallic red round orbs that were connected. It flashed across my view and seemed to be moving at a downward angle. During my frequent air travel, I have seen multiple small aircraft passing below my view, and they have always been easily identified as small jets or airplanes. This immediately caught my attention as an oddity. I estimate the size to have been about the size of a VW Bug. I can make the estimation of size purely on my perception of distance. Because the red metallic color was so clear, I believe the craft passed no more than 1000 feet below us. NUFORC Notte: We spoke via telephone with the source of the report, and we found him to be quite sober-minded. We suspect that he is an exceptionally capable witness. PD
July 14, 2020 · 4:11 AM · UNKNOWN
Longview, WA
I was standing on my freinds front porch when I saw this light in the sky. At first I thought maybe it was an airplane or satellite until it begin moving as if it were floating in the sky. It was unclear what it was as it was obviously far away. I started recording it because I never thought anyone would believe me if I didn’t have some sort of proof. It was a mistake to stop recording because shortly after I continued to watch it in the sky because I had never witnessed something so unusual. After I stopped recording it was still far away but it looked so much clearer that it was an object moving in the sky and I watched it vanish with a big flash of light.
July 11, 2020 · 2:30 PM · CHANGING
Lynnwood, WA
Saw a black object what I thought was a bird (crow) moving left to right just above the tree line. When realized it wasnt a bird but an object it changed in to and orb. It moved super slow and a straight horizontal line. I then thought it could be a drone but then the object shot up..then down..left then right in a very quick formation. Just shot in to the cloud behind it. It disappeared briefly then came back in to view. However now it seemed the object was translucent to which you could see the clouds through it. It had no lights and was round an not shiny. Almost like a flat black color. No noise. From my perspective it was the size of a beach ball.
July 11, 2020 · 12:30 AM · CHEVRON
Mill Creek, WA
A red boom-a-rang shape traveled from east to west for about 12 sec. slowly. The front was like a red ball and the wings had a less red leading edge with a transparent wing shape. It slowly faded away as i watched. It could have been a meteor at high altitude with a low angle of deflection that burned up or went back out to space. I do not know what it was for sure.
July 10, 2020 · 10:39 PM · FIREBALL
Dash Point, WA
WE HAD JUST SHUT THE LIGHTS OFF AND THE MASTER BEDROOM HAS GLASS SLIDERS THAT LOOK OVER THE PUGET SOUND ACROSS TO MAURY AND VASHON ISLANDS-- LOOKING NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST (EXPANSIVE, UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS). AS SOON AS THE LIGHTS WERE OFF I SAW TOWARDS THE NORTH WHAT SEEMED TO BE A "LOW FLYING SMALL AIRPLANE COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES" (OPTICAL ILLUSION AS EXPLAINED BELOW). THE CONSTELLATION ORION WAS IN ITS BACKGROUND AND THE NIGHT SKY WAS CLEAR AND CLOUDLESS. IT WAS FLYING DUE SOUTHWEST FROM A POSITION NORTHEAST, WHEN I FIRST OBSERVED IT. I QUICKLY GRABBED MY SAMSUNG 10 PHONE AND FLIPPED TO VIDEO MODE AND STARTED FILMING AS I LOOKED OVER THE PHONE TO GET DIRECT VISUAL VIEWS AS WELL. THE OBJECT MADE NO SOUND, IT WAS MOVING AT A "RELAXED" SPEED, NO FAST MOVEMENTS OR CHANGES IN ALTITUDE. IT WAS WHITE HOT IN ITS CENTER (THAT MADE UP 90% OF ITS SIZE) AND HAD A NEON LIKE RED/ORANGE OUTER RING OR HALO. THERE WAS NO TAIL LIKE A SHOOTING STAR TRAILING CLOUD. THERE WAS ANOTHER SIMILAR LIGHT TO THE LEFT THAT DID NOT MOVE BUT ABRUPTLY "TURNRD OFF" AND WAS NOT VISIBLE SO I TRAINED MY CAMERA ON THE UFO THAT WAS APPROACHING THE SHORE. THE OBJECT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS THE SIZE OF A "SMALL PLANE ON FIRE", UNTIL A COMMERCIAL JET LINER PASSED BELOW IT AND I REALIZED THE UFO WAS HIGHER THAN THE JET, AND ABOUT 4 TIMES LARGER. THE JET WHICH SOUNDED AND APPEARED TO BE A 737 (I'VE BEEN WORKING LINE AND HANGAR OPERATIONS ON 737'S FOR 25 YEARS, SINCE 1995) SO THE SIZE AND SOUND WAS VERY FAMILIAR. THE JET WAS ALSO ALONG THE USUAL ATC/TRACON ROUTE AND MANY 737'S OPERATE IN THE AREA. AS SOON AS THE JET FLEW BY, THE UFO CONTINUED BRIEFLY IN ITS SOUTHERLY DIRECTION THEN STOPPED AND STARTED TO ASCEND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCING THE LIGHT SIGNATURE (WHITE CORE, RED ORANGE HALO )IN WHAT SEEMED LIKE A "VISUAL SPUTTER" (FLAMES DYING DOWN IN SPURTS) AND QUICKLY BECAME INVISIBLE, JUST SHORTLY OVER LAND AROUND THE DASH POINT PIER. AS A NOTE, METEOR NEOWISE WAS NOT DUE TO BE VISIBLE UNTIL 4AM JULY 11, ABOUT 6 HRS INTO THE NEXT MORNING, AND IT WAS A SHOOTING STAR MOVING FAST IN SPACE, WITH A WHITE LIGHT IMAGE AND A DISTINCT TAIL, AND ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON -- UNLIKE THE UFO THAT WAS ROUND, TAIL-LESS, RED ORANGED HALO, LARGE OBJECT, MOVING OVERHEAD, SLOWLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. VIDEO AVAILABLE.
July 10, 2020 · 10:35 PM · CIRCLE
Dash Point, WA
We were getting ready to go to bed at turn the lights off and the bedroom has a slider of glass door and through it I saw what looked like a small airplane but was very yellow red and white colored hero around it approaching our house over the water
July 10, 2020 · 10:00 PM · DISK
Richland, WA
July 11 Friday July 10th, 2020, my husband and I were outside setting up telescope. We saw a very bright white light in our eastern skies. Not very high in the sky. It would move slowly and jerky. The object moved behind trees. We walked around looking for a better view. Then we looked towards the west and saw a very bright white light, again. We could make out 3 horizontal white lights. This craft was not moving fast, nor did it have flashing, colored lights like planes have. What did we see?
July 10, 2020 · 3:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Sumner, WA
Black triangle flying from Tacoma towards Mount Rainer (West to East direction). Flying over head very high. Thought it was an eagle at first because is was small and looked like it was soaring like an eagle. As it came closer and over head, I realized it was some sort of air craft. Looked like a black triangle. No wings or lights. I did hear the air craft sounds, like a plane flying overhead. Total time of sighting was appx 30 second or less. Flying opposite of regular SEATAC air traffic. And not flying the North/South route smaller planes and helicopters mostly take.
July 8, 2020 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Puyallup, WA
Was sitting on back deck and looked East and saw a circular flying object move across the sky. The object flew left to right. It was flying too slow to be a plane or a bird. There were no wings from a plane or bird. There was no sound either. My mother and I looked at each other in disbelief! What did we just see
July 5, 2020 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Spokane, WA
Just after midnight. My family & our neighbors were witness to several UFO’S. They were red haze type circles with fire in the center. They made no sounds whatsoever. They moved at a pace that wasn’t too quick. But, not to slow. Sometimes they flew in 3’s & sometimes just one at a time. No matter how many flew above us, more appeared. This was still going on when I went to bed. I do have photos and video. would like to hear from anyone who has seen these types of UFO’S.