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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
August 27, 2023 · 2:10 AM · UNKNOWN
Phoenix, AZ
I live near central Phoenix. At 2:10 am I was looking south and saw something in the sky moving from West to East. It looked like it was near South Mountain. It was at the altitude a plane would fly. It was like a red, orange, and silver energy field propelling something forward. The front had a rainbow shape and every few seconds it would propel something forward and make a little ripple effect. I didn't see a definitive aircraft only this strange energy field. That's the best way to describe it. It didn't fade out, it just kept going. I didn't see any kind of fire, just this sparkly like energy field propelling something forward. My view was obstructed by a building so I didn't see it for long. It was big. It had to have been caught on camera. I'm surprised the news didn't report it, but they're controlled by the government so I understand. This was like nothing I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot living in Phoenix. This was not a human aircraft. It was not fireworks or a bomb or a meteor. This had to be some type of alien craft. Thank you for listening. Please contact me if you would like to speak to me.
August 26, 2023 · 7:20 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedGrand Canyon National Park, AZ
While attending an evening ranger program in the amphitheater at Phantom Ranch (in the bottom of the Grand Canyon), a few people looked up and saw a strange, fuzzy, foggy white light moving roughly west to east across the sky. The sun had just gone down and a few of the brightest stars were starting to appear in the twilight. The UFO light looked like it was shining through a cloud--though the sky was completely clear; stars appeared crisp and clear. Additionally, the object was silent. I'm aware there was a SpaceX launch this evening; however, I've seen SpaceX rockets in the sky before and they do not move this quickly and they usually leave a trail. I've seen countless satellites, the ISS on multiple occasions, and other phenomena, but this one seemed different. The light intensity on this object stayed the same during its path across the sky. And it was not dark enough to see satellites yet. My background: I'm a park ranger, trained in astronomy, with many hours of stargazing experience. I was on an overnight hike during a work trip to Grand Canyon with several ranger colleagues who also saw the object. We were in the amphitheater audience at another ranger's evening program. Other members of the public who were in attendance saw the object as well. Our latitude & longitude: 36.104642, -112.095122 From our vantage point looking south, the object was flying roughly ESE, almost but not directly overhead. Falcon 9 Starlink-101 (6-11) SpaceX SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Certain]
August 25, 2023 · 11:20 PM · LIGHT
Pearce, AZ
So I look up for some reason and there's this bright orange yellowish light high in the sky was there for about a min or so then next thing you know it two aircrafts jets and drones and sattlelights circling the area above my property about an hour later right above me a light in the sky I would say sky it was pretty close to me comes on then a second and then a third was just like staring at me it felt then it disappears no other flashing lights no mouse nothing lights it was freaking me out an then about two hours later I seen a shooting star from the corner of my eye so I turn my head real quick and it was closer then I thought I'm filling it with my eyes then all of a sudden like sparks are flying from it like a firework or a flare gun type thing but no that shit came from the sky and sounded like it landed in the hard it look like it did but it was so dark and I didn't go look I was alone and already freaked out by everything else that was going on you should call the Air Force Base and see what that was cause they were looking for whatever it was all night so was I anf the lights were round I swear that was nothing from here it eas rigjt above me but couldn't see nothing else I thought theh were gonna take me sense they were all around me I looked up on googlr next day no record of anything
August 23, 2023 · 9:15 PM · DISK
Cochise, AZ
Having recently seen the related Congressional hearings on unexplained aerial phenomena, I said a heartfelt prayer, asking to never witness such a thing. Fifteen minutes later I was approaching the Apache Power Plant on Highway 191 when suddenly 4 or 5 lights appeared just in front of, and above my car. These lights looked the size of the balls they attach to the power lines so I thought they may light up at night. But they were too close together and they do not light up. So, I then thought it could be a kite with flashlights. It was dark and any craft was unseen through the glare, but as one light would disappear on one side, another would appear on the other. The lights seemed to be equatorial along the edge of a very slowly rotating disc, where it took approximately 15 seconds for all 4 or five lights to reach the backside. After about 180 decree rotation the lights disappeared for 10 seconds then reappeared, continuing as before. I was wondering if my heartfelt prayer has anything to do with this sighting. The two cars in front of me may have witnessed this, as well. The next day I tried to notify the power plant and the Sheriff's department but was not taken seriously by either. The fact that this occurred at a power plant led me to report to this agency. My best "guess" is that the craft may have been between 15 - 30 ft in diameter, 50 - 100 yards above the ground, just to the left of the hiway 191 that bisects the plant, more toward the solar array than the cooling towers, traveling South.
August 21, 2023 · 7:15 PM · OVAL
Queen Valley, AZ
It was slowly hovering above Queen Valley AZ, just below the clouds which were more solid and shaped like a submarine stretching to the west. It was motionless when i first saw it then it slowly moved Westward, Altitude approximately, 3-4k ft up, No shape of wings of aircraft or bird. Just oval/oblong dark. It began moving slowly towards Phoenix to the west, It did pick up speed but not too fast. Faster than a single engine airplane can go but slower than a jet. It kept close to the bottom of the cloud for cover. It finally disappeared into the cloud bank far to the west. I did not take a video as I was too stunned to believe it myself. Most importantly, it was dead calm silent at that time and I could hear nothing.
August 20, 2023 · 7:01 PM · SPHERE
Queen Creek, AZ
Driving and saw stationary/floating bright light under clouds. Light was twinkling bright white & stayed there for about 45 seconds to 1 min. 1st witness was driving and called attention to it. Passenger in vehicle noticed it as well and thought it was strange. Didn’t want to freak kids out in the back so we underplayed it but they saw it too. It eventually twinkled out and disappeared. About 5 minutes later, the same orb returned for about 30 second in the same space of sky. All four people saw it this time, the same exact hue of light, and we caught a short video of it.
August 15, 2023 · 6:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Probable conventionalPhoenix, AZ
Heard talking with nothing there. Can only see these things through camera. Seen things move by themselves by invisible force. Seen an alien in invisible cloak. Had police and multiple people controlled by these things. Seen them cause batteries to catch fire. Seen black orbs around random times, and some get stuck In mirrors. had some dangerous life threatening encounters. Police wrongful put me in jail. All started last December in palm springs and followed me to Phoenix [NUFORC annotation: Hoax - Probable]
August 12, 2023 · 1:07 PM · SPHERE
Goodyear, AZ
Blue Sky and observed a shiny whitish oblong sphere below the sun, hovered for several minutes and then started to move right to left and then upwards and downwards. I started to video and in the video it looked like there were multiple objects. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Possible]
August 7, 2023 · 6:06 AM · SPHERE
Cottonwood, AZ
Leaving work noticed silver/black sphere traveling north west in cottonwood
August 5, 2023 · 11:33 AM · UNKNOWN
Roosevelt Lake, AZ
I was looking out the window of the plane while in decent to Phoeniz Az. I saw an object moving fast near the lake. The obect was moving in a straight line then made a 90 degree turn and disappeared into the mountain that surround the lake. I have never seen an object move in that way.
August 2, 2023 · 4:39 AM · CHANGING
Gilbert, AZ
I looked up into an early dawn sky, spotted a planet or star, and while looking at it noticed a pinkish blinking light streak across the sky. The way it flew was kind of like a firefly, erratically straight, yet horizontal. Possibly could've been a shooting star, but never knew they could be pinkish in color and the way it flew wasn't like a shooting star although it flew with the same speed characteristics.
August 2, 2023 · 1:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Surprise, AZ
I looked up and saw 4 lights turn on and it immediately went straight up in the sky. There was no sound! I’m very familiar with the military action near here and this was not them. It gave me goose bumps and was a very eery feeling.
July 21, 2023 · 7:36 PM · DISK
Tucson, AZ
I did not actually notice the UFO when I was taking the pictures I uploaded. It was only when I got home and started looking at the pictures and noticed that there was an unusual spacecraft in the 3 pictures it's included in, and that it was in different positions in each picture and the pictures were taken within a period of 60 seconds. I considered that it could be a lens glare but the object is too defined and detailed it looks like something that was definitely created. Hence, I concluded that it was a UFO. [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Possible]
July 19, 2023 · 9:15 PM · FIREBALL
Probable conventionalHumboldt, AZ
I videoed it and took a picture [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
July 18, 2023 · 9:35 PM · SPHERE
Green Valley, AZ
yellow to white round light came from the sky and travelled parallel with the mountains then then simply disappeared, it seemed to be about a mile distant and a complete guess of altitude would be 2000ft which is far below the mountains that would be to the objects immediate left, or behind it from my viewpoint. it was hard to discern color, it appeared to be both white and yellow during the one to two minutes, the disappearing in the air was most unusual as it was obvious that the object was on the same side of the mountain range as I was. I had gone outside to collect laundry I had left to dry in the sun on chairs, I just happened to remember it before bed and didn't want to leave them out all night. Note: I did not include a phone number or my address as I dont want to be contacted, I just wished to relay what I saw as it was so unusual......it was no plane or helicopter, there were no clouds, and the moon wasnt out yet.
July 17, 2023 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Casa Grande, AZ
Watching the evening sky and notice a white light hovering. It slowly went behind the house. Then reappeared as a flashing white and red light across the sky. It was low flying and flew from east to south. I actually thought it was a plane until it came to a stop almost in the center of my vision and turn a sharp right turn. Then it disappeared.
July 16, 2023 · 1:00 PM · SPHERE
Gilbert, AZ
I recall seeing a tiny black dot in the distance appear and move very fast from left to right in a straight line. A second later a black metal sphere with a red flashing light appeared in front of my bathroom window where I was showering. It hovered and was wobbling a lot from right to left and left to right, but stationary in the same position just wobbling. It looked like a bomb was my first thought. I ran out of the shower screaming for my boyfriend to come look. He saw it for about 5 seconds then it was gone in the blink of an eye. He ran outside to look for it but it was gone
July 14, 2023 · 10:06 PM · LIGHT
Wellton, AZ
July 14, 10:06pm, Wellton, AZ. My fiance and I witnessed multiple bright UAPs with amazing directional changes, both quickly descending and ascending, hovering, and blinking in and out, over the course of about 3-4 minutes. Afterwards, there was a large bright starlike object that changed colors for almost 10 minutes before slowly moving and descending out of sight. I have numerous videos to show ALL of this!
July 14, 2023 · 8:41 PM · CIRCLE
Probable conventionalGoodyear, AZ
We were walking around our neighborhood and I looked up and we saw these white circles moving southwest in a straight line about 30 of them in a row it lasted about 2 minutes crossing the sky [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
July 13, 2023 · 9:44 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedPrescott Valley, AZ
Had to pull over once I seen what was in the sky! 7 unexplained lights! At one point, there were several more, almost looked like glitter in the night sky! Or like a fairy sprinkled fairy dust! But they were gone just as fast as they appeared! [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
July 13, 2023 · 11:00 AM · SPHERE
Gilbert, AZ
Nothing else unusual to report. Later measurement showed distance from where I was to the spot in the hallway was about 16 feet, and my vision at that distance requires corrective lenses which I was not wearing at the time so my impression was therefore blurry. Total view time was a few seconds on waking.
July 11, 2023 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Cottonwood, AZ
I was sitting on my side patio at around 9:15 pm which overlooks the Verde Valley all the way to Sedona. My patio faces east and the objects appeared from the north by Jerome and flew at a speed I estimate was 200 to 300 mph to the south towards Camp Verde. There were some light clouds that the objects flew under, so I estimate their altitude to be less than 5000' to 7000'. The objects were of various sizes and brightness, and some flew closer than others, but they all flew at the identical speed in a straight line and made a few maneuvers that were all perfectly synchronized with each other. I estimate I viewed them for 5 to 7 seconds before each disappeared 1 by 1 at the exact same spot. There was absolutely no sound coming from them. It was a very surreal sight that was hard to comprehend. I was on duty the next morning and before I started my shift briefed my supervisor on the incident to see if she had heard any reports from dispatch from that night with regards to what I spotted. I have viewed the Star Link satellites in the past and this was not even a close resemblance to them.
July 10, 2023 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Hutto, AZ
I walked out onto my east-facing, third-floor balcony at approximately 11:00 PM. I then saw coming from the southwest a very bright orange ball of light. The object was traveling at a steady pace in a straight line toward the northeast, passing right in front of me, and my brother who walked out onto the balcony behind me. It was about 70 degrees up, and looked like it was at about the altitude of a small aircraft such as a Cessna. There were no blinking lights, and no sound. There was no change in the intensity or size of the light (as big and bright as an airliner's front landing lights) until it had traveled far off to the northeast, at which point it became small and faded out of sight. My brother said he thought it was a satellite. The object was traveling at about satellite speed, so he may have been right, but I have never seen one so big and bright, nor one that gave the impression of not being in orbit, but rather so low and close in the sky. I checked the trajectory of the International Space Station for the time of the sighting, and it did pass over the Austin, Texas area at about the same time (11:06 PM). However, it was reported to fly over at only 18 degrees above the horizon, appearing from the west and traveling north, so I don't think that was it.
July 10, 2023 · 5:23 PM · SPHERE
McNeal, AZ
The summary sentence about does it Peter. I've reported to you up in Washington, had enough winter. I'm the guy who lived on the 100 acres on the Spokane Rez, seeing you from time to time at our little favorite grocery in Davenport. Glad to send you a morsel. There was no sound Peter, silent, I'm guessing 3,000 feet, lightning all over the place.