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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 15, 2023 · 5:00 AM · DIAMOND
White City, OR
I was driving on or 62 in white city Oregon and I saw something that was hovering over the vehicles ahead of me and it was making it's was towards my vehicle. It was not traveling in a straight line, rather it fluttered around like a fly would. This thing was changing shape as it traveled and was so reflective i can't describe it because i have never seen something that perfect. It had no lines or real shape as ever time I let my eyes off it for a second it changed a bit. I stopped to get my phone out and 2 seconds later it was gone.
June 11, 2023 · 6:40 PM · RECTANGLE
Sandy, OR
Seen in evening, full sun. The object was not visible unless object was reflecting sunlight. It seemed there were flat, panel like objects that were synchronously moving, reflecting light. The period was not regular, but not totally random. There were colors- green and red, but not constantly lit like nav lights. It was moving slowly. Object was first noticed at approximately 100° magnetic. Object was last viewed 117° magnetic from the intersection of Kelso Rd and Shalimar Dr. 25.8 degrees up (approx) measured from a smart phone level. A commercial aircraft looked like it passed above it. The UFO was about half way between the aircraft and the ground. The aircraft was possibly Alaska Air flight 798 (info from flightaware app). I have video (poor quality) with GPS tag. I attached screenshots and a screenshot with the date, time, and location of the picture.
June 11, 2023 · 10:02 AM · OVAL
Carson City, OR
We were in the middle of a skirmish during a event at Nevada state prison doing training when something told me to look up in the sky. From my viewpoint what I saw could be described as a piece of aluminum foil rotating, and it was shiny from all angles. I tried to get some teams to look at it, and they couldn’t see it initially. At that point an airplane flew by and perspective, they could see what I was referring to. It continued to stay there for another three more minutes until it kind of just like a light switch went off and just disappeared.
June 3, 2023 · 10:20 PM · DISK
About 3 miles north of Monroe Oregon, OR
Greenish Blue streak appeared low in Sky headed diagonally towards ground. Turned into silver disk shape that was swirling with white light. My Wife was able to keep her eyes on it the whole time, as I was driving. It seemed to be hovering in the same spot, with no visible signs of propulsion. For a moment it started to descend, then it popped up and disappeared. This is my 2nd obvious UFO event in Oregon, and the only 2 of my life. Being I have the credibility of a 2nd person seeing the same thing at the same time in this event, I decided to report.
May 24, 2023 · 9:06 AM · CIGAR
Portland, OR
I went outside to let my dog walk around the grassy area next to my apartment and upon looking up (West), I noticed the cigar shaped object drifting across the sky at a consistent pace, going downward (left) at about a 45° angle. Could not decipher if it was metallic or white in color. Appeared somewhat translucent at times with naked eye. I then notice a secondary object which begins higher up than the first and appears further away, behind some faint clouds at times. Secondary object appears to be moving at a similar speed as the first object, however, the secondary object is moving downward at about a 45° angle, rather than upward like the first object. Both moving left. I watched for about 10 seconds before then recording with my cell phone for about 17 seconds. Objects drifted behind cloud cover and couldn’t be located after that. Second video attached is the same as the first video, just zoomed in more. Video time stamp says 9:06AM.
May 19, 2023 · 9:45 PM · CIRCLE
Eugene, OR
A couple weeks ago I saw a bright light in the sky, but didn’t think anything of it, a couple weeks later my daughter saw it and said mom, there’s a bright light outside, so we started taking pictures and recording it, and it didn’t move at all. I looked the next few nights for it but it was Over cast so on Monday 5/22/2023 I checked the sky and it was not there anymore. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
May 19, 2023 · 1:49 AM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalHarrisburg East of I5, OR
I was on my way home from work driving on I5 northbound and I happened to noticed a string of lights in a completely straight line and not moving. As I continued to look at them the bottom 2 lights #'s 8&9 slowly faded out and disappeared then in about 5 seconds reappeared. Approx. 1-2 min. later the 3rd light from the top just disappeared for about 2 seconds then suddenly reappeared. About 3 min. into watching the lights they all slowly moved closer together all while staying in a perfectly straight line in the same location in the sky then all of them slowly faded out and never came back. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
May 16, 2023 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Albany, OR
Looked out my window at 10:30pm to see what appeared to be a very bright planet but it was strobing. Looked at it for awhile trying to make out what it could be. It was stationary for the duration. Video makes it appear to move, that’s just me not being stable. Decided to get my phone and record for a minute. Took the video (poor quality), returned my phone to the charger. When I turned around the light was gone. Took screen shots, frame by frame of the video and it’s pretty obvious that there’s some type of lighting and orbs forming a shape. It would pulse multiple colors rapidly, dim out and reset a pattern of colors. From a distance, it looked similar to a landing gear lights on a plane in brightness. Really odd that it was stationary and disappeared so rapidly. There was also no aircraft noise and my radar app showed no aircraft in the area. Both my wife and I had woken up strangely and both noticed this out our north facing window.
May 14, 2023 · 9:40 PM · DISK
Cannon Beach, OR
I was taking a picture of the sunset, and noticed the darker cloud/craft. I zoomed in and saw two more. Then I decided to take a video and one of them appeared too quickly to be a cloud. They faded away faster than a cloud would also. My phone was acting unusal and zooming more rapidly than usual. I take sunset pictures each night when I am at work. I got scared and stopped filming. I have a couple video clips I could share but they are too big to attach. My coworker at the hotel is filling this out because the video is so compelling. Please reach out.
May 14, 2023 · 9:35 PM · LIGHT
Portland, OR
I saw a bright white light (brighter than Venus) to the south, moving NE at about the speed I’d expect an aircraft to fly. There was no perceptible sound, and no red/green lights. Immediately, I saw a small white light move “out of” the large white light, move away for a couple seconds, and then disappear. I watched for about 15 seconds, as the light continued its NE course, then took out my iPhone and filmed video at 1x, as it moved away. During the first 10 seconds or so, the video shows a small white light moving around the large light, appearing and disappearing. I filmed the object from the street in facing my home (last home on dead-end street) in the eastern sky.
May 14, 2023 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Klamath Falls, OR
Wife and I out as we are often at sunset on our patio or in the yard with eyes in the sky. I personally aim for “EENT” which in my 8 years in the USMC as a Scout Sniper followed by over 10 years as I private security “contractor” has lead me to a unique idea that often pays dividend in sightings. I usually don’t record them or have the chance to. I’ve made efforts to now capture when possible. The light seemed to “flash into” our atmosphere really and then slowly travel a slight “wobbly” path. The wife and I celebrated our first communal sighting since our move to Oregon from Arizona in December. The weather and hectic life/ schedules had not allowed us to do our nightlight sunset/eent watch. But it was Mother’s Day and we made it a point. Our girls were returning from an errand which requires our dogs that were out in the yard with us to be taken in the house. As my wife proceeded I recorded further as much as I could post the intial shock wearing off we had a solid UAP. I add to the credentials my wife is also a 20 year retired Air Force F15 jet mechanic. We understand our known aircraft operations and I have a very good identifications for items that should be in our orbit. Video to large to upload (2:08) and some zoomed in good “orbish” qualities. Cut down a center quality zoom in and out section for review
May 14, 2023 · 11:57 AM · SPHERE
Simnasho, OR
We were flying southbound from Hood River, Oregon to Sunriver, Oregon. Sometime between 11:55am and 12:10pm at a cruising altitude (GPS) of ~10,500' my wife and I saw two metallic spheres. I was the pilot, and my wife was riding in the back seat of our cessna 182 with our toddler. I thought at first that I was seeing a bird, and remarked to my wife how weird it was that there was a bird up so high. She saw the object, and as we approached it we both realized it was not a bird at the same time. We both observed it to be two spheres, gray or metallic, connected by a horizontal tether. The spheres appeared to be about 12" diameter. They were perfect spheres. Our first thought was maybe party baloons, but they were too perfectly spherical and had no apparent surface deformations that would indicate a baloon's neck/tie-off spot. We did not observe a tether to the ground, or any means of propulsion. As we passed them, they appeared stationary to me but my wife said she thought they accelerated in the opposite direction of our track. We were on the CTAF frequency for the area, and heard no radio reports or disturbances. We were not on flight following, and therefore did not report to Seattle Center. I have a .kml file recorded from gps data on that flight.
May 14, 2023 · 3:14 AM · SPHERE
Clackamas, OR
I was walking at 3 am it was a very clear night. I left my house and walked about 100ft when I looked up from my phone to look at the stars. Immediately I noticed a bright white-yellow light transiting through the Big Dipper, which at the time appeared high in the north west sky. I mad no sound at all. I could tell it was not an aircraft of any sort it did not blink or change in intensity as it changed moved by, I checked FlightRadar immediately after the sighting and there was nothing. So I pulled out my phone and started filming. While filming I was thinking maybe satellite but it was really bright for that and appeared to vary in course and speed slightly. After it went behind the house I stopped filming but walked so I could see it. It seemed to approach the horizon the way in way which seemed similar to an aircraft at cruising altitude. Once it got to dim to see I checked flight tracker to confirm it was definitely no airplane or helicopter. I sat on the sighting for a few days but when I went to report it on the 21st of may I found many reports of similar objects and trajectories. Very interesting indeed! The video is pretty good! Unfortunately to big to upload. Still images are included.It shows the object as it moved nearly directly overhead from the northwest to the southeast on a heading of about 100-110 degrees. It took about 3min to leave my view before it was too dim to see. It appears to vary its course to “dodge” a star slightly as it left. Definitely no meteor, helicopter, or airplane. Perhaps a satellite. But I have never seen a satellite that bright and move that slow.
May 14, 2023 · 12:21 AM · SPHERE
Monmouth, OR
At 12:21am silver ball shaped uap with orange light underneath moving less than 50 mph ne across Josephine street east. And not deviating path. No other lights that indicates airplane. 3:27am 60 min contact with 3 disk shaped objects asking for assistance via advanced technology: see secondary report.
May 13, 2023 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Klamath falls, OR
Light seen in the distance traveling outside and in a different direction then know flight patterns. Also not appearing the be in a satellite path. Long time observer, first time filing and many more to follow, I believe.
May 10, 2023 · 10:16 PM · SPHERE
Mill city, OR
I noticed 2 bright orange/red lights from my kitchen window. I immediately ran outside and watched these objects in the night sky. They seemed to be flying together and at first we thought they could be some sort of lanterns because of the way they seemingly floated up and down but then I watched as they changed colors from orange, red and a whitish color and they seemed to change into different shapes. They went from seemingly floating to taking off like aircraft. Moments after watching them disappear I seen a conventional aircraft seeming to pursue it and fly in the direction of the orbs. Not just one conventional aircraft follow the orbs but 3. All within a minute apart from each other. We live in a remote area and seeing aircraft is unusual in itself. But I am certain the 3 aircraft were in pursuit of the orbs. All while this was happening every dog in the neighborhood seemed to be barking like crazy. The quick video I took of the event does no justice to what it looked like through our eyesight. In the video you can't tell just how bright these objects were!
May 10, 2023 · 2:50 AM · LIGHT
Albany, OR
Got up to let the dog out and noticed what looked like two stars darting around in the sky. They were white and sometimes a secondary red light flashed for a few seconds, but not at regular intervals like an airplane. They were smaller than airplanes. They moved faster than airplanes or helicopters. The way they moved was most like a drone: rapidly darting then staying relatively still. They did not make any noise. I saw smaller white “stars” moving around them. It looked like the smaller objects were engaging them in some way. One of the two original objects disappeared. It seemed like it accelerated out of view in a couple seconds. The remaining object continues to hover and dart in the same area of the sky as I write this 45 minutes later. I am 34, F, college educated, employed. I have no medical conditions, mental health conditions, or medications that would cause hallucinations. I do not use any drugs, including cannabis. I have not consumed alcohol in over 48 hours. I have never seen anything like this before. I am a UFO skeptic and believe all UFOs are man-made, and most are probably military surveillance devices undergoing testing.
April 27, 2023 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Portland, OR
Just 4 lights above the city of Portland. 4 lights Standing still in the sky. 1 disappeared. Last 15-20 mins. Reminded me of the pheonix lights. You could see the planes flying in from east to west to land. Definitely wasn’t planes as I’m a former navy ATC and know how planes are directed to the airport to land.
April 15, 2023 · 9:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Newberg, OR
It was a clear dark moonless night with a full complement of stars. We live on an 8-acre rectangular property with an old abandoned house about ¼ of the way up the property, a new house we built about 1/2-way up the property, and another 4 acres of woods at the top of the property, which slopes upward most of the way. I went to check the mail and was walking up the driveway and was in front of the old abandoned house when I realized that something was blocking out the stars above me. It was a rectangular-shaped craft about three times as long as it was wide, and it was just hovering there with what I perceived to be its “nose” pointing due east. There was a red light and a blue light visible on the bottom of the craft; not prominent but large enough to be easily seen. It also had what looked like two “headlights” on the nose of the craft. They reminded me of headlights because they emitted a clear white light such as headlights emit. I recall that I wasn't at all afraid, just intensely curious about what it could be. I was standing directly under it and it seemed immense, yet there was absolutely no sound coming from it. It just hovered there. We have tall fir trees around our property, which the craft was about 50' above, so I guesstimate that it was probably about 300' in the air. I stood there taking in the sight for what seemed like a very long time, but in reality it was probably only about five minutes. Then, suddenly, it started moving slowly eastward and only seconds later it accelerated so fast that there was a “whoosh” and...it was gone. It just disappeared from view. I am a white male who was 75 years old at the time of the sighting. I have a double degree in economics and business management, and worked in management at not-for-profit organizations and the United Way for most of my business career. I officially retired about five years ago, but still help friends and family with accounting and business-related issues. My wife is an OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner who is five years younger than me. She had her own practice for many years and also worked under contract with medical clinics as an Independent Practitioner. We have lived in the Newberg, OR are since 1996 and on this property since 2004.
April 15, 2023 · 2:23 AM · FORMATION
Cottage grove, OR
I am a pilot and know what to expect to see in the night sky. I do not drink or use drugs. At 2:30 in the morning there should be almost nothing. But tonight I looked out my south facing balcony window to see two very orange lights in the south west sky. These lights were too orange or bright to be landing lights. My estimate would put them around 20,000 feet up and spaced roughly 3 miles apart. What really caught my eye was how they were in almost perfect formation as if intentionally. I opened foreflight, my app for tracking aircraft locations and there was nothing shown to be flying nearby. Then one would move more eccentrically. Until eventually the second more tame one disappeared. Possibly just turning off their light. I recorded a video of the transition to one. Then as the remaining one got to a distance that appeared to be within 5 miles I tried to run downstairs to see it from outside. However when I got outside I couldn’t find it again. I heard no sound of aircraft the entire time. Within 15 minutes the sky went from completely clear to a cloud front rolling in from the west. Concealing anything at high altitude.
April 3, 2023 · 11:45 AM · TRIANGLE
Corvallis, OR
The Object is as big as a small plane. Broke through the clouds for at least 15 seconds and entered more clouds. The color was black, no lights or sound and was flying at a high rate of speed, the shape was a sharp Triangle! Over the city of Corvallis, OR.
March 30, 2023 · 8:40 PM · CHANGING
Eagle Creek, OR
Myself and my 3 children were driving home from a friends house last night when we noticed a brilliant white light in the sky. The light was not moving for 8-10mins. I took a couple photos and tried to record the event. However my phone showed no record of the recording so I only have a few photos of it stationary. I did get 1 photo with an airplane heading towards PDX (N) while the light was still stationary and that helped me determine this light couldn’t be an airplane. I began wondering if I was looking at Venus or Mars, but that idea was certainly dismissed the moment the object appeared to change shape and move across the sky. The light appeared to be facing slightly upward as if it were slightly angled towards the clouds in front of it (while stationary). We couldn’t see the shape of the object originally, just the brilliant lights which made this object appear to be circular. However, we were facing the light(s), therefore couldn’t necessarily see behind the very bright light. Just as I was starting to assume it was Venus or Mars, the object shot off and wings seemed to appear to come out the side of the craft. The bright light on the front dimmed. The “wings” each had a non-blinking very bright blue light at the ends of them. This may sound odd, but it looked as if it transformed into something to look more like an airplane once it realized we were trying to record it, but nothing we were seeing made sense. There’s no way an airplane’s headlights could be that bright, and more importantly it could NOT hover. Even if it was appearing to hover while coming East, after a few mins past, certainly the light and/or movement would’ve become clear that it was indeed moving. This did not move for far too long, especially for how close we were to the object. Also the sheer size of this object and light(s) could not have been an airplane (as you will see in one of my photos captured with an airplane in the shot). I am a 33yo woman, my children are age 9 (who sat next to me in the front seat), age 6(sat behind the 9yo in the car), and my 4yo who sat directly behind me. All of us saw this entire experience. The sun was setting but still plenty bright enough to see surroundings at a distance. We parked the car for quite some time after driving up the road very slowly watching it and even stopped in the road a couple of times. We pulled off the road at a local tree nursery so we’d have a good line of site and we sat there until after the object was gone. Also, we rolled down all the windows and there was absolutely no sound. PLEASE NOTE: attempts made on my phone and computer to upload my photos but the website would not work. Please contact me to let me know where I can forward my photos. Thanks so much!
March 22, 2023 · 9:45 PM · RECTANGLE
Portland, OR
I live close to PDX airport. I was driving along 148th/Halsey and I thought I was seeing just a regular plane take a regular flight path to descend to the airport. All of a sudden I start thinking wow that’s a big plane. Like oddly wide for a plane and the lights were not those of a normal plane. So as I’m driving this object is coming closer and I’m starting to realize this ”thing” is not going to the airport. Mind you, I’m slowing down as this thing approaches me so I’m slowing down more to try to follow it and Within a matter of seconds this aircraft is close AND hovering just above some trees of this dead end street I turned down to try and record it…I’m CLEARLY seeing this rectangular object that can only be described as the shape of a suburban with moonbeams for headlights just hovering in the sky. Completely soundless. Absolutely no sounds came from this thing! There was even a man taking out his trash RIGHT UNDERNEATH THIS THING and he didn’t even notice a thing. So by this time I’ve stopped my vehicle in the middle of the road of this dead end street and I’m just watching this thing hover for like another 20 seconds while I’m messing with my phone to try to record this thing and it just silently takes off and disappears. When I was witnessing all this I got goose bumps all over my body and suddenly I felt overcome with terror. Even writing, thinking, or speaking of this event causes the goose bumps and feeling of being afraid. Like I saw something I should not have seen.
March 22, 2023 · 5:24 AM · CIRCLE
Roseburg, OR
At about 5:20 am, sky was still dark and cloudy. I looked out of my large picture window from a dark room to see a very bright, large light in the rural sky above the foothills, which were less than two miles away. Normally there are no lights of any kind in that area of the view or horizon. First thought was large planet or airplane. Eliminated possibility of planet as it was cloudy and seemed below cloud level. And could not see any other stars or planets or moon. I stared at it extensively to detect any movement. But it did not move. So not an airplane. Just kept staring at it. Then after about 2-4 minutes, it vanished from the spot. Like a light switch turning off, it vanished. No one was with me nor in the room. It was not a reflection in the window glass. Background: I’m 52 years old, educated and never experienced anything like this before. But I have a deep interest in physics. I was wide awake at the time of sighting.