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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
January 31, 2022 · 7:06 PM · OVAL
Orlando, FL
I looked up to the sky and saw a shadow in the sky. So I photographed to see if my phone would catch it. It did. But then I thought it could be an orb. So I took video. The shadow stayed fixed. There were lights coming from it but it stayed still.
January 31, 2022 · 6:55 PM · LIGHT
Memphis (over), TN
While flying at FL 380, at 0055z I observed a round white donut and a lighted moving object within it. The observation lasted five minutes. Sky conditions at cruise altitude were clear with unlimited visibility. No moon illumination was present in the starlit sky. Winds aloft were 310/20 and my ground speed was 445 knots. There was a scattered undercast cloud layer with tops around 10,000 ft. The glowing object within the donut was slowing moving, and I do not attribute its movement to autokinesis. After five minutes of observation the lit object vanished and the white donut dissipated within a minute. One photo was taken.
January 31, 2022 · 6:55 PM · DISK
Noble, OK
We were outside and we saw a bright light so we recorded it and checked flight radars and it didn’t Show up was much brighter then any airplane in the sky the pictures where taken with night mode on a iPhone 13pro max
January 31, 2022 · 6:50 PM · CYLINDER
Clarksville Sango area, TN
A large ball shaped glowing mass looked like it was drifting toward my location headed south at a slow speed. It then changed into a cylindrical shape and headed west . The cylinder shape began extending down toward the ground and disappeared. I would guess the size to be100-150 feet long and about half that distance in diameter. The position of the cylindrical shape was vertical to the ground and the only well defined lines were the vertical outline of the cylinder shape. I did not recognize any surfaces that appeared to be solid and saw no lights The sky was clear of clouds .
January 31, 2022 · 6:50 PM · CIRCLE
Fort Smith, AR
This object was traveling from the north to the south. It had no sound. Had a bright Halo around it. Seemed to be slowing down. Me my wife and a friend were out on our Backyard Deck when this object appeared. It traveled behind the trees to the south towards the woods at the end of our backyard.
January 31, 2022 · 6:50 PM · LIGHT
Marion, SD
White dot with 3 cloudy rings with top and bottom truncated. Diameter 2 ft of my vision. Fades to nothing in 60 Seconds. Sky was clearish, bright stars were visible. Did not move.
January 31, 2022 · 6:50 PM · CHANGING
Russellville, AR
Was walking to the public bathroom, looked up in the sky because I thought it was the moon. Next thing I see it moving quite fast and two spiral tails coming off of it. Soon after I called my mom and dad out of there RV and they were flabbergasted. Was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.
January 31, 2022 · 6:50 PM · UNKNOWN
Sioux Falls, SD
We were taking a walk and noticed a weird shape in the sky and decided to take some pictures. Normally something like this would be blinking but there were no flashing lights, just this weird shape flying from North to South.
January 31, 2022 · 6:50 PM · LIGHT
Owasso, OK
Monday Jan 31 appx 6:50pm cst with clear skies. I walked outside and looked into the sky. To the North I noticed a point of white light high in the sky moving to the SSW. I assumed it was a satellite as I could not detect any flashing lights. I see lots of satellites. The only reason I took notice is that it seemed to be passing through a haze, like a fog or a wispy cloud. All of the other stars in the sky were crisp and clear. I thought that the “cloud” must be a rogue and the satellite would quickly pass through it and become “crisp and clear” as well. I was facing to the west and the object was high in the sky (maybe 15-20 degrees west of my zenith) and passed from my right to my left. It never escaped the haze. In fact as it got more overhead I could see that the “cloud” was in the form of a spiral around the object, a two-armed spiral with each arm curling away from the object on opposite sides. From end to end it took up maybe 20 degrees of the sky.The spiral cloud was not very thick but was definitely noticeable and undeniably in a spiral shape. The spiral cloud did NOT seem to be rotating in any way. It just moved along with the object. And if not for the hazy spiral the object and my sighting of it would have been nothing out of the ordinary. The object and the haze around it continued on it’s path until it moved into the city glow on my SSW horizon. When I first saw the object and realized it was something out of the ordinary so I ran back into the house and grabbed my phone/camera and called for my wife to come and see it. She has seen many satellites as well and she confirmed that the object did have the hazy spiral surrounding it. I tried to take a video of the object but my phone camera is not very good nor am I at using it.
January 31, 2022 · 6:50 PM · CHANGING
Russellville, SD
My son was going to use the public restroom and saw a spiral object in the sky. Soon after came running back to our camper and had me and my husband see it too
January 31, 2022 · 6:49 PM · SPHERE
Puryear, TN
There was a big, bright white orb with a haze around it, quickly moving across the sky to the south. I took a video of the object and when zooming in, there appears to be an object in the center creating that haze around it. Once the object got across the field it vanished into almost a mist. Images uploaded, are separate frames of the video.
January 31, 2022 · 6:48 PM · UNKNOWN
Colt, AR
Looked north and noticed an elliptical star/ galaxy type light inside what appeared to be a cloud- it was slowly moving south/southwest from me. Watched for a minute then filmed a video. Went inside and got someone else to come look at it and watched it continue to move south until it was past our view and below the tree line. It appeared to have changed shape and color from a blue to more an orange color once I returned outside.
January 31, 2022 · 6:48 PM · OTHER
Lead Hill, AR
Brightly lit object, intense white brightness at center but indiscernable shape, however it had a massive light blue glow surrounding the object, in the shape of a two-armed spiral that didnt change but appeared larger as it approached. It started from the north, at about a fist and a half higher than the horizon, it was so bright it illuminated the tree tops at my neighbor's property. As it moved south-west it became a bit higher maybe 30° above horizon as measured by closed fist. It appeared to be moving very slowly and at a low altitude, it moved about 90°-100° west taking about 9 minutes to move from its appearance in the north to disapearance in the west. It didn't disappear per se, it faded and appeared smaller as it got further away. No sound was heard from the object at all. Very clear skies tonight as many stars and constellations are visible however there is a light low mist or fog. Immediatly after observing its appearance I brought my ten year old son outside to witness it with me. We have no conclusion what it could be, but both agree it was unique and spectacular.
January 31, 2022 · 6:47 PM · CIGAR
Yankton, SD
A bright cigar shaped light in the northern sky, it was moving directly overhead towards the South at a steady speed. It lit up what looked like clouds around it on two sides. Fairly close to it at first then the lighted up area around it seemed to spread the out wider as it went directly further South. I watched it fly directly overhead as it went South at a steady speed. I've seen satelites before and it was similar in its velocity. But satelites are high enough up that their reflected light does not light up any clouds or anything like that which are below it. The light on the sides was like a glowing light, and it spread out further as it went further South and out of view.. This is the strangest thing I've ever seen in the sky. The sky was not clear but partly cloudy I believe before sundown. I first saw this not too ling after sunset, but was pretty dark by then.
January 31, 2022 · 6:45 PM · OTHER
Granby, MO
Starry night, Just finishing up cutting wood and making it back to our house with a full load in the truck. I looked up after opening our gate and noticed a White bluish star. At first thought it was an airplane, it was not blinking, then thought it was a satellite. As it got closer it began to create a bluish halo then a brighter plasma like spewing from each side and started to swirl as it was still moving with no sound. Kind of like the "Norway swirl" but moving faster and no tail. I ran to the house and got my wife who witnessed it too, I then grabbed my Video camera and started shooting video. This lasted for about 4 minutes and kept going southwest. I will try to lighten this video and send it too you soon!
January 31, 2022 · 6:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Coffeyville, KS
My daughter, my son and myself, were just getting out of our car when my daughter said "look at the the sky", so I did and saw a spiral forming north of coffeyville toward Independence, Ks. As we watched, I took some photos as it headed straight south into Oklahoma. The last photo I took shows some colors and 2 triangle shaped crafts I believe. The spiral started small and ended up large. Until It just disappeared over oklahoma or maybe it was just out of view.
January 31, 2022 · 6:45 PM · OVAL
Frontenac, MN
I saw what looked like head lights from a jet approaching from the north. It was under a cloud - so I watched to see what it was when it flew out of the cloud. It never did. The cloud was always surrounding it. I quickly realized it was moving too slow and too low to be a jet. The light was white and constant - no other color light. Just white steady light. Did not pulse. As it got closer, I could see a cylinder or oval shaped something that glowed white moving slowly to the south with a cloud surrounding it. No noise. The night was clear. No clouds except the moving object. The stars were bright. The moon was not shinning. Moon phase was wane cresent at 1% illumination, but it was not up yet. I checked the weather station at Frontenac State Park at that time. Wind was at 9 mph from the southeast. the temp was 28.4 degrees F. The dewpoint was 19.4 and the humidity at 68.56. This was at 7p.m. The Frontenac State Park station is about 1/2 mile from the location where I saw the object. The object was moving north to south. It was moving into the wind. I cannot tell how high up the object was, but when it passed over an old med sized maple tree in our yard the cloud was a bit wider than the canopy of the tree. The object was a bit smaller than the cloud.
January 31, 2022 · 6:45 PM · SPHERE
Springdale, AR
My kids said they were playing “worm hole” because they saw one. We all came out to see a spiraling light around a sphere of light traveling slowly and silently southwest for about 15-18 minutes before dimming out of sight. Clear skies, airplanes and stars were visible without the same haze that twisted around the moving sphere/light.
January 31, 2022 · 6:26 PM · UNKNOWN
Swansboro, NC
We witnessed two bright objects come out of a cloud that seems to be lit up from the inside. The sun has already set.
January 31, 2022 · 6:15 PM · FORMATION
Jupiter, FL
Hexagon shaped object near launch of space x satellites tonight. Have very clear pic of event. Object appears to be unrelated to launch! Zoom in on object to the right! ((NUORC Note: Lens flare fom nearby LED street lamp?? PD))
January 31, 2022 · 6:15 PM · SPHERE
North Topsail Beach, NC
I was walking inside and saw two white orbs that appeared to be separating from one another. They both eventually disappeared. There was this weird white mist that looked like clouds. I have video and picture footage. Orbs disappeared and mist remained. The color white looked illuminated while the other clouds got darker with the sunset.
January 31, 2022 · 6:14 PM · DIAMOND
Miami, FL
I was on my way to have dinner with friends. I was in slow moving traffic. I noticed a rocket coming sideways leaving a large trail behind it. You can see the trail of smoke in my photos. It then seemed to stop midair and release what I thought was its jet propulsion system. But then the item released started to fly separately. The main diamond shaped rocket or UFO then went straight up into the air into space very very fast and released another item that flew separately. It was hard to see so far away… I have a Tesla so I put it onto autonomous drive so I could use my phone and zoom in. This was so close to Miami’s buildings and the airport that I was confused. I tried to be relational and think of what it could be? There were bright lights white and at times a small red light. I am a 61 year old college graduate from Boston University with a family and am a respected member of my community. I am a philanthropist and a world traveler. I live in South Florida. I have never seen a flying object move in this manner. In my photos you will see the reflection in my car which I tried to differentiate from the flying objects. Thank you. Did anyone else report this?
January 31, 2022 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
North Woodstock, NH
we were outside letting the dogs do their business and saw a slow moving star like bright orb with one light moving slowly east through the sky toward mountain and not blinking. It continues slow and smooth. Watched for about ten seconds and the orb fizzled and changed to a reddish color and disappeared. No cloud clear night
January 31, 2022 · 5:35 PM · SPHERE
Draper, UT
My wife and I were enjoying the sunset around 5:35pm on January, 31 2022 when we noticed a bright white dot in the sky. We were looking eastward toward a peak called Lone Peak in the Wasatch Mountain range. The only land behind our home is BLM land with no buildings or lights just mountain terrain and high desert vegetation so we had a clear unobstructed view of this. We thought it was a star at first but the time of day seemed too early for a star to be so visible and bright. We watched it for several minutes and observed that there appeared to be two dots with one stationary and the other appearing to orbit the other or move side to side either in front or behind. As the sunset progressed the colors changed on the peaks but the object just stayed in the same place so we had a pretty good idea that this object was stationary and not moving with the orbit or movement of the sky. We watched this for about 20-25 minutes then the lights got dimmer and two smaller lights appeared below the center object so now there were 3 separate lights lined up vertically and they all got dimmer and dimmer then disappeared. That’s all we saw and for the next 45 minutes we continued to look in the same direction hoping to see something else but only to see Orion appear in the night sky. It was great!