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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 3, 2021 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Combs, KY
While outside on my porch, I looked up and saw two objects, one in front and the other behind and to the right of the first object. They were moving from a Southerly direction towards the North. There was no sound. After a couple of seconds, the object in front disappeared. The second object moved to approximately the same place and vanished as well. There were two aircraft that came from the West shortly after and moved through the area that the two objects vanished.
December 3, 2021 · 9:30 PM · RECTANGLE
Joplin, MO
Noticed a black rectangle shaped ship passing by very slowly, it had no noise or lights and it just disappeared slowly into the clouds. No erratic movements, passed by in 2/3 minutes before it disappeared.
December 3, 2021 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Sanderson, TX
While on a hunting/camping trip near Sanderson, Texas my hunting friend and I were watching satellites and meteors since there is no city light pollution as there is at home. I had just gone in the camper to wash the dishes when my friend started banging on the wall telling me to get back outside “right now.” I ran back outside and he was pointing toward the north and asked “what the hell is that?” I looked and what I saw was a horizontal bar of light in the sky about 25° above the horizon and a bit west of Polaris (North Star). The light was a bluish white light slightly brighter than the stars around it. The light had crisp edges much like a laser and appeared to be a long distance off. I could not see through this light as it appeared solid. I have no way of knowing just how far away the light was but it appeared to be quite distant. Whether 50 miles or 500 I could not say. I held up my thumb at arm’s length and the “bar of light” was just over two times its width. I could see stars above, below, and to either side of this light. This was a crystal clear night with no clouds as far as the eye could see in any direction. After a period of about 30 seconds from when I came outside and saw the light, it started to slowly fade. It faded evenly from end to end and became translucent for 3 or 4 seconds before fading completely. (Similar to turning off a light using a dimmer style switch). My friend and I discussed how long he had observed the light before I got back outside. He estimated about 20 to 30 seconds. He also said that the light came on the same as it had gone off, slowly increasing in intensity over a period of a few seconds. The total time that the light was visible was about a minute. The next morning I got my compass out of my hunting bag and determined the direction of the light the night before was about 330°. The nearest town (and known major light source) in that direction is Fort Stockton which is 75 miles away. Neither of us is exactly sure what caused the phenomenon we witnessed but I am sure of several things it was NOT: 1.) Stadium lights reflecting on clouds. There were absolutely no clouds. Stars were visible above, below and to either side. 2.) It was not Starlink satellites. This was a solid bar of light similar to a laser or the light shining under the door of a neighboring room in a building. We have both witnessed Starlink in the past. My impression is that this probably was not a solid object as it would have to have been many miles in length. There was no frame of reference for me to determine how far away it was but my impression was that it was very far away. Although it appeared solid while at peak brightness, it became somewhat transparent as it began to fade out.
December 3, 2021 · 8:25 PM · LIGHT
Morristown, TN
While traveling from Johnson City TN my wife and her fried and I spotted what I first thought was a large star through my front window of my truck. My speed was at 68 miles an hour and then I observed it was moving closer. I hit my brakes as I said, “that’s not a star and pulled over and proceeded to take out my phone and start recording it. It made no sound as it reached about 45 degrees I began to record. When it got overhead it quickly moved out of frame and I lost it as I swept the sky trying to reacquire the object. As soon as I stopped recording it was on the far horizon moving at a tremendous speed and vanishing over the horizon. I have excluded the video and it has never been tampered with. Straight from my iPhone 12 Max Pro
December 3, 2021 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedHiddenite, NC
Long line of lights (maybe 12 or more) moving from the west, coming over a farmers field. Lights were white, solid, no other colors noted and it was moving slow, perpendicular to the ground then whatever this was changed course and started to move north, slightly angled, moved over a tree line and then disappeared. Whatever this was, it was low and I really couldn't make out any shape due to the darkness outside. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Wichita, KS
Me and my friend were chatting in front of his house, on southwest Wichita, ks. And then we saw a 1/2 circle in the sky it was huge it stayed there for a hot minute and then vanished. I am skeptical when it come to UFO but this experience made me believe that they really exist.
December 3, 2021 · 7:30 PM · CIGAR
IdentifiedMarshall, VA
My wife and I were outside comet and meteor hunting. We spotted a long line of lights, bunched together. The lights were grouped randomly, in no particular pattern, other than together in a long, cigar- like pattern. As they moved to the east, over our farm, they slowly faded. We could still make out the vague shape of an object moving and blocking stars until clouds and the light from nearby town made it impossible to see. We can't be sure of the altitude, probably very high, which would make this object an exceptionally huge one. Very strange, glad my wife saw it too, otherwise she wouldn't have believed me. Entire sighting lasted about 2 minutes, lights were only visible for about 30 seconds. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:30 PM · FIREBALL
Bevier, MO
An upward flying object on the western skyline leaving a trail of fire behind it. Duration was less than one minute. Moving at very high speed and changed direction very quickly. Definitely not a natural phenomenon.
December 3, 2021 · 7:30 PM · CIGAR
IdentifiedBatavia, OH
object more than 1,000' long x 20'wide (maybe more it was immense), straight row of lights in a pattern of dots and dashes down the spine (but not exactly a dot dash pattern just closest I can describe to the pattern), approached then hovered over us. Strange mechanical (?) noise above. Lights slowly went out from one end to the over, shape disappeared with the lights. Noise is still on going as I type. We have a large outdoor patio with a 12' tall stone wood fired oven decorated across the dome of the oven with Christmas lights in a white diamond pattern. It has attracted aerial drones, small personal planes and the like before, but we've never seen anything like this. Just trying to cook pizza for dinner. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
Gladys, VA
3 December 2021 I am at the Brookneal airport stargazing. It is cold approximately 42°, the sky is clear with a good view of the galactic arm following civil twilight. The planets Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus were all visible. Pluto is there but not visible of course. Just following civil twilight I observed a star link train passing from west to east. My first observation! Starlink train faded into the shadow of the earth nearly directly overhead. I observed six satellites total during the evening. While tracking one satellite another crossed my view and I tracked it as well. I have observed three bolide meteorites. I have also observed the Andromeda galaxy. A puzzling observation is this. Directly overhead and not far from the Andromeda galaxy I observed a blinking light. It appeared like any other star however it was not a dim flicker like observed by the affects of red shift, however it was a very clear on and off like blink. The interval appeared to be regular to the naked eye and over the time of approximately one minute appeared to consistently display the same brightness. The blinking light faded from view and several minutes later returned with the same interval and intensity. However after several seconds of darkness, the blink changed to pulse. The scale of the light appeared to intensify to a peek before diminishing to darkness and then cycled through again. The color was originally bright white but over time faded to a light orange. Over the course of time the position of the object relative to my position on the earth did not change suggesting a geosynchronous position above. The event lasted approximately forty-five minutes. I thought this to be a piece of space debris tumbling and reflecting light.
December 3, 2021 · 7:30 PM · OTHER
Frankfort, KY
Long Shaped object that had lights underneath no sound could be heard at all. Was headed east then turned North east. Then the object begin to fade out or disappear from the font to the back until it was completely gone or invisible. This all happened in a matter of 2 to 3 minutes. Unfortunately I have no images of this event. It could have possibly been shaped like the image I uploaded but it had what appeared to be windows underneath. It was against a dark sky and all you could really see was the light from the windows underneath. These were not overly bright lights just amber looking lights but visible from the ground at night. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Possible]
December 3, 2021 · 7:15 PM · FORMATION
Williamsburg, OH
Was out in front yard smoking the line of things came west to east not down got over my driveway and disappeared I took three pictures on phone
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedPhoenix, AZ
Several of us watched set of round white globe shaped lights move as if connected across the sky in a straight line at exact same altitude. A couple of the lights appeared almost semi transparent on the sides. No sound audible. Altitude difficult to guess but each round light about size of car light if 3 blocks away. Lights did not sparkle more of a consistant glow. Group of lights stayed in consistant row next to each other as they moved at same height across the sky. A neighbor in the area watched too..and another couple down the street were looking up watching. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
IdentifiedAfton, WY
At dark: One long strip of bright white lights moving in NE direction, very slowly. Quiet, no sound whatsoever. Rather low hanging, about 10k ft. Once picture was taken, the lights disappeared. *The darker picture is the original. The lighter picture is lightened to see the detail. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · RECTANGLE
IdentifiedDobson, NC
Observer 1 saw one large white lighted object first while driving home at night. Called second observer at home to have them go outside and look as well. Observer 2 while at home turned all lights off, went outside saw a plane in the sky. They continued to look for another object and then saw a very large long white lighted rectangular object in the sky while on the phone with observer 1 who was also seeing the same thing. Note both observers were about 3 mi apart from each other. The object was North, slightly NW. The lights appeared to be very tall and parallel to each other and they seemed to run the entire length of the object. While continuing to look at the object in the sky, observer 2 at home proceeded to take a picture with their cell phone and then a zoomed in picture with their cell phone. Observer 2 then moved the phone settings to video and the object disappeared. Observer 1 approximately 3 miles away also noted the object could no longer be seen in the sky at that time. Observer 1 saw the object for approximately a few minutes. The object did not appear to be moving. There were two commercial airplanes in the sky within sight during this time of the unidentified object sighting. Observer 1 is a mechanic and was in the army for ten years. Observer 2 is in management at a pharmaceutical development company. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · RECTANGLE
IdentifiedHarrodsburg, KY
We were star gazing and I looked up at the perfect moment. It was a huge line of white lights flashing. It was moving from south to north. We saw it for about 5 seconds and it slowly disappeared. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
IdentifiedMason, OH
Straight line of lights faded after about 30 seconds. Also saw a jet plane fly very low , lower than usual under the trail of lights. I have video from a cell phone if needed [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Probable conventionalStockbridge, GA
Me and my neighbor were walking, she commented on the number of stars and that's when I saw it. It was traveling upward at a slow speed, it appeared to be straight and was very long (if I had to guess, maybe the length of four to five 747's) and it had lights running its entire length. I questioned whether it was a plane and I was seeing the reflection of its lights, but the sky was clear leaving nothing for it to reflect off of. I decided to try to take a couple of pictures. The first picture I snapped, I saw something (a white light) fly into view of my phone's camera (not in front of my face, I just saw the white light fly, and it was fast). It did not appear again on the second shot. I then called my daughter to come out to see it, but she didn't and when I turned to direct her to its path, it was gone. The two pictures I took do not look like what we saw, but they are showing something and I can't tell what it is. You can however tell that it large. Also, it was flying as low as planes do when they're about 20 miles out from landing, and it was silent. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · CIGAR
Probable conventionalNew Tazewell, TN
At approximately 7:04pm on December 3, 2021 my fiance and I were outside at the above coordinates when I notice a line of lights in the sky. They immediately grabbed my attention because they were very different from the stars around them. There was no sound coming from them either. The lights themselves were bright white, rather than the warm white glow the moon and stars give, there also wasn't a hazey ring like you'd typically see with those things. They were also perfectly round and appeared to be about the same distance away as you'd typically see planes. They were quite large, assuming the distance is accurate and not an illusion. There was only 3 lights at first, then within a few seconds of them catching my eye, another light appeared, but dimmer. It started to grow brighter and once it matched the previous 3, another light appears and does the exact same thing and taking the same amount of time. Within 20 or so seconds there were 8 lights in total. The lights were in a perfectly straight line and each light kept a constant distance from the ones on either side. They moved in unison across the sky in a line just as straight. It moved much slower than a plane would have. There was a faint out line surrounding the lights, it didn't appear to be attached but stayed at a constant distance from each light. If there was anything connecting them it was either hidden by the bright lights or transparent. Soon the light at the end of the row started to dim and then disappeared from sight, the rest of them followed suit. I immediately checked public sites to see if there was a plane or satellite overhead. There were none I could find. I've never seen a satellite or a plane do anything like this so I wasn't surprised. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedCannon AFB, NM
On 03 December 2021, at approximately 1850 MST, I exited my vehicle and began walking to my dorm room. I looked up towards the sky, as I routinely do to star gaze. Living on an air force base I sometimes watch the aircraft taking off or might stare at one thinking it to be a shooting star before I notice the mechanical flight pattern and blinking lights. Tonight however, I noticed an odd array of lights that didn’t appear to belong to any known aircraft. I originally thought there was light reflecting off a telephone wire because of how many dots of light there were and the rigid line formation it was in. As I investigated further, I realized there were no telephone wires within distance or at the altitude of the angle I was looking up at. The shape of the formation was a straight line with about twenty or so lights one behind the other. It moved slowly but covered a large amount of distance. As I watched, it moved slowly through the atmosphere without making any noise and eventually disappeared one light at a time as it crossed an imaginary point. I immediately called a friend who was three hours away and claimed to have witnessed the same phenomena around the same time. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
Probable conventionalWaynesville, NC
I captured photos. There was an airplane of some sort flying close to it. Best way I can describe it was a perfect straight line of lights. Had to be miles long. It never changed directions. My Son & Daughter both saw it as we all 3 was sitting around a camp fire in the back yard. We watched it for nearly three minutes then it disappeared instantly. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedMarshall, AR
On the back porch, Is noticed a craft with multiple craft trailing it. Couldn't tell if it was a military aircraft or not. There is a picture included. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedRichmond, KY
I seen them fly together tightly then one one fly off stop and then take back off again I then seen them disappear into darkness I have a video [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]
December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM · OTHER
IdentifiedBishopville, SC
I was driving down the road and looked up and there was a long line of lights underneath a star. It looked like 100 stars in a perfectly straight line and it just sat there. I thought it was maybe a plane or the streak from a plane that had come through or something like that but it was all lights. Then all of a sudden after about a minute it’s slowly starts disappearing from one end to the other. Like all the bulbs were going out or it turned or backed up and was flying away or something. I have video footage. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Certain]