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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.
114,092 entries
September 30, 2023 · 2:46 AM · TRIANGLE
Forest City, NC
They can sit stationary for hrs and also move/fly rather slowly horizontal to the horizon. I have seen them drop down in a vertical line but never noticed it going up. Almost always horizontally. I've seen just one, 3-4 and dozens at a time. I've been noticing them most of the summer, but can't find any info online of a triangle shaped craft, satellite, drone or anything. I took pics on the 9-30-22 10-3-23 and 10-5-23 the 3rd and 5th shows a thing and not a triangle. I may have more dates if not deleted. The objects always show up in pics as a circular blur and never the lights or true shape except once it shows 3 white dots where the light are almost always present. At times they will go dark unexpectedly. Pics are from an iphone se2nd gen which isn't great. But no matter how clear it always blurs even when the moon and stars Do Not. Stars show up these things never photograph clearly. I've seen them at all kinds of heights and I don't think it's ET but I also have no idea what it is. Most often there are red or white lights on the perimeter only sometimes both colors. The pics with the moon is just for reference my mailing address is 28043 but my area is Bostic, NC
September 30, 2023 · 12:08 AM · LIGHT
Cuba, MO
I am a frequent stargazer. I was observing: a satellite, planet, and the harvest moon also i was trying to determine what planet it could possibly be. As I was looking a small "light" like a plane came across the sky in our atmosphere moving faster than any jet i have seen. Vanishing off in the horizon. It didn't have a tail. I was looking in an empty space with no one visible outside. It looked fairly high up but difficult to say how high because it was moving extremely fast. I can honestly say I never seen anything even close to this in my life
September 29, 2023 · 11:50 PM · SPHERE
Otter creek township, PA
No noise..large Bright orb in the west. Watched it then it vanished. It was like a light switch turning off, then reappeared in same place and slowly faded out.
September 29, 2023 · 11:00 PM · DISK
Victor, NY
No sound, this is not an airplane, helicopter, drone or satellite. I first noticed it Wednesday night at 11, and was up until 6:30 to watch. Tonight was the 4th night in a row it’s been above my house in the sky. I know what I saw. I have photos and videos taken each night. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Possible]
September 29, 2023 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Kent, WA
I live near aviation traffic, but I love that because I have been an aviation fan since I was a kid. I mention this because even though I live under the approach/departure patterns for both KBFI and KSEA and love plane spotting, but what I saw were absolutely not planes. At first I thought they were, because they were flying together and I thought that was a bit odd, but could be two Blue Angels or other fighters doing something, but it soon became apparent they weren't that either. There was absolutely no sound. It is absolutely impossible for those two fireballs to be aircraft. The color of what would have been landing lights were more orange/amber than an aircraft and as they got closer, the "aura" around them was just odd. Another characteristic was that as the flew from past me from north (or perhaps northeast, I can't remember exactly) they started dipping and diving like they were playing with each other and seemed to undulate crossing each other kind of like a double helix pattern, but then got closer and closer to each other in little small skips or bumps, but smoothly. All this happened within just a couple of minutes, half of which was spent trying to to process what I was seeing and the other half in amazement, leaving no time for a photo, so I know the attached photo is horrible because my phone lens was dirty, it was night and I was a bit nervous and trembling, but this was what I captured before the two flew off to the south. I'm also attaching a phot of the background after they left and I was more stable. Lens was still dirty though.
September 29, 2023 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Canton, GA
I was on the phone in my backyard and noticed a ball of light pads over a tree and disappear then another and another u til I counted 20 in total. They all were the same brightness as the stars and all disappeared in the same exact spot. We saw two of the 20 reappear and fly almost into each other and then spaced out then flew almost into each other again before fading away.
September 29, 2023 · 8:05 PM · FIREBALL
gadsden, AL
me & wife were sitting on the front porch when over the tree line came a basketball size fire ball around 1000ft in the air and flying in a straight line before disappearing. we have video on both of our phones and pictures relevant to similar sightings involving similar objects. this is the 1st time either of us has seen anything like this and we both agree it wasn't natural or man made that we know of. we honestly do not know.
September 29, 2023 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
Epping, NH
On the evening of September 29, 2023, my wife and I met our son at the Park-Ride parking lot in Epping,NH, about 6:30 PM where we picked up our two grandchildren, ages 10 and 13. There was plenty of daylight. Suddenly my wife pointed out the passenger-side front windshield and said, "What is that flying up there?" It took me a moment to see exactly where she was pointing, but then I saw what she was talking about. A flying object, in the shape of a pudgy S, was rotating counter-clockwise on its axis, moving unswervingly due east, at a constant speed. It was black. There were no observable lights. There was no detectable sound. All of us watched it until it moved out of sight, not climbing vertically, but moving on a steady, horizontal path. One of us watched the object through a spotter scope for about 20 seconds. On the website reddit there are several postings about a black, rotating, S-shape object. If you Google "UFO, drone, or weather balloon above Reagan National Airport" you will see a video that matches exactly what we saw flying over Epping on September 29, 2023. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
September 29, 2023 · 5:33 PM · SPHERE
Fort Collins, CO
A white spherical object was above me moving very quickly. It headed out of site through clouds. It appeared to be unaffected by its surroundings.
September 29, 2023 · 11:45 AM · TRIANGLE
New Iberia, LA
It was flying alone right over my house kind of low and like a haze glowing then met with other lights in a row of blinking lights. They got higher and disappeared.
September 29, 2023 · 10:10 AM · TEARDROP
Enterprise, NV
I began to take pictures and a video all the photos are gone? The video shows nothing. There was an aircraft floating motionless, it looked like a disc I guess but almost like a jet floating in the air. I pulled over on Russell ave heading towards Durago in Spring Valley Las Vegas. It was there so long I pulled over and started taking pictures. It like vanished, i dont know if it turned and moved away but it looked like it got smaller and vanished. I called the hotline 2 times and it sounded like someone hung up both times. Somebody had to of seen what I saw. Hopefully this helps, I’ll be honest Im not a ufo/alien guy. I mean in recent times of course things have been released but until now I kinda brushed it off. Im telling the truth I saw something really strange floating there. Also a southwest plane flew by relatively close to that area heading north. Maybe the pilot or plane radar picked up something. Im not lying about what I saw and Id take a polygraph test. It looked silver? I didnt see any lights. It almost looked as if it backed away and vanished. So weird. There is nothing in the video? I looked down to make sure It was there and it wasnt. The pictures were never saved in my phone? Im freaked out by the situation. Where did the pictures go? Sorry I didnt give more personal information Im just kinda weirded out by the entire situation but will 100% tell you what I saw.
September 29, 2023 · 9:13 AM · TRIANGLE
Cincinnati, OH
We saw 3 bright orange lights in different areas creating the shape of a triangle and rapidly changing directions. This last for 2 mins. The lights were brighter than the stars behind it and was moving fast than any plane or jet we had ever seen.
September 29, 2023 · 9:02 AM · SPHERE
SomerSet, WI
I was driving to work in the morning, taking a phone call to set up a medical appointment. As I approached County Rd. I overpass there was what appeared to be a floating object between the two sides of the highway (or above the wild grass that grows between the East & West -bound traffic). My brain thought, Oh weird, a balloon must be floating down from the sky. However, it stayed precisely where it was in space while I approached at around 65 mph in the fast lane. My vehicle drove under the overpass and I noticed it was spherical, unlike a balloon, with no visible markings, propeller mechanisms, seams. The object was perfectly still regardless of light rain. I announced to the medical administration staff what I was seeing. It had all of my attention and observation. I felt curiosity and awe at how inorganic and perfect it appeared. When I was passing the object and it was directly outsdide of my driver window, it lifted/moved up 9 inches and continued hovering still in that new spot in space. I looked over my shoulder to track it, then had to look in my rearview mirror. Due to the overcast skies and color of the sphere it was hard to see the further that I drove passed. I made up my mind to go back to get footage, but did not spot it, nor when I backtracked yet again to head in the original direction. A coworker implored me to report the incident to the local authorities. Deputy Krueger called me back and took my testimony around shortly after 10AM
September 29, 2023 · 8:46 AM · CHANGING
Athens, GA
One object spotted in North/Northeast sky from the intersection vantage point. Clear day and no other clouds or objects visible in the vicinity. Traveling on the highway for most of the time it was witnessed, so I could not take a photo. The witnessed and elapsed times are estimated. The object appeared circular with two shiny, silver dots on opposite sides of the circle at a ~150 degree angle to the ground. It appeared to have an outline of a circle, but clear in the middle. The sky was visible there. I am not good at estimating distance or size, but it was around an inch wide in the sky. Seemed to fly parallel to the ground for 30 seconds (after I noticed it), then descended quickly along that same angle. Dots were moving and one suddenly disappeared leaving a short, thick condensation trail in the sky. The other dot was less visible, but still moving and descending when I lost sight of it as I moved with traffic. I work in a staff position at a university.
September 28, 2023 · 9:23 PM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalDallas, FL
Saw three UAP / UFO orb shaped bright lights aligned nearly vertical in sky while landing at DFW Airport. The 3 lights / orbs seemed stationary until the top orb seemed to suddenly jot to left for few seconds before disappearing near the end of my sighting. Video attached. In the video, you can clearly see some type of regular aircraft moving from right to left through the bottom of light formation. But the 3 bright orbs never moved. Once the aircraft passed through a good distance, the top orb seemed to flicker to left in sky and simply disappear from view. The orbs were 3 different colors. The bottom was a beautiful deep orange amber hue in color, the middle orb was a very light amber/ more yellow in color and the top orb was more white -incandescent color. Sighting took place while we landed at DFW and we were taxiing to the terminal. It only lasted a few minutes because I lost sight once the pilot made a sharp turn. I was sitting in front left side of airplane - so I believe the sightings were in SW (more West) direction looking outside airplane window. My husband and I both saw the lights. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
September 28, 2023 · 8:50 PM · SPHERE
Folsom/El Dorado Hills, CA
In the evening three of us were outside smoking and looked up to see an orange orb flying across the sky. It was flying northeast in one direction seemingly above the house line in the distance but closer than the red flashing aviation ground poles on the hills in the distance. It was flying straight until an airplane started going toward it's direction. At that point the orb turned at about a 45 degree angle and dimmed away into the distance directly away from the airplane and us and disappeared in a matter of seconds. After that we saw about 30 airplanes heading in that direction but we live near two airports a private local one and one air force base within a 30 mile radius. We always see Cessna planes and jets but this was decidedly different. Every other flying object we've seen we can also hear before they're in eyesight and well after they're out of sight, but before the other planes showed up, we heard nothing. The orb was silent the entire time it was observed.
September 28, 2023 · 3:59 PM · CIRCLE
Milwaukie, OR
In the middle of my swingshift, 6 F-18s flyby over my gas station so I get my camera out to film them. A couple days later I’m reviewing the footage and as it’s in slow motion I see an object dart across the frame passing the planes like they’re frozen still. The object looks to be about a third the size of the planes and the dark shade is the same on both the object and the planes. It’s going so fast, unless you know where to look you won’t see it! [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Possible]
September 28, 2023 · 2:06 PM · SPHERE
Babb, MT
Driving from Many Glacier to Essex MT through Babb Mt. Headed south on HWY 89, we had just turned left onto State HWY 464. It was the faster route back. We looked to our left saw Chief Mountain, I asked my girlfriend to grab a photo, all she grabbed was a quick 2-second video, so then I could screen shot a photo of Chief Mt. (We do that, grab videos then take screen shots) Later that day reviewing photos I was trying to find a good screen shot from the video, as I slowed the video down there was a spec in each frame of the video. I blew it off at first but it looked as if the spec was following a track/pathway. Each frame the spec/sphere/shape moved and looked a bit different and followed a path with a slight turn/arch in the last couple frames. This video is shot with an iPhone14Pro while we are traveling at least 75mph. I will send you the original video but you don’t see it until the speed is decreased. I would have never seen this if I was not editing a random 2 second video, just for a decent photo. It’s pretty remarkable that this 2 sec clip might have caught something. Definitely hesitant to send this is, because as it is odd it also could just be a bug, bird or debris. I guess why it’s unidentified. Hope the videos uploaded. Thank You
September 28, 2023 · 12:47 PM · CIRCLE
San Antonio, TX
Real life flying saucer with green light
September 28, 2023 · 12:15 PM · CUBE
Butte, MT
I am going to keep this brief because I can’t believe I am reporting it. I saw a cube shaped flying item, it appeared to have louvers, too high for a drone and too low for a helicopter. No means of propulsion: no heat trails, no propeller, no noise. It was steel and white. I only saw one angle. I went right tf back inside. Less than 30 min thereafter three jets flew low overhead.
September 28, 2023 · 5:00 AM · CIRCLE
Naples, FL
I see this object every day it’s always in the same place. With the naked eye it looks like just a bright light in the SE sky even after sunrise it is still noticeable
September 28, 2023 · 4:23 AM · FLASH
Spokane, WA
Bogey! At approx 04:23hrs looking up at the cloudy early morning sky from behind Starbucks spot prior, mostly S - SW at a really bright appearing star or planet or other?¿ at a very very high altitude *checked with saved Earth Sky emails and not a thing jived for bright objects in the early morning sky in that direction, no known planets or stars mentioned. Will attempt of course to decipher at a later point in time. And huh, as I sat there and the broken, rolling cloud cover doing its thing and just below the bright object in the early morning sky, at a very very high altitude there all of a sudden! appeared a faint 'flit! flit! flit!' of a spark practically asking, "do you see moi?" and then of course cloud cover made it go bye bye. Wow! Ok...then from somewhere up high to my left dir. was in a mostly E heading a very familiar, distinct -flash!- not too far behind me to my left, and it was bright! Now! I whip my head around to the left not really knowing just what to expect next. Some more familiar flashes in a row? No. This early morning it was one softer, fuzzy almost and really bright -flash!- and finished.
September 28, 2023 · 4:20 AM · SPHERE
Probable conventionalWest Deptford, NJ
UAP not moving, just in place towards 295 N, NJ, took photos from exit 26/Bellmawr. On my departure it was still in place. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
September 27, 2023 · 6:16 PM · TEARDROP
Cambridge, OH
While out in the yard with the dog, I glanced up at the sky and notice a dark colored elongated teardrop shaped object speed through an opening in the clouds. It was moving at a high rate of speed, reentered the clouds and was gone in seconds. The object's flight paths was from West to East and south of my location. I didn't hear any sound coming from the object and there wasn't any contrails or noticeable means of propulsion. No flight surfaces where visible and the object appeared to be larger than normal air traffic common to the skies above my home. If I had to estimate, I would say it was about twice as long as an airliner. I was unable to take any photos or video due to the briefness of the sighting. But I did think to take a photo of the sky for reference of the object location and cloud formations present during the sighting (making sure to capture landmarks). I immediately went in the house and did a sketch of the object. It was flat black in color like a weathered car bumper. I will attach the location photo that I took for reference as well as the sketch I did.