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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
December 13, 2021 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
Lansdale, PA
3 fast traveling fireballs in the night sky. Fireball shaped objects( very bright fire, orange-like color) took off in Towamencin Township and flew Northeast with speed that I could not quite determine, but was not slow, increasing altitude until disappearing. From the visual appearance and the distance, the size of the objects could have been from 3-6 feet in diameter. My neighbor and I both captured video of this event. We were able to observe objects take off and steadily traveling and increasing altitude up to about 100-200 feet over Towamencin Township area, towards the I-476 highway.
December 13, 2021 · 4:00 PM · CIGAR
Minot, ME
Craft entered atmosphere with red/orange glow very high from the outer atmosphere. Once entered, craft showed to be very bright white, flying in a straight direction with no contrail. Craft flew for approximately one minute then a visual contrail followed craft until it was out of sight. No sound at all was generated from this craft or for the duration of its flight while in view. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
December 13, 2021 · 5:41 AM · LIGHT
Smyrna, TN
I saw a bright light in the sky (Dec 13, 2021, 5:41am) traveling towards the south. At first I thought it was an airplane since it was close to their normal flight path. I managed to get one photo and was adjusting my phone to record a video. Just as I put my phone towards the object it disappeared. Just “poof”, gone. The night was VERY clear with no clouds in the area.
December 13, 2021 · 4:42 AM · OTHER
Eacanaba, MI
I work security at a shipyard with navy ships and noticed a light in the sky around 0440. Another worker then noticed it and said he didn’t know what it was. I then started recording it. My co worker had the binoculars and you can hear him explaining the color changes. The craft hovered for a min and then went east towards the ships. The UAP then just zoomed off and we could not locate it again.
December 12, 2021 · 9:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Spokane, WA
I was driving west on Mission Ave near the community college. I noticed two large clusters of red lights cruising parallel in the sky slightly ahead of me. I could not tell if it was one large craft with lights at each end or two separate lights flying perfectly parallel to each other. The distance between the lights was considerably farther than a very large passenger jet. It was flying very low but I could not hear engine sounds. It seemed to be travelling very slowly...i was driving about 40 mph and it stayed the same distance from me the whole time. Neither of the light clusters were flashing. A smaller passenger was flying perpendicular to it's path. As the lights approached the small plane they just vanished
December 12, 2021 · 9:06 PM · LIGHT
Hollywood, FL
Can you please explain what was does lights. Thank you You can email me
December 12, 2021 · 8:20 PM · OTHER
Rosendale, NY
I was out with my dog out back of the house when the object caught my notice. I live in a heavily wooded area off a county road, and it was pretty dark that night, even though there was a half moon. I took the dog in and went out on the porch and videotaped the object. For most of the video, there's only one object, but towards the end, another one becomes visible nearby--it may or may not have been generated by the principle object. It blinked constantly, and changed color--white/red/white/red, but not always consistently, or so it seemed. At first, I thought it might be an aircraft, but it made no noise, at least none I could hear from my vantage point. Eventually it moved off below the tree line and out of my line of sight, but it took a good long while for that to happen. When I got inside, I expanded the image and was surprised when it looked very much--I know this will sound funny, but I'm serious--a circular nipple with four lines set at regular intervals radiating from the edges, but stopping short of the center circle. The image is grainy, but distinct enough to show at least that much detail. Since that night, I saw it briefly a few nights ago, but it was low on the horizon and disappeared below the treeline before I could take another video. I sent the video to a friend of mine who's an experience pilot, and he couldn't identify it. At times it appears that the object changes direction very quickly and abruptly.
December 12, 2021 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Oxford, OH
I was walking to my house from my car and I looked up at the sky. After a few seconds I saw what looked like a shooting star. I’ve seen many shooting stars before so I know what they look like but after a second I realized it was moving in a weird way. The star was moving along a slight curve instead of a straight line. It direction it was moving also seemed unnatural but was almost unnoticeable at first glance. It looked like it was at more of an airplane leven than a shooting star level in the sky. Before I was able to process that something was off, the star took a sharp dip and seemingly bounced in the shape of a check mark and quickly sped off in a direction away from me and the light disappeared with it.
December 12, 2021 · 7:00 PM
Jumping Branch, WV
My husband and I saw this happening. No understanding of what or how. Large! Alternating colors of lights. Had a “mass” to it. We do live in an area that the air force does training. However, zero sound and lower than a commercial flight and would basically hover at times. Unable to record to provide proof unfortunately! We were both to perplexed to even grab a phone at the time… we don’t know what we saw or how to logically explain at this time…
December 12, 2021 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Bridgeport, WV
I can't be sure if the two lights I saw were separate objects or two lights on the same object. The two lights were very bright and completely white. They traveled in exactly the same path as if one was following the other (assuming they were not physically connected). They moved across the sky somewhat quickly, a bit faster than a plane would, and were traveling north. From memory and consulting a compass, I am somewhat convinced they were traveling precisely north. I observed them for several moments before noticing a plane whose path was going to intersect the path of the lights. Almost as soon as I noticed this, the lights began to dim, and by the time they reached the point where they would be quite close to the plane, they had disappeared completely. I have checked a map of satellites and do not see any that could have been these lights. I also have viewed a video of Starlink for comparison, and these lights were somehow both smaller and brighter than the Starlink satellites. They also were closer together than the Starlink satellites. I am sure that these lights were not just disappearing behind clouds as it was a perfectly clear sky. I could clearly see both stars in the area where they disappeared as well as the plane that was in the area.
December 12, 2021 · 5:52 PM · CIRCLE
Wolfeboro, NH
A bright ball type object caught my attention. It was moving at a very fast pace from the west to the east. I watched the object for an unknown time and eventually pulled out my phone to record. I was able to record approximately 10 seconds of the object before it disappeared. There was no noticeable sound coming from the object.
December 12, 2021 · 5:30 PM · LIGHT
Dallas, TX
Me and my grandparents we in the truck. We were 20 miles from Dallas on I20. It still daylight but the frist light we saw was a really bright light and it faded completely out to were we couldn't see it. It came back and it was turning to a orange color . The light faded in and out several more time until it was red.
December 12, 2021 · 5:15 PM · LIGHT
Manson, WA
I was standing on a balcony using a Samsung S21 Ultra to capture night sky pictures with Christmas lights in the foreground. The picture looked good on the phone and I was pleased with the way the phone brightened the almost black sky, but when I got home and looked on a large monitor, there was a formation of 8 lights in the sky along with the stars.
December 12, 2021 · 5:00 PM · LIGHT
Ocean Park, WA
We drove on 12/12/2021 at 5 pm in direction to Oysterville WA, it was getting darker but we still had daylight, in the sky in front of us was a very fast moving green light which disappeared in a single cloud in the sky. The light was moving from south to north. The sighting last 3 - 4 seconds.
December 12, 2021 · 5:00 PM · LIGHT
Ocean Park, WA
We drove north in direction to Oysterville WA around 5pm on 12/12/2021, it was getting darker but there was still daylight, in front of us in the sky was a very fast moving green light which disappeared in a single cloud in the sky. This sighting last 3 - 4 seconds.
December 12, 2021 · 5:00 PM · OVAL
Port Angeles, WA
West door of barn was open. Picking up hay spilled by cows. I heard a low rumble noise. A bright light caught the top of my eyes. I stood up to see what I thought was the moon for a second. I realized it was moving fast 150 feet from me and from south to north just above the tree line. It was opaque and pale with distinct borders putting out bright light.(no aura). It could have been an oval or egg shaped. My eyes followed it. It passed through low wispy light clouds, then behind something black (a tall tree) then through wispy clouds again and off in the distance. It was almost dark outside. 5:15 guestimate. I saw it do a slight ark and then a dive to the earth or water. It was to my horizon at that time because of the change in the land contour and tall trees running perpendicular to the trees closer to my place. 3-5 minutes passed and I heard another low rumble. For a trajectory, I was facing west. My left hand was pointed straight in front of me. It ended where my right hand was 70 degree. I saw it for 3-5 seconds total. The object was silent, but somehow accompanied by a low rumbling noise like thunder. I was not aware of aircraft chasing it. The only electrical effect was that my computer would not respond. It froze up when I tried to get my report written last night. I believe that when it was close to me and after the first rumbling, there may have been a middle rumbling in the distance, then the third rumbling 3-5 minutes after it dove downward.
December 12, 2021 · 4:32 PM · RECTANGLE
Chrystal River, FL
Object was observed while fishing on pier at Chrystal River beach.
December 12, 2021 · 1:35 PM · CHANGING
King of Prussia, PA
Object was stationary, in and out of sight for approx 20 minutes. There was not a cloud in the sky, 3 of us watched this on our way home and took a photo when we got home. The object went from white to silver to invisible -- it was moving west slowly when we got home, left a small trail that disappeared quickly. It was very scary to watch this for so long and not be able to identify it. or, compare it to anything we've ever seen. Hi Peter, we exchanged emails on 12/19. I'm finally reporting this now; very excited about Webb Telescope! Pics are below, hope you're safe from snow and the new site looks great. Dan
December 12, 2021 · 8:18 AM · SPHERE
Buffalo, MN
I filmed 2 different colored Burning orbs of energy on two separate sides of the sky. And then proceeded to move close interacting with each other until the two orbs became one big one. All of this taking place in the country over some cornfields along some tree lines. Bright as the moon on a regular night but appeared to be electrified. All on recording
December 11, 2021 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Sallisaw, OK
I was calling my cat to come inside when I saw a circle hovering by the pool up the road. It looked like it had smoke coming off of it but I was not sure it was cloudy that and this night but what I saw left me speechless.
December 11, 2021 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
San Leandro, CA
From the San Leandro Marina looking West over the San Francisco Bay, we noticed a small cluster of clouds with a pulsating pin point of light within the clouds This light would illuminate to the same brightness as the moon and then fade to a much dimmer light. This was repeated in the same section of sky for 30 minutes until we left the area. The light was the same size as you would see on a jet aircraft as it heads toward you. This light kept pulsating very slowly. It would be dim for about two to three minutes and then brighten up for a minute before rwturning to a dim light. This was happening within a very small cluster of clouds and stayed in the exaxt same area of the sky for 30 minutes
December 11, 2021 · 7:40 PM · CHANGING
Provo, UT
One of the orange lights moved closer as the other seemed to move further until no longer visible. I recorded the lights for a minute and then went on the house to grab my mom. By the time she came out the light had changed into a oval shape the bright orange remained as an outline but the center was now a bright white and much bigger in size. From estimated distance the shape appeared to be very large. The shape moved down and in front of the mountain near my home it moved down until it appeared that it may have reached ground and disappeared.
December 11, 2021 · 7:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Norwalk, CA
My Nephew ask me to come and look and tell him what this was in the sky. I went out and saw a line of six objects in the sky moving from the west to the east. You could see more were coming up from the horizon and this continued for about 20 mins. They were in a straight line and were disappearing as they got higher in the sky. They were orange, had three lights in a triangle shape and a white light in the center. The pictures and video don't look like what we were seeing. ( to far away) Blowing them up didn't help because they were moving.
December 11, 2021 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION
Huntsville, AL
Me and my father were driving south from Hazel Green, Alabama towards Huntsville, Alabama around 6:45 P.M central time. I looked out of the passenger window of my father’s truck and I noticed a cluster of amber colored lights that were unorganized in their grouping. Whether it was one object or seprate objects grouped together I am unsure. The cluster moved from east to west.